Today....

[Matias]

So, I didn't wanna celebrate too early, but I just wrapped up my first week with a new company and things seem to be really flowing nicely. I finally found fulltime hours at $30 with fully paid for benefits, including some legendary retirement pay, and the boss buys us lunch every day. Also the first CA I have had a chance to work for. This week I have been climbing 150'-180' tall 4'DBH pondos; removals and pruning. I would have taken pics, but they were down in a draw, so none of the angles ever looked impressive. I haven't met an arb this cool around here. Single crew outfit; totally my style. Oh, and he builds his own saws.

 

[VenasNursery]

So, I didn't wanna celebrate too early, but I just wrapped up my first week with a new company and things seem to be really flowing nicely. I finally found fulltime hours at $30 with fully paid for benefits, including some legendary retirement pay, and the boss buys us lunch every day. Also the first CA I have had a chance to work for. This week I have been climbing 150'-180' tall 4'DBH pondos; removals and pruning. I would have taken pics, but they were down in a draw, so none of the angles ever looked impressive. I haven't met an arb this cool around here. Single crew outfit; totally my style. Oh, and he builds his own saws.

Congratulations sounds like a great place

 

[Treetopflyer]

But seriously, are you walking away from that one or just doing what they’re after?

I’m going to prune it back , and take it down lower if / when it’s required unless it fails then I’ll clean it up!

 

[Treetopflyer]

I know right but these folks are willing to walk that line lmao

Yeesh…

 

[Treetopflyer]

@oceans Here’s another habitat shrine in front yard of their property we made a few years ago! The wood peckers love it!!

 

[Treetopflyer]

Here was my today playing roof cleaner of finer debris and wood poked into a roof and solar panels . Metel roofs must be good for shedding snow cause it wanted to shed my ass quickly get a little sawdust under your boot and forget it !
Straight line winds in media Pa
Power company contractor got tree off house except what they couldn’t , and that’s why I got a call from a friend. I was sub of a sub to restoration company whom was itching to get the rest off so they could tarp the roof . This home was on the news and got really hammered clean up crew coming this week to finish
Power was supposedly off but I saw battery lights flashing green on back up system and believe it was being back fed somewhere so it was sketchy with power lines everywhere and exposed wires near the solar panels .

 

[VenasNursery]

Here was my today playing roof cleaner of finer debris and wood poked into a roof and solar panels . Metel roofs must be good for shedding snow cause it wanted to shed my ass quickly get a little sawdust under your boot and forget it !
Straight line winds in media Pa
Power company contractor got tree off house except what they couldn’t , and that’s why I got a call from a friend. I was sub of a sub to restoration company whom was itching to get the rest off so they could tarp the roof . This home was on the news and got really hammered clean up crew coming this week to finish
Power was supposedly off but I saw battery lights flashing green on back up system and believe it was being back fed somewhere so it was sketchy with power lines everywhere and exposed wires near the solar panels . View attachment 98111View attachment 98111View attachment 98112View attachment 98113View attachment 98114View attachment 98115View attachment 98116View attachment 98117View attachment 98118

That’s a bad one

 

[Treetopflyer]

That’s a bad one

It was wrecked bad. Homeowners said I guess that’s cast pipe for all plumbing vent and drain was hammered through 2 floors of bathroom and into basement. Rain was pouring during event so a lot entered. A lot of other damage I’m sure that’s unseen yet structurally

 

[Bendroctanus]

Here was my today playing roof cleaner of finer debris and wood poked into a roof and solar panels . Metel roofs must be good for shedding snow cause it wanted to shed my ass quickly get a little sawdust under your boot and forget it !
Straight line winds in media Pa
Power company contractor got tree off house except what they couldn’t , and that’s why I got a call from a friend. I was sub of a sub to restoration company whom was itching to get the rest off so they could tarp the roof . This home was on the news and got really hammered clean up crew coming this week to finish
Power was supposedly off but I saw battery lights flashing green on back up system and believe it was being back fed somewhere so it was sketchy with power lines everywhere and exposed wires near the solar panels . View attachment 98111View attachment 98111View attachment 98112View attachment 98113View attachment 98114View attachment 98115View attachment 98116View attachment 98117View attachment 98118

Nice clean up. Looks good.

