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    vermeer 725 mini skid with ryan's grapple

    I have a mini skid that I am upgrading. Vermeer has offered me a generous trade but I figured I'd throw it out there. I would sell separately the grapple. It is a dual circuit with a winch. I was't so sure about the winch at first because equeteof the extra weight and the extra expense but it...
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    mini loader skeleton bucket

    I have a skeleton bucket with hydraulic clam that fits a vermeer mini loader. I don't use it any more because I got a ryan's that works better for my use. I am asking 2500.00 . I am in the southwest. pm me if interested. Thanks!
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    89 F 800 4x4 w/altec crane 32' boom 9t cap dump bed and winch

    This truck is a diesel in line naturally aspirated engine. She rolls good down the highway ay 60 mph. The chassis is quite short and the dump bed is 9' long. perfect for back yard work- fits almost anywhere a pickup will go. The boom is too short to do much picking straight off of trees but I...
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    BryDan harness

    I just got a new Brydan that I haven't got to try yet but I am liking the way it looks and feels. I have had a hard time with lightweight harnesses for longer climbs. I , at one time had a buckingham traverse with a bosuns chair that I sent back to buckingham to have suspenders added and I liked...
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    srt cut rope

    This happened a few weeks ago: A guy here was doing some contract work for the town. Climbing srt solo working on street trees no groundie. Cut his line- no lanyard- with a chainsaw and landed on his ass breaking his tailbone. These guys have sketchy safety and it has pointed out to the city...
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    Might Lose a Job - because I will climb it.

    This is why I bought my first bucket truck. I didn't want one because I thought it would make me fat and lazy. People were convinced that you needed it to do stuff that I was perfectly comfortable climbing. Now after having a bucket for many years I can tell you it is one the better"fitness"...
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    Centering your Head

    Some interesting insight regarding the interloper. I find that random people coming onto a job to talk about anything from watcha doin with those chips to why you cutting that tree to be a terrible distraction. I have gotten to the point where I will shut people down so quickly that sometimes I...
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    City standards.

    There is a pruning contract going on in my town and I am wondering if this would fly in other locales: One climber working on street trees over a sidewalk and a street with just cones. No ground man no traffic control other than cones and a couple of signs. Trees: 60' Siberian Elms with some...
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    Mini loader in chip box

    Wicked good Euc skills. Me likey.
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    Mini loader in chip box

    I am looking into some ramps to get the mini into the chip box. Height is 52" so this could present some issues. Wondering if any one else is doing this? 10'12'r 14 ' ramps? Any issues with steepness of ramps? Thanks
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    facilities

    How many of you own as opposed to rent your storage lots? I am looking at purchasing a one acre lot to use for: equipment storage, wood chip mulch storage, firewood storage and the like. It is within 5 miles of town. The zoning is really tight around here and there are very few places that close...
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    counter weight setup for mini skid

    I'm trying to figure our a way to stack up to ten 45 pound "plates" like at the gym with out increasing the width of the machine. I don't want them flying off either. Does any one have a sweet system?
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    Montana State University ISO Arborist

    13 dollars an hour? That is part of what's wrong with our profession; my last job before self employment paid 17.50 an hour. In 1992. Jobs that pay like this reduce the arborist to the same pay grade as a lawn mower. All the while having to possess much more knowledge ,skill and exposure to...
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    Cat rescue gone south

    "ill conceived " being the operative phrase- no. If I would have taken the time to do that I might have approached the situation differently. I can safely say that if I was wearing a pair of latex palms it probably would have made a difference but if I was wearing my ski gloves it might have...
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    Cat rescue gone south

    Like if you've ever witness track and field hammer throw - it went something like that
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    Cat rescue gone south

    Smelter mountain- superfund uranium tailings cleanup site. This recent mine blowout is just the latest in 150 of mining pollution here in Colorado Initially but that still remains to be seen; I know where he lives. And that was the thing; I COULDN'T throw him
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    Cat rescue gone south

    Sweet view of the Animas river out My "hotel" room
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    Cat rescue gone south

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    Cat rescue gone south

    Not quite; they're tried to prevent that. I am told your lymph glands swell up like grapefruit if it gets to that stage
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    Cat rescue gone south

    My buddy Seamus McPendah told me" now you can tell everyone you got put in the hospital by a pussy!"

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