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    Salsco 6" Tracked Chipper - price drop - $23,000

    I'm right there with you! I just put a note on the complaint page about it, every time I try to edit a word in a post this morning, that advertisement rotates and causes me to jump all over the page.
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    New TreeBuzz Ad Format???

    For the first time, today I am having trouble with the page jumping all over the place as well. It seems to be jumping every time that silly rotating cube advertisement rotates. Makes it very difficult to edit a post when every time I tap on something, it scrolls me 3/4 of the way up the page.
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    A spray bottle that lasts?

    If you are looking for something to lubricate the pintle ring itself, where it sits in the hook, try fifth wheel grease. It is really sticky, made for fifth wheel plates on semis. We have been using it for years and it works great.
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    A spray bottle that lasts?

    Same here. I thought we had rust problems, but it does dry out here every once in a while. I don't think I would like to live in the land of perpetual rain.
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    How do you handle diesel fuel for your equipment?

    If you are at a public fuel station, wear a pair of gloves. And like any other fuel, be careful where you pour it. We keep fuel at our shop, and our guys are pretty good at keeping the pump clean, so we can bare hand our fuel nozzles all day and nobody goes home smelling like diesel.
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    A spray bottle that lasts?

    There is a lot of cool stuff there. We get all our truck washing supplies there, it helps that they are only 40 minutes from our shop. Saves on shipping because we can pick up at the warehouse.
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    A spray bottle that lasts?

    Check out Kleen-Rite, they sell spray bottles that can handle a variety of strong car wash chemicals. Maybe they have something that can handle PB Blaster? A phone call to them should be able to give you an idea.
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    Curved blade for reciprocating saws

    If you want blades for a root pruning, look into the really aggressive carbide tipped blades. The pruning blades won't last very long, those carbide tipped blades should...
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    Ban bamboo.

    I will second what he says as well, we have a lot of Bradford and Cleveland Select around here, every time the wind blows they drop big pieces. They are also popping up all over the place in the woods and wildlands, and they are not native to this area. While I am generally against banning...
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    Husq 540iXP brake band issues

    We don't have any Husqy battery saws, all Stihl shop, but in 20+ years of cutting I've never seen a a brake band fail, and we have a lot of saws, and employees using them who aren't always very kind to them. Makes me think that saw has something wrong with it to cause those failures.
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    Thank you, I appreciate the update. And I appreciate your opinion of the brand, thank you.
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    The pruner Ryan posted has bypass shears and a max length of 13', according to the link he posted. Are you sure yours is the same model?
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    OK, thank you!
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    That thing looks pretty cool! Does it hold up well to production crew using it? And what diameter will it effectively cut?
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    It sure is. I've done it, used to be decent at it, but I paid a crew leader to manage my hardscape crew and specialize in it because there's just so much to know to do it right. Many people lay pavers, but most don't do it the right way, and it shows down the road. To learn to lay pavers...
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    My opinion is that if you want to be a lawn service, go for it. If you want to be a tree service, increase your capabilities and your service offerings and market what you offer. Years ago I owned two lawn and landscape companies. I made a profit, but only because I had several crews cutting...
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    F450 surplus auction ambulance as equipment truck and tow vehicle???

    We compete with such stellar companies as Backwoods Boyz, Angry Beaver, and Mighty Log, and of course the Amish powerhouse that is Sunny Slope.
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    Energy absorber for rock climbing.

    I don't know that there are a lot of tree saddles that way, but there are certainly several. I know Petzl makes one, I think one version of the Sequoia does it but not all versions of the Sequoia are rated for fall arrest with the top rig.
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    Energy absorber for rock climbing.

    That is probably the biggest difference. Rock rope is naturally rather like a bungee cord. The rope I used to climb on, I've long forgotten the name, had probably 3 feet of sit back with 80 feet of rope in the system. It would stretch a lot further than that if you fell into it, but a good...
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    Energy absorber for rock climbing.

    I can see a place where that would be be good to have in trees. Questionable tie in points that you really can't see, that makes sense. Simply attaching a bunch of cord to the rope though? That sounds like a bad idea. In rock climbing, you climb the rock, the rope is there simply to catch you...

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