Today....

I started getting ready for rain season by having a solid day of work in it.

Arbortec arbor smock is pretty good so far.
I sometimes try to get a tighter fit in shirts/ jackets for better visibility while climbing. Next one will definitely be Large not Medium.
Muffs and Medium make it a bit tight in the hood...has wrap-around flaps for you neck, sealing you up nicely, above the waterproof half-zip (helmet compatible), Has a waterproof zipper on the large chest pocket, and hand warmer pocket. Short Hip-zips (waterproof) for you harness. Long tail.
 
Walked on a job today for the 1st time in ages. A vista trimming (better views of the Pacific) on 6 good sized Redwoods for some self anointed, entitled yuppies with more money than sense. I had done the same thing for the folks that referred them to me, so I figured they were aware of our approach to this scenario. All trees were 4-5 ft at the stump, and in the 170-185 ft range so getting in them was gonna be some serious work. I shot a line in my first tree at 160 ft, rope walked on up, got my tip set at 170 ft and started getting to work. Cool this was gonna be fun I thought, but it didn't take long to realize that these folks were expecting me to utterly destroy these gorgeous trees. I stopped what I was doing and tried to have a discussion about how to properly reach their objective, while still leaving these trees as beautiful and natural looking as possible. They certainly weren't buying what I was trying to sell and they began to get a little nasty. Ok then. I didn't say a word, unclipped my flip-line, yanked on the beak of my Runner and hit the ground pronto. I motioned to my groundie that we were done, and to start loading up the gear. I promptly told Ken and Barbie that I could not in good conscience do what they were asking me to do, and to kindly go find someone else to do the job. They were shocked, and when I last saw them in my rear view mirror they were standing there slack jawed. The nerve of some low-life treeman thinking he knew better than them. FUCK EM'
 
Ballsy move sir, to poop in such close proximity to the home. You are a superhero.

I definitely poop outside way more than any other human I know. I am always on job-sites during prime poop time.
 
SomethingWitty said:
It sucks that it has to happen once in a while, but every arborist should be proud of you.
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Thanks bro, but I'm sure most if not all of you guys would have done the same. These were some really nice trees that deserved better than what these folks had in mind, so it was an easy decision on my part.
 
rico said:
Thanks bro, but I'm sure most if not all of you guys would have done the same. These were some really nice trees that deserved better than what these folks had in mind, so it was an easy decision on my part.
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Definitely some of us, but I know a lot of tree guys who just kind of shrug and pretend that they have to do exactly what these strangers paying a day's wages tell them to. People in general love to be able to blame someone else. "I just cut it where they wanted it cut" means that you didn't trash the tree, right?
 
Unbelievable idiocy but sadly true. Trying to educate some people about other living things and their requirements for sustainable life is a losing battle as this case demonstrates. Good on you Rico for walking away from this disaster. The other issue here is that in a few years when the trees are dead or falling apart, those morons will have no clue that the work they demanded to be done will be a contributing factor in the failure if not the main one.
 
oldoakman said:
Unbelievable idiocy but sadly true. Trying to educate some people about other living things and their requirements for sustainable life is a losing battle as this case demonstrates. Good on you Rico for walking away from this disaster. The other issue here is that in a few years when the trees are dead or falling apart, those morons will have no clue that the work they demanded to be done will be a contributing factor in the failure if not the main one.
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Worse than that, if you had done the work and the trees died some day, they would naturally assume it was all your fault.
 
Today was spent removing fruiting blossoms from Queen Palms.

Which ain't easy when 100 bees are collecting pollen off the fruit yur removin, without gettin stung.

The secret to success is moving in super slo-mo and controlling the fruit stalk's fall so no bees get killed.

They are extremely forgiving and surprisingly passive when collecting pollen, but any abrupt thrashing around on your part that results in a bee's death'll get yu stung fir sure.

As a precaution tho I set my bodyline up for a quick escape before removing fruit stalks.

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