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Yes, Stephen, a 34" bucket would be nice. I looked at more work that has narrow gates, and am again glad to have expandable tracks.

Grapple...Life will change. I wish I had gotten scoops before a bucket. Seems like the flow is flowing, from the ebb and flow, you know. School's back in, prep for winter storms. Summer sun is the norm here, without ass-kicking storms. D and I just flew in from Chicago. While visiting my...

Skwerl. Its the spelling.

Got a big job that I'm not sure if I really want. After getting the go ahead, I said "Did I bid it high enough?". Big maple removal over a house and shop, no bucket access, previously topped, cavities in the trunks. Lotta rigging. I'm thinking of getting the Belay Spool for this job, and...

Hooray!

Waiting for the next wave of phone calls to start. Good weather for finishing the already contracted jobs, but need bad weather to stimulate the next round.

Phones have slowed down. Ready for the next wave of ringing. We have had good working weather, which means that trees are not swinging wildly in the wind, prompting phone calls. Got my chipper leaf spring bracket straightened, now time to visit the mechanic.

I'm about 2 weeks out for two man crew.

Thanks for that Wiley. I'm part way there. I have all my past work orders with customer contact info from the last three years that I've been in business. I had fewer fruit tree pruning calls last winter, and I think that a lot of people had a two year cycle in mind, even though annual pruning...

Business has been pretty good here. People getting ready for the winter. The word is wet/ snowy for this La Nina. I've been thinking about financing a used chipper to replace mine, but don't know if I should bite the bullet. Seems like only about $300 a month for 36 months for $10k, but winter...

Hope you can hold on to all your employees for the winter, Darin. That must feel good to have that schedule. When you are booked that far out, are you taking a deposit for securing your schedule's slot, or just a signed contract, in order to try to avoid the "I found someone that could do it...

Thanks for the insight on the hooklift. Makes sense.

What are the benefits of a hook-lift chip box? I imagine if you put it on the ground, you can drive a skidloader into it, as well as dump over the sides. I would suspect that once you have a base of brush or logs, you can dump things over the lip without destroying the floor. Willie, are...

My employee, Ben, is pretty ideal for me. He is invested in staying in the area to finish school at some point (29 YO), lives in a yurt where he works off his rent to the landlord, enjoys time off to be recreational if work is slow, has a secondary source of income, and increases my efficiency...

I'm on vacation for a week/ week and a half. Have a week and a half of jobs to go back to, and a bid or two to do. The wave of business came back up, then went back down. I hope to have some voicemails when I get back to Cellphone land. Its great to get away from it all for a bit.