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  1. scottbaker

    Master Sawyer Needed-Urban Hardwoods- Seattle

    Hey all you wood weirdo's! My friend Dave Hunzicker need to replace a master sawyer who is retiring. This business Urban Hardwoods has recently come under new ownership. The job is one of a kind for the right person. Outdoors and mostly by yourself. Amazing wood every day...
  2. scottbaker

    Master Sawyer Needed-Urban Hardwoods - Seattle

    Hey all you wood weirdo's! My friend Dave Hunzicker need to replace a master sawyer who is retiring. This business Urban Hardwoods has recently come under new ownership. The job is one of a kind for the right person. Outdoors and mostly by yourself. Amazing wood every day...
  3. scottbaker

    Tree Service Fatality in WA State

    Yet another sad news item from Kitsap County WA. A crane was involved...few details at this time. Tree Service Worker Dies After Fall on Rocky Point » Kitsap Sun
  4. scottbaker

    60+ Foot Swing

    Moss... The trigger is optional ...for weenies...the handhold method has a plus....free chiropractic adjustment. When you let go you fall free for some distance before the rope catches you and yes...harnessed (Out n About uses New Tribe) and clipped in and high enough off ground so that even...
  5. scottbaker

    60+ Foot Swing

    Here is a link to another very wild swing built by Michael Garnier the Tree Houser. I rode it once...Yikes! You get pulled up to the start by a madman in a golf cart! I heard that he saw a similar swing in Costa Rica... http://www.treehouses.com/ (link to swing video is on main page.)...
  6. scottbaker

    Have you guys heard this one?

    Out here in Seattle the wood salvage market has changed...there is actually some demand for wood for artisan wood workers...especially any kind of hardwood or unusual wood. They love decay as long as its early stage. One of my several contacts who buys or scavenges this kind of wood has told...
  7. scottbaker

    How to mount solar panels in treetops?

    Hey Treecharger, I hung my first PV in a tree many years ago. In my early days Mark James and I had a contract with a local electronics company and we did TV antenna's for them once or twice as month for a day...we went house to house topping and bolting the antenna's to the tree...still...
  8. scottbaker

    opinion on hazard tree assessment

    My two bits = Follow the protocol from the new ISA WCB Risk Assessor. Help the client make the management decision. A quick test with a Resistograph will reveal the extent of the crack. IMO likely to be shallow crack. A shear crack (showing on both sides) is bigger issue. Cracks are...
  9. scottbaker

    $ Value On Trees

    Your loss sounds significant if the trees are on private property. There are accepted methods of valuation of damaged trees and landscape. I suggest you call a consulting arborist in your area who has experience with appraisal. I think an ASCA member or RCA would be your best bet. An...
  10. scottbaker

    My recent close call...flight to the ground!

    Thanks all of you for feed back and good wishes.. I am glad I posted my story. The blowing out breath thing...as I undersand it...is that it is better to hit while chest cavity is deflated rather than inflated. Does that really make sense? I don't know. Scott
  11. scottbaker

    My recent close call...flight to the ground!

    I have been dithering about posting my story. Thanks to Tom D. and others for encouraging me. In November 2007 I fell 20' to the ground from a big willow. Made a bad error and was very lucky to come out as I did. If you want to read my story and laugh learn or cuss me out...its attached...
  12. scottbaker

    arborists vs. rec climbers

    I'm with jomoco! A great comment. I often quote my friend the late John Britton who said that "tree pruning is for people...not for trees" IMO he was correct and I know of no exceptions. On that note...I hope that anyone climbing a wild tree is not leaving saw cuts to remove a dangerous...
  13. scottbaker

    Art of Arborsculpture: who offers it, knows how to do it?

    MD and all Richard Reames down in Southern Oregon is the resource on Arbor sculpture. His web site at www.arborsmith.com is awesome. Richard Reames [[email protected]] Good luck and please post some pictures when you've grown a cool one! Scott
  14. scottbaker

    Tour des Trees 2007

    Hey all you Arborist site members and lurkers! The TREE Fund signature event is only a few weeks away. This is the 16th year that Tour des Trees has rolled out into the countryside! On July 20th 85 riders will set out on a 550+ mile ride through California. This event is no vacation. Each...
  15. scottbaker

    scratched cornea

    Back in the early 70's I worked in NY in my hometown. I had got a pair of safety glasses with side screens. The other guys teased me about them mercilessly. One day despite having glasses on, I a twig got under and into my eye. I cleared it and carrried on with an irritated eye. That night...
  16. scottbaker

    Intresting Trees

    Hey, The pictures are of a group of famous trees that were created by a fellow named Axel Earlandson. He began in the 1920's and eventually had his own theme park "The Tree Circus". The best of his work is now in a theme park in Califiornia. All of the trees were created by grafting...
  17. scottbaker

    Seattle Consulting Co needs help.

    My company Tree Solutions Inc. in Seattle WA has an opening for a: Consulting Arborist Support/Office Assistant Contact us at [email protected] for a job description. Email responses only please.
  18. scottbaker

    Free climbing

    I love to climb trees without any gear. I have been enjoying this kind of climbing since I was a kid. I still do it often and have favorite trees around here where I will sometimes go hang out or make phone calls. My first rope was given to me by a contractor working for my folks. My friend...
  19. scottbaker

    Fall from ladder injures Seattle arborist

    Another accident for us all to ponder. This excerpted from emails sent to a buch of local arborists who are freindly with the injured climber: "Kurt Fickeisen of Symbiosis Tree Care was injured , June 20th, when he fell off a ladder. His ground man, Alex, was working nearby and noticed that...
  20. scottbaker

    School Auction Climb in Seattle

    Hey all you rec climbers... I thought you would enjoy hearing about a recent climb. My son Carson (16) and I donated it to his schools "Experience Catalog" a fund raising alternative to an auction where folks donate experiences and others purchase them...a great idea. A father and a...
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