I've always wondered why tree service employees aren't required to provide their own saws. You take much better care of your equipment when you paid for it. When I was an auto tech I never wanted to work in a shop where tools were provided. They were always missing and abused, I couldn't take any pride in my work with crappy tools. I would rather buy my own tools and know that I had what I needed at all times, and not worry about what the other numbskulls were doing to them. When I quit mechanicing for a living I easily had 10k in tools.