Today....

[Fivepoints]

We had to lift out a tree that fell at one of our local state parks. It tore out a retaining wall. We also took down a good sided poplar tree in bad shape. I had to use the crane as a tie in and walk down the log to cut it apart. It was a bit unnerving cutting it out from under my feet.

 

[southsoundtree]

The BMG scoops worked a treat on a homeowner brush pile and moving some chip and stump mulch around a tree for a mulch ring.

I like 'em! Thanks, @flushcut, for the endorsement.

 

[96coal449]

One of my favorite parts about this job is when the clients have nice flowers.


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In my younger years I had no attachments, although I always respected others properties. That changed over the years. My home now, has flower gardens throughout, from an old lady that owned this farm previously. I am now the 2nd owner since her departure. I am heavily invested here with no intentions on leaving. I do have a lot on my plate to tend to here...... never a dull moment. It's all very worth it.

 

[Fivepoints]

Took a dead tree on top of the mouth of a cave today with the crane.

 

[27RMT0N]

So after that splitting pine being brought to my attention on Tuesday we got out first thing the next morning, and if we hadn't been there to get as much weight off as we did, it would have failed, probably hitting the deck and house. Made 12+ yards of chips just getting weight off with an orchard ladder and Sikly polesaw fully extended. Very different from my usual work.

We then ended up calling in the one and only self-propelled lift on the island, and man I'm glad it was available this morning. It's that 1 in 500 tree with lift access and short enough to reach the whole thing I even come across and is a seriously bushy tree. We will probably make around 35 yards of chips from it when it's all down, and I'll be finishing it with a 36" saw. Back tomorrow to finish, thought it would be 2 days, will be 3 just me and my ground guy.

And the customer bakes us cookies twice a day.

 

[oceans]

“Hey Owl, how many picks does it take to get to the center of a broken Sycamore Maple tree?”
“Well, let me see.”
“One…”

“A-two-hoo…”

“Thddeee…”

“THDEEE picks!”
Lots of other picks to clear the entire roof. The branches were touching the roof on a dry day, never mind during heavy rain fall. It was nice to manage as much as we did today without disrupting any flow of business at the local grocery store. Just a couple parking spots allocated to the setup and LZ. Couple branches still left in the last photo.

 

[southsoundtree]

Chunked down a spar with a overhead climb line into the big fir.

It's going to go, too. 3 heavily included tops. 50"ish.
Going to be milled, as possible.
Lotta chipping, there.

Last week, this 30"x105' maple split, tagging a car port.
Going to work on it, tomorrow.

 

[VenasNursery]

Maple and Hackberry removal in a tight backyard.

 

[Serf Life]

 

[Vicente]

Got my part of this job all finished up for now may come back later to do a bit more with a bigger chipper. Probably removed close to 80% of the trees.

 

[Reach]

Training a new plant healthcare technician. Topic of the day today is pretty wide ranging, nice variety of different applications to make, this one however is Smurf Juice (Mectinite) targeting Emerald Ash Borer.

 

[27RMT0N]

Finished the splitting pine today, and yes that is a peacock.

(this rental lift is a huge pain in the butt to level... but made the job possible)

 

[Reach]

Finished the splitting pine today, and yes that is a peacock.

(this rental lift is a huge pain in the butt to level... but made the job possible)

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Those X-booms are an all around pain in the rear, for sure, but they work. We ran one for years before buying our CMC, and always battled leveling it.

Those things have two level sensors, which must both agree the machine is level or it won’t operate. Problem is, if the sensors are out of adjustment just a hair in opposite directions - still within the allowable tolerance, mind you - that machine will never auto level and may not even operate if you get it dead level manually!

 

[Shadowscape]

..., and yes that is a peacock.

I hear they taste like chicken.

 

[27RMT0N]

Those X-booms are an all around pain in the rear, for sure, but they work. We ran one for years before buying our CMC, and always battled leveling it.

Yah, it's just the only thing that is available out here, other than the same brand in the tow-behind model. This was my first time running it, the outriggers couldn't even handle like an 18" height differential without all kinds of cribbing. I've mentioned it a number of times before, but since most of our trees are above 80' and most of my work is on loose rocky slopes full of trees, I'd say maybe 5% of the work I even do is accessible with any kind of lift at all, even the best models out there, so no one here uses them. One company has an elevator bucket, but that's just for utility clearance work.

 

[Reach]

Yah, it's just the only thing that is available out here, other than the same brand in the tow-behind model. This was my first time running it, the outriggers couldn't even handle like an 18" height differential without all kinds of cribbing. I've mentioned it a number of times before, but since most of our trees are above 80' and most of my work is on loose rocky slopes full of trees, I'd say maybe 5% of the work I even do is accessible with any kind of lift at all, even the best models out there, so no one here uses them. One company has an elevator bucket, but that's just for utility clearance work.

I am not surprised, they are a very common rental machine. They do halfway decent in a construction application I think, but they aren’t really built for trees.

Around here, about 95% of the work we do can be completed by a 90 foot spider lift. It’s definitely a different market from yours, I don’t think I would survive working on all those little skinny bean poles that you deal with every day.

 

[southsoundtree]

My friend's maple split last week.
Got a lot done in 5 hours, before getting hot and tired.

He has a good tractor with grapple, and a kboom with grapple/ 16' dump and is doing the cleanup on this one, thankfully.
30" dbh x 105', 75'+ spread.

More to do next week.

 

[oceans]

I’m going in deep today. Finally got my 10k tilt deck finished along with the live-heel mod on my little TreeCat. It pulls the bunks with the ball on the blade. Now I can roll in fully stocked for shoveling or forwarding to a landing. This site is 20 acres, but only a couple hundred feet wide. Here we go!

 

[oceans]

 

[oceans]