Today....

oceans said:
Years and years ago, I remember going to pick up some compost from an old family friend’s horse farm. The woman directed me to simply drive right up to the pile, and not to mind the horses. Well, the horses must ha e been used to some sort of hay delivery routine (just a guess), because they all came straight to my truck. One of them began to chew on the hood, leaving deep gouges and missing paint.
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In a pasture, cows will often come up to trucks and can break the mirrors off by rubbing against them....
 
Strung up my 6' tall star and 300' of lights two days ago. There is a big cavity full of water and rot about halfway up the leader that the star is on so I set a second line for peace of mind. Turns out it was incredibly helpful for work positioning which I'm sure doesn't surprise many of you working climbers. Two lines plus a lanyard made it easy for me to get exactly where I needed without too much exertion. And everything survived the winds so far! Hard to get a good night photo with all the light from the damn parking lot next door.
 

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Njdelaney said:
Strung up my 6' tall star and 300' of lights two days ago. There is a big cavity full of water and rot about halfway up the leader that the star is on so I set a second line for peace of mind. Turns out it was incredibly helpful for work positioning which I'm sure doesn't surprise many of you working climbers. Two lines plus a lanyard made it easy for me to get exactly where I needed without too much exertion. And everything survived the winds so far! Hard to get a good night photo with all the light from the damn parking lot next door.
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Looks great
 
Treezybreez said:
There was a house, driveway and a homeowner protected lawn. After we had enough chunks underneath, the lower chunks didn't have very far to go.
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Good work on the rigging.




I don't understand.

If you can beat up the lawn/ground with heavy chunks, midway to butt, why not build a pad, as needed, and drop all the chunks?

I would understand if there was a fence, utilities, or a steep slope that everything would need rigging.




I'm in the camp of the climber cutting and dumping, and anyone/ everyone doing ground work,
And
Rigging for obstacles if needed.

I can't imagine the cost to the homeowner of rigging half the bole, and managing the turf repair from the lower part of the bole working out better than just doing the same turf repair, or skip it all together with brush padding.


I'm sitting in my rocking chair by the fire, looking at a screen. You were there.

Just picking brains and wondering about details.

Some people are neurotic about lawns. A bag of soil by the stump and some seed in the spring seems like the easy approach.

If someone is protective of their lawn, will they leave the stump dead center in front of their house on a blank lawn?
 
southsoundtree said:
Good work on the rigging.




I don't understand.

If you can beat up the lawn/ground with heavy chunks, midway to butt, why not build a pad, as needed, and drop all the chunks?

I would understand if there was a fence, utilities, or a steep slope that everything would need rigging.




I'm in the camp of the climber cutting and dumping, and anyone/ everyone doing ground work,
And
Rigging for obstacles if needed.

I can't imagine the cost to the homeowner of rigging half the bole, and managing the turf repair from the lower part of the bole working out better than just doing the same turf repair, or skip it all together with brush padding.


I'm sitting in my rocking chair by the fire, looking at a screen. You were there.

Just picking brains and wondering about details.

Some people are neurotic about lawns. A bag of soil by the stump and some seed in the spring seems like the easy approach.

If someone is protective of their lawn, will they leave the stump dead center in front of their house on a blank lawn?
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My neighbor is completely anal about his lawn. Cuts it twice a week, summer and winter. Two years ago he bought a $16K walker mower to do it with. No trees except in the very back rough. Gotta love him though, he works hard at it.
 
Pruned some dead and broken branches out of a big (>3' DBH) white oak for a caver friend today. That all went fine.

Then, she wanted me to put a rope in the tree for her to practice rope work. She wanted to use a piece of fire hose as a cambium saver and was trying to slit it lengthwise with a bread knife. I was worried she was going to cut herself, so I helped hold the hose. Used my boot to hold down the end she was cutting towards. Well, she manages to pull the 10" blade out of the hose on the backstroke and, even though I was staying to the side, she hits me in the face with the blade. With a lot of force. Cut my cheek to the bone. At least she didn't get me in the eye. They did help me load up my gear so I could get on to the ER.

I need to stay in the trees with a chainsaw where it's safe.
 
Dan Cobb said:
Pruned some dead and broken branches out of a big (>3' DBH) white oak for a caver friend today. That all went fine.

Then, she wanted me to put a rope in the tree for her to practice rope work. She wanted to use a piece of fire hose as a cambium saver and was trying to slit it lengthwise with a bread knife. I was worried she was going to cut herself, so I helped hold the hose. Used my boot to hold down the end she was cutting towards. Well, she manages to pull the 10" blade out of the hose on the backstroke and, even though I was staying to the side, she hits me in the face with the blade. With a lot of force. Cut my cheek to the bone. At least she didn't get me in the eye. They did help me load up my gear so I could get on to the ER.

I need to stay in the trees with a chainsaw where it's safe.
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Heal quickly.
 
southsoundtree said:
Good work on the rigging.




I don't understand.

If you can beat up the lawn/ground with heavy chunks, midway to butt, why not build a pad, as needed, and drop all the chunks?

I would understand if there was a fence, utilities, or a steep slope that everything would need rigging.




I'm in the camp of the climber cutting and dumping, and anyone/ everyone doing ground work,
And
Rigging for obstacles if needed.

I can't imagine the cost to the homeowner of rigging half the bole, and managing the turf repair from the lower part of the bole working out better than just doing the same turf repair, or skip it all together with brush padding.


I'm sitting in my rocking chair by the fire, looking at a screen. You were there.

Just picking brains and wondering about details.

Some people are neurotic about lawns. A bag of soil by the stump and some seed in the spring seems like the easy approach.

If someone is protective of their lawn, will they leave the stump dead center in front of their house on a blank lawn?
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Different strokes for different folks. There was minimal lawn damage, if any, the stump will be ground and everyone was happy at the end of the day. Took me a day to lower the branches and the top and half a day on the trunk.
 
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