One piece of advice.

frashdog · Jun 4, 2016

Yer chain saw is like a light saber, mistakes are stitches.
That said, my worst cuts are from hand saws cause I was not afraid of them.

Check yourself, when you climb.
Check yourself, when you cut.
Talk with yourself, when you check yourself.
Listen to yourself, not your demons.

CutHighnLetFly · Jun 4, 2016

Take 3 weeks off, then quit

Jeff · Jun 4, 2016

CutHighnLetFly said:
Take 3 weeks off, then quit

Didn't you recently change jobs, Andre? Is that how it went down?

stheis004 · Jun 4, 2016

For new climbers, I'd stress the importance of taking the extra time to get yourself in a comfortable position for the cut. While learning, there were countless times I'd finish a cut, completely exhausted because I was in an awkward position and realize I could have been in a better, safer, easy position.

CutHighnLetFly · Jun 4, 2016

Jeff said:
Didn't you recently change jobs, Andre? Is that how it went down?

Great, I'm head of a mow crew.

Just kidding, it's going well tho. I've been doing foliar sprays (winter moth and gypsy moth) for the last like month with occasional days of tree work, but that will be done soon.
I gotta tell him that won't fly next year tho, I'm curious how much tree work we might have missed out on at a time when we want to grow because we were booking like 2 months out for seeing me doing mostly just foliar sprays during the window we spray for those pests

CutHighnLetFly · Jun 4, 2016

But since ive been there he's gotten a real chip truck , a rear mount bucket, and my ground guys looking into doing the ctsp program.
I'm bring the bucket down to a touch a truck event tomorrow (look it up, local women's clubs around the country set them up as fund raisers, good way to get your self seen locally). I set it up, reached out to see if we can get involved. Trying g to show my boss I'm in this thing for real

islandarb · Jun 4, 2016

Pelorus said:
Ensure your Stihl oil and gas flip caps are closed properly.

Oh fuck

islandarb · Jun 4, 2016

CutHighnLetFly said:
Great, I'm head of a mow crew.

Just kidding, it's going well tho. I've been doing foliar sprays (winter moth and gypsy moth) for the last like month with occasional days of tree work, but that will be done soon.
I gotta tell him that won't fly next year tho, I'm curious how much tree work we might have missed out on at a time when we want to grow because we were booking like 2 months out for seeing me doing mostly just foliar sprays during the window we spray for those pests

Oh my better you than me ....I detest spraying....abhor is a better adjective though

ROYCE · Jun 4, 2016

swingdude said:
Oh my better you than me ....I detest spraying....abhor is a better adjective though

Until you see what you can make. I sprayed all day yesterday. 7 stops. Made more than my whole tree crew with equipment and four guys. One guy with truck and trailer. I used to hate it. Now I love it

islandarb · Jun 4, 2016

I hear ya Royce....I would just train a guy to do it...lol

ROYCE · Jun 4, 2016

swingdude said:
I hear ya Royce....I would just train a guy to do it...lol

Ha, Perfect! I like the way you think

frashdog · Jun 5, 2016

ROYCE said:
Until you see what you can make. I sprayed all day yesterday. 7 stops. Made more than my whole tree crew with equipment and four guys. One guy with truck and trailer. I used to hate it. Now I love it

What are you spraying with what?

ROYCE · Jun 5, 2016

frashdog said:
What are you spraying with what?

Its a secret!

Stihlmadd · Jun 5, 2016

the little voice in your head does actually know what it is talking about most of the time ,
learn to listen to it when it is important and dismiss it when aggressiveness is needed over caution.

LimbLoppa · Jun 5, 2016

RajElectric said:
"Just remember, if you get hurt on the jobsite I'm gonna pour booze down your throat, beat you up and leave you at the hotel"

Can I like this post twice?!

LimbLoppa · Jun 5, 2016

My advice would be " If you think something will go right.....Don't f*cking do it! If you know it will go right.....cut it!"

Jem4417 · Jun 5, 2016

Perfect your system set up and practice everyday.

RopeShield · Jun 5, 2016

frashdog · Jun 6, 2016

Stihlmadd said:
the little voice in your head does actually know what it is talking about most of the time ,
learn to listen to it when it is important and dismiss it when aggressiveness is needed over caution.

Dude I got a bunch of voices. I'm ok with them too, they can be very entertaining and imaginative. Like little devils and angels wispering in to my ears. Some times just demons trying to feeding my ego while my ego suppresses my true self from making a good choice. I've heard we can only have one train/string of thought at once, so most of those other voices are clearly not mine.