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  1. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    Velcro seems like it could work. I was also thinking about a quick connect like in this picture Phil shared. Where the saw hit my hand was the very bottom teeth of the blade, and sometimes my pole saw scabbards don’t seem to completely cover the bottom teeth. I want to make sure it’s completely...
  2. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    All healed up. I got lucky it was such a minor injury to learn a valuable lesson. Hopefully this post will help somebody else take a little extra precaution when using a pole saw while climbing. Thanks for asking!
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    Very Honest Arborist Podcast

    Sometimes…..that’s exactly what I need to hear. Thank you
  4. macrocarpa

    Very Honest Arborist Podcast

    Just listened to this two-part most recent discovering forestry podcast. The arborist they interviewed was brutally honest in a way that made me chuckle talking about his experience in the trade. It’s always irritated me growing up in the skilled trades when so many people these days say things...
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    Working on a topped tree questions.

    What kind of chipper is that? I don’t know why, but I am intrigued by European chippers. I think because they seem to specialize in smaller scale chippers geared more for pruning. Forst is selling in the US now. I remember you saying they can be a headache.
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    Working on a topped tree questions.

    Just a thought but I think repeat pollarding visits would be hard sale where topping silver maples is the norm. When I lived in Northeast Tennessee I worked on countless previously topped silver maples and I just cut out the dead & thinned the canopy. At the time, I thought I was doing crown...
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    As an owner operator, I don’t really consider myself a salesman, but I am the salesman for my little business since 2004. I did start off knocking on doors which looking back took a lot of nerve. I actually really enjoy meeting with people and talking to them about their trees. A lot of people...
  8. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    My local hardware store had Milwaukee gloves from cut level 1-5. I got the 5. They also had winter options. Hopefully it’s the kind of tacky palm that grips the rope well, those coatings can really vary. Also looks like there might be an extra layer right where my injury happened.
  9. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    I’ve worked with what I considered to be elite climbers in the past who say pole saws are a crutch and good climbers don’t need them. I am not an elite climber and appreciate the extra reach:-)
  10. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    My local Ace Hardware carries the Milwaukee gloves, which is nice, but I don’t know how much protection they would have provided in this situation. Possibly enough to not need stitches? Amazon has a ton of options like the attached. I’ll have to do more research about the different cut...
  11. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    My guess is if I would’ve had on something like this Kong glove, I probably would’ve got cut but wouldn’t have needed stitches and could have stayed and finished the job. But they can’t grip a rope for crap. I had on a typical showa Atlas climbing gloves.
  12. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    Thanks! Yes, I think hanging it below me is the answer from here on!! And possibly coming up with some sort of scabbard or even a folding blade.
  13. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    Great suggestions! I do residential work and use Fred Marvin blades mostly.
  14. macrocarpa

    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    I was really looking forward to getting this job done and I started with a black walnut tree that had some pretty good size branches hanging over the house they wanted removed. I decided to take my pole saw up which I really didn’t need. As I was wrestling some of the cut branches to toss down...
  15. macrocarpa

    Work shirts with business logo?

    I’ve had the opportunity to change the name and logo of my business three times since I’ve moved to different states. I started off with “tree service” to “tree specialists” to finally deciding I needed to incorporate the word “Arborists” into the name. Been happy with that decision.
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    Work shirts with business logo?

    I too have always liked the limbwalker logo!
  17. macrocarpa

    Work shirts with business logo?

    I’m looking into getting new work T-shirts and long sleeve shirts to have the business logo put on. Has anyone found work shirts they really like? I’ve always used the under Armour material shirts made by brands like Russell, but I’m curious what others use.
  18. macrocarpa

    Street tree selections?

    I’ve seen the interiors of unpruned ones and it is a hairball mess. They would definitely need routine pruning to keep the interior branching spaced out.
  19. macrocarpa

    Street tree selections?

    Interesting you mention that. Over the past several months I’ve noticed columnar oaks planted various places that look to be doing good and wonder why they rarely get brought up in these discussions. Below are links to 2 that come up from a quick search. 45’ x 15’ fits nicely for many urban...
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    Street tree selections?

    Same. Hocking hills.

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