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Are there any good ones out there yet? That come close to the regular backpack blowers?

Is craigslist now not the cool place to go and look for stuff to buy? Or is there a better listing that I should know about?

Wow $5.60 for diesel. I’m going to have a hard time justifying this price increase to my customers. I’m actually thinking of getting out of the tree service and just getting a job somewhere. Many of our customers are on fixed incomes, I just can’t look them in the face and tell them a $600 job...

Wow! Such an easy thing to make! Looking forward to having my climber try it out.

Wow I was just shopping online for a rigging ring. I noticed that TreeStuff is one of the most expensive places to buy one of these, especially compared to Bailey’s online.

I got this from a client some time ago. I really don’t need 4 personal vehicles and my wife just bought a new car. it is a very powerful and reliable vehicle! I wouldn’t hesitate to drive it to new york city right now and back. These engines are long lived prob good for 1/2 million miles...

Once a dead horse I winched onto the truckusing my GRCS (no pic, sorry), another time a full load of beer cans I sold at the recycling yard for $700 bucks.

Anyone here use them? do you have clear pictures? Thx Ps: not interested in the why or internet type comments, simply asking this question.

This is got to be one of the weirdest knots I’ve ever tied. It’s an unholy mix of two different knots, a crown knot and a wall knot. The knot was developed by Brian Toss. Soft shackles have been used a long time in boating but not with this exact same knot. You can also tie them with much...

Am wanting to splice my own soft shackles using 1/2 dyneema hollow core 12 strand and a ‘button’ knot created by Brian Toss. having trouble finding specs for total length of rope with diameters to start with. anyone here make these? thx Frans

I wish all you ‘housers a wonderful Christmas season and a happy new year! may peace and prosperity follow you all the year

Just going through a video of me taking a large pine down in 1993. What were the model numbers of the midsize and large saws??? I recognize the 076, but can’t remember the other models I used in the tree. 040? thx for help

...so I got a call. From my insurance agent. He said I had never included terrorism insurance on my binder. He says it is ‘essential’ that I include this. I said terrorism? Yes he says to protect my business from ‘certified’ acts of terrorism. ???? WTH? ??? I run a tree service! seems like...

We are getting constant power outages which means no water because we are on a well. so my query is, after scrubbing and rinsing, how long to soak a container with 1teaspoon per gallon of water? (What the internet says to do). is it safe to rinse the container with white vinegar after soaking...

I will just throw this out here Do dead limbs benefit the tree? In any way? Interested in your thoughts on this question Thx

Dammit! I just killed a nice honey bee hive. a peach farmer talked me into it. he said the bees were destroying his peaches. A bee expert came out and attempted to relocate the bees, but couldn’t do the job. Peaches are almost ripe. so I agreed to deal with the bees and also remove the tree...

Past 10 years or so I have maintained an unimproved lot for a lovely old couple who live far away in a different county. We mow the grasses before the dry season, prune the trees, etc. They do not have email, no cell phones. I snail mail them pictures or bills periodically. Bringing this up...

Over the years we have danced around the subject of accepting credit cards. To date, the cost per transaction has been prohibitive. Lately more and more clients mention how they don't write checks anymore. Last I checked, the cost is still too high for the one or two transactions per month...