I keep bread bags and napkins or paper towels in my truck. If there’s a small tree specimen that I want to bring home, I can wrap the roots in moist paper towels and put them in the bag. Some make it and some don’t. The seedlings that I keep in pots until I’m ready to plant have the best chance...
I saw a tree that had been girdled by beaver. One and one half feet of bark all the way around the trunk was missing, except a strip where a big fat hairy poison ivy vine was growing. Apparently poison ivy saved the tree, at least for the time being.
Could be a combination of the bar burs and an unevenly sharpened chain. A regular filing on the bar with a flat file keeps mine cutting straight. Also, I noticed that a higher carbon steel bar by Sugihara does not need as much maintenance as the Stihl bars I’m used to. Nor does a higher carbon...
The most miserable job that I’ve ever had the misfortune to assist with, was tree work for a school with DOT oversight. We were clearing trees so the school could add a turn lane. Every time a branch fell five feet from the edge of the road, they would get out of their vehicles enter into our...
My 2¢ is to keep your own gig going and do contract climbing/consulting on the side. You’ll make more capital in the long run and you won’t have to worry about getting laid off. I wish you the best Matias.