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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Eight two thirteen ten WIBA and ask the experts. Brought
you by hams Arborcare Online Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h
A m Msarborcare dot com. Great website to start out
to learn more about Hamsarborcare. They've got a telephone number
right on the website as well, or you can give
me a call right now. Eight sixty six five nine
(00:31):
six five three nine six. That's eight sixty six five
nine six five three nine six and joined this morning,
Bye mester arborist Kevin Ham. And Kevin, I look at
the forecast here and I start to see things steadily
moving up overall in that direction. This is the time
of year, this is We're kind of at go time
right now for arborists, aren't we.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yes? Indeed, uh, you know we're racing, uh someone. We're
doing an ELM today, ruining an ELM, and that's critical
to get done before April first. And I'm very thankful
for you know, a warm day. Our lift kind of
had a glitch in it yesterday and we were ordering
a part and uh, you know, so if I have
(01:16):
to climb on a job that would have the lift,
and a nice day is better than a harsh day
for the spirit.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Yeah, I saw a video the other day of somebody
uh trimming a palm tree. And this is somebody in uh,
you know, maybe a little less developed country, and I
was I was fascinated by their riggage equipment. And I
thought if Kevin were to see this, his he'd be like,
what is this guy's I.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Probably have seen that. The ingenuity and and and nerve
some of these people have, uh is incredible. But yeah,
sometimes times they have you know, cloth straps on our
feet to climb. Other times they do have spurs. But
even even professional guys in in Hawaii in the hotels
(02:13):
and stuff. If you go to a hotel in Hawaii,
you'll see that the palms are all spiked. Okay, And
you know those spike holes don't go away there. They're grass.
They're not a they're not a tree, so they're their
diameter does not grow. They just grow from the end.
And so to throw a line, there is a method
of throwing a line over the top, but you can't
(02:34):
damage the terminal lead because otherwise the palm will die.
And so just for production, you know, they've got to
go up and take the coconuts off. And stuff because
can't have coconuts dropping on tours. No, that's bad, and
so there's this huge liability. So it's like, well, you
just gotta There was a guy that was from the
West Coast that moved to Hawaii and he thought, I'm
(02:54):
going to do this right, We're not going to spike
the trees. And in a few months he's like, we're
spiking the tree. You can't fight like age old tactics,
and uh, it's just the way it's done. But yeah,
palm trees are a whole whole different animal.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
That is. And seeing that it's it's to me, it's
it seems very you know, very crazy, very bold. And
obviously for folks that have been doing it that way
as you as you highlight generation after generation, uh what
works works and and certainly have some uh some some
real good experience and skills doing that. And it's going
(03:33):
to ask you about experience and skills, Kevin. One of
the things I know, obviously you're a master arborist, and
the team at Ham's arborcare. Uh, you guys don't just
you know, learn something and then stick with You're always
continuing education. I know. One of the things at Ham's
Arborcare that that goes on quite regularly are safety meetings.
Let's talk a little bit about you know, doing doing
things right, not only by the tree, but also for
(03:56):
the team that at Ham's Arborcare. You really invest a
lot in those guys and really invest in giving them
the best tools and equipment, don't you, Kevin.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Indeed, we we we just had a safety meeting this morning. Yeah.
So we we take one of the mornings out of
each week and we we have a safety meeting and
it can be on any number of things. We're going.
We go through the tailgate Safety program from t c
i A, So we just numerically go through the book
(04:26):
and today was actually on you know, drug and alcohol abuse.
We don't have a problem with within our crew, but
you know, we reviewed the chapter. All of us have
people in our families that we can identify Wisconsin. Yeah,
so there's always a value in all the information, but
(04:47):
oftentimes we always ask at the beginning of these meetings,
you know, you know, what, what what have we seen
in our own crew this week? You know, there's there's
always near misses or like well that could have that
could have went wrong, or you just things you learn
from and if you have an open culture where you
can talk about those things and they're not kept secret, Uh,
then we we always you know, continuous improvement. There's a
(05:12):
Japanese word for the kaisan. Yeah that is a term.
But at any rate, Yeah, we we have those those
safety meetings every week.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And it's really important as we talk about having the
job done, having the job done well, and of course
folks that are committed to doing the work and doing
it right. And that's great thing about working with Kevin
and the team at Ham's Arborcarey can learn more online
Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h A. M. M as Arborcare
dot com. All right, telephon number eight six six five
nine six five three nine six. That's eight sixty six
(05:44):
five nine six five three nine six. Started this week's
conversation off talking about the weather and you mentioned getting
out looking at oak trees. I know we are now
into March, so that clock is definitely ticking on oak trees,
isn't it, Kevin.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yes, definitely. And you know we got warm temperatures all
this week, so we're going to be dipping into the
degree days and I haven't looked that up yet this morning,
but I'm sure we're approaching one hundred, you know, so
it can rapidly change. If we have these these temperatures
that are above forty one degrees at night, then we
(06:19):
get you know, twenty four hours of above forty one degrees.
