I was at TCIA expo and got to drive the new Giant loaders around while helping Dave setup. Between the Giant and the Avant, I would personally buy a Giant for sure. The Avant seemed a little light-duty for the tree work environment, and they also felt tippy to me when I used them. These machines...
From my understanding it's pretty much the primary treatment for infected or susceptive oaks with p. ramorum. We had some success around 2002/03 in treating a very large q. agrifolia which is still around. The tree had somewhat advanced signs of the pathogen i.e. red gummosis, charcoal fungus...
I think you're smart to partner with a manufacturer Jaime. That's a whole world of business that seems like there would be quite a learning curve and hate to loose the original product in the process I would think. Can or have you spoken with Kevin Bingham? He's been in a similar situation; I...
cat and perk are the same. There are restrictions on who can work on which one dealer wise from what I've heard but they are all made the same factory just different branding.
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My best advice is join TCIA immediately, read through their resources and start to think like a business owner right from the start. Don't think like a climber, think like a guy that hires climbers.
Good luck!
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You guys ever heard of this happening: my employee was using our 660 out in the field was getting run pretty hard bucking up tons of wood from felled trees. All of a sudden a huge POP and the spark plug shot out the hole. It looks like it stripped the threads on the chainsaw itself. Never heard...
Sean, we avoid palm work as much as possible. Sometimes we end up doing it though but I try to stay away. Too competitive and usually not worth the effort from my experience.
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I had a brand new COMPLETE set I got from Dale while traveling in NZ in March. Got home, stuck them in our container at work and the things got stolen a few days later never even got to try them out. They are beautiful though, and planning to buy another pair.
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