That time a guy told me to stop flush cutting and leave a collar

Old timer at the local saw shop said I was cutting too close to the trunk on a big red oak in Denver. I ignored him for six months until I peeled bark off a decayed stub and saw he was dead right. Anyone else have a mentor that finally got through to you after you messed up a few times?

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2 Comments

caleb_thomas931mo ago

Always trust the guy whose hands look like he's been grabbing hot pipes for forty years because mine were too smooth to listen.

the_jana1mo ago

Are you sure about that though? I've known plenty of guys with hands like sandpaper who still can't tell a Phillips from a flathead. Sometimes smooth hands just mean you haven't had to prove yourself yet, and that can be its own kind of trust.