Work Photos

[Steve Connally]

If you do go see StihlMadd for a little work, maybe I’ll join you. That dude scares me, so it’s probably best if you have a little backup, just in case. Strength in numbers bro!

Let’s do it!!

 

[Stihlmadd]

Someday you should come to geezers Mate

Yah Steve - I reckon I have a sufficient amount of grey hair now to qualify as an offical Geezer.

 

[Stihlmadd]

If you do go see StihlMadd for a little work, maybe I’ll join you. That dude scares me, so it’s probably best if you have a little backup, just in case. Strength in numbers bro!

come on down Rico - under that is...
to the bottom of the arse end of the world where Dropbears are eager to meet you.

 

[skygear]

@rico

sub #101 for you.

 

[deevo]

Man someday its gonna happen. I'm retiring from the fire department in 2019 so if I can get through my truck issues and rebuild my reserve I'm gonna do it.!

Then you’ll have time for a Paid vacation to the great white north playing with my crane and run my new one when it’s built!

 

[Steve Connally]

Then you’ll have time for a Paid vacation to the great white north playing with my crane and run my new one when it’s built!

Keep saying that and I’ll have to actually get a passport. When is it supposed to be done?

 

[chiselbit]

todays job

 

[chiselbit]

 

[chiselbit]

 

[southsoundtree]

hemlock

 

[deevo]

Keep saying that and I’ll have to actually get a passport. When is it supposed to be done?

Likely not til August at the earliest. Maybe get your passport for next fall or swim across like @fall_risk lol

 

[deevo]

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That’s a beast! Nice job, surprised that Crane was mid spanned on the roadside outriggers ( it’s what it looked like in the pic) for a tree that size, I know traffic needs to flow. Looked like a fun job

 

[rico]

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Killer pic chiselbit! I nominate this for picture of the year here at Treebuzz. Location, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[chiselbit]

Highway 50 in Strawberry. It was a caltrans job and they decided to leave it at about 60’. They were trying to appease the sentimental property owners and still mitigate the threat. Tree is over 8’ dbh with a big cat face. I was just the hired gun and not involved in the decision making process. Traffic was unpleasant, stressed me out as the tree was full of dead limbs hanging in the branches, sheets of bark ready to peel out, I just held very still when traffic was moving and shut them down whenever I had to move or cut.

 

[chiselbit]

That’s a beast! Nice job, surprised that Crane was mid spanned on the roadside outriggers ( it’s what it looked like in the pic) for a tree that size, I know traffic needs to flow. Looked like a fun job

Deevo, you may be right regarding the outriggers. I’m not sure. I work with that crane and operator a lot, he’s an excellent operator so I’m sure he had a good reason. I know we had snow and ice and a down slope on the tree side so maybe that was as far over as he could get with that side fully extended and had to, what do you crane operators call it? “Short jack” it? on the the highway side so traffic could get around.

 

[southsoundtree]

Thought that looked like Tahoe area. Fantastic shot.

I used to live there, before my move to the PNW.

 

[southsoundtree]

Hemlock removal


If the scale is hard to read, the already-wonky fence is a micro dog fence. 2'+ tall, partially buried in Duff.

These hemlock homeowners were sitting out back watching a storm, years back, when their hair stood on end, and the neighbors' Doug-fir in the background was struck by lightning.

The hemlock had three tops. The last aerial picture shows were the two tops landed, together. I'd had the tray folded up. Some plywood was used to protect the radiator area and controls. The rest of the chipper is steel, and doesn't care much if a branch accidentally bangs it.

 

[deevo]

Deevo, you may be right regarding the outriggers. I’m not sure. I work with that crane and operator a lot, he’s an excellent operator so I’m sure he had a good reason. I know we had snow and ice and a down slope on the tree side so maybe that was as far over as he could get with that side fully extended and had to, what do you crane operators call it? “Short jack” it? on the the highway side so traffic could get around.

Yep, no we do it often as well so one lane of traffic can pass. But we don’t have big trees like that here! Ha ha

 

[evo]

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That Crane and midget make that toothpick look like a tree.

 

[chiselbit]

Hemlock removal


If the scale is hard to read, the already-wonky fence is a micro dog fence. 2'+ tall, partially buried in Duff.

These hemlock homeowners were sitting out back watching a storm, years back, when their hair stood on end, and the neighbors' Doug-fir in the background was struck by lightning.

The hemlock had three tops. The last aerial picture shows were the two tops landed, together. I'd had the tray folded up. Some plywood was used to protect the radiator area and controls. The rest of the chipper is steel, and doesn't care much if a branch accidentally bangs it.View attachment 55958View attachment 55959View attachment 55960View attachment 55961View attachment 55962View attachment 55963View attachment 55964

Is that segmented trunk pretty typical for the species? Doesn’t look like much fun to fall, more like 3 seperate trees with the tops twisted together.