I was in Maine again last week. The pines I saw last year have all gotten worse or died, I'm really surprised I don't hear anything about it here or elsewhere.
2'-4' DBH, 110'-140' height, awesome trees.
I'm from CT where the ash have been gone for awhile but it's great to see sprouts and saplings coming up.
I just got back from a week in Maine, it was a deep pleasure to see big, beautiful, healthy ash trees in the area. An arborist I spoke to previously about it said I'm currently in a pocket...
I rented one with skilled op for a tree unsafe to climb and no bucket or crane access, it got the job done but was amazingly slow in travel, set up, and operation. I was used to 75' rear mount elevator which is the bees knees imo.
Um DOH!!!
Your thread title tells it all. That's lotta work solo, well done!!
So you had to climb down to tension the rigging and then climb back up to cut? Wow!
Nice rigging! Um, why is no climber visible in the tree?
That tree looks like a good removal candidate.
Is that job in Boulder? I'm no expert but that doesn't look like a Boulder house/yard, almost could be CT
Hang in there Levi. You got this, just think on it some more. Bounce it off TB here.
Muggs, great post! And actually it sounds like you could be on the path described in the Emyth book above- your partner lets you do your thing with barest oversight and you do same for him. You have a system...
The concept of intelligent people who are tRump supporters is a curious one, I can't figure it out.
And somehow this comes to mind
What I mean is, we can't loose sight of the fact that Trump himself is not actually the problem. He is simply a trigger for a problem that already existed. A...
trump and his bizarre relationship with the military. Free link
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PE8.TKyE.Ia8sWU384MHe&smid=url-share
True statements but which miss the point. The point is tRump is a complete nut and fully caused the riot to happen
And the "bunches of people behind bars" only stayed behind bars until a few days into tRump's second term when full pardons were issued to every one of them.
This whole deal...
I was wondering the exact same thing while reading his book. But ultimately I think that view, while very understandable, is not valid. Bartlett for example has been in biz since 1915 and seems to be doing better every year and they are nationwide- they are getting done without the need to find...
Dave, what do you think of Ashli Babbit's family winning $5m in lawsuit re her shooting during the capital riot?
And that many rioters are suing the govt.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-administration-agrees-pay-ashli-babbitt-family-5-million...
Ask, and ye shall Receive
https://ia902800.us.archive.org/21/items/TheEMythRevisitedMichaelE.Gerber/The%20E-Myth%20Revisited%20-%20Michael%20E.%20Gerber.pdf
Merle, I looked at the book online, it seemed very interesting re the concepts of Technician, Manager, and Entrepreneur, and how most folks (especially tree folks I'd say) start their biz as technicians bc they are really good at their work so why work for someone else when they can do it for...