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  1. Dan Thornton

    Work Photos

    Tarps! I imagine they get beat up badly. Levi r, what quality do you use? And what is the main reason for them?
  2. Dan Thornton

    Free Educational Resources

    Not a video, but when discussing leaving wood chips on site, I give this Master Gardener article about benefits and proper uses for wood chips.
  3. Dan Thornton

    Today....

    Possibly. Oil and insecticide treatments, I read. The homeowner had that information (from another arborist) but was sick of the honeydew and wanted it to go away. The fact that the house came with more trees and bushes than he wanted also played a part. My goal is to be more knowledgeable in...
  4. Dan Thornton

    Today....

    After reading up on tuliptree scale, yes, all the symptoms and appearances fit. Thank you.
  5. Dan Thornton

    Today....

    Simple, small, tulip poplar take down and haul away today. It was a beautiful tree, but was diseased, covered with and dripping black stickiness. Started with pole saw, then loaded trailer. Then climbed it, dropping branches and piecing down the stem. Very hot here in Eastern West Virginia. And...
  6. Dan Thornton

    Free Educational Resources

    That video is very helpful. Thanks.
  7. Dan Thornton

    Actual tree work for a change

    Thanks, Tom for the article. I've seen the idea before (probably from Jepsen). Didn't know that the hinge length and fulcrum length are the same when following the 80% rule. That's handy to know. One problem I have with the basic formula is this: a one-inch wedge doesn't give 1" lift if it is...
  8. Dan Thornton

    The Body Language of Trees - A handbook for failure analysis

    This is hard to get my head around. So I can hang more weight from a vertical 2x4 than I can prop up with it? Is that right? What's happening inside the wood to fail under compression?
  9. Dan Thornton

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    I considered it. The small ones I could toss. The big branches were too large for speedline, especially since we don't have a lot of experience with the method. First morning we rigged branches using an ultra-sling from the top of the tree, using tag line to pull them away from the corner of the...
  10. Dan Thornton

    Work Photos

    Took down a large Eastern white pine tree, too close to the house. Went well except I should learn to delay pines until the winter - the sap was horrendous.
  11. Dan Thornton

    One liners, deep thoughts, random notions etc...

    "There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are this man's lawful prey." John Ruskin
  12. Dan Thornton

    One liners, deep thoughts, random notions etc...

    I remember early on, when taking down some ash trees for my church, cutting up the wood on the ground, I was trying to develop some good habits. Two neighborhood boys were hanging out, so I offered them $5 each time they caught me moving either foot before engaging my chain brake. Cost me a...
  13. Dan Thornton

    One liners, deep thoughts, random notions etc...

    Definition of "fail safe": when everything fails, you are still safe.
  14. Dan Thornton

    One liners, deep thoughts, random notions etc...

    It's easy to be distracted which is why good habits keep you safe far better than trying to pay attention.
  15. Dan Thornton

    One liners, deep thoughts, random notions etc...

    It is much less expensive to learn from someone else's mistakes than from your own.
  16. Dan Thornton

    Sigh

    Here's the video of them lowering the man. Link to Facebook video.
  17. Dan Thornton

    What was your humble beginnings like?

    I had two big maples in my backyard that needed extensive work. Was told it would be very expensive to fix them, and it still might not work. ("Impossible" got my attention.) The line clearance climbers came by my backyard the very next week. I watched them and thought that would be fun. I...
  18. Dan Thornton

    Today....

    I need to get better at judging the center of gravity of a stem. Today I spent about 7 hours in trees. This picture is what happened when I thought I had tied the stem above the center of gravity, but instead got it pretty close to balanced. The GRCS worked great - my groundswoman is excellent -...
  19. Dan Thornton

    Tree climbing brass band

    That's fantastic!!!
  20. Dan Thornton

    Mobile app for creating invoices and proposals?

    I use QuickBooks Desktop for my bookkeeping, so I naturally also use QBooks estimates and invoices. It is NOT simple! I guess that other plans are much easier to use.

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