Work Photos

[Winchman]

I got permission to work on this but then decided not to. I did make a climb to look around, but I couldn't find a TIP that would put me in a position to lighten the limbs much before cutting them, and they were just too big (for me) to drop in one piece. There was nothing close by to use for rigging points or a speed line. Definitely a job for someone with a lift or crane.

I couldn't see anything to explain why so much of the tree had died while the rest looked just fine.

 

[Matias]

I got permission to work on this but then decided not to. I did make a climb to look around, but I couldn't find a TIP that would put me in a position to lighten the limbs much before cutting them, and they were just too big (for me) to drop in one piece. There was nothing close by to use for rigging points or a speed line. Definitely a job for someone with a lift or crane.
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I couldn't see anything to explain why so much of the tree had died while the rest looked just fine.

Good call man. I would let them know that if they want it done for less money, deal with it sooner than later. I'd still climb that but not in two years.

 

[davidwyby]

I got permission to work on this but then decided not to. I did make a climb to look around, but I couldn't find a TIP that would put me in a position to lighten the limbs much before cutting them, and they were just too big (for me) to drop in one piece. There was nothing close by to use for rigging points or a speed line. Definitely a job for someone with a lift or crane.
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I couldn't see anything to explain why so much of the tree had died while the rest looked just fine.

Pretty sure the one I did yest was black sooty canker. Didn’t know it got in pines. Usually see it in Indian laurel.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Neill]

Looks like a long day. Is that the steering column?

 

[davidwyby]

Looks like a long day. Is that the steering column?

Two short days after work. Should have been 1. That tele makes quick work….when it works. That’s the forward/reverse selector. Had to disassemble, clean, bend contacts twice. New is $803. Aftermarket $500. None in stock local so field fix.

 

[Neill]

I hope it holds up for you, how do you load small brush with just the forks?
I’d imagine it would be easy for things to fall off and leave a breadcrumb trail

 

[davidwyby]

I hope it holds up for you, how do you load small brush with just the forks?
I’d imagine it would be easy for things to fall off and leave a breadcrumb trail

Larger pieces on the bottom working smaller as you pile. Shake it a little before moving to drop loose bits. Landscaper will do final cleanup.

 

[Matias]

Larger pieces on the bottom working smaller as you pile. Shake it a little before moving to drop loose bits. Landscaper will do final cleanup.

I know how much people appreciate a tidy cleanup, but I know a lot of landscapers that will do the final cleanup for much less than I will. It doesn't seem to me to be that big of a deal.

 

[ClimbingTN]

Poor white pine. It’s hacked and broken from the ice storm. Client wanted it cleaned up. I already cut one down last year and trimmed another. I’ll be curious to see how or if it recovers.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[27RMT0N]

Those little forklift tires don't sink into the ground lifting wood that size?

 

[Treetopflyer]

From the deserts out west tuning in here from to the snow canes of the northeast.. we have removed all brush at this point and were lifting with loader and crane a bit to get some bracing under the tree before we made the Final Cut with pressure that was poked into the roof on this up rooted scarlet oak. We were pretty sure it wasn’t going to move much more but wanted to be certain it wasn’t gonna dig deeper into the roof . Wasn’t a very large tree so that was a bonus

 

[davidwyby]

Those little forklift tires don't sink into the ground lifting wood that size?

I get that a lot. The desert is a funny place. The middle of the valley is a flat silt outflow from the carving of the grand canyon, agriculture. Not rocky and sandy like the surrounding "wild" desert. If it's wet, it's sticky grease, horrible. If it's loose, you will get stuck. If it gets wet and packed, it's concrete. That was in between. Mind your driving, steering angle and throttle, and you won't get stuck. More chance of getting stuck when unloaded because the steer axle has the small tires and counterweight. I run off the hardpack and jam under the log and lift it. If I get it right, and I usually do (lots of exp with forklifts in the shop yard) I lift and drive out. Now that log I was in a low spot from a small tractor digging dirt away from the trunk so I could cut the rootball off. That forklift is getting tired and couldn’t heave its 9,000lb self plus the 6,000 lb log up out of the hole, so it got an assist from an ole Cummins dodge. Rare I have to pull one.