That can that can greatly you know, speed up the
process of when we have to stop, and we may
stop before April first if we get consistent warm weather.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
What about two? Is as we talk about, you know,
tracking the weather and those type of things. Obviously municipalities
and Pattison prime example, they're they're just simply using the calendar.
There's obviously much more scientific than that, but obviously for
expedients and just a simple guide, they're going to use
very specific months start finish those type of things. What
(06:55):
about too, as we as we work through spring and
get towards spring. Fungal treatments are things, I know what
we've talked about this in the past, things like apple
scab and other things. Is that something that should be
on folks radar right now about maybe some early season
treatments or where are we on that timeline?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Kevin? Yeah, you know with fungal issues, you know, spruce
trees and particularly blue spruce and an apple scab and
various rose species. Funnel is something you prevent, it's not
something you correct. And so if you want that your
(07:32):
apple tree or crab apple tree to have leaves in August,
then you have to spray it in early spring in summer,
and we get past the time where you know, there's
a couple of factors involved, the tenderness of the new
leaf and the wet weather. So you're combining that that
(07:55):
tenderness which is susceptible to a fungal spore you know,
invading it, and then the wet weather that gives the
right environment for that fungal sport to grow. And so
we have usually three applications, you know, properly timed, and
those that timing changes with when we get rain and
(08:16):
how we get rain and the temperatures, and you know,
sometimes it's ten days apart, sometimes it's thirty days apart
if we've had a really dry period, because we want
to maximize the effectiveness of what we're doing. And then
by the time you get to you know, June, the
leaves are kind of hardened off and they're more resistant.
(08:39):
It's not that you can't get wet weather in later June,
but the leaves are just more resistant to they've built
up all of their cell walls and everything's more durable
later in this season.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
And it's really important as we look at this time
of year, as we're now looking towards spring and summer,
it's a really important time of year to start that conversation.
Get on the calendar, get on the schedule with Kevin.
If you haven't had your trees checked out recently, you
definitely want to do that. Obviously, if you're noticing something
or seeing something in this past summer, you definitely want
to give them a call at Ham's Arborcare. A great
day to do that. Eight six six five nine six
(09:14):
five three nine six telephone number that's eight six six
five nine six five three nine six of course online
Hamsarbarcare dot com. That's h A m Msarborcare dot com. Kevin,
it's always great chatting with you, my friend. Join this
fantastic day, great week ahead and we'll talk real soon.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Thank you, Sean.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Take care news comes your way next year on thirteen ten.
Double you, ib I
Eight two thirteen ten WIBA and ask the experts. Brought
you by hams Arborcare Online Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h
A m Msarborcare dot com. Great website to start out
to learn more about Hamsarborcare. They've got a telephone number
right on the website as well, or you can give
me a call right now. Eight sixty six five nine
(00:31):
six five three nine six. That's eight sixty six five
nine six five three nine six and joined this morning,
Bye mester arborist Kevin Ham. And Kevin, I look at
the forecast here and I start to see things steadily
moving up overall in that direction. This is the time
of year, this is We're kind of at go time
right now for arborists, aren't we.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yes? Indeed, uh, you know we're racing, uh someone. We're
doing an ELM today, ruining an ELM, and that's critical
to get done before April first. And I'm very thankful
for you know, a warm day. Our lift kind of
had a glitch in it yesterday and we were ordering
a part and uh, you know, so if I have
(01:16):
to climb on a job that would have the lift,
and a nice day is better than a harsh day
for the spirit.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Yeah, I saw a video the other day of somebody
uh trimming a palm tree. And this is somebody in uh,
you know, maybe a little less developed country, and I
was I was fascinated by their riggage equipment. And I
thought if Kevin were to see this, his he'd be like,
what is this guy's I.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Probably have seen that. The ingenuity and and and nerve
some of these people have, uh is incredible. But yeah,
sometimes times they have you know, cloth straps on our
feet to climb. Other times they do have spurs. But
even even professional guys in in Hawaii in the hotels
(02:13):
and stuff. If you go to a hotel in Hawaii,
you'll see that the palms are all spiked. Okay, And
you know those spike holes don't go away there. They're grass.
They're not a they're not a tree, so they're their
diameter does not grow. They just grow from the end.
And so to throw a line, there is a method
of throwing a line over the top, but you can't
(02:34):
damage the terminal lead because otherwise the palm will die.
And so just for production, you know, they've got to
go up and take the coconuts off. And stuff because
can't have coconuts dropping on tours. No, that's bad, and
so there's this huge liability. So it's like, well, you
just gotta There was a guy that was from the
West Coast that moved to Hawaii and he thought, I'm
(02:54):
going to do this right, We're not going to spike
the trees. And in a few months he's like, we're
spiking the tree. You can't fight like age old tactics,
and uh, it's just the way it's done. But yeah,
palm trees are a whole whole different animal.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
That is. And seeing that it's it's to me, it's
it seems very you know, very crazy, very bold. And
obviously for folks that have been doing it that way
as you as you highlight generation after generation, uh what
works works and and certainly have some uh some some
real good experience and skills doing that. And it's going
(03:33):
to ask you about experience and skills, Kevin. One of
the things I know, obviously you're a master arborist, and
the team at Ham's arborcare. Uh, you guys don't just
you know, learn something and then stick with You're always
continuing education. I know. One of the things at Ham's
Arborcare that that goes on quite regularly are safety meetings.