 

[Treetopflyer]

Nice clean up. Looks good.

Haha yea for my portion best I could do was Stihl battery hand blow on the roof. There’s a ton of clean up around on ground looks like a bomb went off.

 

[oceans]

Here was my today playing roof cleaner of finer debris and wood poked into a roof and solar panels . Metel roofs must be good for shedding snow cause it wanted to shed my ass quickly get a little sawdust under your boot and forget it !
Straight line winds in media Pa
Power company contractor got tree off house except what they couldn’t , and that’s why I got a call from a friend. I was sub of a sub to restoration company whom was itching to get the rest off so they could tarp the roof . This home was on the news and got really hammered clean up crew coming this week to finish
Power was supposedly off but I saw battery lights flashing green on back up system and believe it was being back fed somewhere so it was sketchy with power lines everywhere and exposed wires near the solar panels . View attachment 98111View attachment 98111View attachment 98112View attachment 98113View attachment 98114View attachment 98115View attachment 98116View attachment 98117View attachment 98118

Next time I see you I’d like to get the scoop on how you managed it. I’ve done a few where I whittled the top out to the last supporting piece and then picked out the trunk, but that one looked bridged pretty high. Did you use your lift at all or just climb? Looks like a doozy.

 

[Bendroctanus]

Haha yea for my portion best I could do was Stihl battery hand blow on the roof. There’s a ton of clean up around on ground looks like a bomb went off.

In those situations, I figure the homeowner might want some therapeutic rake time. I mean it. That was no easy task and it looks like you got it down without anything else getting damaged. I like those jobs.

 

[Matias]

In those situations, I figure the homeowner might want some therapeutic rake time. I mean it. That was no easy task and it looks like you got it down without anything else getting damaged. I like those jobs.

totally agree. I get a lot of those customers in the more rural parts. Thats part of life in the woods.

 

[27RMT0N]

Last one before I leave for my trip. Today I was on the mainland doing some last-minute shopping and swung by Home Depot. As I went to get some bar oil, I saw some boxed Echo saws on the floor and was surprised to see the store selling the gas 2511T, but next to it, was the battery 2500T. Online on the HD site its listed for $629 as a kit (saw, battery and charger) and the price tag in the store said 'normal price' $499, but for some reason it was being sold for $239!

I already have one (with a 1/4" pitch conversion which is well worth it) but it's a great little pruning saw so I bought another as a backup. No idea if this is commonly stocked at brick-and-mortar stores, nor if this price is widespread, but certainly worth looking into if you want a tiny battery saw and have a store close by.

 

[Winchman]

The Home Depot thirty miles away has the DCS-2500T for $629.99. You got a super deal!!

 

[ClimbingTN]

Last one before I leave for my trip. Today I was on the mainland doing some last-minute shopping and swung by Home Depot. As I went to get some bar oil, I saw some boxed Echo saws on the floor and was surprised to see the store selling the gas 2511T, but next to it, was the battery 2500T. Online on the HD site its listed for $629 as a kit (saw, battery and charger) and the price tag in the store said 'normal price' $499, but for some reason it was being sold for $239!

I already have one (with a 1/4" pitch conversion which is well worth it) but it's a great little pruning saw so I bought another as a backup. No idea if this is commonly stocked at brick-and-mortar stores, nor if this price is widespread, but certainly worth looking into if you want a tiny battery saw and have a store close by.

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Glad you found one. I bought one in December for $215 plus tax on clearance at HD. I used it again Friday and even cut a 12” branch. It worked as long as you don’t force it. I do like to prune with it. I’m watching for another battery on clearance too!

 

[Merle Nelson]

The battery is sometimes sold with a blower as a kit almost as cheap as battery alone. (Blower is weak compared to a Husky batt blower.)

At $215 or anything sub $300 I would buy another saw kit to get the additional battery.

 

[Mick Dempsey!]

Ash tree dismantle.

 

[Bendroctanus]

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Very cool. That property looks like something out of a movie.

 

[Mick Dempsey!]

Very cool. That property looks like something out of a movie.

I know, Deliverance.