Recent content by Kabir424

This is tangential to this discussion. This older guy certainly ran with his hobby and had a lot of fun tinkering to make his wood gassifier truck work.

I also use cradle to throw and the APTA for particularly dense canopies or undergrowth or a really high TIP. Or, sometimes if I am near powerlines and I feel like I am "off" from throwing for the day I will use the APTA for stuff I would normally throw in to. I don't like the idea of...

I have both the 2500t and the DCS5000. The rear handle battery saw is not something I would buy again. Save your money for a better saw. It's very much a homeowner saw. The 2500t is great and is a professional saw. It's my main climbing saw since most of my work is pruning. The 2.5 ah battery...

Both the Treemotion and this saddle were designed by Treemagineers so it's not surprising they look similar. This is basically the Treemotion if Teufelberger had pushed for continued innovation. I like my Treemotion as well and so far I haven't had any corrosion issues like others have had due...

I forgot there's a gear subforum. If any admins want to move this thread over there it's a more appropriate location. Or, we can delete this and we can start a new thread there.

I got the Treemotion Pro before I ended up hearing the negatives about it. It's what I am using now and I do enjoy the comfort of the saddle compared to the MCRS I used to run. Now that Ihave used this Tremotion I realuze I like a double bridge. The Monkeybeaver doesn't seem to have that as an...

DMM Kinisi Max Arborist Harness I have heard from some testers that this is a really good harness. I haven't tried it yet but if this goes on sale for 20% off at Arbsession this year then I might get it. $850 for a harness is a tough pill to swallow. I have considered the MonkeyBeaver 2.0 and...

Any update on the new wrench? Did it arrive? What do you think?

I use the app Hurdlr. It tracks my trips and usually after a few trips or at the end of the day I will open it up. It will show my separate trips and I can swipe them left or right to designate them as business or personal. I can pull up each of those categories for individual dates or within a...

Wait, what? Was that a mini skid or full size skidsteer? Do you have a model number for that machine?

When I ran a bucket crew for pruning we would clean with an air hose the air filter on our Bandit 1590 probably twice a week. If we were chipping stuff that was super dry and crispy then sometimes every day. I think the crane crew with the Bandit 1890 would clean it every day and sometimes with...

Here's one way to clean an air filter.

I haven't ever had an issue come up with house drops. All of the companies where I have worked we always treated them as no contact. One company I worked for in Vermont had someone accidentally contact a house drop with their foam core pole saw. There was a pop, a little flash, and the arc...

He works some jobs with me and then some he doesn't. It depends on the job and it depends on how much PHC he has to go do.

I wanted to update you all regarding my job hunt and what that pay scale has looked like. I am sorry that this is a bit of a wall of text. It might give some of you business owners some perspective about what it is like from our end when we are looking for a job as a crewleader. I got a few...