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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    That's a take I didn't think of. By segregating the classes into first time takers and requals they drained much of the discussion that can come from having diverse learning groups. I know very little about how certs and quals, or a lot of education, is actually managed and credentialed. This...
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    For your area definitely. Environmental engineering would be useful on the coast.
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    I use it for reporting mainly. Insurance, protection documents, failure analysis. A lot of independent risk assessments. Idk, it has its place in certain markets.
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    ISA TRAQ & CEU changes

    Like OSHA 30 and stuff. It's frustrating when they use construction standards for a non construction environment. We're not dealing with engineered principles. The refresher course was great for TRAQ, I'm not happy to hear about these changes at all. I don't see any benefit to completely...
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    How you pick your name?

    My old company was Pankey Plant Health Care. I was the product, as a contract arborist. I wanted to differentiate pruning and plant healthcare contracting vs a removal guy. Blue Pine Works was different. I didn't want my name attached because I'm not the product. I'm a tool for the business to...
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    Spring cleaning multiple items

    I want the hook.
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    Tree failed with no warning

    It's always the easy days
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    Avant Thread!

    It doesn't beep if it misses? I normally shake it as well. We'll see this week. Just got the machine back.
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    Avant Thread!

    Ours beeps if the pins aren't down.
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    Avant Thread!

    Has anyone had issues with their attachments falling off the plate? Avant is coming back from the shop tomorrow. They couldn't find why it's happening but I lost the bm grapple, avant grapple, and the bm stump grinder the last 2 months. Springs are good, no damage to the plate or attachments...
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    Brush bandit 1890

    Location?
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    Equipment Hauler

    Yesssss. Hooklift with dedicated skids for equipment.
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    Equipment Hauler

    We were heavily considering a dovetail truck as a hauler. If properly matched with a trailer you could have rams that go to the trailer deck that allows you to unload "in line". We used these trucks when I did wildland firefighting in Georgia for dozers. It's pretty convenient tbh. If I can...
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    How do you turn down work?

    We generally turn down clients, not jobs. We've fired many clients. No money is worth the headache bad clients bring. I want to trust them with my team, as I hire my team to take care of them. When we have gotten into work that was more work than it seemed worth or something I didn't want to...
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    What's on your mind? TCI Magazine wants to know

    I really like the project communication topic. Seriously underrated.
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