Today....

[Basswood]

Some root invigoration today. Muddy and messy but at least it keeps the dust down.

 

[JD3000]

Careful, good conditions to destroy soil structure.

Many have a tendency to pulverize the soil to dust, or in this case, mud.

 

[southsoundtree]

Yes, the groundman stopped it abruptly rather than gradually. It shockloads the rigging and stem. Can be quite a violent shake.
Watch this educated climber video starting at 10:50

The stub at the top of the spar is dangerous.

Rigging point hung unnecessarily low, repeatedly.

 

[Basswood]

Careful, good conditions to destroy soil structure.

Many have a tendency to pulverize the soil to dust, or in this case, mud.

Thanks. It was mostly the street and myself making clean up a pain. I do my best to avoid “turning” the soil and focus more on “mixing” the amendments in and vertically aerating. Definitely hoping I’m not going around messing up soil structure.

 

[Serf Life]

Finished up a good one today. Chip brush by parking and leave everything else, love it.

 

[Gorman]

I used to use my bucket maybe once a month the first 2 years I bought it. Now, I truly don't remember when I used it the last time. I have to run it every few weeks just to warm it up. I'll have to just sell it one day. one day if i can't climb anymore, i'll buy a track lift.

Always take it on the highway and bring it to operating temp. Just starting it and letting it idle for 10 minutes will cause water to accumulate in the crankcase.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

These pictures popped up on my Google history. They are from the last Masters climb i did in NJ. The climber is actually the beast Bert Kuhn. Was such a fun climb for me and it meant a lot to know that my father had climbed it to help set it up. Thabks Google!

 

[Lupin_IV]

These pictures popped up on my Google history. They are from the last Masters climb i did in NJ. The climber is actually the beast Bert Kuhn. Was such a fun climb for me and it meant a lot to know that my father had climbed it to help set it up. Thabks Google!

Glorious tree, what species?

 

[rico]

Beautiful tree Mark..

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Glorious tree, what species?

White oak.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Beautiful tree Mark..

Thanks Rico. White oak have always been a favorite of mine for climbing. So broad and so much room to swing and run.

 

[deevo]

These pictures popped up on my Google history. They are from the last Masters climb i did in NJ. The climber is actually the beast Bert Kuhn. Was such a fun climb for me and it meant a lot to know that my father had climbed it to help set it up. Thabks Google!

Cool pics Mark, beast of a tree for sure

 

[JD3000]

Finished this damn tree today and had a nice bouncy ride at one point while going down while fully telescoped out...

Learned to move down much more slowly and smoothly.

 

[Matthew Stone]

Well this was a few days ago, but worth the share. I cut 14 trees across the street from here, this guy shows up and drops a tree right on the shed first thing

 

[erwin]

Always take it on the highway and bring it to operating temp. Just starting it and letting it idle for 10 minutes will cause water to accumulate in the crankcase.

selling it soon. will just keep climbing till some day a mini track left shows up on my lot.

 

[Wrangler]

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Finished this damn tree today and had a nice bouncy ride at one point while going down while fully telescoped out...

Learned to move down much more slowly and smoothly.

I find when that happens that clinching your ass cheeks together and curling up your toes inside your boots helps. You can also grab onto the rail but then you don’t look like as much of a cowboy.

 

[VenasNursery]

I find when that happens that clinching your ass cheeks together and curling up your toes inside your boots helps. You can also grab onto the rail but then you don’t look like as much of a cowboy.

We call that colon exercise lol

 

[rico]

It's been awhile since I contributed to this thread..Started a good sized job with a mountainside full of 120ft -160ft Firs with brown rot...Spent the day pounding over back-leaners and swinging side-leaners, and the hinge on this stuff was a cross between a stale graham cracker and decomposing cardboard. Not a lick off moisture or sap in these trees so patience was a must.


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[Reach]

It's been awhile since I contributed to this thread..Started a good sized job with a mountainside full of 130ft -160ft Firs with brown rot...Spent the day pounding over back-leaners and swinging side-leaners, and the hinge on this stuff was a cross between a stale graham cracker and decomposing cardboard. Not a lick off moisture or sap in these trees so patience was a must.

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Wow. That’s quite a day. And to think, all I did was drop and rake up three 80’ leaning Ash trees. Fifteen minutes to fell, two hours to rake up.

 

[rico]

What is this strange device you speak of (the rake), and what do you do with it?

I put 9 Firs on the ground by 1 and split... The boys were buried so putting any more wood and brush on the ground would have been counter productive...