I can think of a time or two that I wish I had forgot to hit the send button. True too with a few of the trees I have cut. Ron
Falling pics 11/25/09
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RandyMac
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Just cloak yourself in hi-vis and hack away.
With a hard hat, clip board, and hi vis no one will question anything. If they do hand them a business card and they will procede to **** off
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Hey Northy- do country DJs know that you're an outlaw?
1270d
ArboristSite Guru
Good one, got me whistling, which no one but me appreciates.
yer askin the wrong man man... cuntree and westurn makes me want to fly and kill... mostly kill...
I was talking with the client on today, he mentioned that last year our so he had paid $1000 for one tree to be removed and one to be windsailed. Meanwhile, they got their first check from the mill yesterday, its for more then 1000... and I got rid of like 20 trees, and they have another check on the way.
Arborists have their place, and doing the single tree crap I will leave to them, but yer right many of them only have one idea on taking a tree down, and thats climb it and chunk it, wasting all the wood that could go to the mill.
A year or so ago a local mega church, had 6-7 big ceders and firs taken down, they hired an arborist/tree service, that proceeded to chunk everything and leave about 9 cord of firewood behind... would have made a dandy log load but no... instead the firewood chunks where there for at least another 6 months...
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
I'm on the men's annual spring fishing trip right now. Lots of Coe, cash, Haggard, Jennings, going down with a lot of beer and whiskey. I bet I'm not too far from you. Boulder junction area.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Let me see what I can remember-
Country DJs know that I'm an outlaw
They'd never come to see me in this dive.
Where bikers stare at cowboys who are laughing at the hippies who are praying they'll get out of here alive.
The loudmouth in the corner is gettin too mean.
Talkin bout my earrings and my hair.
I guess that he ain't read the signs that say I been to prison.
Someone oughta warn him fore I knock him off his chair.
Cuz my long hair just can't cover up my red neck.
I've won every fight I've ever fought.
I don't need some turkey telling me that I ain't country.
And I ain't worth the damned ole ticket that he bought.
But I can sing all them songs about Texas.
And I still do all the sad ones that I know.
They tell me I look like Merle Haggard
And sound a lot like David Allen coe.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
I think arborists pay themselves way too much. I cut 20 dead ash for a guy who has his kids in my kids school. He was qouted 10k. He was told they all would have to be climbed, etc. In 3.5 hours I had them all down and cut into firewood rounds. I charged him $1000 and I felt guilty about that. The guy gives me a huge smile and handshake Everytime I see him at school functions. Last week I made 1000 bucks after logging hours just flopping trees. For the 7 trees I did at various landowners the qoutes totaled around 5k. I think it's just silly money they throw around. I don't clean up a thing on these. Just a hired saw. The qoutes were not for cleanup either. Just on the ground. The biggest removal they were going to bring a crane in over the house to bring it down. Here's what I did. Big new houses on either side of this tight lake lot. The bigger stump was around 40". Landowner chunked it up and dragged it up the hill with his skid loader. I was there about 30 minutes. Actual work time less then ten. No ropes. Just know how. I qouted him 300 he gave me $400.
David alan coe... i thought you was talkin young cuntree..
To be fair tree service guys spend most of their time on cleanup, though not every ****ing tree needs climbed and chuncked.
They also have to justify all that fancy gear and equipment, meanwhile us dumb loggers just need a beat up crummy a couple saws and $30 in wedges... maybe just maybe a bottle jack.
Granted fer close work i like the security of a pull line but only when necessary
InfiniteJest
ArboristSite Operative
A LEGEND IN MY OWN MIND – a little Saturday levity for my logger friends.
All this talk about hazard cutting has inspired me to share in the continued absence of Jon.
Ultra hazard widow maker created after uprooting and tossing a dead snag into an adjacent dead tree while mowing the front yard.
Line in tree or mechanical assist? Nah, just went with my patented thick odd but nicely tapered hinge with sloppy combo Humboldt and conventional face cut commonly referred to in scholarly papers as the PTOBNTHWSCH&C cut. Many in the business simply refer to it as a POS cut. I have yet to collect any royalties - nor do I know why it hasn't yet become an industry standard. Ahead of the times I suppose.
Perfect fall with widow maker still intact.
Obligatory stump shot. Used the forwarder to pull it off the stump. I tell you the PTOBNTHWSCH&C cut is one fine universal cut. Just reverse the taper if you want to unintentionally swing the opposite way. Confidentially, I'm working on version 2 for those unusual situations where swing matters - just needs a little more tuning.
Forwarder with full pulp load.
Got to get back at it - lost an idler and the grass is growing.
Ron
All this talk about hazard cutting has inspired me to share in the continued absence of Jon.
Ultra hazard widow maker created after uprooting and tossing a dead snag into an adjacent dead tree while mowing the front yard.
Line in tree or mechanical assist? Nah, just went with my patented thick odd but nicely tapered hinge with sloppy combo Humboldt and conventional face cut commonly referred to in scholarly papers as the PTOBNTHWSCH&C cut. Many in the business simply refer to it as a POS cut. I have yet to collect any royalties - nor do I know why it hasn't yet become an industry standard. Ahead of the times I suppose.
Perfect fall with widow maker still intact.
Obligatory stump shot. Used the forwarder to pull it off the stump. I tell you the PTOBNTHWSCH&C cut is one fine universal cut. Just reverse the taper if you want to unintentionally swing the opposite way. Confidentially, I'm working on version 2 for those unusual situations where swing matters - just needs a little more tuning.
Forwarder with full pulp load.
Got to get back at it - lost an idler and the grass is growing.
Ron
DRUGS!
Just bored. Cut a few trash cherry trees, an unidentified dead hardwood and the dogwood this a.m. Mower is broke. A couple unique JD parts are AWOL. Only bonus is it is cooler inside. Ron
?? must be ! ifin it were not that big, I might consider it with the 390xp and a 48" bar on a second thinking...
Skeans
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You can make fun of west coast boys but how many of have fell big long timber?
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Skeans
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A little of what this spring as left us in the PNW to get ripped out by a shovel before falling on a line with the jacks.
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