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    Can we talk about Municipal projects and the WILD world of bidding them?

    I would agree with what you are saying there. We have tried bidding on local, state, and federal projects and we are consistently under bid by a combination of large national service providers that simply subcontract someone cheap, and local contractors that do not carry Worker's Comp. insurance...
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    AIs are Talking about Tree Work

    An interesting short article about that discussion network: https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/tech/ai/ai-only-social-network-bots-behavior/
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    Another Avant question

    The first picture is a switch that probably controls a bucket float function. Turn that switch on, push your boom lever all the way forward to the stop, and see if it doesn't allow the boom to float up and down across the ground as you drag a bucket along. The other possibility is that it turns...
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    AIs are Talking about Tree Work

    So far they seem like they know what they are doing. It's too soon to know for sure, because marketing takes far too long to work, but they certainly seem promising and the fact that they have done so well for you and for one rather large, very fast growing company near us means a lot.
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    AIs are Talking about Tree Work

    We have a real website, which is of far greater quality. All our own photos, and real human words. Like I said, that AI website is simply an experiment. Thus far, it has seen almost no traffic, the company that generated it is playing with the concept and so far I don't think it is doing very...
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    AIs are Talking about Tree Work

    That's actually pretty cool! Amazing the way that computers can have a discussion now. I don't know if that site is AI generated, but I do know that this one is: https://reachinghigherllc.jobbersites.com/ Out of curiosity, what do you think of it? It's an experimental site we are testing.
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    Hobbs lowering device winch bar

    I believe it is a standard truck winch bar. That means you can buy one any place that sells truck tiedowns like chains and binders. That is probably easier and less expensive than ordering one someplace.
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    Best pull behind sled?

    I had one of these as a kid, my parents still have it. My nieces and nephews use it nowadays. Very solid, I'm sure it would hold up quite nicely for you...
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    Tree Cracking from Freezing

    About half as many as I have in the budget to pay for.
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    Tree Cracking from Freezing

    Are you sure it is not 7 23/32 easier? Or maybe 6 pounds and 11 ounces easier? Multiples of 10 are so much simpler to deal with.
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    Tree Cracking from Freezing

    Wow. That's ridiculous, but it works I guess. I believe I did something similar in my high school AP Chemistry class, but I don't remember, it's been so long. The world is metric, pretty much just the US is still foolish enough use English units.
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    Tree Cracking from Freezing

    I wish we here in the states would switch to the metric system. It's a far more sensible system. When I was in elementary school a long time ago they said the switch was coming, but it has not happened yet.
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    Stihl gas and oil caps like or loath?

    There's saw dealers all over, for all brands imaginable, but I'm not sure any of my regular shops carry Husqy. I could make a stop somewhere easily enough to look at one, that's not a problem. Gap Arborist Supply is a Husqy dealer, actually, I just don't get there much anymore because they moved...
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    Stihl gas and oil caps like or loath?

    I'll have to check those caps out some time, if I can find a Husqy dealer. Somewhere I go has to be one, I'm just not sure where.
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    Stihl gas and oil caps like or loath?

    We keep one on each side of each truck, but any steps that can be reduced or eliminated are best to be reduced or eliminated. The simpler we can make things the better. I do tell the crews to tighten chains when they need it, and usually they do pretty well at it, but we still don't want to need...
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    Stihl gas and oil caps like or loath?

    The floppy caps aren't cheap, I think the Stihl caps cost us around $12 each, but when I look at the cost per minute to pay a crew member, I find that I can buy a more expensive cap many times for the difference in time it takes to find a scrench and take off a tight screw cap.
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    Tree Cracking from Freezing

    I don't know, but do you know the airspeed velocity of an unladen African Retriever?
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    Tree Cracking from Freezing

    Why do news stations feel the need to do that ridiculous nonsense? Do people really think about the weight of things in terms of golden retrievers? I can understand saying that it weighs "two cars" or something like that, but golden retrievers?
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    Today....

    It's cold here, but not that cold. About 10 out there right now, and snowing like crazy. We are expecting a foot, so it will soon be time for plowing round one to begin.
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    Today....

    For sure. I’ve never ridden a 4 wheeler, but they look like fun too. We are expecting about a foot here too, which makes for great riding. Not so much on four wheels, I’d guess. The kids might do better than you though, since they’re probably lighter than you? Have fun out there!

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