A new thread for oldies.....Check in if you remember when.....

[l2edneck]

I had time to troll this site.......

 

[ozzy42]

I had time to troll this site.......

I'll bite.
I remember when tree work used to be highly profitable.
Will await your reply with your 1000th. Congrats in advance.

 

[RAG66]

I catch the eye from customers all the time when I tell them tree service prices have not increased much in 20 years. I do remember the late 80's when the money we made was quite good!

 

[beastmaster]

I remember when saws didn't have brakes or compression releases, and three strand rope was acceptable to use as a climbing line. You had to be a man back then to start a 064 or 084 up in a tree.

 

[SquirrelMan]

I remember when a false crotch was something you accidentally brought home from a bar..

 

[dumbarky]

I remember when we used old army 2.5 tons for skidders. And my dad had a side loader instead of a knuck boom. Early 80's logging. No diesel engine trucks. School bus gasoline engines were worth something back then.

 

[peetar]

The way I was taught in the late 80's was as such:

1. Smoke a doobie pre-flight ( the bigger/ nastier the tree, the more you smoked).

2. Free climb until your a crotch below your TIP.

3. Feel free to throw dull/ hard starting saws from 50 ft.

4. Climber takes a "smoke brake" and rolls his rope before helping chip.

5. Rinse repeat.

 

[RAG66]

I remember when saws didn't have brakes or compression releases, and three strand rope was acceptable to use as a climbing line. You had to be a man back then to start a 064 or 084 up in a tree.

I have an 084 with a 40" bar. I have had it in the tree two times about 20 feet up. No room for a log so I had to chunk it down. I do not take those jobs on any more I have nothing to prove....

 

[beastmaster]

I have an 084 with a 40" bar. I have had it in the tree two times about 20 feet up. No room for a log so I had to chunk it down. I do not take those jobs on any more I have nothing to prove....

I said I remember them, don't think I would want to start or use a 084 in a tree anymore either, But back in the day.............

 

[Oldmaple]

Three strand manilla rope (1/2") was standard issue for climbing, 5/8" manilla for bull rope and OSHA acceptable. Three points of contact for climbing was accepted by OSHA. Homelite Super XL 925 was a mean saw (still have one in a 5 gallon bucket in the barn). You had to sweat thru the uppers on your boots before you could say it was a hot day. Spray pesticides on all trees and shrubs when you went on a property, whether they needed it or not. I'm old so I'll probably think of more.

 

[RAG66]

Wow some of the stuff we are getting is sounding like normal everyday for me. I just gave one of my ground guys a Yale maxi-flip and macro grab. He was using a manila wire core with a prussic. I started with a wire core manila knotted through the D ring. Not even a real knot just a slipper through the D ring... Even today I rarely tie in more than a flip line unless my old bones need the extra stability. I am awakened to the fact I am actually getting older and there are people who are better than me....:msp_mellow:

 

[epicklein22]

The way I was taught in the late 80's was as such:

1. Smoke a doobie pre-flight ( the bigger/ nastier the tree, the more you smoked).

2. Free climb until your a crotch below your TIP.

3. Feel free to throw dull/ hard starting saws from 50 ft.

4. Climber takes a "smoke brake" and rolls his rope before helping chip.

5. Rinse repeat.

Haha, I think that still applies at a lot of companies today.

 

[treemandan]

I saw a wooden pole saw once.:msp_ohmy:

I wasn't able to use it because I was afraid a splinter might tear my rubber coated gloves.

 

[RandyMac]

you could buy 1/2" chisel off a roll at any sawshop.

 

[beastmaster]

All they had were loud chuck and dive chippers. I applause the man who invented the self feed for chippers!

 

[sgreanbeans]

020t and 056, course that was old for me, that might be still new to some of you elders!

 

[treeclimber101]

When I had a full time job , and would work weekends and make my paycheck in less then a day , and think wow I should do this full time I will be a millionaire quick , shah yea right !

 

[Treetom]

Bailey's sold woodsman supplies out of Jackson, Tennessee.

 

[squad143]

Having to pump a button to get oil on the bar (we're talking chainsaw)

 

[ROPECLIMBER]

all metal 020T with 1/4" fast chain it "walked off" probably still runs still have a brand new 14" bar for it in sleeve in garage,
Rimmington ground saw with a pump oiler with case cracked so it would burn the bar oil and fog the whole back yard,
minalla 3 strand buck strap and arborplex climb line,
I sold by chunk and dunk last spring and miss it already
and ya no raise in 25 years but cost of living and eqipment has quaddrupled,