Today....

[Winchman]

Trees have absolutely no respect for people's property, so they grow any which way they want.

Just yesterday a big limb from my neighbor's oak fell on my prized blueberry bush. I was so intent on getting it off that I didn't think to get the camera. With some planning and careful use of the pole saw and chainsaw there was only minor damage to the bush. The berries are looking good, and there's LOTS of them.

 

[Serf Life]

Had some really close strikes at dawn today. Just a mile down the rd...
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[davidwyby]

There's a vid floating around of a tree exploding when struck. Like logs flying around.

 

[Steve Connally]

I took down a burning tree a few years ago with truck #1

 

[Steve Connally]

pretty amazing Beech today while doing some side hustle vista pruning

 

[Muggs]

You can have amazing adventures in beeches

 

[davidwyby]

Got a forklift upgrade for my bday

Didn’t die coming down the mntns

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Muggs]

Tuesday

 

[oldoakman]

Spent the last 2 weeks in central PA at my daughter's. Grandsons 16th birthday was good to be at. He asked for chainsaw training which we did. He also got chainsaw pantsas well. Already had all the other needed PPE from a previous b-day. I pruned HIS tree, planted when he was born along with his sisters tree.

 

[Bendroctanus]

Tuesday
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Yum, yum, gitcha sum.

 

[Bendroctanus]

Spent the last 2 weeks in central PA at my daughter's. Grandsons 16th birthday was good to be at. He asked for chainsaw training which we did. He also got chainsaw pantsas well. Already had all the other needed PPE from a previous b-day. I pruned HIS tree, planted when he was born along with his sisters tree.

That is an awesome legacy.

 

[27RMT0N]

My employee as seen from a neighbor up the hill, and my photo from the ground after he took the top:

 

[Bendroctanus]

My employee as seen from a neighbor up the hill, and my photo from the ground after he took the top:

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Doesn’t get much better than that.

 

[RyanCafferky]

Sometimes we do good things. Sometimes we do bad things. I think significant reduction pruning is preferable to removal and replacement in this case.

 

[27RMT0N]

Yep, I find myself making those kind of calculations/tradeoffs all the time in my area. Since most people tend to be on 2, 5, 10 acres, choosing to address a few trees for the sake of a view to keep people happy means the rest of the trees, hundreds or even thousands on large properties, remain effectively 'protected' and people are happy to live among them.

(in the case of my earlier photos, that one was coming out due to root rot and proximity to the local vet)

 

[southsoundtree]

The worst thing to do to a tree is kill it. View pruning like that keeps as much biomass and habitat as possible while achieving the goal.

 

[Bendroctanus]

The lesser of two weevils…

 

[davidwyby]

Trailer restomod.

Old wood off after work today.

 

[Steve Connally]

Chased deadwood in this beauty today on George Washigton's aunt's estate property. Circa 1699