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reese_wood55•1d ago

Swore I'd never fell leaning back into the hinge, then a guy in Missoula showed me why it works

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nathanb71•1d ago

Spiked boots on removals until a close call in a backyard in Boise

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the_lisa•5d ago

Dropped $85 on a gas powered pole saw that lasted one afternoon

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morganhayes•5d ago

Spent 3 years pruning with a dull bypass pruner before a guy at the Salem co-op asked to see my cut

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allen.amy•6d ago

Appreciation post: tried pruning sealant on a red oak last spring, and the callus growth surprised me

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brooke_nguyen65•8d ago

Trick for finding the root flare on a buried maple, saved me 40 minutes with a shovel

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harris.uma•9d ago

TIL I've felled 1,002 trees since 2019 and one number finally made me slow down

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roberts.troy•10d ago

Took the honey locust on Highland Ave from half dead to full canopy in 14 months

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ray_patel27•11d ago

Cut a 60 ft oak in a tight yard by tying a $3 pool noodle to my pull rope

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rowanbennett•13d ago

Vent: a stat sheet from a Boise conference says 1 in 3 climbers gets hurt in their first 2 years

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barbaraschmidt•13d ago

A climber in Bend told me my back cut was too high and honestly it stung

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wright.sam•13d ago

Chose between a bucket truck and climbing a 90 foot cottonwood in Boise, and the spurs won

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nancy_price82•13d ago

Cut a 60 foot oak in Ridgewood last Tuesday and the hinge wood gave out on me

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brookef73•16d ago

Showerthought: a climber in Tacoma asked why I always cut my hinge at 1 inch and I did not have a real answer

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clairem38•16d ago

Watched a Bradford pear split in half after 7 years of bad pruning cuts

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