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    Tree in Texas

    Easy now...I meant to say where IN Texas. There's not many places better than Texas. That's why they call it God's country you know.
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    Tree in Texas

    Perhaps a box elder. Where *in Texas?
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    Too late to prune oak?

    In Texas, we have the rules not to prune oaks between February and June as it is the time when the nitidulid beetles and fungal mats are most likely to cross paths. We have those wild weather swings too, so in practice the likelihood for a new infection happens year round and has been...
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    I like big butt(ress) and I cannot lie

    It's an almond tree down in the Caribbean.
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    I like big butt(ress) and I cannot lie

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    dogs of treebuzz

    Forrest. He likes people more than dogs, and I like dogs more than people, so it works out.
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    Pole saw blade replacement

    Perhaps a better quality blade will shorten the time between sharpening too...and less abuse on the saw. Thanks for all the advice and encouragement.
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    Pole saw blade replacement

    It was pretty crappy. I like the idea of a wood working saw of some kind. They were some skinny leaner's that had never been pruned. Most of the target pruning was 12'-18'. I do get kind of stingy with the powered pole saws because the guys will start using it every time and settling for...
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    Pole saw blade replacement

    I need to get better at cleaning the gunk out of the teeth, I'll try the simple green. I can't bring myself to sharpen the blades yet...hand filing chainsaws for hours is therapeutic though. The instances of burning through a blade in a week was on some good sized dead in lots of coastal live...
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    Pole saw blade replacement

    At what point are y'all replacing your pole saw blades? I'm sure everyone has their different limits based on what they're cutting. Usually when I start peeling the branch collar with my last stroke, it's time for a new blade. We have spurts where we may prune solely with pole saws for weeks...
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    What's wrong with this picture? An ad for safety violations.

    I just see they blocked out the Stihl logo.
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    spray gun

    I've used this one quite a bit. https://www.solutionsstores.com/udor-turbine-gun#156=966 It puts out a lot of product and can reach higher than the jd9. It too met it's demise after an employee drug it down the road. I haven't found a need to replace it since the existing jd9 gets everything I...
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    How many feet do you climb in a day?

    Wow. I thought I was booking it doing 13 srt climbs a day to about 30' last week.
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    Monterrey Oak bark peeling

    I'm a couple hours west of you, and after that reallly hard freeze last year, we saw a lot of freeze cracks in our Monterreys. It's hard to see the scale, but there's probably more going on than just that, but a likely contributor with that white fungus in the furrows. That seemed to be on every...
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    Tree Id help

    Chinese pistache is oppositely attached, and all I can see here looks pretty alternating. +1 on walnut.
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    Getting commercial work.

    I don't see any problem cold calling a commercial client when there is an obvious need, such as a stone dead tree in there parking lot. One business to another, during the work day, with a specific solution to the obvious problem isn't spam. I have had a lot of success with sending a quick but...
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    Puma/Viking/buckcat bridge question

    The liger mod will feel completely different than just linking the two rings with your new bridge since it separates the straps coming from the waist and legs a good bit more. I believe my liger bridge is 2.5 feet or so, with the double overhand knots.
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    Fishing & Tree Climbing

    Thoreau is credited with one of my favorite quotes: "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." I strongly believe there's a comparable one for tree climbing. Tangles are just part of the experience.
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    I believe a road trip to New Orleans is in my future...!

    Ball moss looks like a wad of hair that hangs out in dense canopy. I've also seen it on fence posts and power lines. Not parasitic, but does stymie leaf growth and gets heavy in the rain when it's bad. It's an interesting plant. My step father used to sit on his window sill as an indoor...
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    I believe a road trip to New Orleans is in my future...!

    We have some similar old coastal live oaks in south Texas that I've been privileged to work with. Just picking ball moss out of them is great training for the new guys. It's the kind of tree you call dibs on when you pull up to it.

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