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Awesome to see that @oceans , I know it's fun to see kids get excited about trees and the outdoors.

Full day job with a bit of variety today. Most interesting part was shooting a line at about 90', remove some large and very long dead limbs over the brand new roof, toss the grapple to the neighboring tree, do more big dead wooding there and come down that side. Showed my employee a few new tricks.

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27RMT0N said:
Awesome to see that @oceans , I know it's fun to see kids get excited about trees and the outdoors.

Full day job with a bit of variety today. Most interesting part was shooting a line at about 90', remove some large and very long dead limbs over the brand new roof, toss the grapple to the neighboring tree, do more big dead wooding there and come down that side. Showed my employee a few new tricks.

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When you say “shooting at 90’…”, do you mean you were 90’ up and shooting into another tree? Reminds me of a deadwood and hanger party we had at Longwood Gardens. Probably close to 10 climbers and we were saving time by pulling up throw cubes and throwing for eachother from aloft.
 
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When you say “shooting at 90’…”, do you mean you were 90’ up and shooting into another tree? Reminds me of a deadwood and hanger party we had at Longwood Gardens. Probably close to 10 climbers and we were saving time by pulling up throw cubes and throwing for eachother from aloft.
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Reminds me of hiking 80 feet up a steep valley wall to be able to shoot a line over a stout lower limb (which wasn’t epicormic) of a coast redwood.

What year were you at Longwood? Was Dunn in that group? I seemed to have missed some of the fun jobs in my neighborhood… that and the group at the Barnes Foundation.
 
oceans said:
When you say “shooting at 90’…”, do you mean you were 90’ up and shooting into another tree? Reminds me of a deadwood and hanger party we had at Longwood Gardens. Probably close to 10 climbers and we were saving time by pulling up throw cubes and throwing for eachother from aloft.
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Sorry, poor wording. Set my line from the ground 90' in the first tree, climbed and did the work on the way up, then moved sideways into the second and removing dead wood on the way down that one.
 
pigwot said:
Reminds me of hiking 80 feet up a steep valley wall to be able to shoot a line over a stout lower limb (which wasn’t epicormic) of a coast redwood.

What year were you at Longwood? Was Dunn in that group? I seemed to have missed some of the fun jobs in my neighborhood… that and the group at the Barnes Foundation.
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I was at Longwood just over 10 years ago. I can’t even believe how time has flown by! Mike wasn’t there, but I worked with him for a day on my way out of town, just before swinging out to work with @Treetopflyer before making my way home. AE was called in after a massive ice storm, and they subcontracted a several companies from around the Northeast to help as well. It was 100’+ White Pine after White Pine after White Pine with smashed up tops for days. The job was to cut out the hangers (some of which were legitimate crane picks to be honest), clean up the broken stubs, and move on to the next. We pulled our gear around on snow sleds. It was great to do so much leave lay work, but my ropes needed to be burned after those weeks! Met a lot of cool folks there. LOTS of Christmas lights were chipped by the cleanup crew. :)
 
So I messed up the other week and lost my Echo 2511. Yada yada yada, hasn't turned up.

It was modded with a 1/4" pitch bar, WCS dogs, Egan pipe and lo-pro leash, so that sucked. I'll probably still just buy a real one again, maybe even a ported one, but I've always been curious about clone saws and decided this was a good time to play around. A real 2511 costs ~$500, and a 1/4" pitch kit (which I really prefer on this saw) is another $160. Instead, for $160 shipped I got the 1/4" V-Modest clone saw just out of curiosity from ebay. It does look and feel mostly like a real 2511, but the cost cutting elements are obvious and amusing. It did fire right up and runs fine at the shop, but the chain it comes with is terrible and I haven't used it on a job yet. Unlikely it will actually earn a place in the truck, but fun to play with so far. My 10 minute impression is if you were just getting a tree business started and couldn't afford name brand saws, it wouldn't be a bad way to get started given how cheap they are.

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Had the new guy retrieve a block in this Black oak. 49” DBH. It survived Helene, with a sizable hickory leaning on it (which was the job of the day).

The mostly dead tree in the background is a walnut about 36” DBH. Not the clients tree.

The picture below is the trigger point, sort of. After dropping a couple feet it was held up by the root ball and vines. I thought it was interesting all the epicormic growth that came out of the spots where branches were bent and under tension. Such a tremendous imperative to survive, despite it all.

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Will you be using this for your tree work or is this for a customer?
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The mil 6x6 that got turned into a 4x4 I’m trading to a buddy. My brother in CO wanted his F600 4x4 to be 6x6, so I told him come help me and you can have ‘em.

I have a couple other mil trucks still 6x6. Might make myself a “bobber” but with a steering axle in the rear as well as the front for tight spots offroading and in yards.
 
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The mil 6x6 that got turned into a 4x4 I’m trading to a buddy. My brother in CO wanted his F600 4x4 to be 6x6, so I told him come help me and you can have ‘em.

I have a couple other mil trucks still 6x6. Might make myself a “bobber” but with a steering axle in the rear as well as the front for tight spots offroading and in yards.
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Can it crabwalk?
 
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