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  1. rfwoody

    Bucket Truck Safety and Skill for Beginners?

    Thanks Ray, Bermy and All.
  2. rfwoody

    Bucket Truck Safety and Skill for Beginners?

    That's good to hear!
  3. rfwoody

    Bucket Truck Safety and Skill for Beginners?

    vharrison, this is what I am beginning to lean toward... finding an existing tree service with lots of experience (and with safety as a high priority, Merle!), who will take a chance on an older guy. Maybe working free for a few days (as someone else mentioned). Sounds like sound advice on...
  4. rfwoody

    Bucket Truck Safety and Skill for Beginners?

    Thanks murphy4trees. <quote> The only difference is these days there is youtube... however as a complete newbie you may have difficulty discriminating between the cowboys and highly skilled pros... then even if you find a highly skilled arb to watch, you need to figure out which of the...
  5. rfwoody

    Bucket Truck Safety and Skill for Beginners?

    Thanks a lot Ray, Merle, Ben and others for the practical insights and details of usage, problems, etc. Thanks a lot everyone about the warnings!!! *** I never have been shy about asking dumb questions :) ... for which I have often been (wrongfully) accused of being a smart a** :) Butch, I...
  6. rfwoody

    Bucket Truck Safety and Skill for Beginners?

    Thanks everyone! :) Thanks for all the harsh reality and practical information about it. I usually always want to know and think the worst about things which tends to greatly annoy my sweet wife. And which is why I wasn't as beloved in my former job career as I might have been. So I really...
  7. rfwoody

    Bucket Truck Safety and Skill for Beginners?

    I've never been in a bucket truck before. I'm pondering the idea of trying to get a job with an established tree company. I've seen some videos on guys doing tree work out of bucket trucks and it looks like the main danger would be to rightly judge the reaction of the limbs you are cutting to...
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