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    Tip over in Cleveland area

    Don't know anything more...just saw this story: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/investigations/tree-company-that-tipped-a-crane-into-the-air-and-damaged-homes-now-under-osha-investigation Sounds like no injuries, so that's good!
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    What has everyone used to pull small brush/trees?

    Herbicide leaving the site is also an "if". Probably applied, with no rain for a couple days it won't make it to the stream. But, yes, it is on site. I'm not suggesting that a leak should be a determining factor, just pointing out that there are always tradeoffs. As stated, my bigger concern...
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    What has everyone used to pull small brush/trees?

    As for physical removal, I second: hydraulics! I pulled out some Boxwoods and Privet for one client on Monday, then yanked some dwarf Alberta spruce today. Branch Manager Monday today we used a chain and pallet forks. (Avant 528) (PS: hydraulic leaks do happen...not often if the equipment...
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    What has everyone used to pull small brush/trees?

    Let's back up for a minute and talk about your concerns for polluting the stream...with what? Herbicide? How much do you suppose you'd use? Have you considered the impact of erosion from loosened/exposed soil when you pull the stumps? How about the great seedbed you made for the next crop of...
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    PNW laminated rot, overgrowth, hoarding, demo, GTG?

    There is obviously a story here that I don't know.... But I do know "what they say": a word is worth a thousand pictures (wait, that's not what they say....but here I'm thinking that is exactly the right saying because I got the picture!)
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    PNW laminated rot, overgrowth, hoarding, demo, GTG?

    A neighbor at my shop...
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    I don't know that I would say that across the board with T. occidentalis. Most of these are emerald green. Certainly anytime one genetic variety is widely planted you're opening the door to more widespread problems. But besides losing a tree here or there for reasons that I could usually...
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    Looked at more today... As I was looking, it occurred to me: in the past when trees looked like this, I have been finding Cedar bark beetle. I have not been finding that this spring. I think it seems like the trees are dying too quickly for them to find a stressed tree and kill it off as we...
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    TCIA WTF?

    Hope you guys don't go! You are too valuable to the community...both this Treebuzz community, but to the profession as a whole in what you share here. I'm assuming the content posted here is owned by Tree Buzz. I'm OK with that...I kinda assume that is the case with any public forum owned by...
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    I didn't catch that, but it is probably one of the healthier Picea pungeon in this area. They all have Rhizosphaera needlecast and many that size have Cystospora. That one is very exposed, so likely dries out better than most others slowing disease development.
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    I have no doubt that environmental stress (wet spring 2025 and drought second half of summer and into fall/winter) play a big role. It would be an easier to feel really confident of that with young plantings...but as stated, these are what I would call "well-established, but not mature". That...
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    Not at the ones I posted. These were 3 different sites. Here is a 4th (also no pool). Some sit low, some sit high (relatively speaking...its very flat here).
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    No bagworms on these... they've certainly caused havoc in other circumstances...
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    Rope ID Help

    I agree 100% @Chris Schultz ....both that most workers are actually employees (aside from independent contractors climbers, cranes, etc... working for multiple companies) and that it helps me sleep better knowing I'm doing everything I can figure out to follow the riles. When I was first...
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    I'll send some samples to see if they come back with phytophthora...
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    Rope ID Help

    I've only heard of one tree company being busted for improper pay stuff... And that was by workers comp. I know they were underpaying by several hundred thousand dollars over the years but I don't remember if that was misreporting hours or classifications. Unfortunately/ironically the...
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    The first and third pictures are on "soil" that was probably a constructed berm in the neighborhood of 25 years ago (When the trees were planted). I tried looking for low spots and high spots and they're really wasn't any rhyme or reason to that. I haven't been on site to look at that middle...
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    Rope ID Help

    But at least we can learn about climbing systems from the pictures on Amazon...
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    What's killing arborvitae?

    Quite a bit of Arborvitae (T. occidentalis) (a lot of Emerald Green...but there's a lot of Emerald Green planted). Just smoked coming out of winter. Established trees (ages 10-25 years). Somewhat randomly within rows. Very wet spring 2025. Pretty much quit raining in late July and the...
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    Paying for referrals

    That makes sense... lower temps to avoid the melt means more passes to get through

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