Are we rerally this bored or are we un-inspired?
Duh,Jeff
Duh,Jeff
Toughest trees to climb
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Can you say "Redundant Idiotocricy" ( who cares, not in the same game)
Jeff
What a waste of a thread!
Jeff
What a waste of a thread!
treevet
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looked thru 3 pages of threads and did not see one started by jefflovstrom, come on lovstrom fire one up there that is real exciting and never been talked about before.:bringit:
ozzy42
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What part of fl. you in astthesun?
gainesville. a tree city
treevet
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Doesn't sound like a Tree City USA to me.
ozzy42
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it is, in the sense that they make you replace the trees you remove, if you get a permit, but noone here does unless its in a place where you're likely to be seen by the 'tree police'. there's not enough tree police here to even begin to monitor all the work that happens. alachua county is severly overgrown, wherever there's no house or cleared lot, there's forrest.
go longhorns, lol. i'm pissed at alachua county atm.
Blakesmaster
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Same thing here. The main reason I do spikeless prunes is to try and carve a little niche out with the uber-green crowd. Most have responded quite well to it but there are just as many who say, "You can use the hooks if ya want, I don't care." There's only a handful of companies that even wear hardhats here as well. Lotsa rednecks w/ chainsaws in this town. Since I cannot yet afford to roll up with a half mil in equipment and look big time I do what I can to set myself apart, no spikes on prunes and hardhats on all the time. People respond to it.
yeah, no hardhats either. i'm not afraid to use one or tell my guys to use one if the situation calls for it, like roping out a dead tree where the limbs splatter when the hit anything, or throwing trees in the woods, or lots of hangers in a tree.
my opinion on the spikes is that you're going up there to cut the tree, one cut is worth at least 1 spike mark. larger cuts might be equal to thousands of spikes. sometimes on prettier trees i'll put a ladder up so there's no marks on the first 20ft, which is where bugs prefer to enter.
outofmytree
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http://www.stihlusa.com/apparel/summer-protective-pants.html
Standard year round wear over here Dave. Us tough Aussies aren't afraid to sweat a little....
And Aussie girls make us shower before contact!
Climbing in chaps is just not fun......
Mapleman
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"Standard year round wear over here Dave. Us tough Aussies aren't afraid to sweat a little....
And Aussie girls make us shower before contact!
Climbing in chaps is just not fun......"
BUT GIRLS IN CHAPS ARE
And Aussie girls make us shower before contact!
Climbing in chaps is just not fun......"
BUT GIRLS IN CHAPS ARE
outofmytree
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I prefer chaps in girls old bean......
treevet
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guys are ok w it?:hmm3grin2orange:
Found this out the hard way today...
Fine pruning a large pin oak (without stripping it out). I think if you can survive that you might have a chance at surviving self employment in the tree business long term.
Interesting, though somewhat boring thread. Back when I owned a tree business in Northern Ohio, though I had climbing ropes, body harness and spikes, I very seldom if ever used them. We did everything with a High Ranger and even used the bucket hydraulics to run the saw Up here in SE Michigan (at least with the outfits I sharpen chipper knives for), no one climbs, they all use bucket trucks My harness and spikes are hanging in the garage and have been for years.
I'll climb black locust all day. Good solid wood with good bark for spiking. Natural honey locust, the kind with the 3" thorns, no thanks. I trimmed on once and never again. Honey locusts from nurseries that have been genetically modified to disallow the thorns are goo climbers though.
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