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oldirty said:
hey company owners. whats worth more to you? a climber with cdl, CA, licensed for pesticide app, degree in arborculture, hoisting license and what ever else is good to have with not much for skill or a guy with none of that **** who can get the job done?

hey 101 thanks for thinking about my money. lol.
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For me, Cert. Treeworker, CA, CDL, and CTSP. In that order.
Jeff :)
 
I just picked up almost two weeks worth of work at a single residence.. and I was starting to get pretty low on work too!

It was a lot of work that estimate.. but worth it in the end!

:cheers::cheers:
 
oldirty said:
hey company owners. whats worth more to you? a climber with cdl, CA, licensed for pesticide app, degree in arborculture, hoisting license and what ever else is good to have with not much for skill or a guy with none of that **** who can get the job done?

hey 101 thanks for thinking about my money. lol.
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I just typed up some long response, but then decided it was too revealing.. so I ditched it. lol.

Lets just say it depends on what you need most, personally, at that busy time of year, to make the dough. :cheers:
 
well i almost **** my pants today : P i was doing a little speedlining for my old man and took about 40 feet of top out onto a slack line (just wanted it to kick at the bottom to clear a small shed) when the sling and rope that it was hanging on go hung up on 1 inch of crotch stub and stopped it,mind you it had already dropped about 15 feet at that point and was starting to kick from the speedline well long story short it straightened an aluminum biner on the primary sling which still managed to hold and the speed line held some how but luckily it was double slinged so it was all good even if the first failed the secondary would have held it, needlessto say im gonna have toshorten my 200 foot speedline a bit or use the other end as my attachment in the treebut the really sweet thing was that after it caught he was able to z rig that **** down from the tiny stub lol so the moral of the story always double up slings when speedlining on biners (Which is the only way to go as im sure you guys with trolleys have figuered out when they get hung up every 10 seconds) the more I speedline on a slack line the more i like the control though because you candrop huge wood with no real shock load and control exactly where you want it to go plus you dont get any of the bounce in the tree you do from a tight line and it is way way less damaging to your gear
 
oldirty said:
hey company owners. whats worth more to you? a climber with cdl, CA, licensed for pesticide app, degree in arborculture, hoisting license and what ever else is good to have with not much for skill or a guy with none of that **** who can get the job done?

hey 101 thanks for thinking about my money. lol.
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Oh, just put it back in yor pants.:cheers:
 
Damon said:
well i almost **** my pants today : P i was doing a little speedlining for my old man and took about 40 feet of top out onto a slack line (just wanted it to kick at the bottom to clear a small shed) when the sling and rope that it was hanging on go hung up on 1 inch of crotch stub and stopped it,mind you it had already dropped about 15 feet at that point and was starting to kick from the speedline well long story short it straightened an aluminum biner on the primary sling which still managed to hold and the speed line held some how but luckily it was double slinged so it was all good even if the first failed the secondary would have held it, needlessto say im gonna have toshorten my 200 foot speedline a bit or use the other end as my attachment in the treebut the really sweet thing was that after it caught he was able to z rig that **** down from the tiny stub lol so the moral of the story always double up slings when speedlining on biners (Which is the only way to go as im sure you guys with trolleys have figuered out when they get hung up every 10 seconds) the more I speedline on a slack line the more i like the control though because you candrop huge wood with no real shock load and control exactly where you want it to go plus you dont get any of the bounce in the tree you do from a tight line and it is way way less damaging to your gear
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So, you had a good day.
Jeff:)
 
heck yes i did its been a few months since ive had an oh **** moment in the tree so i guess i was due luckily it was a relatively inexpensive fix just the sling biner and 18 feet of rope to be retired i just checked it over and it milked the core pretty hard lol i knew the biners were the week link in my system but i can believe it supported that kind ofa shock load and held
 
ropensaddle said:
They were smooth baby,smooth lol. I don't like the wire core much either peta to adjust but it is nice for flipping but now that I have the big shot not needed much. I am thinking of the grillon but want feed back before springing the denero if you catch my drift:monkey:
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For what it's worth, Rope, I've been using a grillon for a couple years. If I were to do it again I'd just get a gri-gri and skip the grillon. You can make the functional equivalent and customize the rope terminations and lengths. The grillon is useful and easy but you could do the same thing with a gri-gri for half the cost and odd lengths of rope you have sitting around. Has anyone used a Rig enough to comment on it? Does not appear useful as a lanyard adjuster like the gri-gri.
 
