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  1. colb

    That goofy dork looking guy Nick from Tree Stuff can shove it.

    X2
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    Mobile mini crane

    Canary tree service in Jacksonville was running one with a grapple saw for a while, but I have not seen updates. The owner used to post here frequently.
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    anyone successfully start a business with no equipment or land?

    A few of us started out with bicycles. @treebing, Sam Finco, and I. Now is an even better time to start with a bicycle since the development of lithium battery assustance. I was high as a kite with endorphins and also got (resolved via a single cortical steroid injection) carpal tunnel from...
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    Heavy leaner needs to come down sideways.

    If it's box elder, plan for the hinge to snap immediately. Worst hinge wood ever.
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    Half time

    NPR's take: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/g-s1-48276/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-game-winner
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    Carrying cabling gear in the canopy

    It's a 1990s-vintage 1st generation internal frame backpack topper. The back padding disintegrated so I salvaged the top section to use as a ditty bag at height.
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    Carrying cabling gear in the canopy

    I used speedline snaps for tools and a spare top satchel left over from the remains of a mountainsmith frostfire II. It's got a small zipper pocket inside it for storing stops. I used EHS, Endz, Milwaukee M18 hammer drill, M18 angle grinder. I never bothered measuring - just cut extra long...
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    Coffee Coffee Coffee

    Now that I've thrown angry face, discuss... :D I drink coffee for the taste more often than for the buzz, but I use the buzz once or twice a week. I have no disposition towards addiction. Sorry I'm not helpful.
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    Critique my "treehabilitation"

    I have started to concede acute junctions on elms and other shade trees (highrise and cathedral southern live oaks) with vase-like structure and just prune for subordination. It's nice to have it all, but next best is to do what is realistic. I find that pruning to address acute junctions with...
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    EV and e-tool changes

    Be aware that EVs depreciate more quickly, so if you total it you'll only get a portion of the $ back. I was rear-ended while stopped at a stoplight and I'm in a bind through no fault of my own other than buying insurance that does not function aside from keeping me legal.
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    Beefy hedge shears

    How does Taxus do if it is cut past the most interior foliage?
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    Climber Looking for work near Grants Pass, OR

    ISA website
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    Climber Looking for work near Grants Pass, OR

    The city is looking for a forester...
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    Interesting statement in TCIA magazine article

    The OP is right to read TCIA articles with care. I definitely see trees on occassion that are "malaised"/declined while also having an abundance of lichen. One southern live oak at my workplace comes to mind - half the tree, including the central leader, is in decline while there is a new...
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    Happy Holidays!

    Happy holidays!
  16. colb

    barefoot shoes for climbing?

    Yes, I was describing my experience with toe shoes. Thanks for catching me up.
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    barefoot shoes for climbing?

    I tried barefoot shoes and couldn't use them because the intertoe area pressed against the webbing between my toes like a dull knife when my foot was oriented downbranch. Also, they're a pain in the ass to put on (socks too) and the socks are a pain in the ass to take off and then reverse each...
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    Terms unique to arboriculture

    Prune
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    Terms unique to arboriculture

    Technically they are just as cosubordinate as they are codominant...
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    Throw line/ throw weight thread

    I learned double bagging from my ex. Jk, I learned it from Flint Anderson, which... could be perceived as awkward. It was my first comp event ever and after he double bagged two crotches for top scores I wanted to leave the comp immediately, go home, and switch jobs. I was pacing with a...

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