stronger “tree guy” skill set. Climbing, felling, rigging, hanging trees from other trees, thinking outside the box, characteristics of certain species of trees
my climbing needs some work, too hot out to practice climb as much as id like, but my rigging is on point, we hang trees off other trees more often that id expect, and im learning how each tree behaves
silver maple: rots inside out and snaps super easy once cut
oak peels and hinges, overall very strong, dont prune in summer (oakwilt)
hickory, heavy, good strong hinge, peel cuts hang on so its more snap cuts and rigging than a maple
locust: medium weight, awesome hinge, dulls saws, and there is something local to me wiping them out (havent identified yet)
pine: sticky, velcro, almost certainly covered in poison ivy and thorns
cedar: few vines, little to no sap or pitch, bark will peel so side snips are necessary (same for pine and hickory, some younger maples as well)
biggest killer of trees where I live is carpenter ants and termites, almost any tree we do has rot in it because of the ants digging holes, allowing water in, rotting them out
done some cool stuff with rigging over house drops, had a big oak a few weeks ago that we tip tied, and butt tied a long limb that was over the lines (bucket wasnt tall enough to take limb down in small pieces, and wood was too small to climb)
as the limb laid down we swung it off to the side with the tip tie (porty on butt tie, through block, second line through block across the tree to tip tie, due to lack of second porty I used a speedling sling anchored to the winch bracket on my bucket truck to use a munter hitch to lower the tip tie
will get more pics of my "hackjobs" for you guys