Let's talk a little bit about you know, doing doing
things right, not only by the tree, but also for
(03:56):
the team that at Ham's Arborcare. You really invest a
lot in those guys and really invest in giving them
the best tools and equipment, don't you, Kevin.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Indeed, we we we just had a safety meeting this morning. Yeah.
So we we take one of the mornings out of
each week and we we have a safety meeting and
it can be on any number of things. We're going.
We go through the tailgate Safety program from t c
i A, So we just numerically go through the book
(04:26):
and today was actually on you know, drug and alcohol abuse.
We don't have a problem with within our crew, but
you know, we reviewed the chapter. All of us have
people in our families that we can identify Wisconsin. Yeah,
so there's always a value in all the information, but
(04:47):
oftentimes we always ask at the beginning of these meetings,
you know, you know, what, what what have we seen
in our own crew this week? You know, there's there's
always near misses or like well that could have that
could have went wrong, or you just things you learn
from and if you have an open culture where you
can talk about those things and they're not kept secret, Uh,
then we we always you know, continuous improvement. There's a
(05:12):
Japanese word for the kaisan. Yeah that is a term.
But at any rate, Yeah, we we have those those
safety meetings every week.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And it's really important as we talk about having the
job done, having the job done well, and of course
folks that are committed to doing the work and doing
it right. And that's great thing about working with Kevin
and the team at Ham's Arborcarey can learn more online
Hamsarborcare dot com. That's h A. M. M as Arborcare
dot com. All right, telephon number eight six six five
nine six five three nine six. That's eight sixty six
(05:44):
five nine six five three nine six. Started this week's
conversation off talking about the weather and you mentioned getting
out looking at oak trees. I know we are now
into March, so that clock is definitely ticking on oak trees,
isn't it, Kevin.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yes, definitely. And you know we got warm temperatures all
this week, so we're going to be dipping into the
degree days and I haven't looked that up yet this morning,
but I'm sure we're approaching one hundred, you know, so
it can rapidly change. If we have these these temperatures
that are above forty one degrees at night, then we
(06:19):
get you know, twenty four hours of above forty one degrees.
That can that can greatly you know, speed up the
process of when we have to stop, and we may
stop before April first if we get consistent warm weather.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
What about two? Is as we talk about, you know,
tracking the weather and those type of things. Obviously municipalities
and Pattison prime example, they're they're just simply using the calendar.
There's obviously much more scientific than that, but obviously for
expedients and just a simple guide, they're going to use
very specific months start finish those type of things. What
(06:55):
about too, as we as we work through spring and
get towards spring. Fungal treatments are things, I know what
we've talked about this in the past, things like apple
scab and other things. Is that something that should be
on folks radar right now about maybe some early season
treatments or where are we on that timeline?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Kevin? Yeah, you know with fungal issues, you know, spruce
trees and particularly blue spruce and an apple scab and
various rose species. Funnel is something you prevent, it's not
something you correct. And so if you want that your
(07:32):
apple tree or crab apple tree to have leaves in August,
then you have to spray it in early spring in summer,
and we get past the time where you know, there's
a couple of factors involved, the tenderness of the new
leaf and the wet weather. So you're combining that that
(07:55):
tenderness which is susceptible to a fungal spore you know,
invading it, and then the wet weather that gives the
right environment for that fungal sport to grow. And so
we have usually three applications, you know, properly timed, and
those that timing changes with when we get rain and
(08:16):
how we get rain and the temperatures, and you know,
sometimes it's ten days apart, sometimes it's thirty days apart
if we've had a really dry period, because we want
to maximize the effectiveness of what we're doing. And then
by the time you get to you know, June, the
leaves are kind of hardened off and they're more resistant.
(08:39):
It's not that you can't get wet weather in later June,
but the leaves are just more resistant to they've built
up all of their cell walls and everything's more durable
later in this season.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
And it's really important as we look at this time
of year, as we're now looking towards spring and summer,
it's a really important time of year to start that conversation.
Get on the calendar, get on the schedule with Kevin.
If you haven't had your trees checked out recently, you
definitely want to do that. Obviously, if you're noticing something
or seeing something in this past summer, you definitely want
to give them a call at Ham's Arborcare. A great
day to do that. Eight six six five nine six
(09:14):
five three nine six telephone number that's eight six six
five nine six five three nine six of course online
Hamsarbarcare dot com. That's h A m Msarborcare dot com. Kevin,
it's always great chatting with you, my friend. Join this
fantastic day, great week ahead and we'll talk real soon.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Thank you, Sean.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Take care news comes your way next year on thirteen ten.
Double you, ib I
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