RopeShield
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
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deevo
Been here a while
- Location
- Horseshoe Valley, Ontario, Canada
Small 114’ poplar in a tight spot
@limbit on the last 5000lb trunk pick, got it down just as it got dark at 445!
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@limbit on the last 5000lb trunk pick, got it down just as it got dark at 445!
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second pic with the high clouds and blue dot is epic!Small 114’ poplar in a tight spot
@limbit on the last 5000lb trunk pick, got it down just as it got dark at 445!
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evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
Thought I could just get a little closer...
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
He has two...
rope-a-dope
Branched out member
- Location
- Asheville
Mismanaged older "prairie". They made two mistakes, a bad seed mix and zero maintenance/management. Quite a bit of grasses and sedges with some forbs... and a boatload of blackberries and multiflora rose. I'm starting over with a new seed mix and a few savanna type trees here and there. One field was recently brush hogged.
Downed trees on the edges are part of my "Kill the Effing Pears" program.
Downed trees on the edges are part of my "Kill the Effing Pears" program.
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Osceola, Nebraska
Very nice... I briefly managed a tall grass prairie restoration on private property years ago. Was very rewarding work. Also had to manage an overly prolific beaver population. The original plan was to knock their population down and leave a few. Eventually, the damage they did (they dropped every single birch tree to the ground, and eventually every tree under 10 inches DBH) got so bad that I trapped them all one fur bearer season and dragged their dams out onto dry land. Used it all for brush piles for habitat or burned it in the wood burning stove in a small cabin on the property, that I sometimes stayed in.
The overall wild game populations got much higher, but I had to stay on top of the beavers, as there were always young ones moving onto the property. They were much harder to deal with than the invasive plants that often showed up. Game & Parks was extremely helpful providing us with ways to discourage them from setting up camp there. The property was enrolled in several of their programs, and wetlands habitat wasn't one of them.
The overall wild game populations got much higher, but I had to stay on top of the beavers, as there were always young ones moving onto the property. They were much harder to deal with than the invasive plants that often showed up. Game & Parks was extremely helpful providing us with ways to discourage them from setting up camp there. The property was enrolled in several of their programs, and wetlands habitat wasn't one of them.
That's partly why I posted pics of that small creek recently. Busy as beavers as they say.
Their goal in life is blocking that damn thing up and flooding the park.
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Osceola, Nebraska
It has to be seen to be believed... they are truly the terraforming fools of the wild. We're struggling to increase upland game species levels, and those bastards were bringing in waterfowl and carp.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
For about a quarter or half a second, a quick, few rapid thoughts through my head, where I realized I'd over-pretensioned my tree (one hand, bending at the elbow on my Maasdam continuous rope puller, but 70' up a very slow to taper remnant forest tree, easy 100' doug-fir), I thought I am going to At Best, Really, Really "scare the house" (homeowners watching).
As I was mid-back cut, I saw it lean harder to the puller, 10-15' laterally off the side of the house, cutting up toward the hinge, it went over thick-hinged, field-goal threw the crowns, no harm done.
Homeowners were behind me, so they got no look at what might have been a flash of concern.
I played it as No big deal, and started talking to them about what I saw in the rings of the stump, and various areas of "shake", wind cracks between layers ("rings").
At the corner of the deck is a resprouted maple stump, with the puller anchored to the alder to the right of the layout, visually inline with the maple stump.
I'd felled the other alders on the same part of the hill, up next to the other deck/ house, leaving the other stumps.
This fir was about 10' to the side of the house wall.
Went right where the hinge was aimed... Go figure.
As I was mid-back cut, I saw it lean harder to the puller, 10-15' laterally off the side of the house, cutting up toward the hinge, it went over thick-hinged, field-goal threw the crowns, no harm done.
Homeowners were behind me, so they got no look at what might have been a flash of concern.
I played it as No big deal, and started talking to them about what I saw in the rings of the stump, and various areas of "shake", wind cracks between layers ("rings").
At the corner of the deck is a resprouted maple stump, with the puller anchored to the alder to the right of the layout, visually inline with the maple stump.
I'd felled the other alders on the same part of the hill, up next to the other deck/ house, leaving the other stumps.
This fir was about 10' to the side of the house wall.
Went right where the hinge was aimed... Go figure.
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evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
we just got a big blow. Damaged the entire power grid, some folks looking at after xmas. Those pecker poles can be unforgiving sometimes.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
I've had three storm related tree calls, and one pet bird rescue. The bird rescue referred me to the above job.
How's the storm affecting your workload?
Weird that there was a tornado in Port Orchard. I found out here or at the TH.
How's the storm affecting your workload?
Weird that there was a tornado in Port Orchard. I found out here or at the TH.
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
Took a willow off a roof, turned down a crane job when I realized the new crane op is green as shit. A few other calls. I don’t get many emergency calls, I think I prefer it that way
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
A steady simmer is best.
I don't care for big storms. A couple trees here and there lead to more work, and motivates people... Good for some winter work until orchard pruning and other deferred pruning .
I don't care for big storms. A couple trees here and there lead to more work, and motivates people... Good for some winter work until orchard pruning and other deferred pruning .
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
