Had my kask for 5 years. 2 visors I've gone through. I keep my helmet in a safe spot in the truck though. Safety glasses cost $5 bucks but how many of those do you go through or lose or just forget them one day. Kask visor is always on your helmet.
I thought I was used to lifts. Then I contracted myself out to a guy for a job and he got me to use his lift. The bucket was old and slow, also very jerky. The bucket barely came up to the bottom of my hip. It was sketchy at full stick.
Haha, I showed up to dead wood a spruce the other day and the client asked me if I could remove all the cones too.
She is putting in a hot tub under the spruce.
I told her how much more that would cost . We left the cones...
The company I work for work straight through. If I'm crew leader I'll take a break with my guys. I've observed that if the guys work through there breaks then the speed starts to slow down. If we have a lunch then sure, motivation to get moving again isn't there and it takes about 5 mins after...
Where I live that was the norm 20 years ago, so now every silver maple, Norway maple or cottonwood I climb is like that but add 20 years of re growth. It sucks...
I just registered a business name two weeks ago and had the same thought. We went with A&S tree solutions thinking that would cover all aspects of tree work.
I ordered a zig zag a month ago from honey brothers. Super cheap, fast shipping and you can change the currency on there site so everything you see is in CAD or USD
Go the ORCA if ya want an opposite gate and stay RE. When I first started climbing I was struggling with opening a dmm all the time, swapped it with a RE and have never looked back.
Everytime I ordered something from treestuff I would add five 36" loop runners . Now I have 15, and like worthaug said if you keep em on a rotation it's crazy how fast the branches come off the tree
Make sharp hooks out of the cutters , when they get worn down about 3/4s use a smaller file. If you destroy all the left cutters on a stump or rock sharpen that side first an file off the opposite side to match.use a guide to gauge your rakers and file accordingly. Saw will be spitting chips...
Vermeer chipper. His hair would of jammed it before his head went in....
On a serious note though I've worked with people I've hated and throwing them in a chipper is just crazy.
I used to get boots from marks, they would last 6 months, I bought the planner zermatts and they kick ass. 2 years using them at least 5 days a week. Climbing in spurs, pruning, hauling brush. I also use them on weekends for camping , hiking , and snow shoeing . There still good but I'm out of...