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    Hollow codominant

    Head (eyes) and head (mind) on a swivel… I’m lucky it didn’t split til it landed
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    Nearly decapitated.

    There was a kid in my neighborhood when I was a kid who died from this. https://m.facebook.com/groups/1495986377308906/permalink/4061462300761288/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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    Logger games

    Today I was dumb and cheated death, or injury really. I was standing on a couple logs on the trailer, cut another off a tree being held by the tele. Of course when it came loose, it knocked the ones I was standing on off the trailer. Incredibly, I did the logger log rolling game all the way down...
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    New dump truck

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    Big Dead oak in poision oak

    This tree is the primary concern. Threatens the cabin. I used the fisheye lens due to lack of space, which distorted the lean. It appears the whole tree leans left, but in reality each lead leans out from the center about equally. It’s big, several feet at the base. See ladder for scale. The...
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    Stihl clutch bearing better than husky

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    Wyby besides trees

    off road recovery last night Metal shop day job
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    Tall skinny brittle high contrast eucalyptus

    I usually cut river red gum. It’s more pink and all the same color not much sapwood contrast. Smooth white bark. This dark red stuff is really hard and brittle. Spiral grain. Thanks
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    Free faller SoCal

    I just wanna fall trees Will travel
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    Tilted/angled back (and face) cuts

    Desktop demo. Approx 1’x10” cardboard. 15° IIRC
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    How would you do this one?

    South is right, highway there From NE The second to last pic is probably the most descriptive. There is room to the right, NW. Owner doesn’t care about the fence on the left. Could lay it down first. He said just cut it and yank it. The booger is the tons of back limb hanging over the...
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    Bjarne’s power wedge

    And a bunch of related jawjackin’
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    Aleppo/Monterey? Pine post mortem and removal

    From the East From the west From the SW From SW From the South The stump in the foreground was a big and sad job. Storm came thru and blew from the east vs. west and got a lot of trees. This one shaded most of the property with its 5 large leads. Two broke, and folded up on a...
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    Introduction

    Hello all, I’m from the PNW but have been in the desert in SoCal a long time. Have been doing tree work for fun for a few years now. Mostly pro bono removals for friends and neighbors, people and orgs in need, etc. Recently discovered that guys I knew from other forums (@chiselbit and...
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    (Dead) live oak widowmaker close call

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