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    service lines

    Curious about how different location's power companies treat service drops. Around here the line maintenance used to stop at the service drop. Homeowners were required to maintain their own service-i.e. hire a contractor to do it. Lately the Power company here has taken to doing service drop...
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    Omme lift support

    I believe in giving credit when due... Reading a lot about disjointed tech support for the CMC brand lift. I got an Omme from tracked lifts end of last summer. There have been a few glitches. Tech support has been able to zero in on the issues immediately and talk my mechanic through it. I had...
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    balance points for basic rigging

    I consider the most basic rigging operation to be tying on a limb with a rope through a crotch or block pretty much directly above to limb. When cutting the limb, logic dictates that the cut is made so the piece falls away from the cutter. when the piece being rigged is tied off near the cut the...
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    First responders dropping trees

    I was doing some equipment maintenance today at my yard. It is located catty corner to a fire house that is undergoing expansion/remodel. Some dude- presumably a firefighter and not a contractor on the job- starts wrecking a multistem Elm with about 6 trunks about 10"-12" diameters. He was...
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    We've lost a brother

    On August 10th Andy Balika of Littleton Colorado died during a bike race in Steamboat Springs. The cause was arthesclerosis and a blocked artery. Andy was the owner of Root Down tree service in Littleton. Andy was born with a heart defect that was never detected until after his death. Andy...
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    climb scared

    Hello my name is skew and I am a scared climber. I started my first job climbing at 14 years old in 1979. I used a double d ring harness with no side dees. If I wanted side dees I had to use also a line man's belt and buck strap. Manilla rope with steel non locking snap. Fanno saw about four...
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    Conflict?

    Would it be a conflict of interest to have a municipal arborist that works as a salesman for a private tree care firm?
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    Tree Austria/ Treestuff

    I have a tree Austria with pretty lite use. It is , however , 2 years old. The harness is coming apart where the suspender loops attach on the harness. It looks like either a really bad design or defective craftsmanship . Either way with suspension was over 500 dollars if memory serves...
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    Equipped Arborist for hire for storm work

    Certified Arborist with: 70' Altec 4x4 with chip box, Vermeer 1500 chipper with winch, vermeer 725 mini loader with grapple and dump trailer. Available for hurricane cleanup . Rates negotiable. Call 970-749-2874
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    vermeer 725 mini skid with ryan's grapple

    I have a mini skid that I am upgrading. Vermeer has offered me a generous trade but I figured I'd throw it out there. I would sell separately the grapple. It is a dual circuit with a winch. I was't so sure about the winch at first because equeteof the extra weight and the extra expense but it...
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    mini loader skeleton bucket

    I have a skeleton bucket with hydraulic clam that fits a vermeer mini loader. I don't use it any more because I got a ryan's that works better for my use. I am asking 2500.00 . I am in the southwest. pm me if interested. Thanks!
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    89 F 800 4x4 w/altec crane 32' boom 9t cap dump bed and winch

    This truck is a diesel in line naturally aspirated engine. She rolls good down the highway ay 60 mph. The chassis is quite short and the dump bed is 9' long. perfect for back yard work- fits almost anywhere a pickup will go. The boom is too short to do much picking straight off of trees but I...
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    BryDan harness

    I just got a new Brydan that I haven't got to try yet but I am liking the way it looks and feels. I have had a hard time with lightweight harnesses for longer climbs. I , at one time had a buckingham traverse with a bosuns chair that I sent back to buckingham to have suspenders added and I liked...
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    srt cut rope

    This happened a few weeks ago: A guy here was doing some contract work for the town. Climbing srt solo working on street trees no groundie. Cut his line- no lanyard- with a chainsaw and landed on his ass breaking his tailbone. These guys have sketchy safety and it has pointed out to the city...
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    City standards.

    There is a pruning contract going on in my town and I am wondering if this would fly in other locales: One climber working on street trees over a sidewalk and a street with just cones. No ground man no traffic control other than cones and a couple of signs. Trees: 60' Siberian Elms with some...
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    Mini loader in chip box

    I am looking into some ramps to get the mini into the chip box. Height is 52" so this could present some issues. Wondering if any one else is doing this? 10'12'r 14 ' ramps? Any issues with steepness of ramps? Thanks
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    facilities

    How many of you own as opposed to rent your storage lots? I am looking at purchasing a one acre lot to use for: equipment storage, wood chip mulch storage, firewood storage and the like. It is within 5 miles of town. The zoning is really tight around here and there are very few places that close...
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    counter weight setup for mini skid

    I'm trying to figure our a way to stack up to ten 45 pound "plates" like at the gym with out increasing the width of the machine. I don't want them flying off either. Does any one have a sweet system?
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    Cat rescue gone south

    While attempting an ill conceived cat rescue yesterday I was severely bitten by kitten. I tried to do the best home first aid that I could with hydrogen p and beta dine and neosporin but I had a very bad feeling when kitty bore down on my hand with the force of a grown man. I took ibuprofen And...
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    Albuquerque disaster

    A tree service owner was giving bucket rides on what looked to be a genie lift while it was sitting on a trailer. It flipped and there were several fatalities. The poor family.

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