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Thanks Burnam! Thanks SeanKroll! "...Frequently, pruning is only for people, not trees..." .... this sounds like a very salient point ...(haha, "oh, the horror" :) ....It is their trees and their money, and if that is what they want, and there is no good reason not to cut that limb that is...

Thanks a lot, squisher!

Great. I believe in my own minor way I qualify as a treeman, in a sense as narrow or broad as my ability.

Thanks SeanKroll, Yes, insurance *and* taxes. I am using a CPA and have gotten good basic advice about taxes, business expenses, etc. I'm totally in tune with everything you are saying about the stacking, loading, unloading, etc. as I have gotten lots of experience in last year or so. At 63 I...

Thanks Limbrat. I don't know how to weld and am a somewhat mechanically inclined... I will investigate dump trailers. Thanks! Burnham, sir, THANKS a lot for your dose of reality and your candid, frank, seasoned, experienced, and perceptive words. -- haha, and I am prone to laziness...

SeanKroll, Limbrat, Thanks for the professionally experienced comments! Yes, I'm seeing that firewood sales might be approaching the 3 to 4 dollar an hour mark, haha. More like mining for sand than mining for gold. Yes, Limbrat, I hope after a few jobs I will get a more visceral sense of what...

SeanKroll, I do not envision employees, unless possibly my 25 year old son helping me part time. My main, practical roll model in this is a hard working fellow a couple younger than me that I discovered and follow on Youtube, Tim H. Gruchow. He is a one-man operation with a pickup truck and a...

Thanks a lot everyone to take the time to give your comments, advice, warnings, etc. to an old(er) newcomer. I'm soaking it all in... haha, when I told a friend at church that I was planning on getting into the tree (removal) business he said "that's a young man's job!" For me, at this point...

Yes, Peter; same here. Fatigue is something I try to be aware of in my mind all the time while working with or doing anything dangerous (chainsaws, falling or cutting trees, etc.). At this point, since I am in a situation where I am not normally under the gun to complete a task or job (e.g. as a...

Thanks, MasterBlaster!!

MasterBlaster, I just saw your advice/warning yesterday, about NOT starting (working) climbing at 63. The weight of your words has been sinking in since then and I am taking them more seriously than I did when I first read them. Sir, I have a question, please.... and I ask it with the utmost...

Thanks a lot, Burnham, sir. I have downloaded it and will begin looking at it!

Thanks for your experienced advice, MasterBlaster. May I digest it thoroughly and cause me to proceed with that much more caution! I have a few trees on my own lot I was going to start with and start with just a regular saw... not a chainsaw. There is a (Ash?) tree just north of my kitchen...

Thanks woodworkingboy. Wow. That is easy to believe that Will Malloff is an interesting character based on his book. He seems quite an inventor and innovator. He reminds me some of Jerry Beranek in his depth and breadth of detailed knowledge, his love of his work, and his desire and ability of...

Thanks Brian. Ha, I haven't actually do any climbing yet... Just studying up on it. I really wanted to take a class, but might just jump in and try to figure it out myself "low and slow" ... as soon as I get the nerve to spend the $1000 (?) on basic climbing gear.

You bet. Thanks for all your and everyone's help so far!

Hello, I joined The Treehouse a week or so ago after seeing August Hunicke speak highly of it but I am just now seeing this thread for new members. I have been falling, limbing, bucking, and splitting trees (~30" DBH max) for 15 years or so on a small woodlot and for friends... no climbing. I...