Work Photos

Thanks rico! That last photo I wasn’t the climber, but here’s another photo from that job. Took everything our log truck and a 90 ton crane had to get it in there! And in that coffee break photo of yours, how big a top you blow out of that? The scale of those trees blows my mind 5574053F-190F-4DE6-B9D4-5B668D0535A0.webp
 
Another killer pic CjM! That is a big hunk of wood.
It was a long time ago, but I believe I took about a 110 ft. top.
 
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Monday's crane job. I actually carried my phone with me while hooked into the crane for once so I snapped a picture looking down.

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This was a relatively small dead maple tree but as you can see it's surrounded by brick work that the home owner didn't want damaged.

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Crane was parked out front but the tree was in the back yard. Had to set pieces down in the street.

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rico said:
Redwoods and Cedars feel very similar cutting wise.
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I figured as much, seems there’d both be soft with nasty saw dust. Hingewood about the same. Bark almost identical, strandy and thick, the wood is a lovely dark red though, cedars vary in wood tone a bit.
What is the main market for them? Is it mostly decks and gazebos? Maybe siding? And fences? Not much structural stuff being done with Red Cedars up here. Most of the big cedar pumpkins we don’t cut anymore ever since California shut down the use of shake wood. I hear there has been a resurgence as of late? But sad to say, the big old stogies are getting harder to find. Much of the access is all severely overgrown and we almost always have to sling out below a copter. So I’m glad that’s behind me, it was fun as a young man, but I’m mid 50s now and goofing up and down devils club infested North slopes is getting pretty hard! Still love seeing the big ones though.
 
This is where i had to rappel out of the bucket yesterday after the pto broke. And todays big crane job got shut down because we didnt have a permit.
Awesome week.
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kellytrimming said:
I am sick to death of doing Cottonwoods. Pretty much now I only do them for friends and family. They are high risk, lots of man hours, high disposal fees, and barely profitable. Lowering device is standard portawrap with arborplex.
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Dude! I can so attest to that! This lake area in the Shuswap is infested with BIG and I mean BIG assed AC of the black variety! Very much not uncommon to see them 150' plus and 4 to 5 feet at the stump! I hate the thought of even having to bid on them!
 
There's no "work photos while on vacation" thread, lol.

First group of pics: Do you ever go on vacation with your rec climb/pruning kit and end up doing a removal with your girlfriend running ropes? It's great. Power and comm lines on two sides, sketchy wood shingle shed next to power lines on one side, and a half-imagined slot on the driveway between a box elder and some other small tree. This was my first encounter with what I'm told was a Siberian elm. I broke a twig on the box elder while rolling a few 4" branches away from the power line and down the shed roof. I'll admit I had a lot of fun. Who wants to play "find the irregularities"? This job was chock full of them.

Next photos are of my fir tree free climb to 40' (got pitch on my shorts, but worth it since there are no firs in Florida!) and early season bracken fern.

Last photos are some pruning from this afternoon. Restored the box elder crown with storm damage and droopy branches from being over-raised. Removed a houseward leader from the small walnut that got hit hard during a cold spell 8 years ago. Also deadwooded some suckers, subordinated some branches, and did a light reduction to balance the shape for aesthetic appeal. I could not access one leader to reduce it - ladder was to low, wood was too small/sketchy to climb, and I could not pull a long reach pruner out of my sorting hat. Kept getting that damn sword...
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colb said:
There's no "work photos while on vacation" thread, lol.

First group of pics: Do you ever go on vacation with your rec climb/pruning kit and end up doing a removal with your girlfriend running ropes? It's great. Power and comm lines on two sides, sketchy wood shingle shed next to power lines on one side, and a half-imagined slot on the driveway between a box elder and some other small tree. This was my first encounter with what I'm told was a Siberian elm. I broke a twig on the box elder while rolling a few 4" branches away from the power line and down the shed roof. I'll admit I had a lot of fun. Who wants to play "find the irregularities"? This job was chock full of them.

Next photos are of my fir tree free climb to 40' (got pitch on my shorts, but worth it since there are no firs in Florida!) and early season bracken fern.

Last photos are some pruning from this afternoon. Restored the box elder crown with storm damage and droopy branches from being over-raised. Removed a houseward leader from the small walnut that got hit hard during a cold spell 8 years ago. Also deadwooded some suckers, subordinated some branches, and did a light reduction to balance the shape for aesthetic appeal. I could not access one leader to reduce it - ladder was to low, wood was too small/sketchy to climb, and I could not pull a long reach pruner out of my sorting hat. Kept getting that damn sword...
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I always take my climbing gear when on vacation.
 
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