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    Want to buy comms!...

    I've tried half a dozen different systems. I think sonetics has hands down the best system if you only running one crew and theres 5 or less guys on it. The biggest different is the noise cancelation on the sonetics sets is awesome. But it's very pricy and doesn't work well if you've got...
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    Can You Make Money Planting Trees?

    I'm wondering if I wouldn't do better to sell the tree planting job and then sub out the actual planting to a landscaper. I could talk a client through what they want from a tree and make a recommendation on which species would serve their goals best, then once they accept the job send it to a...
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    Can You Make Money Planting Trees?

    Plant Health Care. Which for me means I'm using chemical products to treat tree diseases, getting into fertilization, growth regulators, etc..
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    Can You Make Money Planting Trees?

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    Can You Make Money Planting Trees?

    Thanks for all the input everyone, definitely helpful. Is a King of Spades a shovel? What makes it different from a regular spade?
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    Can You Make Money Planting Trees?

    Hey fellas, I run a tree service in NW Pennsylvania. I've got 4-6 guys on my crew plus myself. We mainly do removals and trimming. I'm starting to get into PHC. My question is if there's enough money in planting trees to make it worth it. I have clients ask fairly often if I plant and I've...
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    What do you think of my recommendation?

    Does that gas powered drill turn those long bits well? I installed a couple long rods myself this year and the hardest part was getting my impact drill to turn my 60" bit. I might buy one of those if they you say they work well.
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    Has anyone hear had experience with prevailing wage jobs?

    Hey guys, I got asked to bid a job for a neighboring township. It's about 4000' of "daylight", which was described to me as removing every legal branch, meaning every branch in the 33' right of way (16.5' from center on either side). They told me that I would have to pay prevailing wage if the...
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    Need Advice on Giant Elm Tree

    Is the vibratory plow an attachment or a separate machine? I'm having trouble finding anything that goes even 3' deep.
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    Need Advice on Giant Elm Tree

    PSU just got back to me. The one elm tested positive for Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi), but they didn't detect it yet in the giant elm. So I need to cut down infected one asap. But first I need to dig a trench between the two. I suspect the giant elm has been infected, it's just...
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    Need Advice on Giant Elm Tree

    Thanks for your input everyone. I collected some samples to send to PSU today, we'll see what they have to say.
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    Need Advice on Giant Elm Tree

    Also, curious what you all would consider a fair price for the trenching I'm describing. I've haven't done that service for a client before.
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    Need Advice on Giant Elm Tree

    My old collage professor had me out to his house today to look at his elm trees. He has two beside his driveway, a big one and a massive. I need advice on if the big one has Dutch Elm Disease, and if so what I should do to protect the massive one. I'm in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The big one...
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    Spider Lift - Usage Tips & Tricks

    I pull mine on a 22' PJ tilt trailer, not enclosed. Enclosed is probably a good idea if you don't have a garage you can pull it into at night. But I have a big garage so I like non enclosed better. You could make it work with a 20' trailer but I like the extra length to put a couple of big tool...
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    Nifty Lift Boom Speed?

    Have the CMC lifts gotten a lot faster in the air? Because my 2016 83HD+ was anything but fast. I compared it side by side with an 2020 90' Omme once and it was a little slower, not a lot. I just think all tracked lifts are slow in the air.
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    Nifty Lift Boom Speed?

    I've been running a 101' easy up lift spider lift for the past two years, and before that I had a CMC 83' lift for four years. I like my easy up lift but its slow on the ground and slow in the air. I've been eyeing up the nifty lift SD64 for jobs that I don't need the height or compactness of my...
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    Ground protection mats???

    How have your access mats held up? Have you ever used alternamats or duradeck mats? I'd be curious how they compare. $160 is barely half of what other companies are selling 4'x8' mats for.
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    Question on Oak Wilt:

    Thats very helpful, thanks! Thats interesting that you recommend hauling away all the logs. Other sources have said to leave it there under a tarp so that the disease isn't moved to a new place. What do you mean when you say to compost the material? And I've used a latex based paint for a...
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    Question on Oak Wilt:

    Hi all, I’ve got an appointment to look at tree that the client thinks died from oak wilt. There’s never been any oak wilt reported in my county so I’m not very familair with it, but this client is from a neighboring county that does have oak wilt. I operate in NW Pennsylvania. My question is...
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    Input From Debris Truck Operators Please

    Those are all good points if you have a mini ex on the job. But if you don't it seems like a grapple is the way to go. And since my service area is mostly flat with poor drainage I don't think a mini ex would be useful for much besides loading trucks. Ive got a bobcat MT100 mini skid steer and...

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