Today....

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That's all I'll be dealing with for the rest of the week too. It was ultra shitty last night
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Yep. Yesterday was straight up scary down in my holler. It was like watching 150ft-225ft timber be thrown in a fucking blender. Just coming off about 24 hours straight. Smashed homes. Smashed vehicle. Power lines everywhere. Land slide. Massive plate of tacos and I’m gonna sleep for 10-12 hours.
 
One of my neighbors had this blue oak over their service drop and parking area, and they've been losing these oaks steadily for a few years now, seemingly for no reason, though I have warned them that I think they're getting too much water, due to all the lanscaping they installed around them. They asked me to get it down before this storm, so I obliged. Had a good straight trunk, but nearly all the branch weight was over the power lines. 1000000795.jpg1000000796.jpg
 
Matias said:
One of my neighbors had this blue oak over their service drop and parking area, and they've been losing these oaks steadily for a few years now, seemingly for no reason, though I have warned them that I think they're getting too much water, due to all the lanscaping they installed around them. They asked me to get it down before this storm, so I obliged. Had a good straight trunk, but nearly all the branch weight was over the power lines. View attachment 92553View attachment 92554
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That is some beautiful heart wood! Looks like Walnut.
 
A doug fir root plate from recent weather, hard to tell the scale here but that is like 15 feet tall, one of the larger ones I've seen in quite a while. Wet area, shallow soil over clay, typical story really. Crushed an outhouse as well, only target for hundreds of feet, haha.

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This is what’s up in the holler this morning. Doggie bliss and a Mika pot on the woodstove. Spirit Animal single-origin bourbon cultivar, a small pinch of sea salt in the water, and finished off with a little whole cream. One of the best americanos I have ever had. A little nap and we’re back at it.

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Taking care of some roadside trees for the town. Bank below the road was undercut by the recent storms with a couple spruces already leaning towards the road and lines. Can’t complain about the views.IMG_4048.jpeg
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Here's the one that got away. I was able to refer another company that will do the job for less than I can. Would have been fun, though. Probably would involve a combination of speedline and span rigging. Only a little bit of free falling possible. Job is to remove a black birch and a shagbark hickory, at front corners of tree house, down to roof level. In addition, the shagbark hickory shown between them, behind tree house, is leaning toward main house - remove it to the ground. Leave all the wood. 1707433470705.jpeg
 
Dan Thornton said:
Here's the one that got away. I was able to refer another company that will do the job for less than I can. Would have been fun, though. Probably would involve a combination of speedline and span rigging. Only a little bit of free falling possible. Job is to remove a black birch and a shagbark hickory, at front corners of tree house, down to roof level. In addition, the shagbark hickory shown between them, behind tree house, is leaning toward main house - remove it to the ground. Leave all the wood. View attachment 92586
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Oh man, that looks like tons of fun!
 
Dan Thornton said:
Here's the one that got away. I was able to refer another company that will do the job for less than I can. Would have been fun, though. Probably would involve a combination of speedline and span rigging. Only a little bit of free falling possible. Job is to remove a black birch and a shagbark hickory, at front corners of tree house, down to roof level. In addition, the shagbark hickory shown between them, behind tree house, is leaning toward main house - remove it to the ground. Leave all the wood. View attachment 92586
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Sign us up! Love that kind of job
 
Might have shared this cherry infected with P. schweintzii .




Took care of another cherry with P. schweintzii. For my neighbor, who will clean it up.
Training tree for my climbing apprentice in one portion while I climbed other portions.



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Used a doubled Fly rope (4 legs), hand tensioned with a Tensionless hitch to anchor the retainer/ swing line.

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The two trunks were locked together. Seems like the rear hinge needed to rip before pivoting over on the front hinge.
 
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