Hey ... I'm going there now to read. Done some solo myself, but I can't help and think about it every time. Tree work especially.You can read my post in the job section and it may shed some light on the solo work. But me working alone is not much different then the working with some of the ground crews around. Thanks for your concern
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- Thread starter Leroy
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flyingsquirrel25
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- South East, PA
I understand the dangers and the crap that can go wrong. That particular job has been pushed 3 times due to weather When I got done I wished I had someone on the ground. But that is the life I'm living currently. Until I can figure the full time ground crew thing out.
RELIABLE employees. You almost can't put the same two words in one sentence. Find one and treat them well ... and hope they stay. In my roofing crew days I've had a couple of guys go elsewhere for work and then want to come back couple of weeks later. They discovered the grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence.
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
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- Suffolk, Virginia
Willow Oak
Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
Dang man looks like some big beautiful trees going down round this thread. Never to be limbwaked again. Cherish them last moments fellas. Cause now they gone! I used to love big removals ..awwwh whom I kidding it's fun and makes you feel like a badass ,but these days I'd rather swing through bigguns take out that precarious deadwood and enjoy the view from the top. Hi I'm Aaron 
Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
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- Coastal N.J
I thought about it.My bad.. I shouldn't have posted those here..shit ain't work its really play..
RopeShield
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- Ontario, Canada
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
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- Osceola, Nebraska
Man, in this hot ass weather... I could learn to like that! Only water around here is coming out of some farmer's center-pivot.
Another big oak day in Seattle with some classic PNW weather. Luckily the rain tapered off and stopped as we ascended into the tree. But the darn lichen and miss holds moisture like crazy. Still not used to that out here. Pruned this 106' Shingle Oak over a fancy house and garden. Not many pics. We spent 5+ hrs in the tree using zip lines and light rigging to reduce end weight and manage suckers in the entire tree, all with extremely limited drop zones. Limbwalking out to make 2" reduction cuts throughout the canopy wore my ass out, particularly getting used to wet conditions in a species I'd never climbed before.
It's funny how in Seattle there is no discussion of "maybe it's too wet for this big tree." Back in Denver you'd have half the guys call in sick with a little rain. LOL
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tc262
Branched out member
- Location
- SE Wisconsin
This box elder had a tree house in it and was loaded with nails and lag bolts everywhere! Was planning on not cutting up the trunk and coming back for it with the full size trac loader. Well I took a shot at cutting it into mini sized pieces and luckily it paid off, only hit one nail. I could literally see about a hundred in this thing that were visable.
tc262
Branched out member
- Location
- SE Wisconsin
A few pics from 6 eab Ash trees and 1 box elder crane removal. I forgot to turn my go pro on until the last tree, but I did have a guy come out and get some footage with a drone! I'm going to have to learn how to start editing and posting videos.
tc262
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- SE Wisconsin
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
16" X 80' Doug fir with root disease.
He decidedafter, the (4) 16' 6x6" posts, he might want three trees out before expanding the chicken enclosure, which would have meant building around two more root diseased trees, which were floppers.
He decidedafter, the (4) 16' 6x6" posts, he might want three trees out before expanding the chicken enclosure, which would have meant building around two more root diseased trees, which were floppers.
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sherwood7
Participating member
- Location
- Denver, co
I was on an asphalt single roof in 95 deg, wearing a rain coat and bandana around my face getting swarmed by bees. Even better, I was pulling vines off a chimney. Who's the real arborist now?
It's all you, buddy. You do the bees, and I'll bring the beer. Go get 'em.
tc262
Branched out member
- Location
- SE Wisconsin
Thanks! I really love that truck too. 5.9 Cummins with a 5 speed and two speed rear end. I bought it as a flat bed dump then bought (actually traded tree work) an old grain truck that I robbed the sides off of. Made a skeleton with 1 inch square tubing and wrapped it with pole barn siding. It was quick, easy, and cheap. It looks decent enough as well. I really need to paint the grain sides and polish and install the aluminum wheels I have for it. It really was just thrown together because I needed a bigger chip truck in a hurry as the ash tree crisis was rolling in!
deevo
Been here a while
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- Horseshoe Valley, Ontario, Canada
Well Jeff did the beaver poplar tree
And another sketchy hollow one this morning.... All went well, Mike climbed the beaver tree I did the other.
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