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anna567•2h ago

Tried a throw bag instead of climbing for a dead oak limb over a roof in Boise, and it saved me a sketchy traverse

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cole_hall•5h ago

Took a climbing class in Dayton and found out my lanyard was slack the whole time

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uma_baker88•9h ago

Thought climb spikes were overkill til I tried them on a maple in Kalamazoo last week

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finley_wells66•19h ago

Am I the only one who thought the air spade was a gimmick until I dug a 14 inch root flare in gravelly clay?

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janac51•2d ago

DAE realize the 3 inch mulch ring around my trunks was hurting the trees, not helping?

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the_lucas•3d ago

Vent: spent 3 hours chasing a 'disease' in a red oak that turned out to be a lawn mower

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angelas78•3d ago

Can we talk about spike trimming on young maples?

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quinng72•4d ago

Unpopular opinion: topping a mature oak in one shot did way more harm than good on my property in Dayton

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linda_murphy•5d ago

Found out a mature oak can drink 50 gallons of water a day and I've been babying mine with a 5 gallon bucket

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sanchez.blake•6d ago

Watched a crew butcher a 60 year old silver maple in Dayton 3 weeks ago and I finally get why we charge what we charge

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janac51•6d ago

Update: Took me 40 minutes to figure out a 12 inch limb was hung up on a fence wire

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david_hayes•7d ago

Spiked boots up a white oak in 2008 vs my Silky and a flip line now

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anthonyhunt•11d ago

Appreciation post: the $180 Silky pole saw that finally saved my shoulder on a black walnut

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amy_sanchez•11d ago

Tried fertilizing my client's old oak with a drill and root spikes, now half the canopy is brown

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phoenix_adams60•12d ago

That week in July when 9 of my 12 oak removals had hidden metal, cost me 3 chains and half a day

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