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  1. eyehearttrees

    Chainsaw-shortage (US), anyone able to shed-light? Didn't realize just how bad it was...

    Yeah the feedback is overwhelmingly positive for echo, typical echo opinions are either praise from echo-users, or stihl/husq users who will either: - acknowledge echo "isn't trash", but still try making the case that the price-chasm is somehow made-up of superior hardware, or: - lie and pretend...
  2. eyehearttrees

    Chainsaw-shortage (US), anyone able to shed-light? Didn't realize just how bad it was...

    I'd be curious if they still have 2511's now, my dealer was fine at that point in time...but then when I went to get a chain, it looked like they were closing-shop, I immediately spoke to the owner who showed me the computer telling him he has to wait weeks, not for more product, but for an...
  3. eyehearttrees

    [legal] Want to remove tree with lanky-limb that goes over-fence into neighboring yard, w/ uncooperative neighbor...can I cut&chuck to their yard?

    Thanks a ton everyone, appreciate the insights!! Will snap pics, it's nothing special it's a lanky Jacaranda, the limbs over the neighbor's yard of such little consequence that they're just enough concern that I'd break the wooden fence otherwise I'd be roping them down myself....these branches...
  4. eyehearttrees

    [legal] Want to remove tree with lanky-limb that goes over-fence into neighboring yard, w/ uncooperative neighbor...can I cut&chuck to their yard?

    I'm tasked w/ a removal tomorrow and, when going-over some last minute details with client just now, was told "The neighbor can be a jerk but he should let you into his backyard", lol if I cannot get into that backyard to polesaw the 2 limbs that are over the neighbor's grass (or if I cannot...
  5. eyehearttrees

    Advice sought...Got an offer that'll pay much more $$, but is a swap from 'tree surgeon' to'clearing land' :/

    Well I am from MA (as he is as well, I suspect he just bought land / his mansion in NH because MA is the 3rd most-expensive state for realty) so am familiar with (but still hate :P ) dealing with heavy snow..it's love/hate for sure!! And Re contracting/protections yes I should've mentioned...
  6. eyehearttrees

    Advice sought...Got an offer that'll pay much more $$, but is a swap from 'tree surgeon' to'clearing land' :/

    Another concern, which is hard to articulate, is that of workload....I've always been a workaholic but, now in my late 30's and seeing that the human body is not, in fact, invincible, I am taking great efforts to 'protect&conserve' my body, IE I take a day-off when I need one instead of just...
  7. eyehearttrees

    Advice sought...Got an offer that'll pay much more $$, but is a swap from 'tree surgeon' to'clearing land' :/

    tl;dr -- I have an opportunity to "ditch" my sole-proprietorship, residential 'tree surgery' company to partner with a very wealthy friend who wants to start a company with me in spring, the goal of which would be clearing land (in NH) for development. The $$$ would be awesome (off the bat, at...
  8. eyehearttrees

    Chainsaw-shortage (US), anyone able to shed-light? Didn't realize just how bad it was...

    Was only able to get the 20", was a floor model (my local H.Depot's had maybe 20 units last week, when I read Evo's comment & went to check their site there were just 3.....and that store couldn't locate one of them...thankfully my local store's manager let me buy the floor-model, I went outside...
  9. eyehearttrees

    Chainsaw-shortage (US), anyone able to shed-light? Didn't realize just how bad it was...

    BTW If anyone has advice on "checking a floor-model", I'm all ears!! Bought my 590 at Home Depot since they've got the most lenient return policies, obviously I got a can of fuel and tested it in the parking lot (my 1st saw w/ compression release valve :D ), but yeah I'd LOVE if anyone's got...
  10. eyehearttrees

    Chainsaw-shortage (US), anyone able to shed-light? Didn't realize just how bad it was...

