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  1. woodworkingboy

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    Pretty much the same here, but with a recent job that had many removals of rotting trees, then the customer wanted another healthier and pretty one taken out because they seemed more or less in a 'cutting mood', it was painful to do it.
  2. woodworkingboy

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    Nice calligraphy. Kaku..write.
  3. woodworkingboy

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    Do you guys see what you may regard as unnecessary removals, in the same light as topping, to the extent that you will refuse the work? i run across people saying, "As long as you are taking out those tress, take out this one too, so it isn't necessary to think about it in the future". Part of...
  4. woodworkingboy

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    The auction yard where we normally drop our trees off, has suddenly put up a sign saying that spur damage is not appreciated on Cryptomeria removals. You can't even use them on condemned trees now. Aluminum steps henceforth.
  5. woodworkingboy

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    On a basic level, "get it" comes down to seeing. If a person can't look at something and see that it looks like or will look like crap, then unless you are high in their book on trustability, it is pretty hard to convince them to change their thinking. For whatever reason, lots of folks got...
  6. woodworkingboy

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    Slight derail, but speaking of taking tops or chunking down trees, I had a chance to use this device recently when chunking down some big trees crane aided with a long reach, only down to 500+ pounds liftability with a 25 ton crane. The operator had me buy one for him awhile back. I don't...
  7. woodworkingboy

    Topping. Why is it so hard, not to take it personal?

    The one thing I don't like about topping is that sometimes it makes me think that I'm turning into a farmer.
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