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  1. Bendroctanus

    Tree oddities

    Paper beats rock.
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    Best sources of employees?

    I’ve thought recruiting landscapers might not be a bad source. Might have to vett them a bit but I know a lot of guys get tired of mowing and sheering, want something more. Tree work is a nice shift because its much more diverse and they don’t have to clean up as tedious. But they still clean up...
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    Best sources of employees?

    Well said. It’s hard to start somebody in tree work, as an old logger that I worked with used to say is, “the hardest job in the world,” at minimum wage or close to it, when frickin’ taco bell is starting people at $17/hr.
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    New CMI Pulley

    Not sure if you’d even want to do this but you could set a single rope and tie the rig as a regular french prusik or a klemheist and run MRS off of a stationary line. That’s rad.
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    Best sources of employees?

    Now, I’m pretty new on the scene as far as running a business and having employees, but I would describe the current employer/employee climate is that anyone worth their salt is either working for themselves, contracting or soloing and the like, or moving on to bigger, better things like unions...
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    Work Photos

    One more year and it would have fell to dust. Talk about no clean up. Dope, dude.
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    Today....

    Something my Midwestern wife says.
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    Today....

    Dude. Could you imagine….if it was occupied…and you sent that SOB flying through the air just to explode on the deck. Geez la pete….that would be one for the books. That made me laugh.
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    We had an old logger on our crew who was probably the best guy for morale I’ve ever experienced. We were raking up one day and he says, “Did you boys know I went to nationals for raking!?” And he would judge new rakes by how they would perform in competition.
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    Today....

    Kill ‘em with fire….
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    Never let them know your next move.
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    I’ve successfully managed it twice.
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

  14. Bendroctanus

    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    Throwing a limbs from the tree to the feed tray of the chipper, AND IT GOES THROUGH…
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    Games, competitions, and levity at work

    Tossing limbs or stubs into a bucket from the tree or across the yard.
  16. Bendroctanus

    Lets see some shit... Shitty tree work picks from other companies in your area.

    Makes me question the validity of having to get a “permit” in some places.
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    0

    This is like one of those “Like Mike” movies or somethin’…
  18. Bendroctanus

    CTSP Profile... This month's TCI mag....way to go Brando!

    It was interesting to read it with everything you’ve shared in mind. Great spotlight, no doubt, and well deserved for sure.
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    CTSP Profile... This month's TCI mag....way to go Brando!

    https://tcimag.tcia.org/workforce-development/brandon-pankey-has-a-focus-on-safety-culture/
  20. Bendroctanus

    Palfinger PK88 for Sale

    I mean….. that would make for a pretty nice tax write off for this year…. Just sayin’….

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