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    2003 F350 Stakebody Dump - Needs Transmission

    2003 Ford F-350 Stakebody Dump Truck 6.0 Powerstroke Diesel. Manual transmission. Truck has a trailer hitch and brake controller. Needs transmission rebuilt or replaced, third gear is stripped. Engine runs great, however it cannot be started at present because transmission is out of the truck...
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    The Wildly Infectious Banana Plague

    I did not watch the video, but I'm not surprised that a plague affecting bananas would have a major impact. Nearly every banana tree in commercial production today is a Cavendish banana, and the Cavendish banana can only be reproduced essentially by cloning it, so every banana tree and...
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    Postcard mailers with photos, "creepy?"

    I like that idea! I might have to borrow it.
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    Food Thread

    Looks great! Funny story, I have four racks of ribs in the smoker right in front of me at the moment. I smoked a pound of bacon earlier, fried it up and made baked beans. They are still cooking in the house. If you turn your head sideways you can see them.
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    Arbsession

    We've started buying pretty much everything there. Corporate pricing is wonderful, the service is incredible, and I am amazed at the shipping speed. Considering that things are coming halfway across the country to get to us, they arrive remarkably fast. They also have everything in stock, or at...
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    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    I have edited my original post and removed the offending paragraph. I will be sure to think long and hard before I write another comment here.
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    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    Yes, maybe that would be the more politically correct wording? That's how I meant it to come across.
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    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    I think you are taking that message very far out of context. I'm sorry if it came across that way to you. I simply meant that there are days when being a business owner can be terribly frustrating to the point where one might want to just walk away from it. I make a point of paying better than...
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    CAT TUL 100

    Well that's interesting! I love Cat machines, my favorite loader here is a 23 year-old Cat 246 that will lift and carry almost twice what it is rated to. And it's been doing it consistently for 7000 hours. It just blew its first hydraulic hose ever last week.
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    That is a case where things go beyond personal liberty, and affect others, therefore rules do make sense. Unfortunately it is not a simple and easy answer one way or the other.
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    My issue isn't the rules so much as the lack of enforcement of the rules. If there is going to be a rule, it must be applied to everyone equally. A rule that only applies to those who want to keep it is completely worthless. However, when it comes to property rights, I am of the opinion that...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    If there was value in being a CA, I certainly would be. I could probably pass the test today, or at least tomorrow after I brush up on a few terms I haven't used in a while. I haven't bothered to take the test because it's not worth the effort to keep the cert up, with it having so little value...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    Around here, I already consider the certs to be pretty well worthless. There are too many people who claim to be CAs in all of their marketing materials, who are not. In fact, one of those people is an active member on this site. It frustrates me to no end, I do not claim to be a CA, but I do...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    That pretty well seems to sum up this digital world.
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    New device from ISC

    For some of us who run production outfits, having nothing to figure out is perfect. I love the idea of that. I haven't bought a Reflex yet and neither has anyone who works here, but I suspect that someone is going to end up with one soon. I might end up being the first, even though I rarely...
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    Isa website so bad it’s embarrassing

    It is quite frustrating. I've given up being a member of the ISA, and no longer encourage others to do it because it's not worthwhile. Half the companies in my area claimed to have certified arborist on staff, post it all over their website websites, but they are not, at least according to...
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    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    I would say to look at what you like about what you are doing, and what you do not like about it. See if you can make changes to what you are doing, either grow the business a bit to where you can pay people to do the parts you don't like, or stop doing it altogether. As my business coach used...
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    Ban bamboo.

    Instead of boiling water, find someone whose steams tobacco beds and have them go at it. If there are tobacco farmers in your area, they probably steam their beds. Around here they certainly do it, you'll see hundred year-old steam tractors out in the fields every spring.
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    A spray bottle that lasts?

    Fair enough. I have certainly greased myself enough times over the years by walking into a loaded hitch. If I had a dog that ran around my shop I might feel differently, but I do not. Fifth wheel grease is especially sticky, so it would be really difficult to clean off of the dog.
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    New TreeBuzz Ad Format???

    Same here. I keep clicking on all those ads as well, without clicking anywhere near them! That is one way for Google to boost their ad revenue.

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