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Mark Chisholm said:
Heila 270 6s . Reaches 68' up and picks 4k. 56' side and 2k. We built it for an extended reach logtruck back in 05. It's been great but not what you want for crane work.
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All these years I didn't realize these were considered knuckle booms. I always thought kbooms were only the type that articulated more than twice. My mistake.
 
Climbing a pin oak today,doing a removal and the ground man asks me what all of the smoke is. Looked about 2 blocks away so I came down quick and we went and checked it out. This place was a blaze and it went up quick. Tough break right after Christmas and all. I guess it would suck anytime of the year though. 20161227_141002.webp
 
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Climbing a pin oak today,doing a removal and the ground man asks me what all of the smoke is. Looked about 2 blocks away so I came down quick and we went and checked it out. This place was a blaze and it went up quick. Tough break right after Christmas and all. I guess it would suck anytime of the year though. View attachment 41673
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Wow that's unfortunate, how long did it take for the FD to arrive? Looks like it had quite the head start
 
Not to mention th boss almost crushed me with a nasty crane pic today and then told me he had planned on me doing something else. Communication was off today. I guess he likes me because after I yelled at him and dropped about 20 f bombs on him I still have a job!! On a nice note saw my first Virginia flying squirrels today. They are so bad ass. Sorry I trashed their home today! Big nasty ugly rotten oak today. Probably 110' with a 50"dbh. Boss insisted on saving money and using the little crane that could. Went ok other than almost being killed.
 
We got hit with some wicked ass wind storms... trees down, power lines down... and two house fires. Both of them, the FD had a hard time putting out with the high winds fueling the airflow to them. It rained really hard, on and off, but was above 60*F which is just a tad bit weird for Nebraska at the end of December.
 
N.e.Tree said:
They were there in under ten minutes, not really sure,could've been a little quicker than that. It went up fast
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Cool, Connally and crew probably would of had her knocked down in record time and back at the hall for lunch.


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Speaking of the old fire dept.... I was moving my office around today from upstairs to downstairs and threw the old fire bucket on the top shelf. I got that helmet before I was promoted to Captain that's why it's still newish looking !
 
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Tyler Durden said:
@deevo, that Lego is bad ass, I would love to get one for my boy. Is there a matching chipper truck?

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I don't have the chip truck just that log truck in the pic, my daughter has something similar I could make one but she's clingy and if she sees me messing with her stuff she'll be mad at me! My 2 daughters got those from bandit at the tree expo.
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The wife is practicing with her new camera - I tried to talk her into a drone and GoPro for Xmas. She didn't see how that would help her with her food photography.

I'll see if I can talk her into a tracked lift for her Xmas present next year!


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So we've trimmed this tree for years - it has significant root rot at the bottom.

Concrete and asphalt around 75% of base and a fiber optic cable was trenched and installed in the remaining 25% lawn area that could see daylight.

What if anything could I have recommended to save the tree?

Not a certified arborist yet, but I assume it was compacted roots. The crown had 30% die back and was over a playground and parent pick up area. They wanted it gone.

Saving them is something I definitely want to do in the future because it was a gorgeous tree 5 years ago.


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If it has significant root rot you need to test with resistograph and a sway/tilt sensors.

Why do you assume it has compacted roots? Would compacted soil not be more logical? Easy to test with a little equipment.
 
mrtree said:
If it has significant root rot you need to test with resistograph and a sway/tilt sensors.

Why do you assume it has compacted roots? Would compacted soil not be more logical? Easy to test with a little equipment.
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That's what I meant - compacted soil. Wrong word choice and mixing of terms. We suggested a certified arborist we subcontract with to do an analysis and see if it could be remedied, but they didn't want to go through the extra expense.


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If this tree has significant root rot you have set yourself up for big problems if the tree fails. Don't assume any liability just because the client does not want to pay for testing/consulting.
 
mrtree said:
If it has significant root rot you need to test with resistograph and a sway/tilt sensors.

Why do you assume it has compacted roots? Would compacted soil not be more logical? Easy to test with a little equipment.
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Yes I realize that...this isn't our first rodeo....we've been doing this since 1969. We cabled and guyed to another tree and we pull tested it. We are licensed and insured contractors - you do not need to be a certified arborist in CA. It is something I'm working toward. I've had extensive climbing and removal training with ACRT and TCIA until I study and take the ISA test.


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