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  1. Sgfinco

    Palm tree fire

    Thought your climbing pants were a kilt before I realized your saddle us just hung on a chair. If that wouldn't be the biggest disincentive for a groundman to look up I don't know what is.
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    First order of business

    We dont have anyone in the area that will sub out just to clean up. I wish we did! Going all in and staffing up is the goal eventually! Hauling debris is the next step for my business, I'll need an employee soon enough anyways.
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    First order of business

    Making payments doesn't worry me I've got more work than I'd like at this point. The big thing holding me back on a lot of jobs is I don't have any way to dispose of debris. I just had a big job that half went to contracting in another buddies crew and equipment for two days.
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    First order of business

    That's kind of what I'm leaning towards. I just need to find more ways to dispose of brush. With the work I'm getting it'd be a one truck set up, I only seem to get the super technical removals that scare most other companies off. A grapple truck would allow me to haul brush and wood then maybe...
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    Dealership in Covington TN

    Also interested, been seeing some reasonably priced trucks from them.
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    Climber/Crew Leader (S/E WI)

    Thanks bud, I'm happy on my own contracting and the like. I'll give them a call about contracting though!
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    First order of business

    Already have a class A with no restrictions and a friend's wife who's willing to give me the rundown on dot nonsense. She strictly dealt with dot compliance at a large tree service/logging operation.
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    First order of business

    I think one of my stipulations for contracting with it is for the primary contractor to have a dump site for me located and ready to go or pay for city dump fees. For my own work I've found a few place to get rid of junk material otherwise there's always the dump!
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    First order of business

    So I'm 90% contract climber at this point and have been for a little while now and looking to step into equipment next year as I'll have enough tax returns to show growth and high profitability. My question is should I go the standard route and get a chipper and chip truck or my current musing...
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    Defining ass from elbow

    My buddies an amazing rope guy! Dead trees are no joke especially eab ash. I've been seeing a lot of green climbers trying to be tough guys lately...
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    Defining ass from elbow

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    Hiring

    Well said @colb how long have competent contract climbers been making about $400 per day? 15-20 years? The issue with tree care pricing is of course people are going to go with the near lowest price, everything is more expensive, no one wants to pay 10k to have a tree removed. It's hard to get...
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    Hiring

    I'm in the same boat with a few cocktails so let the ranting begin. Being vested in a company would be worth it, having your pay be tied to production would be worth it. Davey hasn't broken into my area and in the surrounding markets they pay guys just enough to get them to train new guys that...
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    Hiring

    This industry has so many systemic issues that finding people will never be easy. I'm 26, 7 years of climbing, certified for 4 years, class A CDL, can run machinery, have been running my own small show mainly contract climbing, but still doing my own jobs, just landed a $13k bid so I can bid...
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    Big black walnut

    It's also shitty video quality, this was on my BDB
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    Big black walnut

    Like @evo said they're decent, pretty flexible, tend to be a little leggy, and small diameter wood isn't super strong. Usually their growth habit lends themselves quite well to srt trickery. Thanks @rico means a lot coming from you! Once in a while us midwwesterners get a fun tree to play...
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    What obstacles have homeowners left out to make your job more interesting.

    Favorite thing they left out was hundreds upon hundreds of garden gnomes. I made her pick them up so I could have any semblance of a landing zone, rigged a 12' log into another tree and the butt obliterated the one garden gnomes she forgot on top of an old stump covered in moss, spraying gnome...
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    Mini Rig System

    Oh that looks much cleaner! I'll have to make one of those
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    Mini Rig System

    Thanks @rico it's a labor of love. @Mitch Hoy well see how it works! The rig n wrench has more bite than I'd like with 1/2 all gear rigging line especially for most pruning work. I've actually used it most as a speed line anchor. Been thinking about trying this for self rigging
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    Mini Rig System

    Nope! Going full bore green tree care!

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