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  1. RyanCafferky

    Are equipment prices dropping?

    Seems like prices have gone down and there is way more stuff available. I’ve seen a lot of people are getting out of the business or downsizing fleets. Stuff sits for sale a long time from what I’ve seen. Not like during the COVID years where anything would sell and it would sell fast.
  2. RyanCafferky

    TreeStuff $75 Ships-Today-Guarantee

    The web page not telling that things are not in stock until after the order has gone through has burned me too many times. Wesspur, Arbsession, and Honeybros are my go to retailers. If Treestuff would truly show what is in stock before you hit order, that would likely make people give them...
  3. RyanCafferky

    Do you think this year has been different for business?

    In our area people have money but this year feels different. One big change is that grant money for forestry projects is drying up or has stopped altogether. I was expecting our gross to close to double this year based on the last few years but now I think we will go up maybe 25%? The last...
  4. RyanCafferky

    Teach me about dump trailers

    My only regret with buying a dump trailer last year was that I didn’t buy it 15 years ago. From the research I’ve done Diamond C is top notch. I was about to pick one up when a friend sold me his Eagle dump trailer for such a good deal I couldn’t turn it down. We use it to haul the Avant...
  5. RyanCafferky

    climbing with big saws

    And what would you know about climbing with big saws?;)
  6. RyanCafferky

    climbing with big saws

    I have climbed with the 066 with a 32” bar more times than I can count. Last week we did a 56” fir and a 47” fir. I didn’t climb those but cutting with big saws aloft is pretty normal here in the PNW. Very normal removal days start with a 14” Husky 542i with 14” bar for limbing and then Stihl...
  7. RyanCafferky

    climbing with big saws

    I just hang it on my saddle and try and get the work done efficiently and get out of the tree. I never wear suspenders.
  8. RyanCafferky

    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    It was my bedtime. Like after 9 pm!
  9. RyanCafferky

    ART BlackBird for "MRT and SRT"

    I fell asleep watching it and woke up to him saying “nobody is still watching and they’ve probably fallen asleep”
  10. RyanCafferky

    The most wrecked chipper knives I've ever seen.

    My crew did a small chipping job this week and the next day we changed the blades. On one of the blades there was a chip on the cutting edge about the size of half a dime. Was a new set of blades when we installed them. The customer called and asked why we didn’t do a better job on the brush...
  11. RyanCafferky

    The most wrecked chipper knives I've ever seen.

    With that kind of damage it looks like they wanted to be fired.
  12. RyanCafferky

    The most wrecked chipper knives I've ever seen.

    Wow. Impressive.
  13. RyanCafferky

    ISA email dump

    I got around 90 emails. Rather annoying.
  14. RyanCafferky

    Watch out for underground bee and hornet nests

    I think they are going for the salt. I live in the woods and have certain spots where I consistently take a leak. The honeybees are all over those spots at different times of the year. We have plenty of water available for them but they know what they need and where to get it.
  15. RyanCafferky

    Watch out for underground bee and hornet nests

    This time of year we always encounter ground nests. Usually it happens when I’m up in the tree and I look down and see the ground crew getting hammered by the little buggers. Then the fun part comes when I have to figure out how to get out of the tree without getting stung.
  16. RyanCafferky

    Can anyone ID this throw bag's vintage?

    You should send a picture to Nice Guy Dave at Wesspur and see if it is something they made. Looks similar to one they made for a while.
  17. RyanCafferky

    Bad Petzl, Good Bartlett Arborist Supply

    No thanks on the twist locks. The only carabiners I’ll use for climbing are Petzl Am’D, oval ball locks, or Rock Exotica Rock O carabiners.
  18. RyanCafferky

    Bad Petzl, Good Bartlett Arborist Supply

    No thanks. We don’t have a bucket truck or lift at this point.
  19. RyanCafferky

    Bad Petzl, Good Bartlett Arborist Supply

    I’ve been climbing on Petzl harnesses exclusively for over a decade and have used those same buckles thousands of times and never had a failure. Even climbing in the rain doing removals where the buckles get packed with wet sawdust I just bang them out and right back to work. Every...
  20. RyanCafferky

    Free faller SoCal

    I think if you are going to be realistic about pay rates and are willing to take a pay cut and be an apprentice there are likely opportunities. What I’ve heard from one timber operator around here is that most of the fallers are in their 60s and sometimes older. Most companies are switching to...

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