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:rock:Just another day of STR8 UP KICKN BUTT....imho. or should I say...kickn ash. Thats a 32 inch bar on my 660 . Nice crane job. Big fat spar..she turnd solid bout 10 feet up. Where she branched out she was fat n mean...I had to spur clear around her with that 660 but got my cuts to break just nicely..7.2k on that pick. Then we could drop the log , cut her in half n make 3 trips to my buddys shop down the road to set the pieces outa the way till I can cutem up this winter...that part was the cherry on top! Had to finish up in the rain....but I dont think anybody cared . We hammered that job out in 6 hours n I will pay my guys for 8 . ESP after never hearing any complaining when it started to rain. Today was a good day.;)
 
TreeAce said:
:rock:Just another day of STR8 UP KICKN BUTT....imho. or should I say...kickn ash. Thats a 32 inch bar on my 660 . Nice crane job. Big fat spar..she turnd solid bout 10 feet up. Where she branched out she was fat n mean...I had to spur clear around her with that 660 but got my cuts to break just nicely..7.2k on that pick. Then we could drop the log , cut her in half n make 3 trips to my buddys shop down the road to set the pieces outa the way till I can cutem up this winter...that part was the cherry on top! Had to finish up in the rain....but I dont think anybody cared . We hammered that job out in 6 hours n I will pay my guys for 8 . ESP after never hearing any complaining when it started to rain. Today was a good day.;)
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good job TreeAce. EAB kill that ash up there?
 
treevet said:
good job TreeAce. EAB kill that ash up there?
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Well..no..atleast not yet. The tree had lost a rather large branch last year. When the branch came off it made a nasty tear down the trunk which looked bad (worse than it was) and then the pretty fungi started ,I assume from heart rot, mostly in the area of the wound from the branch. These things , plus the shear size of the old girl made the HO want it gone. As far as EAB goes...we are def losing plenty of ash trees around here but this one had yet to be affected . As far as I could tell.
 
Working on large prune job; 13 trees. Got about halfway through today. Had hoped to finish today or at least get a little further along and maybe finish in two hours tomorrow. Looks like I might have another full day out there. At least I got the most difficult trees done today. All rope climbing and had to rope every limb. Having to hit multiple TIPs on every tree. Just time consuming and tedious. Enjoyable day in the tree none the less.

Something weird that happened today. I had both ends of my shot line out of my cube and went to dump the little bit of sawdust and debris that had accumulated in there. I looked and saw all kinds of tiny little metal balls in the bottom of my cube. I pulled one out took a closer look and it turns out to be buckshot... Kind of weird. I guess someone showered me with buckshot while I was working one of my jobs and I didn't even notice...
 
scary...

yesterday we were repairing some trees mutilated by the line clearance guys and saw a squirrel hanging by his teeth electricuted. I gotta get over and take a pict. as it is hard to convey it in words. The ho came out and she made pretend she didn't see it ....but impossible. Stinky too. :blob2:
 
treevet said:
scary...

yesterday we were repairing some trees mutilated by the line clearance guys and saw a squirrel hanging by his teeth electricuted. I gotta get over and take a pict. as it is hard to convey it in words. The ho came out and she made pretend she didn't see it ....but impossible. Stinky too. :blob2:
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If it had a dollar for every fried squirrel I seen dangling near line I could already own the raptor:monkey:

I have seen it in action sometimes if they fell we had lunch:laugh:
 
tree md said:
Something weird that happened today. I had both ends of my shot line out of my cube and went to dump the little bit of sawdust and debris that had accumulated in there. I looked and saw all kinds of tiny little metal balls in the bottom of my cube. I pulled one out took a closer look and it turns out to be buckshot... Kind of weird. I guess someone showered me with buckshot while I was working one of my jobs and I didn't even notice...
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Nah, the shot-bag is leaking. They use shot has the weight in the bag. If you hit hardscape a few too many time the seams start to go out. Sherrill has reduced the problem abit by using a balloon as a liner.
 
John Paul Sanborn said:
Nah, the shot-bag is leaking. They use shot has the weight in the bag. If you hit hardscape a few too many time the seams start to go out. Sherrill has reduced the problem abit by using a balloon as a liner.
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Never thought of that John. :laugh:

It is bird season here but I was wondering where the heck I could have worked where I would have got showered by shot. Almost all of my work is in town...
 

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