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brooke_walker•4d ago

Dropped $340 on a battery pole saw for high limbs, worth it or did I get took?

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wren_thomas16•5d ago

I finally bought the $340 hydraulic pole saw and it was the dumbest buy of my whole season

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mila_sullivan•9d ago

Question about a red oak in Kalamazoo with bark peeling off one side

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the_wade•12d ago

A climber told me my pruning cuts were too flush and it changed how I run my saw

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the_david•13d ago

PSA: check the root flare before you write the estimate, saved me a callback in Phoenix

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dylan_rodriguez•14d ago

Took a dead oak limb on the shoulder in Forest Park because I skipped my second tie-in point

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ward.emery•15d ago

Update: spent $420 on a bucket truck inspection in Boise and it caught a cracked knuckle before my climb last Thursday

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susan424•18d ago

Vent: spent 3 hours on a Bradford pear removal in Ames and the homeowner changed her mind halfway through the first cut

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jennifer358•19d ago

Update: I pruned my maple wrong for 6 years, a guy in Portland set me straight

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bettyh84•21d ago

Spent 2 hours trying to chip a stump with a dull chain before my groundie said one sentence that wrecked me

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xenan64•22d ago

Just realized I stopped dragging a ladder to every pruning job after a homeowner in Bend handed me her pole saw

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ryanhayes•24d ago

Dropped $400 on a hydraulic pole saw from a pawn shop in Reno, and it quit on the second job

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simon378•25d ago

Pro tip: the limb that scared me most on a red oak in Bakersfield turned out to be one bolt job

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the_oscar•26d ago

Spent 6 hours on a simple limb removal because of one hidden cable

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the_stella•1mo ago

Rant: that dead oak over the shed took 11 hours and 2 trips to a saw shop in Bend

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