whadja do today?

[tree MDS]

Believe me, I wish I could fit mine in my shop (too tall, a drawback to 4x4), I would gladly do it myself. I grew up around paint and body. Maybe I'll just have the cab and outriggers etc. done while it's all apart, then some weekend this summer plastic off the truck and do the lower boom outside (good enough). I'm already figuring that damn whitewash job is gonna be more work to get rid of than anything... I mean those ####s painted the hoses, everything! Having it rehosed someday is on the list too, so that should fix that... just shoot over the white in green for now I guess.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Hardner in the primer wont hurt anything, I dont think anyway. Will be a mofo if you have to sand the primer though.
Heres mine. I painted it in 3 sections. Dump bed and tool boxes, then bottom section of boom and cab, and then under carraige. It took me a week. Only thing I would do different next time is paint the under carraige first. I had some problems with over spray.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I wish I could fit mine in my shop (too tall, a drawback to 4x4), I would gladly do it myself.

I painted mine outside. You just gotta wait for the dew to dry in the morning. I did it in july when it was around 98 degrees with a heat index over 100. So it tacked off real quick. Got two coats of paint on per day. The prep time is what kills you.

 

[millbilly]

Nice, i like the control cover in diamond plate. Did you paint the entire boom, leaving the inserts unpainted?

 

[tree MDS]

Nice effort 2tree... not so sure about the control cover, but whatever. Looks good!

Black and green are my original colors, so I was thinking of keeping the aspy two tone deal going, just with green instead of orange. I think the black cage, green box, and black accents on the fenders would be sharp as a hell. I got way too much into this truck already, so WTF! lol.

 

[deevo]

Hardner in the primer wont hurt anything, I dont think anyway. Will be a mofo if you have to sand the primer though.
Heres mine. I painted it in 3 sections. Dump bed and tool boxes, then bottom section of boom and cab, and then under carraige. It took me a week. Only thing I would do different next time is paint the under carraige first. I had some problems with over spray.

Good job, I like your control box cover as well! I was running the same truck last year and you for sure want a bit of extra protection there. You nailed that one! Good job on the paint as well! I want to get my chipper painted this spring, needs a sand blasting first though.

 

[jefflovstrom]

We did a shopping center in Chula Vista that had been neglected for year's. I hate to take more than 20% to 30%.
The new owners wanted a 50% reduction as to see the shops and signage.
Un-like most shopping center's here, we did no topping or reduction.
We did how-ever go 50%.
I think we did good. We gave maximum exposure and a 3 year plan.
Jeff

30 Ficus rubiginosa tree's surrounding the property.
Jeff

 

[Paul@Arborworks]

Hmmmmm....sat around studied for my upcoming ISA exam, currently on my off season(too much snow=no jobs) made up a new equipment list since we've lost 1 MS200 , 1 MS362 and a MS260 ......its been a great year :/ so hopefully we wont loose/misplace/stolen any more saws next season.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Hmmmmm....sat around studied for my upcoming ISA exam, currently on my off season(too much snow=no jobs) made up a new equipment list since we've lost 1 MS200 , 1 MS362 and a MS260 ......its been a great year :/ so hopefully we wont loose/misplace/stolen any more saws next season.

Maybe you should equipt your saw's with GPS, just saying.
Jeff

 

[2treeornot2tree]

The truck came with no cover over the hydrolics, and I didnt want to pay what Altec wanted for a cover. The diamond plate only cost me $40 and that was with the 90 degree bends in it. All I had to do was cut out where my aux hydrolics come out the side.

 

[Toddppm]

We did a shopping center in Chula Vista that had been neglected for year's. I hate to take more than 20% to 30%.
The new owners wanted a 50% reduction as to see the shops and signage.
Un-like most shopping center's here, we did no topping or reduction.
We did how-ever go 50%.
I think we did good. We gave maximum exposure and a 3 year plan.
Jeff

30 Ficus rubiginosa tree's surrounding the property.
Jeff

You found an owner with a couple brain cells that let you do it right? There's been a company here getting a bunch of shopping centers lately all around, lollipopping every tree in sight. I wish I could find out how he got in contact with so many shopping center owners so I could try to talk some sense in to those people. How can they have so much money and so little brain?

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Spliced up a lanyard today.

 

[Toddppm]

We got to work at a place with a view for once. Had to travel 2.5 hrs 1 way to do it though. Cleared some trees off the bank and took some others down, ground a bunch of stumps.
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[Nailsbeats]

Awesome view and property, and one heck of a drive.

 

[Bomber]

We got to work at a place with a view for once. Had to travel 2.5 hrs 1 way to do it though. Cleared some trees off the bank and took some others down, ground a bunch of stumps.
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Couldn't talk the homeowner into having you install a zipline from the deck to the river?

 

[bootboy]

Nothing tree related... but I skied the first powder turns of the season after six weeks of literally no snow. And got to throw the first bombs of avalanche control this season. Powder skiing and explosives, mmmmmm.....now I just need to cut down a tree and eat a can of kippered herring and it will be the perfect day!

 

[Toddppm]

Couldn't talk the homeowner into having you install a zipline from the deck to the river?

Be a good idea and a chair lift to bring you back up, it' steep!

 

[bootboy]

Mmmmmm..... Chairlift...

 

[treemandan]

My wife bought me a tig welder for Christmas so I chopped up some old bars and welded them together. The chain's welded in place. I'm going to mount it on top of my business sign as soon as I find a junk saw head.
Phil

I used to cut a circular saw blade in half and use it as a hood ornament and was thinking of now doing it with an old bar and chain.

 

[arborpros]

We did a shopping center in Chula Vista that had been neglected for year's. I hate to take more than 20% to 30%.
The new owners wanted a 50% reduction as to see the shops and signage.
Un-like most shopping center's here, we did no topping or reduction.
We did how-ever go 50%.
I think we did good. We gave maximum exposure and a 3 year plan.
Jeff

30 Ficus rubiginosa tree's surrounding the property.
Jeff

I have to say that is a very clean reduction. I rarely take more than 25% of the crown but what your company did there is really a great job. Looks clean and evenly pruned. The before pic, the tree did not look like it had been touched. The tree obviously needed it. Good job.