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  1. cerviarborist

    PNW ISA, if you don’t know what’s going on…

    One of your elected board members and one who voted in that action is Julian Dunster. I've always found him to be an absolutely straight shooter. Since you're a chapter member, he, as a board member signed on to represent and inform you. You wouldn't be at all out of line to send him an email...
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    Hey tinkerers and inventors!

    ARS makes some really great squeeze handle extendable pruners. If you're just making a bunch of small diameter cuts, they're the bomb. I use them for mangrove pruning and wouldn't want to be without them. They're solid tools and parts are available, so maintenance and repair will keep them in...
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    Hey tinkerers and inventors!

    Before going too deep down into this well, consider the environment in which our tools are used, how quickly lines wear out, and what a PITA it will be to have to thread a line through a tube as an additional step in replacing it when it breaks down in the field and you're trying to meet a...
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    Certified Arborist needed immediately for Delaware pruning project

    Jman.. sounds like an interesting assignment. You might do better to outline compensation, housing etc so somebody not in the area will be able to decide whether they can help you. You may also want to post on the ISA website in their Job listing page.
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    No more Gypsy Moth

    Great.. just great. Now we all have to go in for sensitivity training..........again.
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    No more Gypsy Moth

    Some years back, the state of Florida decided that Jewfish, a name used since time out of mind to identify a gigantic member of the grouper family, was no longer politically correct. Now get this. What is the new state name for this fish? "Goliath Grouper". I've wondered since that change...
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    No more Gypsy Moth

    As a cit- I say as a citizen of Pinellas County Florida, the county in which stands the city of Tarpon Springs, home to the world famous sponge docks, I take great umbrage at this brazen denigration of sponges. Now as a sponge ally and sponge advocate, I'm a victim too. I'm deeply hurt.
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    large split in Maple, is it appropriate for support?

    Thanks AJ, coming from you, that's high praise!
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    large split in Maple, is it appropriate for support?

    I think what @colb is driving at, is that the tree is the property of the owner, not the arborist, and that decisions regarding management actions for the tree belong entirely to the owner of the tree. If an arborist is being asked to advise a client in order to help them to make an informed...
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    large split in Maple, is it appropriate for support?

    How close is that tree to the conductors? It looks as though some parts are pretty close in one of the photos. If any part of the tree extends into the Miminum Approach Distance, then steel is out. I would strongly suggest purchasing the ISA BMP on Cabling and Support Systems and let that...
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    service lines

    There have been incidences of trees hitting service drops hard enough to shock the pole holding the primaries, to the point that the primary became detached from the pole and came down. Some utilities are starting to look at service drops from that perspective, and on occasion, pruning or...
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    Teen cat rescuer needs rescuing

    I'm quite sure that owls, hawks and vultures would eliminate most cat remains in tree canopies. Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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    Teen cat rescuer needs rescuing

    The fields of expertise of Fire Department personnel predominantly involve rated anchors, rated connectors and rated attachment points. Their aerial expertise isn't focused on tree risk assessment, canopy ascent, work positioning, rigging and aerial rescue from tree canopies. They equip and...
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    It seems I've been effectively banned from this site.

    Never before have I witnessed such a significant amount of verbal effluent issuing forth from an effectively banned party. Doesn't seem very 'effective' at all, from where I'm sitting. Going forth from this moment, I'm employing a personal filter, which may, or may not be Jesuit in origin...
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    Best battery blower?

    Last year I did some research through Consumer Reports. I've been a member for years and they've never steered me wrong on equipment or vehicles. On their recommendation I bought an EGO self propelled 56V battery powered mower for my girlfriend. It does a great job. Later I purchased their...
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    Asking for a friend...Florida orange

    If you put this search into google "calamondin calamansi fruit shipped" you'll find companies that will ship fresh or frozen fruit to you. I grew up next door to a couple calamondin trees, and probably ate my weight in the sour little rascals.
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    Help me save a 200+ year old specimen beech.

    If you're only analyzing the soil and skipping a foliar analysis, you're only getting half the picture. Also in reviewing the photos, it looks like there is/was a giant pile of mulch near the stem of the tree. A pile that large is liable to overheat the soil and cook the roots as it...
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    Has any one had a trusted worker, operate the lift from the base, inbetween the arborist making cuts?

    In this case, I could get behind mute.
  19. cerviarborist

    Contract verbiage help

    Before you put verbiage in your contract to the effect that "A certain number of cancellations or reschedules will result in the requirement of payment of an administrative fee before re-engaging", consider that it may be just another way of allowing a prospect to drop you, without saying so...
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    If I were a tree, I’d be a...

    Dhalbergia retusa (Cocobolo) Because when I die, my body will be turned into sweet sets of badass nunchucks.
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