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oldirty

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todays pics are of an oak that was leaning heavily towards the back of the house.

a big stud but scared the HO. soooo we got the call to come get it.

another beautiful NE day.

pic of the tree and the players
 
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You do all the climbing and then they make you do the butt cut too? :dizzy:
Your buddies look straight out of prison. :biggrinbounce2:
Nice looking job, shame it had to come down looked healthy by the wood in the trunk. :confused: I think they will miss that beauty a lot.
 
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Good Job!

2 things I see wrong.....
You didnt let the crane pick the butt, and you didnt rent the crane from us! :spam:



Just messing with you. Nice pics, and good work. Not every hinge is 100% straight all the time. :clap:
 
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You do all the climbing and then they make you do the butt cut too? :dizzy:
Your buddies look straight out of prison. :biggrinbounce2:
Nice looking job, shame it had to come down looked healthy by the wood in the trunk. :confused: I think they will miss that beauty a lot.



i try to make as many cuts as possible. i am the one sharpening the saw!


they might look tough Adrpk but once you get to know them. bennieboy does "mean mug" with the best of them though.


it was a nice tree. just leaned the wrong way.


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Good Job!

2 things I see wrong.....
You didnt let the crane pick the butt, and you didnt rent the crane from us! :spam:



Just messing with you. Nice pics, and good work. Not every hinge is 100% straight all the time. :clap:


thanks


believe me man i want to fly on one of them big dogs you guys run.


good eyes on that cut.
 
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I'd be happy with that butt cut.

I shut down for the winter and was wondering about the clean up with all the snow. Do you come back in the spring for a final (clean up any sawdust, etc.) or are you done when you leave?

BTW, good job.
 
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thanks nails and squad.


sure the crane keeps things clean. less cutting.


winter discount probably keeps us busy along with whatever else rolls on in. storm damage and what not.

regarding the cleanup in winter, you might have to go over things twice (and that usually doesnt seem to be enough either) but the HO's understand for the most part. theres snow on the ground! its happened though, call backs for extra cleanup. it never seems to be on any of the jobs ive worked though. i find that rather interesting. lol
 
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yah. there was a drain a couple feet from the front rigger near the garage entrance. he didnt want to over stress the area. L knows his sh!t bigtime. i'd climb off any crane he runs. thats a good feeling on a hairy cut.
1000000000000+ pionts for L:clap: job well done!! great answer to my ? looks like oldirty and the gang killed another:clap:
 
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anyone care to tell me what i messed up on that butt cut?

hey you have to show your mistakes as well. lol


thanks for looking!



oldirty

looks like your back cut was below your bottm cut on your face and looks like you cut all your holding wood off on the right side.
Awesome Takedown!!!!!! Great Job.
 
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looks like your back cut was below your bottm cut on your face and looks like you cut all your holding wood off on the right side.
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yup, for the most part.

i ended up a little lower on the right side of that cut. i dont think i cut through all of the holding wood though. i believe it snapped from the wedging but it still fell true from the proper amount of "hold" from the middle to the left.

i wasnt too happy about that cut. but hey it went where it needed to go.


thanks
 
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looks like your back cut was below your bottm cut on your face and looks like you cut all your holding wood off on the right side.
Awesome Takedown!!!!!! Great Job.

What he said...
Cutting through the hinge is easy to do with a standing stem, no top weight to pull it over, wedges, rope, whatever, done it myself!

Looks like you had fun
 
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