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  1. Sgfinco

    I place judgement on you EAB

    Drifting re direct. Ring spliced into 3 strand with the main rigging line run through it.
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    Most Expensive Tree Removal

    Not my bids. The cottonwood had been turned down and walked away from by 5 other companies. The oak on the house was a bit nuts.
  3. Sgfinco

    I place judgement on you EAB

    Vaudeville villan by Viktor Vaughn then an Andres Atune original playing metal over some knucklehead mega church preacher
  4. Sgfinco

    Most Expensive Tree Removal

    Storm work $23k tree, 42" white oak uprooted through a house. Standard tree work $13k for a 5' diameter 110' lightning struck cottonwood with a 90t crane from the drive way and a 40t kboom for a tie in
  5. Sgfinco

    I place judgement on you EAB

    Built my terminal rigging point over the sidewalk and ran the main rigging line through the ring on ~80' of three strand. This allowed the grcs to lift to a closer point over the garage then lowering the 3 strand with the portawrap allows a controlled drift out to the terminal rigging point.
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    I place judgement on you EAB

    No way not to use it!
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    I place judgement on you EAB

    Rigging out an EAB infected green ash. Used a ring spliced into some 3 strand as a drifting redirect to move pieces laterally out to the sidewalk since the yard was very congested. I get brushed with some tips at 3:55 or so which was my fault for setting the redirect a little short. It was...
  8. Sgfinco

    Critter Stories

    I have tussled with a bakers dozen or so raccoons in the last 8 years... scariest one was rigging of the end of a dead elm limb, watch it run to the ground and look back to a big angry raccoon 10" from my face climbing out of where I was tied into with my lanyard. Also had a farmer shoot a...
  9. Sgfinco

    Removing EAB trees

    I'm in wisconsin so we've been dealing with EAB kill for a long time. I was at a company that did a huge amount of them, then moved to contract climbing a lot of the worst of them, and now owning my company there's some we do and some we don't. Always a thorough inspection. Always spurring up...
  10. Sgfinco

    What to buy first? And where to look for it?

    Gotta go cdl if you can. You can pick up a 33k truck for far less than a 25999 truck since lots of people want to stay under cdl. Tree parts get heavy quick.
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    What to buy first? And where to look for it?

    I went from contract climbing to running a proper tree service in April. My business partner and I made the decision to buy a grapple truck first rather than a chipper and chip truck and I'm so happy we made that decision. We would have struggled to do a lot of the work we've done simply because...
  12. Sgfinco

    Winter is coming....

    Never had heated gloves but I like the memphis ninja ice for winter. Two layers of gloves and some cheap hand warmers makes a huge difference. Get good thin layers and keep moving while you're climbing. Don't wait in one spot for a rigging line to get untied, etc. You'll be alright just takes...
  13. Sgfinco

    I'm hitting the road

    I already started my own company in ozaukee county. My partner and I are able to contract for difficult trees.
  14. Sgfinco

    I haven’t logged in quite a while. I have all the answers

    The way I view our industry is it's our job to help trees and humans occupy the same spaces. Trees certainly don't need our help, but deadwood falling out on people and limbs contacting structures is going to lead to the trees getting pushed out. People think of people first and that's alright...
  15. Sgfinco

    The latest Matt Cornell harness

    Maiden flight on this set up. Got some more dialing to do and the leg pads are still stiff as a board but I like this way more than the original MCRS. That was the first saddle I ever bought myself and didn't know what I needed out of it so the customization of it wasn't utilized. Starting from...
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    The latest Matt Cornell harness

  17. Sgfinco

    Midwestern Tall

    Thanks Rico! We had a bunch of go pro footage but the drone footage was higher quality and just looked so much better. It was a fun job working with some of my most trusted friends so we had some fun with it!
  18. Sgfinco

    Midwestern Tall

    Sink or swim by ggoolldd
  19. Sgfinco

    Midwestern Tall

    I really can't tell what's going on here bud...
  20. Sgfinco

    Midwestern Tall

    This girl just came home!

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