Gas blowers banned in Ann Arbor Mi

[flushcut]

Power!! This should really piss off the neighbors.

 

[southsoundtree]

Nuts to be strapped to that thing!

 

[colb]

I think the gas/lithium blower issue will have solved itself in 4 years. Who wants to go on record saying that they'll still be using a gas blower in 4 years? We can time stamp this sh*t and check back.

 

[ATH]

I think the gas/lithium blower issue will have solved itself in 4 years. Who wants to go on record saying that they'll still be using a gas blower in 4 years? We can time stamp this sh*t and check back.

I anticipate I'll still be using a gas blower. I'm not replacing a $700 blower until it's dead.

If I am buying new, and the prices and performance are similar sure, I'll pick battery powered. But I don't like the idea of being forced to dispose of working equipment...just because.

We use a little hand held Milwaukee M18 more minutes in a given week than the big Stihl backpack blower. But its always on the truck for when the mess is to big for the little blower.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Rakes are cheap, and food powered.

If we were limited to raking when it came to leaves… we would make much better land management decisions I think.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

If we were limited to raking when it came to leaves… we would make much better land management decisions I think.

What decisions have you considered?

 

[Stumpsprouts]

What decisions have you considered?

Rake.. or…
Watch it decompose while I do something else.

 

[VenasNursery]

I think the gas/lithium blower issue will have solved itself in 4 years. Who wants to go on record saying that they'll still be using a gas blower in 4 years? We can time stamp this sh*t and check back.

I heard the same about cars and we are still not that close imo

 

[Treetopflyer]

Rake.. or…
Watch it decompose while I do something else.

I like the let it decompose and go do something else option

 

[ATH]

I like the let it decompose and go do something else option

Are all of your clients on board with that too?

 

[Treetopflyer]

Are all of your clients on board with that too?

Haha all is a strong word
Not all client nor would most would be onboard , but I don’t clean up leaves unless they’re attached to the limbs we chip or what spills about in the process , I’m a tree surgeon, naturally
I was speaking to my prefer method if I ruled the world

 

[VenasNursery]

Haha all is a strong word
Not all client nor would most would be onboard , but I don’t clean up leaves unless they’re attached to the limbs we chip or what spills about in the process , I’m a tree surgeon, naturally
I was speaking to my prefer method if I ruled the world

We blow our work area clean before we start so that we don’t have to cleanup a mess that we didn’t create

 

[Tom Dunlap]

We blow our work area clean before we start

That was SOP in the spring/fall and occasionally during the growing season.

I would have a line-item on the estimate for 'pre-work yard cleanup' Clients were told that if the mess, this was used very effectively in the spring for frozen/thawed dog do do [see note], was left, there would be a __________ charge.

My reminder to the client was that my company name was Canopy Tree Care not Canopy Yard Care. This eliminated misunderstandings for that 'fade line' where cleanup begins/ends.

Note: The company policy was to pay whoever cleaned up the dogmess pocketed or split the cleanup charge, as well as wages. Again, company name is CTS not CDDDS

 

[Mike H]

We blow our work area clean before we start so that we don’t have to cleanup a mess that we didn’t create

This was my reasoning for tarping under the work zone. I got sick of being the first person to rake in years at some of the college rentals around here

 

[VenasNursery]

A few paragraphs from the article:

It would be a lot cheaper for the homeowners to pay the fine and use our blower rather than paying my Team to rake an extra hour
I will have to start adding this in my sales pitch when working in Ann Arbor

 

[Treezybreez]

I was working a job next to a neighbor with an estimated 500' driveway. He started clearing the leaves with a corded blower. I told my helper to take him our back pack blower. He was blown away by the efficiency and gave me a jar of honey from his bees.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

The Husky battery blower i used is very good.

 

[Bucknut]

I would say that a lot of people underestimate the efficacy of just mowing. As long as it’s not too wet and the leaves aren’t a foot deep you can just mulch them with a good mower. Chopping speeds decomp and returns nutrients to the soil, as well as keeping your yard ship shape without blowing/raking.

Although I suppose they will ban gas mowers next. Invest now in the state of the art in leaf removal tech- zero emissions!:

 

[Treeaddict]

I would say that a lot of people underestimate the efficacy of just mowing. As long as it’s not too wet and the leaves aren’t a foot deep you can just mulch them with a good mower. Chopping speeds decomp and returns nutrients to the soil, as well as keeping your yard ship shape without blowing/raking.

Although I suppose they will ban gas mowers next. Invest now in the state of the art in leaf removal tech- zero emissions!:
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Yup! 80% of our leaves and needles get run over with the Deere yard tractor. Quick, easy, and environmentally friendly. About 10% go into our wooded area and 10% gets burned in the neighbors fire pit.

 

[treebing]

Are all of your clients on board with that too?

Let them be other people's clients if their not. Why should I waste time and energy for someone else's whims.