Today....

[Neill]

Busted cedar today- hollow rotting codom . Cable was reportedly 20 years old. White rope was by homeowner
Bonus massive 7ft dbh old open grown white oak- homestead circa 1890

 

[Neill]

Got this pic from my coworker- I’m in the pink shirt

 

[islandarb]

Got this pic from my coworker- I’m in the pink shirt
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That is a beauty. Is that mistletoe in the extremities?

 

[Njdelaney]

That is a beauty. Is that mistletoe in the extremities?

I'm guessing squirrel nests

 

[Njdelaney]

Is that pile of chips the red cedar?? I can smell those chips from here! That oak is a stud of a tree.

 

[southsoundtree]

Didn't want to remove this whole trunk, but couldn't talk him out of it, after another maple had a piece break off and go through a roof.

Balance-y without an overhead TIP (throw line set, horizontal TIP). Natty-crotched down about 8 pieces over a rhodie and spigot.

 

[27RMT0N]

Yesterday was beautiful and clear, then we got a fairly unexpected dusting of snow this morning. Did an easy job, shuffled some trucks around and took an easy day.

 

[Neill]

That is a beauty. Is that mistletoe in the extremities?

Not mistletoe or nests, just small broken hung up branches- probably from the hurricane we had last fall.

Is that pile of chips the red cedar?? I can smell those chips from here! That oak is a stud of a tree.

About half was the cedar- it’s about 15 yards of chips total

 

[Flying~Squirrel]

A co-worker took this photo of me earlier this week. We pruned and cabled 7 such sugar maples on the property over 3 days. All focused on hazard mitigation and tree preservation. I used less than a tank of saw fuel during the whole project.

 

[islandarb]

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A co-worker took this photo of me earlier this week. We pruned and cabled 7 such sugar maples on the property over 3 days. All focused on hazard mitigation and tree preservation. I used less than a tank of saw fuel during the whole project.

Now that is fine arb work Sir. My kind of gig minus the cold weather. Lol.

 

[Serf Life]

Looks like fun climbs and re-direct ftw srt.

 

[Bendroctanus]

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A co-worker took this photo of me earlier this week. We pruned and cabled 7 such sugar maples on the property over 3 days. All focused on hazard mitigation and tree preservation. I used less than a tank of saw fuel during the whole project.

“So what is it you do for a living?”

“Well…”

 

[oceans]

The new chip truck needed one of the front tires replaced. It was worn beyond legal limit. We decided to tackle it as we have mounted many 11r22.5s with spoons but never a float. It went well but man that tire is heavy.

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I remember working with tires like that more regularly. A co-worker named Seamus was trying to break the bead on one as the boss walked in. Bass saw how “well” it was going and looked to me to ask “What rim?”…as if there would be nothing left of it when Seamus was done. Nothing like a good tub of tire soap to make the whole job a lot easier!

I also remember the emergency fixes out on the site without proper tools. A bit of ether poured into t trail away from the unset bead…a little flame from the lighter…BOOM. Tire seated!

 

[27RMT0N]

So for a long time, standard practice in my area was to top the tallest fir around and install a TV antenna, which mostly picked up broadcasts from Canada. Sometimes that created regrowth nightmares, but this was one of the better/more manageable ones. I was just in this tree to remove a few limbs that were practically touching the house, but thought it was a fun photo. Hit that shot at about 90' and base-tied to a nearby fir.





And I posted this in the TreeBay thread, but got my package from JeffGu today which I'm very excited to play with when I've got the time and right job for it. Solo rigging baby!

 

[Fivepoints]

Our gmk3050 has been down with a computer problem. One of the cables in our wiring harness shorted power to the can line. It damaged the lmi module. We pulled it out and tore it down to see if it can be fixed instead of buying a $5400 module. Found a burnt resistor right off the bat. It ended up having the can bus driver blown up as well. Parts are on order. Fingers crossed this fixes it.

 

[southsoundtree]

A new homeowner doesn't want this nice coop and chicken run that are sorta in the way of some removal work.

Moved this to my house with the help of the mini, wincing it on with a trucker strap (didn't have the winch handle with me).

 

[Dan Thornton]

So for a long time, standard practice in my area was to top the tallest fir around and install a TV antenna, which mostly picked up broadcasts from Canada. Sometimes that created regrowth nightmares, but this was one of the better/more manageable ones. I was just in this tree to remove a few limbs that were practically touching the house, but thought it was a fun photo. Hit that shot at about 90' and base-tied to a nearby fir.

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And I posted this in the TreeBay thread, but got my package from JeffGu today which I'm very excited to play with when I've got the time and right job for it. Solo rigging baby!

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Where did you get the solo rigging equipment?

 

[treebilly]

A new homeowner doesn't want this nice coop and chicken run that are sorta in the way of some removal work.

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Nice score Sean. One of these days I’ll give in and get chickens.

 

[27RMT0N]

Where did you get the solo rigging equipment?

Another forum member, https://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/light-rigging-sold.47899/

For whatever reason, that particular device seems to no longer be sold.

 

[data farm 26]

I found it works best as a paper weight, might be why it's no longer made. Ymmv