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    Today....

    The Vermeer AX17 and AX19 have hydraulics to raise the winch arm up and out of the way
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    Face Shield/Safety Glasses

    It's the quicker picker upper!
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    Face Shield/Safety Glasses

    I use Bounty paper towels folded into a headband placed between my helmet and forehead. It keeps the sweat off my glasses and is disposable
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    It's the economy dummy!

    I bought a new chip truck this spring with 10% down and a significant monthly payment. Problem was that I never got very busy and cash flow has been lower than expected. Maybe your clients are waiting to see changes in the market and sticking with renting cranes for now. Committing to five...
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    A few rigging questions. Broken rope.

    A double bowline will break more easily after a hard pull. Learned that lurking on the Buzz years ago. I prefer to use a friction hitch over a knot. I use a long piece of Beeline to form a five or six wrap Klemheist onto the pull rope. Put a stopper knot behind the hitch if it wants to creep
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    Tall Cottonwood = scary? Made to top!

    Green Snakebite is the name on the splice
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    Tall Cottonwood = scary? Made to top!

    I am on my lanyard while advancing my rope
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    Tall Cottonwood = scary? Made to top!

    Working in a cottonwood today
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    Tall Cottonwood = scary? Made to top!

    You can throw a rope with a throw ball attached to the end to advance your tie in. I wouldn't mess with a throwline while in the tree
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    Used chipper shopping

    I bought my '02 BC 1400 with 897 hours in 2005. Now at about 2900 hours. I would stretch to buy the newest mid-size chipper they would sell me. Too old or overworked and you won't be trustful of it. Downtime gets expensive
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    Homeowner or Power Company?

    Around here, I just call the power company and they schedule a line clearance crew. A few months ago, the crew was out giving me 10 feet the next day and I started the ash removal the day after that
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    Views. Here is one of mine. Lets see yours.....so many great views out there.

    Longs Peak on the right
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    Today....

    I did another round of pruning dead tops on a client's Norway yesterday. Same condition occurs in the silver maple hybrids, honey locusts and Populous species. Anything with light colored bark with obvious chlorophyll in the cambium. Always on the South side, the trees are water stressed...
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    Bid that tree!

    I always spread tarps to cover the drop zone. My favorite was given to me by a landscaper friend when he replaced his pool cover. About $200 worth of tarps from Walmart would have sped up your clean up. I rarely rake anymore
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    @Levi, how bout them Buffaloes!

    I was working on a student rental just off of campus hearing the growing cheers and celebrating coming from the surrounding houses. It has been a long while since so many people were watching TV on a hot and sunny Saturday around here
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    2019 brush bandit xp issues

    Have you chipped any cottonwood or dusty dead wood while it was raining? How does the radiator look? Years back my Vermeer was shutting down during high temperatures midsummer. There are two thermostats and one needed replacing
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    I guess I need a waiver of liability

    If you would charge just $100 per climb, you could easily afford a general liability insurance payment. You are doing real tree work and potential clients would consider you legitimate.
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    Vision Changes and Issues Connected to Them

    On the topic of progressive/bifocals, I have another optometrist appointment this morning to get into my first set of contacts. My only glasses are safety, progressive (bifocal) and transitions. They are pretty worked after 3 years and I miss real sunglasses. She is reluctant to ruin my...
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    Alternative to clove hitch for rigging short trunk sections

    In defense of the clove hitch...do Buzzers give a Rip that the clove Ken be used effectively in a rigging scenario? TDS I use the tendency to roll to sweat the line at the rigging point of attachment. For solo lifts, I set the rigging line on The Goodes with a stopper knot at the block...
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    What’s Your SMALLER Equipment Setup?

    Sounds like you had a successful solo day. Rinse and repeat. It is Friday afternoon and I hope we can keep the over analysis of our situations to a minimum. Introspection can be helpful or troublesome I choose comedy podcasts and comedy specials to listen to while working. Not the...

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