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jordancoleman•4h ago

Pro tip: don't buy the $89 "tree paint" kit from the trade show booth, I learned that one the hard way

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barbara_taylor83•2d ago

I finally stopped topping my maples and started doing proper crown reductions on them

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lee733•2d ago

Serious question, did I waste $140 on a Silky Zubat for storm cleanup?

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jesse_cooper•3d ago

Am I the only one who thought stump grinding near the fence was a bad idea until I tried it

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elizabeth942•4d ago

Vent: A nursery near Austin pushed me toward a brand new chipper, but my gut said buy used

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spencer_moore39•6d ago

A crane operator in Portland taught me one rigging trick that changed how I set every choker

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grace_taylor•9d ago

Hit 40 removals in a single week and it made me rethink how I quote big take-downs

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the_eva•9d ago

I used to top trees at every job until a 68 year old climber in Tulsa told me to stop

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mark676•9d ago

Spent 6 years topping trees with a pole saw before an old timer in Fresno asked why I hate shade

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roberts.jordan•12d ago

Two climbers in my crew argue about whether spikes should ever touch a prune job, and I want to hear where you all land

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joel_patel•12d ago

DAE prune oaks in summer? Lost two big limbs after cutting in April

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evan_stone•14d ago

Hot take: I was cutting my back cuts way too early and a stump in Tacoma finally showed me

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jenny580•14d ago

Showerthought: a 40 foot oak in my yard dropped 300 pounds of limbs in one storm, and the ISA guide says most of it was from old pruning cuts

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the_dakota•14d ago

Rant: the guy in Tulsa who asked me to top a 90 foot pecan so he could see the river

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thomas291•15d ago

Am I the only one who thinks topping trees is sometimes the right call?

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