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    Ascender Selection

    [ QUOTE ] The Unicender will allow for ascending and decending SRT or DRT. One tool replaces many tools. [/ QUOTE ] A few questions: The OP wanted an ascender.... Can this be used to footlock up a double line, like a kong? Also, can you limbwalk and tend in the slack easily? It seems...
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    Customer call backs.....

    Thanks for the feedback guys. Yeah, these situations are a real pain. But, you have all made very valuable points. I (as I had expected I would do) have emailed her back and told her I would come back out to look at the tree. But, I did politely remind her that we did make the effort to meet...
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    What would you do if a customer refuses to pay...

    [ QUOTE ] When they tell you that they aren't going to pay, tell them that you're going down to the courthouse NOW to file a lien on their house. the lien will cover the costs of the job and collections and interest and anything else to run up the bill. Let them know that you won't spend any...
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    Customer call backs.....

    Our policy on every job is to keep the communication open while we are on the job with the client.. specifically at the end. We let them know we are done, and give them a chance to look over the work before we commit to leave so we can avoid any potential call backs. Well, we did a job at...
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    ServiceMagic leads?

    [ QUOTE ] Curious about people's experience with ServiceMagic project lead generating service. Who uses it? What do you think? [/ QUOTE ] I used it, and it was a joke. Like most of those types of services (angies list!), I found it was just a waste of money, with lots of promises by the...
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    How often do you foot lock into trees?

    [ QUOTE ] every day with my kong dualcender, if that counts,, " its back upped in my mind,, [/ QUOTE ] I hope your backing that kong up in more then your mind! Takes me 1 minute to tie on a back up prussik on my kong.
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    Stiffed for the first time

    [ QUOTE ] 90 days later is probably too late to file a lien. Small claims may be your only resort. [/ QUOTE ] Well, with the verbal quote, I never had the option of the lien...I think that is correct? I'm not so sure I would go through with small claims, but I guess it is worth pulling the...
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    Office Depot STINKS!

    Good heads up.... I am done with Office Depot! Staples is going to see my money from now on out. I had a similar experience with Best Buy... they lost me as a customer over a few dollars, even though we spent lots of money in the past with them, with the real possibility of spending years...
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    Stiffed for the first time

    Hey guys Well, for the first time in being self employed for over 17 years, I have been stiffed. I gave a verbal quote to a neighbor of a very good client of mine to remove a pine tree that fell over into the shared hedge and into his tree. My job was to remove the tree out of my older...
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    micro mouse VS. hitchclimber: hitch slippage...

    Re: micro mouse VS. hitchclimber: hitch slippage.. [ QUOTE ] This is an old thread. The original problem was that my micromouse pulley wasn't working properly, the hitch kept getting screwed up. So I never really used it. I just tried out this though and it seems to work fine: I'm sure it's...
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    My new climbing saw

    [ QUOTE ] Still beats a hand saw. [/ QUOTE ] Well, you just summed yourself up for me..
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    French prussic for DdRT hitch anyone?

    [ QUOTE ] i could be wrong, but i think the french prusik is for ascent ONLY. i believe most, if not all, prusik knots are ascent only because they have little control on descent. like i said, im not 100% on this and dont have "On Rope" in front of me. a figure 8 should be used on descent if...
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    YELLOW BOOK and advertising this year

    I have been in various yellow page books for the past 12 years. Cost has been between 480-900 per month. Then, I got smart and had a website put together.... I canned (just made my last payment) the yellow pages this year. I am now putting that money into google adwords and yahoo search...
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    Ripped off!

    Well, here is what really sucks about this: I did talk with my agent today, and I am not covered. I think I am more ticked with him at the moment then the thief. He did not include "small tools" as a scheduled item on my plan. Yeah, I "should" have looked more closely, but I figured this...
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    Ripped off!

    Here is a bold heist. We were working in a nice area yesterday, had the truck parked right in front of the house. Had a guy in the tree, and a ground man on, well, the ground. He was moving stuff back and forth from the back to the front for most of the day. Well, at some point, someone...
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    how do you get work in the winter?

    [ QUOTE ] I'm just sitting here trying to figure out how i can keep my guys off of unemployment and maybe make a little money in the winter months.Around here the residential tree work market dries up completely around thanksgiving.Then it doesn't really start back up until april.So I have 4-5...
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    Payroll

    [ QUOTE ] So I emailed my accountant today...We'll see what she says. I'm hoping she can get me started, then depending on the cost, I can either have her keep doing it or use a payroll service. Thanks for all the comments. I still need to look into WC. I know why I need it, etc., but in NC...
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    Name 10 reasons why you shouldnt top

    [ QUOTE ] They look like crap ! That alone should be enough. [/ QUOTE ] I second that
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    What would you do?

    [ QUOTE ] MTC, what did you do? [/ QUOTE ] I declined the job. I did not feel right about it, the guy is a total sleezball, and I decided I did not want to be associated with his crap. However, I am still dumping chips on his land!
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    What would you do?

    [ QUOTE ] IMO Right choice. Oh course someone else will be bought but at least its not you. Never sell yourself short. Ordinance or not, its not the right thing to do if you know its the wrong thing to do. Put in your advertisement that you have available wood chips upon request. A lot of...

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