Today....

[Matias]

Well, while we're on the subject...
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That thought never crossed my mind, but with how rotten some of those get, I will not park near one without checking it out first. The desert gets windy af

 

[Dan Cobb]

Oh, and on the cars getting crushed thing, saw this on another site today:

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I'm impressed that the rear door window glass is intact and the frame isn't on the ground.

 

[Vicente]

It got really windy last night with really heavy sporadic rain, this is the same house with the cars and other fallen trees. This one came down last night got it stripped down a bunch and a lot of weight taken off before calling it at about 130 today since we were soaked and it was significantly safer than when we started going to check things out tomorrow and see if we can get the rest out it's tricky since the weight is mostly supported over the roof by the ends of the last big spars instead of the roof it's self.

 

[oldoakman]

Looks like nor cal is getting ass kicked.

 

[Vicente]

Looks like nor cal is getting ass kicked.

Yea it's pretty ugly around here right now I don't think I've lost any trees, but I haven't really looked, my roof isn't leaking my house hasn't flooded and my power and internet haven't gone out yet, I'm feeling very lucky so far.

 

[Treetopflyer]

Trashed a 28" lightweight today making a dumb cut, but at least I got a new toy in the mail.

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How did the bar get bent if you dont mind me asking? Do you like the MB saddle so far?

 

[Treetopflyer]

Craning out some sweet gum over a garage and utitlty service lines. My 17 year old nephew untied the picks on the ground.. my crew all still on vacation until next Monday! Then I replaced a burnt relay holder in back of my easy lift. It was for counter clockwise rotation

 

[chiselbit]

It got really windy last night with really heavy sporadic rain, this is the same house with the cars and other fallen trees. This one came down last night got it stripped down a bunch and a lot of weight taken off before calling it at about 130 today since we were soaked and it was significantly safer than when we started going to check things out tomorrow and see if we can get the rest out it's tricky since the weight is mostly supported over the roof by the ends of the last big spars instead of the roof it's self.

That guy may turn into a tree hater.

 

[Vicente]

That guy may turn into a tree hater.

Haha, he's feeling way less stressed now that this one is down, who knows it may end up saving him money since I'm not charging him to take it off his house, but I would've to take it down.

 

[chiselbit]

Yeah I guess if that was the last tree that could hit his house he’s got nothing to worry about now. But he’s for sure had more than his share of bad tree behavior

 

[Vicente]

Yeah I guess if that was the last tree that could hit his house he’s got nothing to worry about now. But he’s for sure had more than his share of bad tree behavior

There's 1 more but after the first night almost everything on the house side of it got broken off and it's a pretty straight tree.
Yea he had some bad tree behavior for sure wasn't surprised about this one but the others were pretty straight trees.

 

[SeanRuel]

since I'm not charging him to take it off his house, but I would've to take it down

Charging insurance instead?

 

[Vicente]

Charging insurance instead?

Hopefully, be nice if they pay for removing the still standing by damaged tree and the other 10ish large oaks that fell on his property.

 

[Dan Cobb]

I took a bunch of old Craftsman socket wrenches that didn't function quite right to my nearby Lowe's this morning and got free warranty replacements, no questions asked. Don't know why it didn't previously occur to me to do this.

 

[Bart_]

Now you've got both right handed and left handed versions of each size wrench

 

[Fivepoints]

Worked on tackling this nasty one, or two I guess I should say.

 

[Fivepoints]

Sometimes when you dont have enough crane capacity, you have to get creative. We had to cut in and stack cribbing to lift the tree off the house with a 30 ton jack. We were then able to crane out the rest of what was inside the house and have the remaining tree not fall on the house. We had to cut small pieces off at a time next. Unfortunately, the brick fence is very much in the way.

 

[Njdelaney]

Wow that house really took a hit. Is that a Tulip Poplar?

 

[Fivepoints]

Wow that house really took a hit. Is that a Tulip Poplar?

Yeah it slammed into the house hard. Lucky no one was injured. Yes the larger tree is a tulip poplar and the smaller was a hackberry.

 

[27RMT0N]

How did the bar get bent if you dont mind me asking? Do you like the MB saddle so far?

Don't mind at all, that's why I shared it. I was taking down a rotten 7' snag by just making a single low cut straight through, leaving a tiny bit holding, then pushing it over. I've done the move a million times where I push the snag over with one hand and pull the saw out of the kerf with the other, but this time the tip got pinched, the snag went a bit sideways and caught the tip that was sticking out the back side, bent it right over and grabbed the saw out of my hand. Tons of ways I could have avoided it if I'd just spent an extra minute choosing a different technique or set it up slightly different.

As for the MB 2.0, I literally got it the night I posted that photo, haven't had time to even try it on yet, then I left for a trip the next morning. I'll watch some of their videos on the features/adjustments, then migrate my gear off my MB 1.0 maybe over the weekend. Once I've had some time in it, I'll be sure to report my impressions.