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  1. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    I started pruning the tree today. The Cobra cable was removed first thing. Here's a shot of it lying on the ground.
  2. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Heres a close-up of one end of the Cobra cable. It was set in a fork, and the new growth has swallowed it up.
  3. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Looking up at the old cables from the main fork. The pruning history can be clearly seen by the old heading cuts that form zigzags in the formerly straight branches. The Cobra is the cable with the bulge. It is going. The other cable is staying. This is a pretty complex structure for a box...
  4. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Looking down into the main fork from above. Some of the big old cuts are visible that were made to reduce complexity. The handsaw is sitting on top of the debris that has filled up the vertical cavity since it was last cleaned.
  5. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    There were some roots that had grown under the loose bark.
  6. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Good comments on the drilling into dead wood causing spread of decay. I abandoned the plan to bolt. Peeling away more loose bark to see the other half of the codominant with the seam revealed more decay than was apparent at first inspection. Here's a shot.
  7. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    This attachment is a photo of the upper end of that seam. About half of the bark is missing from the stem above the fork. This stem, which extends over the house, will be topped low. Am I wrong in thinking that this this tree is weak from decay? This customer is used to paying by a billing...
  8. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    The next attachment is a photo of the base of the tree under one of the othe seams. This baby is exuding slime flux, which is a type of aneroebic bacteria that can live in the center of a tree without oxygen. One time I stood in the main fork with a post hole digger. I was able to excavate...
  9. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    This photo shows one of the main seams that is in relatively good condition. A dimple in the bark covering one of the bolts reveals some of the history. A horizontal line in the bark is from buckling at the line of ridgidity. The bolts cause a fulcrum where the tree cannot sway, and force...
  10. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Here's a shot of the main fork. In addition to the cable up above, there is a set of bolts lacing the trunk together at about head height. I'm about to install another set of bolts at a height of around 7-8' high. The runs connecting 3 stems together are up to 4' through. This may involve a...
  11. Oxman

    Cabling pricing

    Here's a multi-stem tree that I have pruned 3 times, every other year for 6 years. Next week will be the 4th pruning. It has had 2 cables in it for at least 11 years, since the owner moved in the house. One of them is a strand of steel wire, the other is a Cobra. I kinda think the steel is...
  12. Oxman

    Joey Cornell with NRAT?

    In the redwoods with Greg Liu, Frans Smith and Joey Cornell.
  13. Oxman

    Joey Cornell with NRAT?

    I first met Joey in 2004 at the TREE Fun(d) Redwood Climb in California. How he wangled his way onto that exclusive climbing roster, I never did find out. He dove right in - splicing eyes into the ends of the 7 spools of rope donated by Jaime Goddard of Yale Cordage. Joey sauntered up those...
  14. Oxman

    Aerial Rescue Training

    Here's a couple of NATS aerial rescue videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMzwpLAgAAw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwEjQN_TLc Safety Training Aerial Rope Rescue Specialists (S.T.A.R.R.S) has a rigging class coming up on March 19th in Seattle. Wesspur STARRS Class Here's a couple...
  15. Oxman

    Has anyone built a tree house?

    A cottage industry of treehouse contractors and hobbyists convenes in Seattle each fall. I was a rigging instructor at the World Treehouse Association convention for 5 years. The Global Treehouse Symposium will be hosted by Peter Nelson, author of Treehouses of the World, on September 23-25...
  16. Oxman

    ITCC 2004 Master's Challenge

    Re: ITCC 2004 Master\'s Challenge I seem to recall that was the year the ITCC was held in Milwaukee. I got a kick out of the nuns dispensing beer out of the kegs at the field day.
  17. Oxman

    New Book

    Saw the "Tortuous Grip Rope Brake", invented by Ed. Nice going!
  18. Oxman

    UW clearcuts

    Other jurisdictions have a mechanism to preserve & enhance the urban forest. In Seattle, our government is doing the opposite—clearing the way for developers to bulldoze for profit. Here is Neil Jacks' "Tree Officer" video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p005ddtt# Seattle Post...
  19. Oxman

    Ed Skoog, Tree Poet Laureate

    Here's Ed Skoog in an HD video reciting "Anchor", a fantastically complex, yet simple poem about trees. Anchor, by Ed Skoog This performance was part of "TreeStory", documentary filmmaker Ward Serrill's work-in-progress. Featured in the movie will be an in-tree interview with the Chief...
  20. Oxman

    HELP! 250 yr old Blk Oak on E Coast to be cut down

    Often there is an important fact or detail that is either wrong or accidentally ommitted. The developer is usually trying to minimize the value, size or importance of the condemned tree. Alternatively, they will attempt to inflate the contributiuon of the new landscape. Check it out. Your...

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