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the_miles•15h ago

Watched a crew prune a 60 foot oak at the Erie arboretum and it changed how I make my cuts

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skylerc86•1d ago

Unpopular opinion: I was cutting my hinge way too narrow for 2 seasons, and a stump told me

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lewis.charlie•2d ago

Showerthought: wrote off stump grinding the slow way until a job in Fort Collins last month

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coleman.jade•2d ago

PSA: the week a nor'easter dropped 9 trees on my crew in Lowell and we still finished the job

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parker_bailey•2d ago

Hot take: a red oak on Fenwick Street ate my whole Tuesday and I'm still not over it

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pat_murray16•4d ago

Stopped cutting cedar flush and the tree told me why 8 months later

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thomas_roberts•5d ago

Hot take: the old guy watching me prune a maple in St. Paul knew my hitch better than I did

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river_bailey2•6d ago

TIL my climbing line looked fine until I ran it through my hand in the driveway

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barnes.brian•6d ago

Got called out by a 70 year old lady in Portland for topping her maple, turns out she was right and I owe her a beer

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oscar_jenkins31•7d ago

Dropped $340 on a gas pole saw last spring and it sat in the truck all season

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jake_bell99•7d ago

Watched a crepe myrtle bounce back in 6 weeks after I finally cut the girdling roots

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michaelw73•7d ago

Rant: the city crew in Fort Worth butchered a live oak on 7th and I can't stay quiet

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claireg81•7d ago

Crazy how many guys still top a mature oak without thinking about the branch collar

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jordan134•8d ago

Watched a guy in Fresno prune a mature sycamore with a chainsaw and no undercut, and I still think about it

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jessicaw11•8d ago

Hot take: I used to think topping was fine until I watched a 60 year old oak in Tulsa die over 2 years

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