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Sounds similar to what we use. The White Pine Weevil absolutely hammer landscape planted Colorado Blue Spruce here. I have seen them hit smaller native Engelmann Spruce, but they generally stick to a smaller acreage landscape.

What are you spraying for the Weevil?

A project that we are wrapping up. New homesite and road clearing with defensible space and Lodgepole Pine thinning. It’s been a fight with the weather. We have seen 3’ of snow in the last month.

@cory The company that bought it is about 3 hours away. So in Montana…. That’s close.

SOLD

That would be a sight to see at 400#

I picked up some new rigging last week.

There are plenty of OTC insecticides that can negatively affect pollinators and the environment with improper rates, timing, and application. Again, I would highly suggest understanding pesticide labels before offering any sort of advice.

I would be very cautious of recommending insecticides if you are not a licensed applicator, or do not understand pesticide labels. There is a lot more to recommending pesticides than what won't harm the tree. For example: flowering trees, pollinators, label rates, and environmental impacts.

You are giving credence to plastic and not the persistence of a willow tree and the test of time.

Without a doubt.

@cory This machine is awesome and versatile in that you can lift full trees like nothing, cut, stack, tend burn piles, load trucks, etc. The way we have it set up, it is a quick switch out for a mulcher head for cleanup, then back to a bucket and thumb for site work. However, we end up...

@pigwot Is the saw a 372 OE or 372 X-Torq ?

2021 Komatsu PC238-11 Approximately 1200 hours Still under warranty for 3 more years/ up to 5000 hours. Lexan windshield Overhead cab guarding HKX secondary valving 42” dig bucket Thumb $300,000.00 2023 Fecon BH40 Top hat/pins for PC238 Used one summer, less than 500 hours. $50,000.00 2020...