Work Photos

evo · Nov 6, 2018

Bolting and cabling..

rico · Nov 7, 2018

Breaking in a new groundie on a little Redwood (120-130 ft ) in tight quarters. The older I get and the more coffee I drink, the less patient I seem to get!

rico · Nov 10, 2018

Little Coastal Live Oak removal in suburbia. This 1st time home owner is a young man we have all know since he was born, so we got together as a community and gave him this as a house warming present. Good times!

Tyler Durden · Nov 11, 2018

A few quick shots of a recent project

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climbingmonkey24 · Nov 11, 2018

Nice photos guys.

That's on my list at some point Rico is to get a dump trailer. Cheaper than a chipper but if you cut stuff up right you can fit a whole tree in there. I've done it before lol.

rico · Nov 11, 2018

Tyler Durden said:
A few quick shots of a recent project

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Some great photo's Tyler. The 2nd one is Epic!

Steve Connally · Nov 13, 2018

We'll I'll spare you the very mundane pictures of a guy doing tree work just like any other guy but I did work. The crane is down so I took some time (not by choice) to do some contract climbing. Did a 4 pine job yesterday with a stick crane. Company policy is no hook riders so I got the pleasure of climbing some 100+ footers with ivy for the first 50'. Also gave me the opportunity to try the tree motion for the first time. I liked it a lot. I ascended with a medium saw on me and it was nothing. I've never liked leaving the saw on the ground then hauling it up. The extra weight on the saddle didn't feel bad at all. I've climbed 3 times since march and it felt really good to get back in the saddle,. I still love the feeling of finishing the cut and watching a few thousand pounds sail away from me. I miss being a climber but my hips tell me to stop waxing nostalgic and get the crane back in service. I have to say my mood last night was better than it's been in months. There's just something about climbing a tree that hits the reset button for me. Seems a few thousand in repairs hits the reset for the cummins. Guess we both needed some time apart.

southsoundtree · Nov 13, 2018

Climbing after a long period of not climbing (well, not that long) does a good mental reset on me.
Maybe start a bonsai collection. Tiny pruning after Mek'ing and FF all day might be a good reset.

Changing over to quiet and manual fine pruning after felling and dismantles trees is a similar. Variety is the spice of tree work!

Steve Connally · Nov 13, 2018

southsoundtree said:
Climbing after a long period of not climbing (well, not that long) does a good mental reset on me.
Maybe start a bonsai collection. Tiny pruning after Mek'ing and FF all day might be a good reset.

Changing over to quiet and manual fine pruning after felling and dismantles trees is a similar. Variety is the spice of tree work!

Good idea. When you locate some spare time send it my way. Lol

erwin · Nov 13, 2018

semifnordic said:
Funtime activity today: Dealing with some black locusts leaning over a barn. The strategy ended up being standing on the barn roof using pole saws to remove branches small enough that they could fall on the roof without damaging it to get some weight and bulk off the top. We then got a rope at the top, pulling diagonally back (away from the barn), and felled it basically parallel to the barn but with a tapered hinge.

Patented double pole saw technique for especially wiggly trees (holding branch in place with hook on one saw, cutting with the other):
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A view from the roof on a beautiful fall day:
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If the straight up lead is high and sturdy enough, my favorite way to do it is to tie in on the straight one as high as possible, come down to the target branch, flip line around it, climb out from either side (normally with it on my left), stripping branches as I go out, all the way till the very end, then coming back the same way cutting and tossing logs. Works for me and I call it "side kick limb walking" method. I'm sure there is a formal name for it. I can't imagine I'm the only one doing that.

rico · Nov 14, 2018

Set up a new milling site today. Good sized Fir removal in the mañana.

SomethingWitty · Nov 14, 2018

Man, I want one of those swing blade mills.

rico · Nov 14, 2018

I love my Lucas. Simplistic genius that can be easily set up anywhere, handles big logs, produces perfect beautiful lumber, and does it at a very quick rate. I will never go back to a band-saw mill. Ever.

SomethingWitty · Nov 14, 2018

WAIT... Is that a picture of you wearing earpro?!

rico · Nov 14, 2018

Yep. I always wear ear protection when running the mill. This sucker is loud.

Steve Connally · Nov 15, 2018

Interesting puzzle yesterday. Dead Elm, 2 failed leads, each on its own house. No high trees nearby. No access, no drop zone. We installed a roof anchor and used 3 porty's, 4 lines, a mini and a pole saw. I finished off the climbing. Super cool rigging scenario. Multiple different rigging points on other small trees. Was quite the evolution.

rico · Nov 16, 2018

Beautiful work Steve. Who's the sexy beast in the shiny new TreeMo?

rico · Nov 16, 2018

Morning solo milling session. The larger boards are 20 foot 2x10’s for reference. Some heavy mofo’s for sure.

Tyler Durden · Nov 16, 2018

some more from the recent Big Tree project. Full write-up and videos coming soon

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Steve Connally · Nov 17, 2018

rico said:
Beautiful work Steve. Who's the sexy beast in the shiny new TreeMo?

That's the half of me left from the full me who shrank. I've never seen my own abdominal muscles and veins. It's actually kinda cool when you get past the disturbing part of it.