Work Photos

deevo · Jul 20, 2016

Steve Connally said:
Devon. I need to immigrate to Canada. You've got quite the client base.

Well you said you wanted a work Trip!!! This storm has brought in some real brain crunchers ! Especially on our lake! No crane or lift access and some nasty nasty ones to deal with !

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deevo · Jul 20, 2016

Jeff said:
No, no, no! If the homeowner hired some fly-by-night tree hack to get it down, and their cheapo guy quit halfway thru, then they're stuck with it! "We don't risk our lives to clean up other people's disasters!" Next time, tell them to hire the professionals at Sugarbush first, get it done correctly, and leave Mr. Beaver sitting in his lodge!

Never had to deal with a still standing beaver tree before. Be safe!

Yeah it's a dandy! There's a few ways of going about it! I'll take pics !!! Might be a week or 2 away until we touch it

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cbachmann · Jul 20, 2016

Steve Connally said:
Wholly crap. Cant believe you climbed that thing. It's more than dead!

Brass balls, @Drewtree, though I've occasionally confused those with brains. Good work getting it done safely.

deevo · Jul 20, 2016

Levi.CO said:
Nice, Devon. Amazing setting there, I never get tired of seeing your work photos.

Thanks ! Well only water we will be seeing tomorrow is the pine getting hoisted over a pool! Have to hoist a big white pine and some crappy poplars out of a backyard tomorrow over a pool with the 75 ton crane . Back to the lake Thursday for a long time !!!!

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cbachmann · Jul 20, 2016

Had the chance to prune the biggest Pin Oak in Seattle today (110' ish). Fun to do a big climb that's not a removal. The view was nice, too.

Weird thing... The deadwood and even smaller live limbs were super brittle. Seemed very unusual for an Oak. Any ideas?

Drewtree · Jul 20, 2016

cbachmann said:
Brass balls, @Drewtree, though I've occasionally confused those with brains. Good work getting it done safely.

I still haven't figured out which one it is, thanks though!

With dead stuff I just hand bomb anything I can, small pieces.

Drewtree · Jul 20, 2016

cbachmann said:
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Had the chance to prune the biggest Pin Oak in Seattle today (110' ish). Fun to do a big climb that's not a removal. The view was nice, too.

Weird thing... The deadwood and even smaller live limbs were super brittle. Seemed very unusual for an Oak. Any ideas?

Looks like a fun job! Maybe drought for the brittle limbs?

Tree-Taylor · Jul 20, 2016

A buddy of mine is getting married in September at his parents' property. I spent a half day deadwooding a couple of red maples and finished the day in this willow. Beauty tree. Second time up in it, it's been about 8 years since I first climbed it.

Drewtree · Jul 20, 2016

therianclimber said:
A buddy of mine is getting married in September at his parents' property. I spent a half day deadwooding a couple of red maples and finished the day in this willow. Beauty tree. Second time up in it, it's been about 8 years since I first climbed it.

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Wowwwwww

Drewtree · Jul 20, 2016

While not technically dead, this is the scariest hazard tree removal I've done. Big nasty Manitoba with what appears to be absolutely NOTHING holding it up anymore. Zero wood remaining on the tension side, and probably 80% of the stump no longer existed. That's a 5 foot rock bar that I couldn't find bottom with.

Steve Connally · Jul 20, 2016

You sir are insane

JeffGu · Jul 20, 2016

I can almost smell the rotting wood from here, @Drewtree... damn...

Mónica MH · Jul 20, 2016

sherwood7 said:
This is me trimming out the masters tree at the Mexico comp
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Saludos desde México!!

Tree-Taylor · Jul 20, 2016

Drewtree said:
Wowwwwww

He called me two days later, after one of those crazy thunderstorms we've been getting lately. There are two big hangers waiting for me.

He's a horticulturist at a public gardens and his parents planted the trees when their kids were born. Apparently his mum prays to the trees every morning.

Best wedding present ever. Hahahaha

Tree-Taylor · Jul 20, 2016

Drewtree said:
While not technically dead, this is the scariest hazard tree removal I've done. Big nasty Manitoba with what appears to be absolutely NOTHING holding it up anymore. Zero wood remaining on the tension side, and probably 80% of the stump no longer existed. That's a 5 foot rock bar that I couldn't find bottom with.

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Dude that's nuts. I'm no stranger to sketchy elm or ash but Manies stand alone. I bet you were glad to hit the ground.

Drewtree · Jul 20, 2016

therianclimber said:
Dude that's nuts. I'm no stranger to sketchy elm or ash but Manies stand alone. I bet you were glad to hit the ground.

I knew it was a bad one, but I didn't realize how bad until I saw the stump cut to grade, had you been able to show me that photo from the future I may have not accepted the job. I probed it to estimate remaining wall thickness in the trunk but even with those numbers it's hard to really grasp the severity of the decay until you see it after the fact.

DTS · Jul 20, 2016

Do an estimate weeks ago to remove 3 locust trees empty lot easy drop and chip job. But no let's put in a foundation, a fence and dig a large Ditch in the way then call the tree guy and say I need it done asap go figure.

deevo · Jul 20, 2016

Had the big girl out today

Mike aka Oroboros climbing

One sling, one pickers on these poplars !

All done by 11. 2 loads of logs and one load of chips

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Gorman · Jul 20, 2016

DTS said:
View attachment 38848 View attachment 38849 Do an estimate weeks ago to remove 3 locust trees empty lot easy drop and chip job. But no let's put in a foundation, a fence and dig a large Ditch in the way then call the tree guy and say I need it done asap go figure.

I hope your charged more that what you quoted.