southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
Thanks for all the insight from around the industry. I've gleaned a lot of good information from you all that I was able to put into practice today with a big leaf maple over a house and garage.
I may have used up all the fingers on one hand counting my crane jobs after today.
Today was challenging.
I'd considered subbing out the climbing to a more experienced
climber, but knew that I could do it safely, and hoped I'd be able to do it in one day.
Today cemented into my head how much you can do with a crane, and with so little impact on the yard, with very concentrated areas of clean-up, and short easy drags from the lay down point to the chipper.
Magically, with the hand upright, arm bent at the elbow, making a circling motion with the pointer finger, fighting gravity is gone.
A few times my pulse elevated.
I said a few bad words at times, especially toward the end of the day, an bigger saws and bars than the 026 that I was able to use for a lot of it. Fatigue setting in. CO said more that once that I must have been whooped. About 10a-4pm, with a break enough to shove down half of my Subway foot long.
I think that I slept well last night because I thought that wind and snow were going to cause a postponement. One top of a lot of logistics, in addition to the tree work, this was my first time with this CO.
An novel experience, for sure.
I may have used up all the fingers on one hand counting my crane jobs after today.
Today was challenging.
I'd considered subbing out the climbing to a more experienced
climber, but knew that I could do it safely, and hoped I'd be able to do it in one day.
Today cemented into my head how much you can do with a crane, and with so little impact on the yard, with very concentrated areas of clean-up, and short easy drags from the lay down point to the chipper.
Magically, with the hand upright, arm bent at the elbow, making a circling motion with the pointer finger, fighting gravity is gone.
A few times my pulse elevated.
I said a few bad words at times, especially toward the end of the day, an bigger saws and bars than the 026 that I was able to use for a lot of it. Fatigue setting in. CO said more that once that I must have been whooped. About 10a-4pm, with a break enough to shove down half of my Subway foot long.
I think that I slept well last night because I thought that wind and snow were going to cause a postponement. One top of a lot of logistics, in addition to the tree work, this was my first time with this CO.
An novel experience, for sure.
