Paul Smiths college (smithy) is a 50-50 forestry school schooling and hands on in NY ADK area, PENN state , NC,there is an old thread on this someplace.
Claims usually mean not allot. Have him do a test have him show you what he can do.Ask him if and how he would fix your saws and machinery. Depending on what kind of machine shop he had he should have some good ideas. Training comes with working one on one with people. Some people take the...
Check your carb set up or your diapham in the carb is messed .Thats why I still have the old 268xp groundy proof. I just laid down the law with a contractor I work with, Break another saw you buy the saw and pay for my new one, and other equipment. He doesn't slam around my saws anymore after...
Give it up to all the T.V. show watching wanna bees. I stumbled upon a so called tree service that had no clue and asked how and what ya doing. They explained what they where doing and made not a lick of sence. I bet the guy 80$ that the tree would land differently and it did and walked away. I...
Most places around here do warranties on their plantings for up to a year. Which includes the labor and tree . The pricing on your 3/4 inch trees seems right, take trip to a couple nurseries to see what they sell their small stock for.
Heat with and old Fisher that my grandfather had as a back up or main depending on the cold to the furnace. Looking this year to replace both and move the Fisher to pole barn/ shop.
Every Dec 23 we hand out a load or Cedar or Hickory fro our neighbors to burn on the 25th to get that good x-mas...
Went with a bud to get a cat out of a tree today. Well Murphies law was in full affect. Big shot launch first one darn well almost took the cat out. ( hid from owner and spit out my coffee was laughing so hard) . 2 big shot launch on the mark well pulling throw line back up weight got snagged...
Work for it we all do why can't you hmmmmmmm Free lets add up what it takes for the firewood slabwood cost
chainsaw + gas ?
Truck+ gas ?
Labor + gas ?
Mill + electricity + gas ?
Had to put a deer cam up and signs to keep people from coming out and cutting up our logs...
I have done these cuts at times to side a tree top down a small incline or in a tight small space. I use a loggers notch more vertical to take the forward momentium out of the option it is a scary and not to ill advised method Tom D said it smacked, watch the branches you are sliding a tree...