Olympia, WA, various needs.

[southsoundtree]

Nothing special...4 cherries dismantled... homeowner cleanup.

 

[southsoundtree]

Routine.

No place to let it run.

Tried to slow it down by rolling it off the doug-fir limbs.

Running through a natural- crotch square rig set- up and execution for my growing climber who hasn't had a rigged top, herself, yet.

When possible, I catch and lower my own pieces.

 

[southsoundtree]

Ramping up for the coming spring rush.

Staying busier than I can handle... turning away work.

 

[southsoundtree]

Snow atop a backlog of work, plus orchard pruning, dormant season pruning and coming spring weather means lots of work.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

I’m quite busy as well, new worker, new van, all positive vibes here.
Wish I was 10 years younger.

As an aside, I think about this clip a lot.
I reckon I’m in the good old days atm.

 

[southsoundtree]

We've had storm- damage. Looking for some talent.

You don't have to be an Ace. You do have to be serious about safety. The rest is just eating big elephants, one bite at a time.

 

[southsoundtree]

I’m quite busy as well, new worker, new van, all positive vibes here.
Wish I was 10 years younger.

As an aside, I think about this clip a lot.
I reckon I’m in the good old days atm.

A good message!

 

[southsoundtree]

 

[southsoundtree]

 

[southsoundtree]

Phase 1 complete, aside from one or two small dump trucks of wood, and some dirty rakings.

We mitigated the immediate concern. Waiting on a removal permit from the county for the oak, as oaks are critical habitat for Douglas squirrels, I believe.

There may not be any more rigging. I think I can drop chunks in spaces without buried utilities.


The trees were rubbing. Now there is a 3" gap.

 

[southsoundtree]

My summer employee is back to engineering school. He safely perform his first production canopy raise climb overlooking the Puget Sound in his last week.

Looking again.


I am about to put a bid in on an entensive removal job. Light touch work.

Backed up with work.

Routine customers have lots of work.

Weather is turning.



Gotta run...Dr. George needs us to put a bunch of trees and pruning material on the ground so he can destress with his machines in the forest on the weekends... he liked my Mini-loader so much over the years that he bought a big, new Kubota miniloader to add to his iron Arsenal.

I haven't run my chipper in about 2 months.

 

[southsoundtree]

Not every day means big tree climbing. We prune 3' tall Japanese maples, fruit trees (hurray for local, organic food!), ornamentals, small native trees, etc. Some days we even build a bit of forest trail.

 

[southsoundtree]

About 70' up


only 8-9', though I scared rather than crushed a keeper cedar. Spar top will get roughened up.


I have found a kerf is a great saw holder in the end of the spring board. Sometimes, being 3' higher is great. I would have gone a bit higher but this tree had lean, meaning cut and hop down as the tree commits to the lay.

Like many tools and tricks, springboards are rarely needed/ wanted, though in occasional situations, like a low co-dom, people often jerry-rig something to step on (ladder, machine, I've even cut steps into a 45⁰ log propped against the butt) rather than having the right tool..





Feeding my neighbor Chatlie's cow excess fruit from our trees... makes for extra tasty Charlie beef. This cow is about to birth a calf (next year's freezer filler).