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Do you think a doctor should avoid sharing improved techniques with other doctors? Aren't we supposed to be 'tree doctors'? IMO the health of the trees is every bit as important as making money.

Yeah, it ended up being just one crew and only one guy was really interested. I covered some basics, explained why I was doing what I was doing as I trimmed a small tree and warned against the consequences of getting sloppy with a gas powered pole pruner. If nobody ever tells you that chainsaw...

I've never adhered to that line of thought, Rajan. IMO there is plenty of work for all of us and there's no need to think of other tree guys as 'enemies'. The more we know and the better we all get, then the more we raise the standards of the industry as a whole in our area. These young kids...

Good points, thanks for helping me organize and focus a bit. Thanks for the email, Paul. :thumbup:

Oh, I'm getting my normal bucket truck rates, he's not a cheapskate with me. 8)

I have an unusual request to fulfill tomorrow. One of my regular clients owns a big landscape outfit (they have 50 employees just in the maintenance division) and he asked me to meet one of his crews at a shopping center tomorrow morning and instruct them on proper pruning of some smaller oak...