BC WetCoast said:
I'm not sure if this is the type you're looking for, it's a neoprene impregnated nylon.
http://wesspur.com/fliplines/pole-straps.html
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Nope they were a fiber strap similar to that but definitely different! They fit like a good leather glove lol. They adjusted the same as that nylon one though. I usually left mine long and just wrapped it to shorten instead of adjusting. I also would put from side d over shoulder to other side d like a bullet belt it was a nice trim package that if done just right made saddle suspenders. I used two of em and they would help hold saddle from working down over your butt as they sometimes do from all the gear hanging from it.
 
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Don't care what you did this week I can go one better. We had our National conference over the weekend and had a great spread of speakers covering the tree biz from A to Z. The prize has to go to Graeme & Angus McMahon from Sherbrooke Trees. Here is their you tube link if you have been asleep in a tree for 20 years.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sherbrooketrees

This father and son team are at the top of the tree game world wide. Wow. Great speakers, great climbers, great riggers and surprisingly humble men. Honestly I was blown away that neither of them was 9 foot tall. If you get the chance to hear them speak pay the asking price for the ticket.

I talked them into staying for lunch and then pumped them for information. Last thing they did before leaving was walk the entire room and shook every hand. Real professionals.
 
I am on holiday skiing for the next 9 days whilst the slaves (oops I mean highly paid, skilled work force) earn me money. If they behave I may allow them an increased bread and water ration so long as it doesnt affect my champagne and caviar budget.:kilt:
 
Can't say I've ever had a problem showing up for work sober...just not in me to want a worse day than a hangover could provide all by itself.

Time--now that is a relative conundrum in its own right...some tensions or innane malstroms are always causing psuedo-currents, or distorted eddies in the time-space continuum, which inevitably lead to scheduling conflicts...
...I have shown up on time repeatedly, only to find that we have half to a full HOUR or TWO (maybe more) until the boss is ready to roll. So I sit, and wait, and contemplate all those pesos I am missing out on...then we go...
...or, I can be told to show up at time A...so, going by the odds and figuring on a regular scenario as listed above, I show up at time B...boss has been waiting for anywhere from C to C+45 minutes, and we actually get to the job at time D...
B-A/D-C+45xtemperature+heat index/exchange rate of pesos to $...
...once you get that equation solved (you need to work it out on the end of a burlap feed bag or the end of a long strip of cloth) you then show it to the boss and talk him through how you showed all of your work as you are strangling him with the solution.
No...we just get a laugh out of it, probably knowing that griping about a few minutes here and there in summer is alot better than griping about doing a whole lot of nothing thoughout the winter.
 
TreeTarget said:
Can't say I've ever had a problem showing up for work sober...just not in me to want a worse day than a hangover could provide all by itself.

Time--now that is a relative conundrum in its own right...some tensions or innane malstroms are always causing psuedo-currents, or distorted eddies in the time-space continuum, which inevitably lead to scheduling conflicts...
...I have shown up on time repeatedly, only to find that we have half to a full HOUR or TWO (maybe more) until the boss is ready to roll. So I sit, and wait, and contemplate all those pesos I am missing out on...then we go...
...or, I can be told to show up at time A...so, going by the odds and figuring on a regular scenario as listed above, I show up at time B...boss has been waiting for anywhere from C to C+45 minutes, and we actually get to the job at time D...
B-A/D-C+45xtemperature+heat index/exchange rate of pesos to $...
...once you get that equation solved (you need to work it out on the end of a burlap feed bag or the end of a long strip of cloth) you then show it to the boss and talk him through how you showed all of your work as you are strangling him with the solution.
No...we just get a laugh out of it, probably knowing that griping about a few minutes here and there in summer is alot better than griping about doing a whole lot of nothing thoughout the winter.
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No offense my freind, but you are weird! You ended your gripe with a "few minutes". yet, you say an HOUR or TWO.( Your words). Does your Boss know about your "regular scenario as listed above". (your words), and when do you get a pair instead of crying! Yeah, I am in a bad mood , I will be alright in about 5 minutes.
Jeff
 
jefflovstrom said:
No offense my freind, but you are weird! You ended your gripe with a "few minutes". yet, you say an HOUR or TWO.( Your words). Does your Boss know about your "regular scenario as listed above". (your words), and when do you get a pair instead of crying! Yeah, I am in a bad mood , I will be alright in about 5 minutes.
Jeff
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Lets all have a time out, go to your happy place now.
 

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