Work Photos

owScott · Mar 7, 2020

TreeVB said:
Lots of pruning lately (pretty much what I target to do). 7 structural cuts on this sweet gum is all she needs for a jump start in life. Dark after photos are because I forgot to get them day of and swung by later to get them.View attachment 65913 View attachment 65914 View attachment 65915 View attachment 65916

Really appreciate you posting up something a bit more technical. I would like to see more intelligent discussion on this and other subjects, tree risk assessment, tree appraisal and consulting. Proper work, climbing little trees can be a pain.

CanadianStan · Mar 7, 2020

Risk mitigation work in southwestern Australia

CanadianStan · Mar 7, 2020

Treebuzz is completely freezing up my phone trying to look through my gallery.. I'll post more later

TreeVB · Mar 7, 2020

CanadianStan said:
Risk mitigation work in southwestern Australia View attachment 65953 View attachment 65954 View attachment 65952

Makes me miss climbing gums in NZ! Big trees but always felt quite comfortable in them. And let's not forget to point out that incredible mullet! Keep it up!

TreeVB · Mar 7, 2020

owScott said:
Really appreciate you posting up something a bit more technical. I would like to see more intelligent discussion on this and other subjects, tree risk assessment, tree appraisal and consulting. Proper work, climbing little trees can be a pain.

Thanks man, that means a lot. My business model focuses on science based rather than aesthetically and "trim it all" like 95% of the company's around me. I find "proper" pruning is helping me become a better climber too because getting out to the tips can be quite challenging sometimes.

CanadianStan · Mar 7, 2020

TreeVB said:
Makes me miss climbing gums in NZ! Big trees but always felt quite comfortable in them. And let's not forget to point out that incredible mullet! Keep it up!

It's incredible how resilient they are. Check out this massive hollowbutt tingle

Rob.ck · Mar 7, 2020

Reach said:
How tall are those trees? And what part of the country are you in?

Douglas fir, was roughly 125 ft. Washington state.

Reach · Mar 7, 2020

Rob.ck said:
Douglas fir, was roughly 125 ft. Washington state.

Ok, that makes sense. We have pines that hit 100’ around here, but that’s not real common. 80-90’ is a more common limit in this area.

rico · Mar 7, 2020

CanadianStan said:
It's incredible how resilient they are. Check out this massive hollowbutt tingle

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Some great pics Stan....Everyone here should have the privilege of climbing some big Gums at least once in their life. An absolute pleasure to climb and work with.....

Fear the Mullet! Business in the front, Party in the rear!

JD3000 · Mar 7, 2020

Had a bit of rain. That's where the stage goes for the summer festival...

Reminded me why I put a bog garden here

Rob.ck · Mar 7, 2020

Reach said:
Ok, that makes sense. We have pines that hit 100’ around here, but that’s not real common. 80-90’ is a more common limit in this area.

Where are you located at? The tallest trees are around 220' out here. Highest I've climbed is 190' in an old growth fir.

Rob.ck · Mar 7, 2020

Reach · Mar 7, 2020

Rob.ck said:
Where are you located at? The tallest trees are around 220' out here. Highest I've climbed is 190' in an old growth fir.

Southeast PA, so 120’ is a tall tree here; I’ve never climbed much over 100’ and I’m fine with that.

Rob.ck · Mar 7, 2020

Once I am above 60' I figure it doesn't really matter how much higher I climb, the outcome will be the same if something happens. It does make you a bit more weary of winds and storms though.

JeffGu · Mar 7, 2020

The March winds are here in the midwest US... gusts of about 45 MPH today. I got geared up and went to finish off those elms, but decided to skip today's festivities and rest up and hope the winds die down by tomorrow. I'm not afraid of blowing out of the tree, but I've had enough scary things happen in high winds with the cuts/pieces to know when it's better to just wait another day. There's no hurry on this work, and the trees are within ten feet of the house. I've got a ton of stuff to do that won't require any climbing, so I'll fiddle with that, instead.

Rob.ck · Mar 7, 2020

JeffGu said:
The March winds are here in the midwest US... gusts of about 45 MPH today. I got geared up and went to finish off those elms, but decided to skip today's festivities and rest up and hope the winds die down by tomorrow. I'm not afraid of blowing out of the tree, but I've had enough scary things happen in high winds with the cuts/pieces to know when it's better to just wait another day. There's no hurry on this work, and the trees are within ten feet of the house. I've got a ton of stuff to do that won't require any climbing, so I'll fiddle with that, instead.

Yeah 40+ and I am most likely out depending on the tree. It takes experience and humility to know when to stop!

JeffGu · Mar 8, 2020

Rob.ck said:
...know when to stop!

Well, I'm no production climber, and even when I fire myself for not showing up, I always hire myself back, the next day. I realize that lots of these folks have to work in some pretty miserable conditions, and I understand that. I did that, too, when I was younger. There just isn't any point in doing that, anymore, for me. I'm not going to starve, whether I ever get up into another tree, or not.