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Fair point Sean, regarding removal being the easy call, liability-wise. And not taken negatively in the least. And really, that post was at least 50% spoof :). Answer, no so far as trees. Bridge stringers, both manufactured gluelams and old fashioned natural logs, yes. Here's the way I...

My services at drafting consultation reports may well be available in the future, peeps...keep it in mind :lol:

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True, but she'd have to know what a lot of highly technical terms mean, to parse my bit of consultation smoke and mirrors...words like "DBH", and "is". :lol:

See? No lawyer could make a case against that, could they? :D

While I don't disagree, as you can see from my previous post, I would not make the statement as you posited. Using a drill bit, I can still quantify sound wood. I'd write something like this: "Starting at the center point of the northern quandrant at DBH and moving in a clockwise direction...

I dunno, Nick. I haven't done a lot of side work over the years, but it seemed that people who wanted me, wanted ME. I cannot recall making less than $150 an hour (might have happened in the early years, we old guys tend to forget some details :)) but not recently at all, and I never cleaned...

Stick to the $400. :D

I can see the value if you need to justify/quantify a recommendation to a client, but for simple information gathering, I think an 18" 1/8th" drill bit in an 18 volt drill is every bit as accurate.

Wise words there, Jerry. I'm sorta settling into this retirement gig, too. ;)

It could have just as easily...no, way more than easily...turned out like the one I walked away from, the one the "experts" proceeded to drop on the barn. I look really smart on that one, with the crunched barn as testimony, but in my book, you do too. Maybe a little harder for you to put it...

Luck is not a very good ops plan, brother. I'm with you on your call.