The right tool for the job makes a differance

[hobby climber]

Any of the new members/climbers (or lurkers), ever buy a new tool or piece of equipment that made their job easier???? Earlier this year ,I bought a 21' Silky Hayauchi pole-saw from Sherrill Arb Sup. What a difference there was compaired to the one purchased from Home Depot! The hayauchi makes quick work of a lot of tree removals that I do in peoples back yards. Imagine if you have to TD (take down) a blue spruce, ya got to fight your way into it & get to the trunk and start cutting limbs with your hand or chainsaw. Its going to be a PITA (pain in the a$$) to try and get all that messy sap off your cloths and equipment! With a pole saw, you can reach in and start cutting limbs off much quicker and easier than climbing & cutting! Even long thin limbs that over hang structure can easily be removed safely from the ground by installing rope, tag line and using a good pole saw! Having the right tool for the right job can make a difference and save you time & energy. So what new tool or piece of climbing equipment helped you become more efficient ??? HC

 

[DDM]

Does a new Bobcat Count? It picks up about 2000lbs more than the old one.

 

[Lumberjack]

I bought a stihl PP a coupla weeks ago for the job I started yesterday. It deff will make its money back on this job alone.

I have a section poled pole saw now, but I want to get the Silky Long Boy and the Hayauchi for good measure.

Combine a 16' orchard ladder with the PP and you have a heck of a combo! On my tip toes I can reach around 20 vertically with the PP, I havent measured but I would say its at least 20', MAYBE 21'. If I was stupid enough I could reach up to 37' with a 16 ladder, but that would be dumb because I would have no way to get out of the falling pieces. 30' seems more reasonable.

The freight on orchard ladders is crazy!

 

[clearance]

the right tool for the job or more appropriate to some, the right job for the tool.

 

[hobby climber]

Power tools & ladders seems like a bad combo in my opinion. Is this really the kind of advise you want to offer new guys just starting out? A new bob-cat is great if your already established but I was directing the question toward the newer guys just starting out or been doing tree care for a couple of years. Bigger is better unless your talking about a loan from the bank!

 

[hobby climber]

clearance makes a very good point and hit it on the head. Most guy that are just starting out don't have a lot of equipment or the funds to buy all the fancy equipment. If all you have is a chain saw & some rope, you'll should be looking for the simple jobs that don't require much skill and are safe. As your skill level increases, you'll know what equipment you'll need to buy next. In other words, don't bite off more than you can chew! Ya got to learn to crawl before you can run etc,etc,etc! HC

 

[Treeman14]

Not long after buying the power pruner, I decided a hardhat would be a good investment.

 

[hobby climber]

Good observation, PPE ,(personal protection equipment) Helmut, eye & ear protection, gloves, first aid kit, chaps, steel toe work boots ...etc.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

I just bought an ARS long reach pruner and its the cats a$$. Way faster and way nicer cuts than the pole pruner for that little stuff thats out of reach, tip pruning, providing clearance around a house, etc.

 

[Stumper]

I just bought an ARS long reach pruner and its the cats a$$.

So, it is prissy and stinks?

 

[Husky288XP]

A polesaw in my book is a great piece of equipment. What other tool can you cut limbs with, and yet set a climbing line with?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Pole saws have their place, but I don't use them too much these days

My most favorite peice of equipment is my GRCS, once you get the hang of it it speeds up removals and large trimming so much that it will pay for it'self.

 

[jamie]

tongs

i reckon timber tongs are the dogs bo!!ocks that and a iron horse. we have a cage on the back of ours that can be removed as and when required.

the tongs for me are one of the best, reach grab and pull. makes life easy.

that and spikes makes those prune jobs soooo much easier

jamie

 

[tinman44]

pantin. wow i feel like a squirrel

edit: i bought a pantin and i love it

 

[newb]

John, I still like to come out and watch you work with the GWCS. I'd even give you a good grounder rate.

 

[Old Monkey]

This sounds nerdy perhaps, but I've spent many an hour in trees thinking about how awesome the bowline knot is and how many uses it has. The amount of weight you can put on it and then still get it untied. WOW! Its a staple of so many profession and activities. I rock climbed in the seventies with just a single wrap of goldline around my waist tied in a bowline. "Through the hole, scratch the belly, around the tree and back through the hole." Taking a fall that way now would paralyze me.

 

[Lumberjack]

Power tools & ladders seems like a bad combo in my opinion. Is this really the kind of advise you want to offer new guys just starting out? A new bob-cat is great if your already established but I was directing the question toward the newer guys just starting out or been doing tree care for a couple of years. Bigger is better unless your talking about a loan from the bank!

I fall under your grouping of just been doing tree care for a coupla years, this August marks 2 years for me.


Power tools and ladders and common sense can make a very useful tool IMO. If a person doesnt have the knowledge or skill to do something its up to THEM to decide that for themselves.

Sometimes in buisness you have to make ballsy moves to break ahead, we are workin on our third ballsy move in 8 years. This one is the smallest of the three. The first was buying the first grinder (RG50), the second was buying another grinder (RG85) while working part time, and the third is the small exspansion we are doing for the tree service now, but it is minor in comparision to the first 2.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

I found that my chainsaw winch has been amazing. It doesnt come out to play very often but when it does its just does fantastic. Cost me a grand and payed itself off on the first job it did. I have a capstan winch as well now, have yet to really test it out.

 

[P_woozel]

i love my GCRS, chainsaw winches cause me concern when used for anything other than hauling a carcass out of a drainage. I am considering taking a peek at a capstan winch I saw in the Tree Trader which has a honda 4-stoke on it. My best used tool is my savage little pea brain. :umpkin:

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

John, I still like to come out and watch you work with the GWCS. I'd even give you a good grounder rate.

Drop me a line, some of my clients need ground help, so I might be able to get you in on the next large job needing an extr set of hands.