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the_robert•5h ago

TIL that a homeowner in Bend told me my climbing rope was 'probably fine' after 9 years, so now I mark my gear with tape every spring

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angela_morgan•10h ago

Took me 6 hours to figure out why my pole saw kept stalling in a maple last Tuesday

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the_robert•21h ago

Spent $400 on a Silky Katanaboy 500 instead of a cheap $30 hand saw and now I can't decide if I'm smart or a sucker

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wood.uma•1d ago

Spent 3 seasons topping trees at the wrong cut angle until my old foreman pointed at a stub in my own yard

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hugotaylor•1d ago

TIL pouring a full bag of ice on a client's yard waste pile did not freeze the termites like I hoped

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murray.robert•1d ago

Saw a climber get hit by a dead oak limb in Council Bluffs last Saturday, please check your tie-in point twice

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ericw93•3d ago

Spent 5 hours on a 30 foot oak removal because of one stupid leaning limb

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thomas_price•4d ago

Unpopular opinion: most people pruning oaks in spring are asking for trouble

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ryan793•4d ago

A retired logger in Coeur d'Alene told me my saw was screaming because the rakers were too low

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wendy_lee48•4d ago

Showerthought: An old climber in Tulsa asked why my hinge cuts never lined up, and I still hear him 4 months later

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tessa_adams3•5d ago

The chain on my 25 ton splitter snapped mid round and I still do not know why

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dylan_sanchez•6d ago

Showerthought: a retired climber told me at a Tacoma job site to stop topping my cuts so low, and my pruning finally started looking clean

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taylor_patel•8d ago

Can we talk about how I planted 60 trees the wrong way until a forester in Bend showed me one thing?

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felixlane•10d ago

Rant: got called out by a homeowner in Boise for my collar cut on a 60 foot spruce

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simonk98•10d ago

Unpopular opinion: I thought the 'chase the deadwood' advice for oaks was overblown, then I pruned 40 of them in Madison

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