Old Monkey
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The last time I looked for health insurance loggers were on the exclusion page.
You are now a logger
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OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
I've been called worse things....
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Depends on the carrier, Darin. You can get it, but pay up the nose for it.
wiley_p
Climbing Up
Enforcement of rules that make no sense isn't the issue. Insurance companies are jacked, now they get paid even higher premiums. The state of Washington L&I will reap several million extra a year for their "insurance" that employers have to purchase from them. Cool, Big money gets another win. 
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NeTree
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Amen!
I have done both, and the only similiarity is they both use chainsaws.
You have got to be f___kin' kidding me. :roll:
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Koa Man
Guest
I am pretty sure OSHA can only enforce regulations if you have employees. If you are a one man operation and the sole proprietor of the business, OSHA regulations do not apply, or at least they cannot make you comply. I had an OHSA inspector come to my home, listed as my business address, and asked where were the FED Labor posters, wanted to see my company safety and training manuals etc. At the time I had no employees and told him I was a one man operation. He made a notation in his book, left without me showing him anything, and never came back.
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Bounce
Guest
If anybody is doing any treework in the DC area, it would be pretty funny if you had to evacuate most of a city block in order to fall an 75 ft tree because they were within 2 1/2 tree lengths. It would be even funnier if some of those people forced to leave their building and go stand on the sidewalk were the a-holes who came up with this stupid idea. If anybody get the chance, I'd really appreciate some pictures.
Altissimus
TreeHouser
I Ocasionaly cut for loggers...but I am an arborist.The two are different...Every climber cuts...but not every cutter climbs!
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wiltingoak
Guest
Cost cutting, bottom line, streamlined claims processes, more dividends to shareholders, more capital for investment.
Just the insurance industry taking advantage of Freedom, like Exxon/Mobil does.
Just the insurance industry taking advantage of Freedom, like Exxon/Mobil does.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
The similarities between the two trades does not equate to the differences,,,, to simply qualify any attempt to put them in the same category.
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
I am soooo excited about this. I'm ordering caulks from baileys. That and suspenders. I want to act like that whiny one from Axe Men. Whats his name....... Jesse?
I mean no offense to loggers with my sarcasm. I thought I mighta read something of this nature over at another tree workers site as well. Lots of know it alls and I tend to discredit half of what i hear. I guess this confirms it.
I mean no offense to loggers with my sarcasm. I thought I mighta read something of this nature over at another tree workers site as well. Lots of know it alls and I tend to discredit half of what i hear. I guess this confirms it.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
What?
SkwerI
Treehouser
All the know-it-alls are here. The ones on the other site are wanna-bes.
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wiltingoak
Guest
So the question is...
everybody going to get upgraded on their insurance....or just cancel it?
Rates gonna have to go up fer sure.
Or (I know it's anti-American to suggest), rebellion is an option.
everybody going to get upgraded on their insurance....or just cancel it?
Rates gonna have to go up fer sure.
Or (I know it's anti-American to suggest), rebellion is an option.
OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
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Old Monkey
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It sounds lame but how about some letter writing? I think I'll write my congressman and OSHA.
All the know-it-alls are here. The ones on the other site are wanna-bes.
There is always the mop thread.
Old Monkey
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I wrote my congressman tonight.
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Rotax Robert
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A Loggers point of view
While I am probably 99% Logger and 1% Arborist, I believe that there are only two differences between the two.
#1 Loggers top thier trees in 1 cut, usually bout knee high
#2 Loggers have bigger saws
Blasting rock out of a quarry does not make you a mason.
While I am probably 99% Logger and 1% Arborist, I believe that there are only two differences between the two.
#1 Loggers top thier trees in 1 cut, usually bout knee high
#2 Loggers have bigger saws
Blasting rock out of a quarry does not make you a mason.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
might be the logging in my blood
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
All you need now is a big saw! 
sotc
Dormant hero!!
haha, not even wearing a chain in yhat pic
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Newfie
Guest
Guess I'm glad I'm a logger already.
NickfromWI
King of Splices
Today I was deadwooding a corkscrew willow. It was max...30' tall. However there was one dead limb at the bottom that was a good 12' long and maybe 6" in diameter. I cut it out in one piece.
Am I a logger now, too?!
Darin, letter writing can be effective. It has to be in big numbers, I think. I'm writing my congressmen, too.
I'm sure we could find some local arborists to dump some chips all over DC. Leave a note that says, "see, if we were loggers, you could cut these up into wood and make houses out of them."
love
nick
Am I a logger now, too?!
Darin, letter writing can be effective. It has to be in big numbers, I think. I'm writing my congressmen, too.
I'm sure we could find some local arborists to dump some chips all over DC. Leave a note that says, "see, if we were loggers, you could cut these up into wood and make houses out of them."
love
nick
