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    Risk assessment – fungi

    OP, you haven't mentioned what it sounded like with a mallet, and other folks chimed in that that would be a good diagnosing tool, and I would second (or is it third?) that. Extremely useful. I sound every tree I assess, and the more I do it the more I am able to really see and feel what's...
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    China fir looks like it's having a bad year - advice pls

    I usually see them in full sun- looks like it gets pretty shaded out by the surrounding canopy. While they do usually have some interior brown needles, that seems a bit beyond what I typically see.
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    [CLOSED — AD WITHDRAWN] Experienced Tree Service Sales Representative — Sell in Your Own Town (Nationwide)

    I think the proposition received the scrutiny it deserved. We all worked very hard to get to have the skills to do this kind of work, so we should make sure that any business proposition is worth our valuable time and expertise.
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    [CLOSED — AD WITHDRAWN] Experienced Tree Service Sales Representative — Sell in Your Own Town (Nationwide)

    Storm work is such a different ball game than standard tree work. Such lower profits, such less demand, such a different timescale. It’s an interesting idea but I would have to tell customers to wait months potentially to have tree work done, and by a crew who I’d never met. I don’t know what...
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    Pruning a Tulip Poplar

    What is your pruning objective? (As I would shout to my 2 year old, brandishing the felcos) I love when a Tuliptree has this form. It comes from being left alone with little competition. The density of branches is a great strategy towards optimal structure and it’s only able to do it from...
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    Www.Arboreye.LLC

    Get a real body and touch a tree. This is nonsense. Stop destroying industries and taking human jobs.
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    Modern AI Tech

    Some of you may have seen recently that a whistleblower resigned from Anthropic due to the fear that AI could kill all of humanity within a decade. To add to the warm fuzzy feelings, a senior employee at Anthropic admitted he believed there was a greater than 10% chance the technology could...
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    Covid Close To You

    You’ve run out of people interested in talking to you about this, so you started talking to AI? And you’re publishing your entire AI conversations on the internet?
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    Giant Trees - a research project.

    Ok! I see your point! Large low limbs require a larger diameter at the base, and thus lead to increased growth at the base. So it makes sense that we would see these two variables showing up together - large diameters, large low limbs (and large LCR, and wide canopies). The question is- are...
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    Giant Trees - a research project.

    Around here Tuliptrees are some of our most stable forest trees. While the wood itself isn't as strong, they have really good vitality in this climate and very strong rooting properties. They tend to fail with thigh-width breakouts rather than large leaders, and they only fail at the base if...
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    Sawdust, a washing machine killer?

    Third speed queen! And shaking out pockets, and having chainsaw pants that have zipper pockets.
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    Modern AI Tech

    I see it getting into my work which I never thought would happen. People’s job requests include AI wording, or their conclusions about their trees are informed by AI inquiries. I’ve had to correct people’s information about trees because they already asked an AI chatbot and were getting bad...
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    Shadow Puppets???

    Such a tragedy. And the guy behind the controls is going to carry the weight of that choice for the rest of his life. That would be so hard to hold.
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    Giant Trees - a research project.

    You’re welcome, thanks for reading! What were some of the things that surprised you?
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    Giant Trees - a research project.

    As some of you may know, I have been collecting data on giant trees (trees over 50” diameter at breast height, as defined by the US Forest Service) for about a year. I felt ready to move on from my research on Helene failures, and wanted to find inspiration and hope in what was still standing. I...
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