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    Contract climber rate?

    What happened to Treesmiths post? It disappeared
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    Mentoring New Climbers

    These days it’s easy to break the junior. Soft hands these daze, gotta make it fun. Attendance awards, pink participation ribbons and gold stars.
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    Contract climber rate?

    I would guess, no General Liability, No LLC, No Business license, No EIN or TIN, Kinda like just a dude.... w tools. will travel for work. It's actually a Chevette.
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    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    I've been training the old crew new pruning. Ed and Brian's structure pruning. Central leader with small aspect ratio limbs.
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    Contract climber rate?

    Kids these days who call themselves "contract climbers" a lot of times aren't worth half the price that they are asking for, don't have the insurance or the experience and are more a liability than an asset on the job. I know, I have worked with enough of them. Yes, So true. Just cause you...
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    Contract climber rate?

    So true. Can not play w others. Contract Climber is such a deep black hole. Though I've seen so much of the universe thru contract climbing or travel climbing or gypoclimbing :) I've met many more people and experiences by travel climbing than staying at the same same same same same same...
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    Jed Walters

    Never delete the dead. Live for the dead. Walk for the fallen. Jed told me that everything i touched turned to gold. Crazy, dropping some tears here... cause they're aren't a whole lot of solid motherphuqers these days. Yeah Jed i hope you making the rounds checking in on your loves...
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    Exercise

    Love the TH. Mahalo Pat! Last night after work I did 11 miles at 7 minute pace…. 1:17 Kinda smashed me but I loved it. Already craving another one….
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    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    Euc sucker poorly attached. 5 foot parking lot Euc.
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    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    It puts the wood in the basket.
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    How'd it go today?

    Rich how is it when it’s cold and a twig flicks your ear or nose tip? :) Treework is brutal. Hard to be comfortable even as a boss, the cholesterol just piling up.
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    How'd it go today?

    She’s stony to begin with.
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    How'd it go today?

    Fencing another paddock…. Thinking cow… but it’s upwind so stinky doo doo…. Something that loves Grass. Just can’t live without it. Broke the weed whacker .. I think the star was too heavy.. I just heard teeth grinding.. 500’ x 5’ wide and three posts w concrete. 2 more posts tomorrow then...
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    Wall of Shame: Wannabe Experts

    We call them kinkachoos…. That’s where the pop like a bread stick.. over trimming reduces taper.. old climbers would stick deepthr machete to stash or rest on.. so bad.
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    Exercise

    Checking it out now…looks cool. $28 You got a free link…
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