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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Helping my neighbor with very neglected orchard trees as part of my day. 10' ladder. Opposite side before This one by the shed is ganoderma-ridden, so got a large reduction.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    For whatever it's worth.
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    Do I quit the best job I ever got?

    Wishing you success there! I try to take advantage of quality skills for the duration available.
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    Do I quit the best job I ever got?

    Ask for a raise to make it work out financially before quitting.
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    Equipment Hauler

    How much is security a concern? Every window opens with the automatic window opener...a large rock.
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    Stolen Stumper and Trailer in MI

    Damn! Sorry for your troubles!
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Hormones!
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    Olympia, WA, various needs.

    A little soft inside...nbd. All quick, natural crotch, self-lowering, then a wood chip crash pad in the drop zone for wood chunks rather than negative- blocking over asphalt to then move the chunks from the road to the area where they will cut the rounds for a church firewood supply for...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    That cord is just for training branches downward. It will get moved seasonally. Temporary props are easy. Cord is possible, but generally unneeded. I aim to prune to a self-supporting shape for most loads. Heavy fruit years will get some branches or boards as props more that the occasional...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    That's a scrap strand of some old scrap of 3-strand 'camping' cord. Any soft interface will do. Training through bending and spreaders toward/ below horizontal changes growth hormones inducing more fruiting spur production. I'll try to take a video.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Neglected 70 y.o. apple Trained within a fence. A dozen pears last year in its first production year, second year in the ground.
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    Cmc Truck Upfits

    Hella nice.
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    Olympia, WA, various needs.

    Not our everyday problem to solve, however it's pretty routine.
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    Fu*%face Von Clownstick

    He's making up words like Dubya...what's with that? A few days ago, a customer liked my strategery!
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    What's on your mind? TCI Magazine wants to know

    Communication and rapport- building skills during consults and bids. Concisely communicating job skills and skill/ equipment/ team requirements for a successful project.
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