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  1. Pelorus

    Anyone own or used a Toolcat 5600?

    I have a buddy that owns 3 of them. Excellent both for treework, and snow removal with a front mount blower. Repairs are spendy. With turf tires damage to lawns is minimal unless ground is saturated..
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    Business is slow

    X2. How do you differentiate yourself from all your competitors? Price? Quality of work and clean up? Friendly and approachable? Prompt service? You dont want to become known as the cheapest outfit around. Or the most expensive. Treat your customers (and your helpers) how YOU would want to be...
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    A Discussion on The Fundamentals of Tree Felling

    I follow this thread (and some others) reluctantly. Knowledge + experience can hopefully produce competence. It can create little arrogant monsters with inflated egos. Knowledge also gets arborists and loggers injured or killed. They become complacent. I look for humility in these threads...
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    A Discussion on The Fundamentals of Tree Felling

    Employing the least effort to produce the greatest outcome.
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    Climbing a sketchy red oak

    Dead oak Costa Rica today.
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    Why did this fail..?

    When you've climbed a lot of sketchy trees, you will get a feel for what doesnt feel right. The "s" wobble in the trunk below you, the more than anticipated sway... I've been up trees that looked visually ok, but were basket cases, and vice versa. Sometimes this involves a willing suspension...
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    Would you climb this?

    Likely Pileated. Wall thickness of about 2-1/2" above the open seam.
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    Adding a crush cylinder to a 12" chipper

    While you wait for input here on the buzz, type "adding a lift cylinder" in the search function over on Arboristsite. There is at least one decent thread on this over there.
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    Would you climb this?

    The hemlock was a tad sketchy but grandma said it was ok.
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    Climbing a sketchy red oak

    I'd appreciate learning more about your rationale of tying off to adjacent oaks once you get down to their level. How did you arrive at that 120' height measurement?
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    Would you climb this?

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    Petzl zig zag plus.

    Blue Moon and his cousins slither nicely in my ZZ. Stellar performance. I think you are gonna be a happy camper. 175lbs mostly nekkid due to winter ballast accumulation.
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    Ditchwitch SK600

    This morning a hydraulic line failed. Disapointed that these unprotected hoses run along the floor of the machine. Where they rub and wear. Will be removing all of them and installing spiral (or other) anti chafe protection on the rest of them this summer. If you own a 650, you might want...
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    Would you climb this?

    My grandmother would climb that tree.
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    Exceeds mechanical limits

    You're welcome. "Exceeds mechanical limits" sounded ominous for sure! Best of luck to you with your truck
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    Exceeds mechanical limits

    I dunno. I googled it though, because it sounds interesting. "Exceeds Mechanical Limits — A vehicle with a 5-digit odometer cannot accurately track mileage after 99,999 miles because the odometer rolls over. This title is the result of a seller certifying under the Federal Odometer Act, that the...
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    Daily rate freelance

    The non monetary compensation of feeling appreciated on a jobsite has come to mean a lot to me. $$$/hr negotiating is a form of prostitution. And I am very familiar with hookers...
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    Mason dump barn door build

    I gave you a "like" both for the fabrication, and your good judgement having a Stihl chain saw.
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    I declined to take on a tree removal and it fell the same day.

    5% or 50% Your gut told you to walk away, and walking was the right decision. Almost all of my decisions to walk away result from a bad vibe about a potential client, not the tree.
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    Broken pine

    Well done. Great to see someone like yourself post work like this. You are using the most priceless tool in anyone's inventory; your brain!

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