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Humor me... I had a lady get ahold of me about removing a 35' pine tree along her fence row. She's got twelve in total. A couple have died and been cut down already over the years. The pine is still green in places and brown in others and she'd rather have a hole than look at the tree dying. I...

Hi all. I've got a (hopefully) quick question for you all. If you've got a low limb that is above something you'd rather not hit (roof, fence, decorative tree, etc.), how do you handle it? Can you notch it on one side vertically and back cut the other and get it to swing some assuming you've...

Hi all. I was wondering what trees you don't like to climb and why. I know obvious ones like dead brittle ash, but what else do you avoid?

Hi all. Like the title says, I've got a little 142 that's really impressed me as a homeowners saw. I'd like to get something similar in size (16" bar, 10 pounds or so.). This saw is fifteen years old or so, so I'm sure why've got more powerful saws in this size. It's a ground saw that gets used...

Hi all. I'm sitting here watching it snow at lunch time, cruising the Tree House and thought I'd pose a question. How do you climb a pine tree? I get the fundamentals of srt and ddrt, but my question is how is it different? How do you set your Climbing line in a dense conifer? Seems to me...

Hi all. I'm hosting a TreeStuff Party in Lancaster on March 11th., from 10-2. Out Parks and Rec Superintendant should be there along with our City Forester. It'll be at Rising Park. We've got a shelterhouse reserved and a ton of nice trees. Come on out and try some new gear!

Just saw that the last remaining Sequoia tunnel tree fell in a storm. There are still three redwood tunnel trees left.

Hi all. After my 048 started giving me fits I figured I'd look for a newer 20" saw with a chain brake and easier to get parts. I looked at the Stihl 311, 391, 362 and several Husqvarnas. I ended up up finding a deal on a year old MS362C-M. The guy bought it last year, and cut a couple truckloads...

Hi all. After a lot of Internet sleuthing regarding new saws and tuning I've run across a term that I THINK I understand. FOUR stroking. I've been around four stroke and two stroke engines most of my life. When someone is talking about a chainsaw engine four stroking, this is what I THINK they...

Hi all. I'm looking at getting a 20" Stihl to replace my 048. I don't think I need the 362, but I wanted your opinions on the 311 and 392. They're $499 and $589 respectively. For another $10 I can get a 24 or 25" bar and chain. The 362 is closer to $750. The 311 and 391 both weigh the same, but...

Hi all. I've decided that I want to get a newer, lighter saw. The 048 runs, but bogs down after a couple minutes. I'm sure it's a tuning thing, but I don't really want to put more time and money in it if I'm going to sell it. It does not have a chainbrake, just the springloaded handle. It seems...

Hi all. I've got a client that has several dead and dying ash trees. There are eight in close quarters to each other and one larger one in the center of all of these. (22" diameter vs. 8"-16"). The larger one had half its leaves a couple weeks ago. The others were either leaf-less or had less...

Hi all. I had a guy ask me about taking down two 40' dead ash trees the other day. They're deader than door nails. There's no trees near them that you could put a tie in point. You can't just drop them due to other trees that he doesn't want damaged. The only way that I could see doing the job...

Hi all. I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction. The air filter on my 048 is dirty. I was going to blow it out with the air compressor, but with the replacement cost around $50 I figured I'd check with you guys first before I ruin it. It looks like it is kind of fuzzy...

Hi all. I have a question for you all. I'm not really sure what it's called, but I was wondering how you rigged a line to make sure a tree can't fall a certain direction. I understand having a line set to PULL a tree a certain direction, but how do you set one not to pull, but basically insure...

Hi all. I stopped out at mom and dads last night after looking at a couple trees for a guy. We got to talking about how everything from your child hood looks smaller when you grow up. I remember our old barn being this gargantuan structure when I was little, but now it looks half the size I...

Hi all. My boss at my day job wanted me to come over and look at a couple cottonwood branches and some dead ash trees next to his wife's daycare business. The trees are growing on his neighbors (Apartment Complex) side of a chain link fence. The ashes are 20-25' tall with very little spread away...

I had a friend ask me if I'd look at a couple trees for them. One was a dead 20' ash that the top blew out of a year ago. The second was a thirty foot tall pine, and the third was a couple 2" limbs in a maple that we're hanging against their roof. The ash and pine were no problem. The maple...

Ok, well, maybe lied is strong... I while back I posted in a thread that I wasn't a tree man, and was only interested in cleaning up MY yard. I said that I "wasn't going to start Zach's Whack-a-tree Company... Well... i cleaned up my trees. I payed a place $350 to drop the big problem ash...

Hi all. I happened across a Stihl MS 192 TC with two 63 PM 50 chains, 14", one still new in the box. It also came with the plastic bar scabbard and two sets of files. I got it for a pretty decent price and thought I'd use it and keep it or sell it if I didn't like it. I've read up on it a little...