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  1. Sgfinco

    Mini Rig System

  2. Sgfinco

    Mini Rig System

    I was thinking about pairing that 3/8ths sable braid with my rig n wrench and a re direct for my bicycle rig. Should be able to do most pruning work with just that.
  3. Sgfinco

    Knuckle boom

    Absolutely, three guys is better for a lot of trees, crane operator, climber and groundsman. Use the grapple to grab at the balance point, climber cuts, bigger picks, less wear on the crane. 6-7k per day should be feasible with three guys.
  4. Sgfinco

    Knuckle boom

    Having worked with both a lot, I prefer the knuckle boom hands down. The kboom is a much more nimble truck, a lot less set up time, quicker cycles. Taking enormous picks isn't often the best option as you're restricted by landing zone. Of all the jobs I've done with the k boom there's only once...
  5. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    She's the boss of the whole operation! That's what happens when your dog is smarter than you are!
  6. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    @CanadianStan see above for where I'm headed with this.
  7. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    Haha I wish! Colin Bugg and his crew of absolute rock stars are in the same market, there's another guy who's BCMA and does excellent work and Cameron Lundin who has a few greats working for him. I'm adapting well to managing my own business but getting rid of material and finding employees is...
  8. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    My whole quandary is that I don't particularly want to own a full tree service, making more competition, driving prices down, etc. I do have a 3" chipper and a cargo bike, offering reduced emissions tree care.
  9. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    I've got all the stuff, working on how to get everything racked, once I've got it all set up I'll make a thread! The chipper is a little beast! It's light, and takes finesse but it gets work done!
  10. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    Agreed, if I could find one job like that per month that'd be excellent. I do love contract climbing and I'm doing a bicycle based tree service on my own as well, targeting high end pruning and an eco friendly client base.
  11. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    But think about how quick that stuff improves! It's a bit scary. I prefer 35-60 degrees for working! And cold is way easier to deal with than hot, you can always put more clothes on and work harder, you take too much off and you've got a recipe for some giblet rash and an indecent exposure ticket!
  12. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    Similar, more in regards to safety, what equipment set ups work, how important routing is, building a culture where people strive to be great.
  13. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    I've got 3 main companies that book a lot of my time and I pepper in a bunch of other companies. I understand what your getting at, just a short way of saying the market is flooded, and there's no real need for more competition. I've never met a tree guy without an ego and I'm certainly no...
  14. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    I went self employed in January and was booked out all winter, if it was above 0° F I was working. Everyone here thinks tree guys have to plow snow. I'd rather break my own toes.
  15. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    Drones were science fiction 12 years ago to the general public, now there are professional drone racers. Treemeks were unheard of 7 years ago now they're everywhere. Some small, spiderlike drone could climb around and make cuts, a fleet could set rigging, drone with little grapples to fly stuff...
  16. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    That's the issue, spraying chemicals is boring as sin, root work seems interesting, telling people what should be done and sending them out to try to find a decent person to do the actual.work doesn't tickle my fancy. Always hated school so academia is a hard pass. Pruning large trees to co...
  17. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    @colb being a one trick pony is my biggest fear, especially with the rise of automation that's going to affect the way every one of us works. I've been working with a guy who's whole business is PHC from chemical treatments to airspade work to soil amendments, I'm hoping to learn a lot from him...
  18. Sgfinco

    Longevity

    I recently went on my own as a full time contract climber and love it but my biggest hang up is longevity. I've climb with modern techniques, don't work very hard physically when I climb anymore and have the skill set to handle whatever is thrown at me. I'm 25 now so I figure 10 to 15 good years...
  19. Sgfinco

    Tell me something stupid you did!

    Taking a skinny white pine top on what I thought was a calm day, misjudged the lean and a gust came through and took it straight backwards, landed between 4 newly planted trees, through a gate and missed the neighbors gutters by a few inches. Better to be lucky than good. Punched myself in the...
  20. Sgfinco

    Daily rate freelance

    I agree. Being entertained by the work and having the authority to do things how I think they should be done is so important atleast to me. I'd absolutely be an employee for $2500 per week, have a class A CDL, Isa certified, getting ctsp and traq this year, can sell work and manage people. I...

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