this week's job

[Mark Chisholm]

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This tree was a pian. I had to get in and out of the bucket all day. I first went up on the crane and popped the super-dead tops out. (Didn't want to dent the crane!)

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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Here's the look after I topped it at about 85-90'.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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A pick.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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Another.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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A wood pick.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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A hunk.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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On the ground. Here's most of the crew /forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Colin]

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Cool! That bucket makes it gravy, eh?

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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When it can reach to at least make the cut, it's gravy for sure. Just was a pain to get in and out a few times. I couldn't just climb and then bucket. I had to go back and forth.

 

[Norm_Hall]

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Dats some big wood. Hows come you're the only one that looks he's sweatin???

 

[treemann]

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Nice pictures. It makes clean up easy when the crew is that large /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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Dats some big wood. Hows come you're the only one that looks he's sweatin???

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Yeah they were faties. One was 62" another 57" dbh. Not sure of the first one. I was sweating all day each day. Very humid. I had the camel back on the second day. I drank 5 liters of water each day /forum/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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Nice pictures. It makes clean up easy when the crew is that large /forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Normally I'm scared to even try to work with crews like this. The county workers here were pretty good about staying clear and keeping the trucks moving. The wood was loaded into tandem dumps that were full after one big log. That's why it was so great to have three of them running in and out. The worst part of it was watching 6-8 guys work as 10 watched from the shade /forum/images/graemlins/9lame.gif

 

[Rupe]

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Yeah they were faties.

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A couple of the guys looked on the hefty side but no need to be rude /forum/images/graemlins/applaudit.gif

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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There's that British wit I've come to enjoy! /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Treespotter]

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The "clear" must have sounded like a church choir when you yelled "stand clear". That's the biggest and "biggest" crew I've ever seen Mark.

 

[tod_k]

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I bought a camelback this year and love it. Good work Mark, those jobs are often more of a pain to organize than do.

 

[Riggs]

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Nothing like a big crew. Here's a couple shots on that "not my problem job " . Hot day yesterday , not as bad as today though. We used a 200 ton. Beautiful rig . How often do you hear " I'm good for about 25,000" ?

 

[Riggs]

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We used a four wheel drive bucket in the alley to make the big cuts. We built a cradle about 20 feet up from the base and cut the whole log from the roof down to the top of the cradle.

 

[Riggs]

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These guys just wanted to get home . Nice rig , three trucks carried the counter weights .