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Maple wreck over a fence and road. Day 1 5 months ago, an included-bark fork ripped out, taking out the neighboring church's furnace. Last week, without a storm, another bad fork split, landing in the yard, on top of some building material for a garage in the middle of being built. They go...

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I'm pretty jam packed with my 8' contractor's canopy with side tool boxes and barn doors. I'd really like a canopy with a hatchback that is a big rain cover. Maybe next truck. I work out of rubbermaid bins that stack and slide. Only 5 saws on the truck (two climbers and 3 rear handle), but it...

What do those run? I looked at a Stihl light version of a 28", .050, 3/8" the other day $139 compared to $89 for standard.

Funny, my site visit today was to look at annual touch up pruning at a customer's. We were walking the property. I mentioned having to do a big redwood removal last week, so light pruning is nice to mix it up. I told her how I never have to worry about property damage on a light pruning job like...

90-100' tall redwood with 6' limb butts? 5' across the cut? Didn't know you have them up there. 55+ mobile home park/ golf retirement community, where everyone will be out to inspect for any damage. Old, old, old folks with their canes and walkers...a small divot can mean a fall. Old people...

Have you dropped that size tree on a driveway with 6-8" limbs at the butt? That is not built to road specs, I'm guessing. Even road specs would be questionable, IMO.

I could take it in 4 big pieces, the biggest was under 20". The tangling limbs slowed the descent as much as the rope greatly reducing the forces. I didn't want to catch big logs that fall quickly. I wanted to use the low limbs breaking as shock absorbers. Don't know if that was wise, or if I...

"So when you cut down a tree, do you start at the top and work you way down? Usually:whine::|: Before After popping the top, first main cut Catching a log After Moved for firewood pickers and chip haulers from the residents of this 55+ park Working top down, none of the limbs...

why up front? and in cash?

why up front?

I try to get paid hourly on tree care like that. I'll stand in one place taking a break for a change while the customer thinks. Doesn't bother me, mostly. The finickier they are about things, the less work per hour for me. Having some convenient app that allow you to take picture and then...

...part of the property. I squeezed in many tight places. The rock mosaic and deck are side-by-side with a 3' wide path and a tight, but not dead 90* turn. Easy, low-risk, solo, lever fiddling, and a bit of climbing and sawing. Chipped 2-3 yards, which will be used as mulch in the reclaimed...

Good show fellers.

NO way to do that solo. Self-lowering was the way to go. I realized that I should be using a sling and biner midline (15-35% of the way down) rather than the end, with the BMS Belay Spool. Built in tagline. The f'ing 'velcro tree' cedar was the only real hang-up with 5 rigs. A half-dozen ferns...

Unless the tree breaks beneath you...

Strange to see that much light that late. What is your latitude? This maple was alive last year, but struggling. We had a hot, drought last summer. There were a few green leaves this year, and a few vertical cracks in the base, plus a bad inclusion. This is the one with the trucker's strap...

Hecka drops, Stig!