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  1. Brando CalPankian

    Wildfires

    Go home, gah that sounds miserable. Tough SOB.
  2. Brando CalPankian

    Wildfires

    How are are the impacts of the fires being felt? We're shut down today. Not worth it to try and drag brush in a mask. Anyone here affected in those areas? I know the MN side of boundary waters is being evacuated. I know lots of folks having to get parents/elderly folks. Stay safe.
  3. Brando CalPankian

    Bucket Truck Boom Failure

    Don't all incedents in the industry, regardless of insurance coverage, affect the statistical likelihood of incident and drive up industry averages as a whole? I've never formally asked this question.
  4. Brando CalPankian

    Bucket Truck Boom Failure

    Yay, work comp rates increase again. Toothless Timmy did well. Prayers to the guys involved, sad when it happens. Like you said though, maintenance risk is real.
  5. Brando CalPankian

    Social media comments on your business posts

    No perfect answer indeed. I guess that's where inspections come in, but nobody wants that kind of scrutiny and it wouldn't work well for private sector work because of the volume. That's where I think influencing communities, as stewards in the trade, regardless of certification, is important...
  6. Brando CalPankian

    Social media comments on your business posts

    I agree with most of this, though competency speaks volumes. One of my friends, and competitors, does great work despite not being a CA. I respect his grind and ability to service clients so well. He does his best to do right by trees, but his business is customer service within the sphere of...
  7. Brando CalPankian

    Social media comments on your business posts

    I love the insight. It's what forums are for. Ideas should be tested. Operating outside of industry standards absolutely opens you up to risk. Maybe I should phrase that different. I was advised, in more lawyerly language, that it can. I think I might have done a poor job describing it. The...
  8. Brando CalPankian

    light rigging with ring and "figure 8" aka "rescue 8"

    I use them mostly for 2 man controlled speedline jobs. I can have the ground "catch" the piece, I then control that line with the fig 8 while they maintain the speedline. Have used lightly experimentally as solo rigging. I find the control inconsistent. It's not a "use every day" thing but it...
  9. Brando CalPankian

    Social media comments on your business posts

    It really depends on your goals. There are arborists who are attorneys, consultants, supervisors, managers, or in other adjacent industries (utility especially) where the certification can help them be more well rounded and to be the intermediary between arborists and the corporate world...
  10. Brando CalPankian

    Social media comments on your business posts

    It's less about the certification and more about the brain, reasoning, and forward progression of the one holding it.
  11. Brando CalPankian

    Social media comments on your business posts

    Most people these days are chasing clout, a higher paycheck, and attention. Certifications are a way for short term gratification of those goals, but it doesn't work out well in the long run. Everyone wants to make more money, or have prestige in their title, or have less to do. Most don't want...
  12. Brando CalPankian

    Social media comments on your business posts

    I wouldn't take it to heart. A certification doesn't make an arborist. You handled that situation with poise and integrity. I could learn somethings from you there ;)
  13. Brando CalPankian

    Modern AI Tech

    It drives me nuts. AI can be helpful, but it's not supposed to be used to supplant humans. That's why ai slop is so triggering, it's one of the most extractive things humanity has created when used wrong.
  14. Brando CalPankian

    Texting a business card

    We encounter this often too. A fleet/capability directory might help
  15. Brando CalPankian

    Happy 4th Everyone

    You as well! Remember, you need fingers to open tri action carabineers
  16. Brando CalPankian

    Glaciertek.com Coolvests

    This is the way
  17. Brando CalPankian

    Glaciertek.com Coolvests

    I'd used some working for a municipality years ago in Georgia. I didn't like them much. More to wear, more to move, more to think about. Plus the cold on my hot body wasn't all that nice. Sweat helps. Acclimation and time. Cold water on hands/neck. Frequent breaks. We had intense heat this...
  18. Brando CalPankian

    vertical speedline size/weight limits

    Might be cheaper if it takes long enough.
  19. Brando CalPankian

    Texting a business card

    I get what you're saying. Is the problem coming before or after the initial visit? For example: The referral call comes in, the estimate gets scheduled, work commences, they didn't understand the full scope of what you can do. The referral call comes in, they're asking questions and have not...
  20. Brando CalPankian

    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    Yeah that's a long wait. Bummer. If they're good at what they do the wait is totally worth it then.

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