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Is craigslist now not the cool place to go and look for stuff to buy? Or is there a better listing that I should know about?

Wow $5.60 for diesel. I’m going to have a hard time justifying this price increase to my customers. I’m actually thinking of getting out of the tree service and just getting a job somewhere. Many of our customers are on fixed incomes, I just can’t look them in the face and tell them a $600 job...

Wow! Such an easy thing to make! Looking forward to having my climber try it out.

I got this from a client some time ago. I really don’t need 4 personal vehicles and my wife just bought a new car. it is a very powerful and reliable vehicle! I wouldn’t hesitate to drive it to new york city right now and back. These engines are long lived prob good for 1/2 million miles...

Once a dead horse I winched onto the truckusing my GRCS (no pic, sorry), another time a full load of beer cans I sold at the recycling yard for $700 bucks.

This is got to be one of the weirdest knots I’ve ever tied. It’s an unholy mix of two different knots, a crown knot and a wall knot. The knot was developed by Brian Toss. Soft shackles have been used a long time in boating but not with this exact same knot. You can also tie them with much...

I wish all you ‘housers a wonderful Christmas season and a happy new year! may peace and prosperity follow you all the year

...so I got a call. From my insurance agent. He said I had never included terrorism insurance on my binder. He says it is ‘essential’ that I include this. I said terrorism? Yes he says to protect my business from ‘certified’ acts of terrorism. ???? WTH? ??? I run a tree service! seems like...

We are getting constant power outages which means no water because we are on a well. so my query is, after scrubbing and rinsing, how long to soak a container with 1teaspoon per gallon of water? (What the internet says to do). is it safe to rinse the container with white vinegar after soaking...

I will just throw this out here Do dead limbs benefit the tree? In any way? Interested in your thoughts on this question Thx

Dammit! I just killed a nice honey bee hive. a peach farmer talked me into it. he said the bees were destroying his peaches. A bee expert came out and attempted to relocate the bees, but couldn’t do the job. Peaches are almost ripe. so I agreed to deal with the bees and also remove the tree...

Past 10 years or so I have maintained an unimproved lot for a lovely old couple who live far away in a different county. We mow the grasses before the dry season, prune the trees, etc. They do not have email, no cell phones. I snail mail them pictures or bills periodically. Bringing this up...

Over the years we have danced around the subject of accepting credit cards. To date, the cost per transaction has been prohibitive. Lately more and more clients mention how they don't write checks anymore. Last I checked, the cost is still too high for the one or two transactions per month...

First time in I don't know how long I fired a guy with extreme prejudice. First he is an unskilled ground worker. But a fairly good brush mule, terrible at roping or chipping but sometimes you just need a mule. So I always figured to employ him for what he CAN do, not what I want groundi to do...

They suck! Currently, I am experiencing a flood of spam calls to my business phone line. Today, 1:00pm, 19 calls. :(

My friend is in hospital :( Apparently a stroke, but all his functions appear normal. I talked with him and he seemed normal.

Is this a rumor? Is Stihl making a new 090???

So once again I shot my mouth off. My beef is with the ISA and local chapters. Here in Northern CA the Western Chapter of the ISA is virtually non existent. Just about every tree worker I have spoken to does not participate in being a member UNLESS they have an employer who foots the bill. Even...