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  1. BBBTree

    How Do I Handle Reporting Taxes & Borrowed Start Up Money?

    I had ran a tree service for 6 years before closing. The market was so twisted by regs, fees, and politics that it could not be done legally....at least not in the residential sector. The tax house wants me to report. I didn't report because I never made any money. Partly I was mad, and...
  2. BBBTree

    What's my Chevy dump truck worth?

    What\'s my Chevy dump truck worth? The truck is a class C (gvw 14000 lb) C-30 1 ton dump truck - 1985. The box is 12' x 6' x 8'. I'm thinking about selling it, and using the equity for other equipment. I bought the truck for $1200 2 years ago. I put in a rebuilt trany - $900. I re-arched...
  3. BBBTree

    ## Fan Palm Trunks fit Hi-Side End Dump Trailer?

    I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this kind of project hauling several fan palm trunks to the dump especially the Hawaii tree services. I have 26 fan palms without fronds on them all averaging 30' in height. About how many 30' long trunks will fit in one 32' long high side end dump...
  4. BBBTree

    5' DBH Eucalyptus is killing my chains!

    5\' DBH Eucalyptus is killing my chains! This old growth Eucalyptus is a huge old bug bitten behemoth. It's not the biggest tree in the world, but sawing this thing into manageable pieces has my head spinning. It's a no brainer job, but the chains are dulling rapidly in this thing. I have a...
  5. BBBTree

    Can a tree die from old age?

    Or is it always a blight/s that finishes off the tree such as when the tree is in a weakened state?
  6. BBBTree

    Why so many dead/dying trees in San Diego?

    The trees are dying off too easily, and they were doing okay to get to their current stage of growth. Maybe it's water limits on irrigation leading to stressers and so forth. It's very interesting, and I'd like to know. I'm surprised no organization or any chat forums have any information...
  7. BBBTree

    What came of the TCIA and OSHA meeting recently?

    Does anybody know if OSHA is intertaining the idea of climbers riding the crane ball yet? The lack of OSHA regs in the area of safe crane use in arboriculture field is definitely an impedance for some. That's my understanding after researching the subject online, and after my own recent...
  8. BBBTree

    Best eye-to-eye sling brand for a VT?

    And 8mm and 30" is still the best dia and length for a VT, right or wrong?
  9. BBBTree

    Carbs Carbs Carbs

    I have saws that need carb work, but I don't think I understand much about the carbs. I know what they do functionally, and I know how to tune them. I don't know what I should do to overhaul them. As some of my saws are right now, they need between $100 - $200 worth of repair work on the...
  10. BBBTree

    Setting a retrievable tie in from the ground

    I'm wondering about using a retrievable tie in point that can be installed from the ground. What is available out there, and most importantly, do you have a home made design? The premade products out there are 300 and 400 dollars. $150 sounds more like it, so home made design it is.
  11. BBBTree

    Wood chips with beatle borers

    We're taking down a Sycamore with beatle borers in it, and the HO was about to take some wood and mulch from it. I told him not to take the wood, because the borers could get in his other trees at his other house. But I wonder if after the bugs go through the chipper, and then the chips are...
  12. BBBTree

    How long does it take to treat palm scales?

    Just wondering. The HO has 5 fan palms with the scales, and before I offer some help with them, should try to find out how much time is involved. Thanks
  13. BBBTree

    Anyone try the Climb Right spike pads?

    They are a great improvement over the leather T pads. The bar doesn't squirm around in these. I do still have to wear some velcro athletic knee pads under them to keep from leaving painful dents in my legs after a full day in my gaffs. The difference with the leather T pads is the extra...
  14. BBBTree

    Do chains dull when the get too hot?

    I was bucking wood today, and I noticed that as the chain was starting to get dull, the oil was cutting out to the chain. Then smoke was coming from the kerf. So did the lack of oil and excess friction over heat the teeth, and dull the teeth? Or was it the suddenly dull teeth that caused...
  15. BBBTree

    Need an online calender to share job details

    Does anyone use something online which is in the form of a calender, and multiple people from different computers or mobile devices and access this calender and all can edit it too? We need to share job details on a calender between sales and management. Management is me, and I need to know...
  16. BBBTree

    Did My Chipper Throw a Rod?

    I posted this in the Rubber Hits the Road forum, but I thought this would receive more attention here: We were running the chipper for 8 hours a day for a few days, and the operator showed me that one of the disc axle sheaves had completely unbolted. As the bolts vibrated loose the disc was...
  17. BBBTree

    What has happened to my chipper

    We were running the chipper for 8 hours a day for a few days, and the operator showed me that one of the disc axle sheaves had completely unbolted. As the bolts vibrated loose the disc was spinning at an angle eating the anvil with the knives. I bolted the sheave and disc back up, and I...
  18. BBBTree

    How do palm trees die of old age?

    Their tops just fall off, right?
  19. BBBTree

    Condemned Old Queen Palms

    Weird story I was trimming 9 Queen Palms in the work order today. One of the palms had to come down because the top blew off of it. These 45ft and up old things were very spindly from half way up to the tops. I noticed they were sickly while I was talking with the HO, and I let her know...
  20. BBBTree

    Taking groundies to the forest to climb

    Anyone ever take non climbers out on a Sunday to climb for the fun of it? I'm going to start doing this. I'm going to have them do the basics, install a zip line and ride it, and race me to the top a few times. Then burn a load of firewood, and BS with them for a while. All in all it...

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