http://www.forestershop.com/forester-arborist-climbing-helmet-clmh-safety-green.html?viewfullsite=1 turns out these are ANSI approved. Has anyone tried these out?
We need something with chin straps that will take a beating. We use to provide the groundies with cheap construction type hard hats and have seen one too many fall off during critical times it should stay secured. Therefore, we since developed our safety policy that all hardhats must also be...
We outfitted all our groundies last season with the Rockman hard hats from treestuff and nearly all of them are falling part. The suspension adjustment knobs, come apart, skip and no longer adjust. Would like something that will hold up but is also affordable. We have 25 hard hats to purchase...
Ours is nothing fancy. Each crew gets a clip board with today's date. job 1 on top, job 2 behind, job 3 and so on. The office staff hangs the clip board for each crew foreman to pick up in the morning. Foreman are there at 6:30am to discuss any questions with management and sort what equipment...
Rick,
when I built my crane, which was in 2014, there was only one Palfinger tree co. that I could consult with that had one at that time, David Driver. You did not have your palfinger, nor did Glen have a Palfinger. Glen was in the testing phases of his Palfinger kboom in February 2015...
Up until just a few years ago the only guy I knew that was using a palfinger crane in tree removal operations was David Driver ,Xman on here. David began the push to market and sell tree guys on Palfinger. David also encouraged Westminster to get involved in the tree care industry. At the time...
You need hose reels. Looked into it before. Not worth it IMO. Build a new crane specifically intended for the grapple saw from the start. Do you run a kboom now? If so, do you think you will increase efficiency with adding a grapple saw? Or is your intent to decrease labor? Or increase safety?
If you don't have gunnebo crane hooks you are missing out. On our brush picks we normally use one round sling w/gunnebo hook as the main load bearing sling and two spliced Tenex slings in 20' lengths. We normally use more than one sling because it always comes off prettier, safer for the...
I noticed most $ options are marked "6 months after campaign closes" but it doesn't say that for the ascender for the $799. When can I order and when will it ship? I'd like one ASAP!
Kudos to a great invention!
I use to have that problem too. We have since switched to the wired mics and have them attached to the brim of the helmet. If you stick with boom mics you will keep replacing them. I've gone through nearly a dozen amongst our company
I guess it all depends on how large the brush is. A big pine with large horizontal limbs I could see where a smaller crane could help. Hard to say without seeing the tree, crane setup and landing zone. Sometimes we brush pines out then pick the stem because the situation makes sense.
I'd be curious to know how many responding own their own business. Owning a multi-million dollar small business takes away your freedom, causes you to age and turn gray fast, deprives you of sleep, causes anxiety, leaves very little time for friends/family. Sure, you have big bucks in the bank...
To stay within a safe margin. A load chart is one critical piece of information that allows you to make safe judgements. Think of it as another tool. It alone isn't going to keep you safe but without its understanding you won't know what safe really is.
I would like to see STIHL give back in repair/maintenance videos like how brush bandit does on youtube. We recently dropped STIHL a note regarding 20+ power pruner saw heads not oiling. Our local dealer wanted to charge us 70% the cost of a new pruner head to rebuild so we opted to replace them...