    Thanks a ton, haven't read rest of replies yet but should note that this is the 2nd time a post of yours made me act in 2 weeks LOL, I suspected this (chainsaw shortages) and saw local inventories dwindle, when I read your reply here I immediately called places & was lucky to find a floor model...
  11. eyehearttrees

    [saw & B&C reco's sought] My biggest saw is a 42cc/18"...w/ the storms coming I feel naked, uncertain what to buy :/

    "Meta" Q's on 'bigger chainsaws' that I simply cannot wrap my head around!! Thanks a ton for all the replies here guys, the $$ for a new saw is burning a hole in my pocket LOL am glad I have the willpower to wait here til I make an informed decision....I'm struggling with understanding things...
  12. eyehearttrees

    [saw & B&C reco's sought] My biggest saw is a 42cc/18"...w/ the storms coming I feel naked, uncertain what to buy :/

    Have 3 awesome top-handles since that is where most of my time/work is done (I'm a 1-man show, all ropes, all rigging...ideal jobs are the lowest ratio of debris-to-time!) But am hitting more & more scenarios wherein a bigger saw would really make a difference, and my biggest (42cc / 18") is...
  13. eyehearttrees

    I'm hoping to learn Re various chain-types for climbsaws (10"-->18" chain), not just "get Pro" but understanding the teeth/etc..

    From the factory, sure.....but this pisses me off because for, say, 25cc climbsaws, 1/4" 0.43" seems an obviously superior choice, heck the 2511t overseas comes that way and the movement of people buying August Hunicke's "Panther 1/4 conversion kits" is increasing (hell I'd get one for my 355t...
  14. eyehearttrees

    I'm hoping to learn Re various chain-types for climbsaws (10"-->18" chain), not just "get Pro" but understanding the teeth/etc..

    Thank you VERY much, I will spend a good deal of time on that I am sure ('thankfully' I have the day off...quotes are because I had to take it off, for safety/efficiency reasons, due to over-booking myself :P ) Can I ask you a pointed-question though? What about "regular" 3/8" chains for...
  15. eyehearttrees

    Chainsaw-shortage (US), anyone able to shed-light? Didn't realize just how bad it was...

    tl;dr -- I didn't realize there even was a "chainsaw shortage" but, getting chain today at my echo dealer, I found it wasn't just Husqy being outta stock -- my echo dealer has almost nothing, I thought he was closing!!! Anyone feeling this'll get worse before it gets better? Had been intending...
  16. eyehearttrees

    Effects of vertical-speedlines on the orientation of a large top's landing?

    Was removing a pair of shared-trunk (but wholly independent, pole-type trunks), mid-50' pine type conifers and had to take the tops off (and one of the middles) before I could fell the remainder, and because both "forward hop" on the landing - and any side-to-side jumping of the butt once it...
  17. eyehearttrees

    Knowing how hard you can safely push your chainsaw?

    Yesterday while removing a pair (well, shared trunk-base!) of Pine-specie trees, each in the 50' range, I got it down to a ~15' "stump" trunk that I was going to fell. I removed my belt & spurs and realized, w/ my 42cc/18" still on the bench at-home, all I had was my 16" echo 355t (36cc) Did...
  18. eyehearttrees

    ISA/TCIA affiliations & certifications for a "new solo climber"? Want my TRAQ cert, uncertain if I should *join* ISA...or go for it just yet...

    Do you have an academic botany background? Because reading this post made me go and call ISA yesterday to setup my exam, I'd been taking more pages-of-notes than there were pages per chapter, simply because I didn't know if the test was more "DMV level" or "college level" so I'd been prepping...
  19. eyehearttrees

    Tips and Tricks

    Gotta say Samson's guides (written on their site & the corresponding Youtubes) were all I needed for nearly perfect splicing of an entire climbing & heavy-duty rigging kit....Combine this approach with Wesspur's clearance section and you can have a $1k "retail" rigging kit for well under half...
  20. eyehearttrees

    Nailed my helmet w/ steel anchor, force quite possibly could've been a skull-cracker...lamest way to die!!

    For sure, this type of 'equipment struck-by' isn't something I'd ever put much thought to so am glad I was wearing my helmet when I learned this!! Thanks for your reply, the one directly below yours basically says/implies that I'm so wreckless that this isn't surprising (obviously the poster...

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