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    2024 Avant 755i, lots of attachments

    How is the visibility? It seems like it would be difficult to see what you’re doing from the drivers seat?
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    2024 Avant 755i, lots of attachments

    I’m interested in the stump grinder. Were you happy with it? I’ve been eyeing it ever since I bought my Giant G1200. I’ve never had a chance to talk to someone who’s owned one. I’d love to know your thoughts on it even if yours is not for sale.
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    eastern white pine, lower third yellowing/thinning fast...not sure what it could be?

    Here in Northern Indiana our evergreens, especially our White Pines, are struggling with winter burn. It’s very common on evergreens exposed to wind tunnels along roads and right of ways. It looks like your Pine is on the edge of a right of way and the yellowing needles are on the exposed side...
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    My Name is Mud

    This is a great point. This particular company is one that I have a relationship with and have worked with 3-4 times a year for the past couple years. I’ve set up an intentional business model of not buying large equipment and simply bringing in subcontractors who own the big equipment when I...
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    My Name is Mud

    I loved seeing you tip tie a large lead and having your groundie cut from the ground and then lay it down. It’s such an effective means of getting work on the ground quickly in certain situations. Recently, I did a job where I was hired to remove a very tall White Oak. I subcontracted a local...
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    Restoration Pruning, Guy Meilleur

    I think Guy Meilleur‘s work is fantastic. I believe that there are too many “tree guys” who are too eager to recommend cutting trees. Whether it’s pruning or removal, often times it’s just excessive. I understand their rationale because they have a business and equipment and expenses, so they’re...
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    Shagbark Hickory preservation

    Thank you for all the feedback! The excavation work would be all air spade and hand tools. It’s really hard to say how much excess dirt is there. In regards to “fertilizer”, I should have been more clear. I use that term with my clients because it’s easier for them to understand that than “soil...
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    Trailer hitch carried sprayer?

    This is the receiver adapter: Here it is installed: The rig has 2 pins that fit on the “wings” of the receiver to line everything up: Here it is installed:
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    Trailer hitch carried sprayer?

    I don’t have pictures on me at the moment, but it has a custom receiver that goes in the receiver on the truck. There are two pins on the spray rig that allow you to tilt the unit back and rest them on the custom receiver and then you lift the unit up and it slides in and you pin it there. I’ll...
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    Trailer hitch carried sprayer?

    I’m a bit late to the discussion, but it’s called a “Trinity Tank.” It was manufactured by Plant Groth Management Systems and created by Mark Mann. The company does not manufacture them anymore, but I convinced Mark to refurbish one of his old units for me and I LOVE IT! ATH it looks like you...
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    More on wide spread herbicide damage

    This is interesting, I’m located in Northern Indiana, about 2.5hrs from you. In 2024 there was 1 neighborhood in particular that looked like every single Oak tree was suffering. Leaf curl on all of them and appeared to be very thin. I was very concerned and sent some samples in to Purdue...
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    Shagbark Hickory preservation

    I’d love to get all of your thoughts on a project that I’m looking at. There is a Botanical Graden in my community that recently underwent a huge construction project where they built a new visitor center and event venue. I don’t really want to get into all the mistakes they made when they did...
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    EAB fungal infections

    I agree
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    EAB fungal infections

    Honestly, I have concerns about solutions like this. They can’t possibly know all of the impact that introducing a fungus will have. What other insects will be adversely affected? What other animals who eat those infected insects will have adverse reactions? I understand trying to solve a...
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    Work Photos

    Working to preserve this Cucumber tree at the historic Studebaker Mansion in downtown South Bend, IN. Applied tree growth regulator and soil amendments.
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    Growth regulator pricing

    I’m charging $15-$20 per inch DBH. In the northern Midwest a growth regulator is active in our trees for 3 years. I often explain that to my clients as a selling point. So a 20” DBH tree at $15/in is $300 which would equate to $100/year.
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    TCIA WTF?

    As a quiet participant on TreeBuzz I was mostly disappointed that there was no longer any valuable content in the TCI Magazine because you had republished content that I’d already read here. It was like taking a good book and republishing it under a new title. I think it’s a great idea for TCIA...
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    Closing Thoughts

    Steve, I’m so grateful for your presence in this forum. I don’t post much but I’ve gleaned so much from your posts on here. “Those same folks will not remember me figuring out impossible situations and making it happen for them when they obviously had no idea how to do the job they bid on.”...
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    Tree inventory

    Update: I’ve landed on ArborNote as my software of choice. It’s entirely built around Tree Inventories and that was the most important thing that I wanted in a software. It’s been annoying to learn, but as I’ve learned the software it has become a huge time saver and I love that every single...
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    dogs of treebuzz

    Do any of you ever throw a harness on your dog so they can help pull a sled of brush/rakings/logs on the jobsite? I think my dog would love to work with me, my biggest concern is how my clients would respond to me bringing a dog onto their property.

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