bigshea13

hey querqus.. what a beautifully constructed sinerio. too bad the picture you painted doesnt fit on my wall. when your confronted with the dilema of someone needing work{ leader removal or even deadwood removal} but they dont have close to enough cash to pay for the professional job one must make a decision. do i 1.)leave the tree, the potential danger because i cant obtain the needed rate to justifiably do the job. 2.) do the job for peanuts.. because my next goal in life is to become a member of the red cross. 3.) or do the job in 1/4 of the time, effort, and cash with hooks on.
For me the choice is obvious. ive hooked right of ways for utilities on 3yr cycles. im no stranger to the effects of gaffs on trees. its my opinion that done with care and caution a tree will fair just fine after a hooked trim.
As far as the utilities and their regulations...its like telling opec they need to instill better regulations on oil pricing. its not going to happen. time is money to the utilities, LOTTSA FRIGGIN MONEY!!! if we could all make it in life on our love of trees alone then we'd all be rich. If they had it their way all right of ways would be clearcut , mowed and sprayed with some kind of herbicide. so i guess unless you could set em up with some "real" arborists that are able to maintain(without hooks) the amount if power lines that a crew like mine does , you owe guys like me a thank you for risking our lives maintaining those lines and keeping them from being clearcut and sprayed.
you know querkiss, theres more to it than just right and wrong. judging from your remarks your not acustom to tall, ice, and snow covered trees around kv lines. is this correct. sometimes you have to put things into perspective and be realistic.