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I'm sorry but I simply do not comprehend. I must be dense or something. But use whatever works for you. :)

I find it surprising that another treeman would prefer using a clove hitch over a bowline with the reasoning that the bowline might come untied. In all my years doing treework, the only knot I ever had come untied was a clove hitch. I vowed that day to never use it ever again. I've never had a...

Gary, Andrew is selling a nice used 200T right now in the Trading Post forum. Hopefully he'll have pictures up soon.

I suck at bidding consistently so I've been doing much better with my hourly/ daily rate. Most of the guys I work for are much better at estimating my time than I am. They call me up and say "I need you for 3-4 hours on Tuesday" and I know I can book a second job for after lunch.

Skwishey, big crews like that don't do a lot of jobs with just one tree. Think of commercial properties, trimming up all the trees in a parking lot or cleaning up an apartment complex type of deal.

:birdman: :P

$350 per hour is a fair rate for a 6-8 man supercrew. I know a very good local company that runs a big crew and they need $2400 per day minimum.

Gary, what is your normal climbing rate? Around here, good climbers are $300 per day and I get $500 per day with my bucket truck. If you're covering an employee then I could see $800 per day since you have no heavy equipment on site and you're not hauling anything. Your only expense is fuel. A...