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  1. southsoundtree

    Replace suspension in kask super plasma?

    If they pass the certification, you're good. Durability and product satisfaction are likely less for less dollars. IDK about a chin cup on the strap.
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    What's on your mind? TCI Magazine wants to know

    "Signature service" is how I think grade A. I like hourly pruning/ working for regulars in that they get exactly however much cleanup they want to pay for. On verbiage, I use "protect rhododendron" or "protect fence", "Protect lawn", "Client accepts landscape damage from dropping logs"...
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    Equipment Hauler

    Stabilizer legs help load onto trailers. Ramps aren't cheap. The 10', 10K per axle ramps, 16" wide, aluminum are 2000 bucks. Only once have I loaded from the truck to a horizontal or raised surface, getting onto a retaining wall between neighbors, allowing me into the backyard. I don't...
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    Equipment Hauler

    I've wondered about a similar. Small truck access is important in some markets.
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    Equipment Hauler

    10' aluminum , 10k per axle fits in my chip box. My f450 has a ramp holder on the serice body.
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    Equipment Hauler

    You would be able to have a barrier to prevent going over. Straight on or off should be fine. A few times I've had to load a skidder so it was 1" over each side of the equipment trailer, loaded from the rear. Some flat or dump bed and trailers allow loading/offl-loading over the 90⁰ jack...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Lost 40-50% of different graphs. These will be trained more every year.
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    What's on your mind? TCI Magazine wants to know

    I disagree that they are outdated and time consuming. They are complements to modern techniques to be used as appropriate. Some jobs/ rec climbs are hike-in. Light can be right. A taut line or Blake"s on a standing end is way faster than someone going to the truck and sending up gear...
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    Avant Thread!

    Pre-WA, I was don't conservation/ restoration work. We had a stump 'spontaneously combust' on a conservation project right where the only smoker was smoking.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Fenced vs. Above deer height pruning
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Upstream meaning which way? Toward the tip of the branch?
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    I general say some necrosis occurs in IBC, especially maple stump-sprouts that grow large. Maple "hydras" pinch middle stems to death over time. I say they look like they grow together, but dead tissue separates live tissue from grafting. If you push two hands together, they don't grow...
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    GoPro cameras for tree work

    This would be great for orchard care and beglected Japanese maple pruning, along with other ornamental pruning.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Cool. That pnw400 is a great resource for well established, neglected, and freshly planted orchard trees. By orchard care, I mean any number of trees cared for as fruit- producing and harvesting orchard trees, not the old neglected apple tree turned shade tree. I have 3 apples, 2 pears, a...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    That tree las lost stored sugars And lost photosynthetic potential. Cut as little as possible. Train branches away from crowded area, some, as able. P.S.: always remove root suckers and root-stock watersprouts. I'm looking at a phone so I can't see the overall architecture well.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Temporary propping to support fruit load is normal care (repurpose cut branches for a free and simple material or some boards with a soft contact point. Thinning fruit is a normal part of orchard care and quality fruit production.
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Watersprout reduction or some sprout reduction. Training is an important and useful part of tree care. @climbingmonkey24 orchard care sounds to fit in your small, tree care-centered operation well. Its a specialty. Though the trees may be small, they need specialized pruning, not hat racking...
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    That natural prop sound great if grafted, avoiding pressure injuries. Side note: what is the technical term for pressure damage as in an Included-bark union?
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    There is an ISA-produced BMP booklet for supplemental support systems (cabling, bracing, propping).
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    Easy to retain. Fruit trees can be trellises or propped about forever. Look for something from your cooperative extension service https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pnw-400-training-pruning-your-home-orchard What is there to gain from thinning? Keep all the fruit buds and prune to...

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