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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    This is what my first boss did to us back in the day. None of us had watches or phones so we didn’t have a clue.
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    Telling the crew it is never later than 10:30 until lunch time and never later than 2:30 after lunch time.
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    2012 bandit 1590

    Very tempting. That would be a nice chipper to go with my 1390
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    ZZ, SJ3, RR OG

    I might be interested in the Twinline depending on price.
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    2025 Michigan TCC

    I love it when the old timers win. And I now fit this category myself…
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    Saddle setup (picture thread)

    The instructions specifically say NOT to do this because if you load the stitching in between the pockets more than 2kn it will be let loose. But if you are TRYING to not go down with something it could be helpful.
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    Saddle setup (picture thread)

    The ART Snaketail stitching is designed to blow at 2kn? if I’m remembering correctly. You can clip to the stitching instead of the pocket for a breakaway that is a known number. Another really simple system would be to use an ART Positioner as your lanyard adjuster and put a well worn cam on...
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    Mini and micro chippers

    From talking to @Alec A. the Eliet sounds pretty awesome. Might be worth taking a day trip down to Corvallis to see his in action.
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    black walnut sales call

    They will but you have to have a lot of smaller stuff burning to get rid of the big stuff. On the North Complex Fire in 2020 we had an ACB that was brought in that ran 24/7 for a while. It was run in two shifts. Grapple trucks brought in debris all day and the loader would feed it all day and...
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    black walnut sales call

    For me I’d rather just bring it home and make it disappear in the woods or lately I’ve just been digging huge holes and burying it and making planting mounds. The local green waste place just piles it and burns it which to me just doesn’t seem very environmentally friendly. Especially since...
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    black walnut sales call

    I think I’m going to have to start charging more for wood hauling. Having a dump trailer and living on 60 acres certainly helps but our tree graveyard is getting a little ridiculous.
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    black walnut sales call

    A few weeks ago I was talking with a client about his trees and he started talking about removing some firs and how valuable they must be. I told him that breaking even was a long shot at best. The longer I’m in the tree business the less valuable any byproducts that come from removing a tree...
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    Bulldog OAR, Rope Runner & More

    I’ll take the positioner if it is still available.
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    Broken man, extreme burnout

    Come work with us in Hood River. I need a good crew lead. I’ll make it worth your while and we have an awesome team. Avant for chipping and moving material. We use cranes and contract climbers for the big nasty things. I often get a bit burned out on being an owner operator but making sure...
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    Are equipment prices dropping?

    Seems like prices have gone down and there is way more stuff available. I’ve seen a lot of people are getting out of the business or downsizing fleets. Stuff sits for sale a long time from what I’ve seen. Not like during the COVID years where anything would sell and it would sell fast.
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    TreeStuff $75 Ships-Today-Guarantee

    The web page not telling that things are not in stock until after the order has gone through has burned me too many times. Wesspur, Arbsession, and Honeybros are my go to retailers. If Treestuff would truly show what is in stock before you hit order, that would likely make people give them...
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    Do you think this year has been different for business?

    In our area people have money but this year feels different. One big change is that grant money for forestry projects is drying up or has stopped altogether. I was expecting our gross to close to double this year based on the last few years but now I think we will go up maybe 25%? The last...
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    Teach me about dump trailers

    My only regret with buying a dump trailer last year was that I didn’t buy it 15 years ago. From the research I’ve done Diamond C is top notch. I was about to pick one up when a friend sold me his Eagle dump trailer for such a good deal I couldn’t turn it down. We use it to haul the Avant...
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    climbing with big saws

    And what would you know about climbing with big saws?;)
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    climbing with big saws

    I have climbed with the 066 with a 32” bar more times than I can count. Last week we did a 56” fir and a 47” fir. I didn’t climb those but cutting with big saws aloft is pretty normal here in the PNW. Very normal removal days start with a 14” Husky 542i with 14” bar for limbing and then Stihl...

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