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    Best practices for using a lift near exposed roots or patios

    I can’t see enough from that picture to have a full plan, but assuming there’s a bit of room on the far side of the tree from the camera, 10-15 mins in the lift has the tree down with no rigging required. It’s a rare exception on normal tree work that we’ll climb if there is a lift on site...
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    Best practices for using a lift near exposed roots or patios

    Speed, longevity, practicality, safety.
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    Best practices for using a lift near exposed roots or patios

    The mower mowing the tops of the roots does more damage… unless there’s an obvious exception I don’t get overly concerned.
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    Best practices for using a lift near exposed roots or patios

    Climbing a removal that a good lift can reach is slow, futile, and expensive over a career.
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    Best practices for using a lift near exposed roots or patios

    Context matters. Structurally roots are hard spots, above ground hard spots are sometimes useful for setup. I wouldn’t want to setup up and have the pad slip and “fall” off the root. Typically using a pad to even out where the root is can be helpful in getting the support from the root...
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    Grapplesaw Heads

    Manitou!
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    Grapplesaw Heads

    Did someone say boom torque?
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    Grapplesaw Heads

    I don't know what the port was originally intended for from the rotator mfg.
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    Grapplesaw Heads

    A valve in the grapple gets pressurized oil from an accumulator in the grapple and back feeds it through a single port in the rotator.
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    Grapplesaw Heads

    I had a SG280 G2 on my 2017 PK40, I bought a 035 back in 2014-2015, and I bought a 050 in January of this year. I want to make a hanger for my 050 to mount on my rotating telehandler. If the situation presented itself I’d be game for a TTC 035 or 050 for it. I don’t really want another Mecanil.
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    Grapplesaw Heads

    They dampen above the limit of their torque holding ability. A snubber on a skidded uses the same kinda pack with adjustable preload on the pack. For a grapple saw you'd have to pick the amount of torque you want, what works on a large long log would be way too much for a smaller limb and...
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    Grapplesaw Heads

    I think you need the snubbers to be selective, free swinging at times, tight other times... like the TTC. Isn't the way the snubber pins and TTC works basically the same, a friction stack that has either springs or hydraulics to apply pressure to the stack to reduce the swing? The Mecanil has...
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    On call emergency response for Municipality's

    How do y'all handle towing/recovery rotations? Could you adapt from that?
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    2023 nifty lift sd64 4x4x4

    This engine was 33hp, his will be ~25hp. Theoretically the same hill climbing ability, but the lesser hp will climb more slowly. 3.5 minutes in or so
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    Software - client management question

    Each named customer gets its own profile, the property may be listed under multiple names. If we needed to track the work we'd done at an address (PHC, for instance), I'd make a note to refer to the other customer profile.
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    Refusing irresponsible tree work

    Unless I'm missing some legality aspect, someone removing a tree on their property isn't irresponsible, it's their purview over their domain. A tree over a a house is assuredly a risk to the house, to say otherwise in a professional setting is interesting. Just last week we had a $15k...
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    Want to buy comms!...

    Your boss sounds like a putz.
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    Want to buy comms!...

    For jobsite coms we use Sena Mesh in helmets and headsets, maybe 12 sets in total. For longer range we use GMRS radios. They require a license but it’s just paperwork and money, no test, minimal hassle. Hand held and we’ll be adding them to the trucks and some equipment, mainly for...
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    Business App for tree service

    We've used Jobber for the last 11 years. It's not perfect, but grandfathered in at $39/month... it's hard to beat. I wish we could turn off scheduling. I wish internal request notes were by default only on the request instead of linked to everything forever. I wish there was an "in...
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    working through poor air quality

    If it’s unpleasant/distracting/a problem, we wouldn’t work and would wait for it to pass. Just like the heat, rain, etc.

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