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    Safety Incentive Program

    Incentives for safety to me always said that there's something wrong with the culture in the company in the first place. Posting so many days without a lost time accident OK. But I'd rather have safety as a "core value" and work in a place where everybody has your back and looks out for each...
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    EAB fungal infections

    Go woodpeckers ! An interesting angle on the problem I thought.
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    Passing of Boomslang

    This is story on a fatal tree care accident in NB - they don't name the deceased but it looked like the same company/ incident date. There is a local story as well (behind a paywall), but with no more details than the CBC story. Condolences to the family - this is such a tragedy.
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    Owl dead in tree

    We Albertans worry for you guys in Ontario . . . . . :)
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    Owl dead in tree

    My only point was - when you don't know cause of death or come across an animal den or piles of droppings, maybe more care is needed these days - the incidence of fungal, bacterial and viral transmissions/ infections seems to on the rise over my 30 yr career in occ health anyway. I do know that...
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    Possible damage from impact of felling a large tree close to a house.

    Years ago I was cleaning out a tangled understory for FireSmart kind of work and felled a 75 ft poplar about 15 - 20 feet away from the side of an attached triple garage. The kitchen was on the other side of the house from the garage and the HO said the impact made all the glasses in the kitchen...
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    Using canola oil for bar lube - oiling issues now. Never in the past

    Canola oil is an organic oil that does go rancid from oxidation (for food use anyway) and I'd bet would fully support bacterial growth at room temperature. I'd try running some winter weight (i.e. thinner) chainsaw oil like the Stihl or Husky stuff to see how that works (bet they have an...
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    Owl dead in tree

    This is probably going to seem kinda out there but . . please be careful handling dead animals/ birds. They can carry a bunch of human pathogens - from a search engine (nowadays the ultimate source of an online MD??) - "(Arborist tree workers are at risk of exposure to several human pathogens...
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    Am I going a little overboard with this?

    OTH, individuals with asthma or other conditions may have more to be concerned about wrt fungi and spores. Everyone is different. And believe me, nature is still experimenting out there . . . . e.g. The link above and . . . Cryptococcus (I believe a notifiable disease in BC and parts of US), as...
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    Am I going a little overboard with this?

    I think Stihl Motomix is an alkylate fuel still. This could just be fantasy now but I believe I remember Chevron or maybe Mobil made straight run alkylate distillate in 55 gal drums you used to be able to get only from commercial dealers - maybe check these out if you are a larger outfit...
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    Am I going a little overboard with this?

    There's lots of online info about pruning Black Knot fungus, usually customer is the Genus Prunus. Our city had way way over planted Schuberts in years past and the fungus is everywhere now (natural reservoirs of it tho along creeks and in draws/ gulleys). There was a good thread on Buzz years...
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    Do you ever have the occasional customer service experience like this?

    We had an interesting discussion this weekend with some younger folks who are in IT. It revolved around large US firms' variable pricing for products, which is a hot topic in web sales and marketing, esp. in EU. I sometimes think that there should be algorithms set up for customers, not just on...
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    Stump Cut Troubles

    Sorry , late to the thread. This video and comments made could be worth a look too. I'd never thought about backchaining to maybe keep the cut cleaner and teeth sharper.
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    High standards vs lower standards for preventing damage and incidents | Business owner vs employees and subcontractors

    Craig talks about an accident they had and what they've put in place since, in his company. This makes some good points about running a company with workers/ contractors v.s. a lone wolf operator and preparing for boo-boo's. I talked to an arborist just yesterday working in our hood - had a...
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    SCAM 3:1 MA and Remotely Retrievable Redirect

    Never had it move around - with small ring the rope needed to be really pinched to get it through the ring and it stays tight. If ring is too large it will move around or even slip. Rope diameter and to some extent it's hand I guess make it work. I don't use this with 11's for example. Ring...
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