Today....

[27RMT0N]

I'll never get tired of being able to winch 40' firs into the chipper whole, no processing required. I'm trying to stop myself, but still pondering buying another 12" Bandit with a winch to replace my BC1000 and have another 'good' chipper on both islands.

And top lowering out of the fir removals yesterday on the 300' line. Had some landscapers on site to help move material.

 

[pete3d]

Spent the morning on site with our local Élagage (tree trimming) school. Great to see so many fine young people hard at it learning by doing.

 

[27RMT0N]

Man, I wish I had that many interested climbers in my area.....

Big day today, but to caption the photos, a sketchy dead madrone removal, some stained-glass artwork made by a regular customer of mine out of a cedar I took down a few years back, his 'field of moss' around the house, and a large dead doug fir removal.

 

[southsoundtree]

That stained glass/ cedar combo is something!!

 

[southsoundtree]

A boring day here, working in the "city". Chipping, ground-based removal work, and stump grinding.

A fresh start for a new homeowner with his landscape and fencing.

 

[27RMT0N]

That stained glass/ cedar combo is something!!

Right? He's a pretty incredible artist, the next round of work he calls me for (and he has like 2-3 full days ready for me) I may just do a trade for some of his artwork.

 

[Friedrich]

pretty harsh reduction (topping?) on a willow

 

[VenasNursery]

A large backyard Maple tree and stump removal

 

[Treeaddict]

24 hrs soaking, look at that concoction in the water. View attachment 92444

Water only, no additives?

 

[Dan Thornton]

Never before worked in dense ivy. Now I'm looking at three jobs covered with it.

 

[VenasNursery]

Never before worked in dense ivy. Now I'm looking at three jobs covered with it.
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Wow 3 jobs with that much = craziness
My famous bid sayings is “well you know that cost more”
Vines suck and can dangerous

 

[Matias]

It takes so long to untangle that mess. However long you think that tree would take, the vines almost double it.

 

[chiselbit]

Triple it!

 

[oldoakman]

Triple it!

My thoughts exactly, or run away.

Friedrich:

That Willow deserves that kind of treatment. Just my personal opinion.

 

[Neill]

Virginia pine with heavy lean into a neighboring loblolly pine. minor uprooting and horizontal cracking. Remote rig point into the woods-leave on site. Chain link fence and septic field below

 

[oceans]

A large backyard Maple tree and stump removal

That’s a pretty good sized crown. Nice and upright though, makes it a bit better for flopping pieces out.

 

[oceans]

Today was a bit more involved with working for the local rail. After doing a few typical tree jobs around a landing and a few crossings, the owner asked if I could mow along the rail itself. Got some nice rail gear adapted to the machine and got after it today. It went pretty well and I was able to get through about 1.5 linear miles of awful invasive junk! Only 10 more miles to go!

 

[VenasNursery]

Today was a bit more involved with working for the local rail. After doing a few typical tree jobs around a landing and a few crossings, the owner asked if I could mow along the rail itself. Got some nice rail gear adapted to the machine and got after it today. It went pretty well and I was able to get through about 1.5 linear miles of awful invasive junk! Only 10 more miles to go!

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That’s pretty cool

 

[oceans]

That’s pretty cool

Thanks. Well, it’s certainly different if anything. It’s also a welcome type of work for this time of year. I can head out autonomously and have a worthwhile day of it. This old non-off-brand un-Chinese machine has been a pretty good decision after all. I have a lot of ideas for it. She’s getting properly painted real soon.

 

[Matias]

Today was a bit more involved with working for the local rail. After doing a few typical tree jobs around a landing and a few crossings, the owner asked if I could mow along the rail itself. Got some nice rail gear adapted to the machine and got after it today. It went pretty well and I was able to get through about 1.5 linear miles of awful invasive junk! Only 10 more miles to go!

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That's pretty freakin' cool.