2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Pics of our adventure today.
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2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
treemandan
Tree Freak
Pics of our adventure today.
You guys can't see the back side of the leader I am on is hollowed and rotten all the way up. I am surprised it didn't come down last summer. I was a little hesistant to get on it and we had things set up if we thought it needed supllemental support but I was able to bomb most of it then Jared yanked the top over. He also came in real handy for getting the throwball unstuck, Man, I was crying, almost threw my saw, gave up and went home.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Fixed it for ya
treemandan
Tree Freak
treemandan
Tree Freak
I can see that. THANKS!
Its plain to see where I was tied in, it gave me very good acess to everything though I did have to overclimb my main TIP a little to get the top of the right side. The tree was easy. This job is next door to my clients who hired another company to break a bunch a stuff last week.
This client even asked them for a price to remove this tree but then called me when he saw the hole in his roof from the other guys. I told him anybody could do that, even me but the other company said they couldn't climb this tree because of the rot and would just notch it from the ground. We took half the tree out before we notched it and it barely fit without scarfing other trees.
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mckeetree
Addicted to ArboristSite
Could be red rot (not scientific name). I don't think arbor fos is going to help you much there.
treemandan
Tree Freak
Give yourself a pat on the back IXT. After while we all take this for granted and think that anybody can do it, we think " see? Its not that hard." Put a little pride in your heart, feel good about yourself, love yourself and love others. I know, I don't want to either sometimes but if one doesn't then one will end up a cynical and mean old man who thinks " its everbody else"
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
rain stinks supposed to quit tonight , hope so.
treeman82
Addicted to ArboristSite
Went this morning to do a spring clean-up for one of my clients because they are going to be selling the house. I only do 3 places, and of the 3 this is the only one who pays in money. Would have dropped them a number of years back, but the father who actually owned the house died, before he died he told the kids to keep me around. It would be hard for me to walk away from this one now.
So I go this morning to do a spring clean-up, which really shouldn't have been bad given that we did it in the fall. Wound up turning into what will be half a day of tree work tomorrow morning, and planting a couple of green giant arborvitaes. Hopefully I can get it all done in one day.
Wound up looking at this one job today, almost an hour away from my shop. Punched the address into the gps, and headed out that way. On one of the main roads it tells me to take a right, which would have taken me North, when I wanted to go South. Lost about 15 min to that screw up. Get to the job, take a look... nothing crazy, 3 guys for a day with a machine, wood stays. Told the guy $3,000 - $3,500 depending on what they want to do. Doubt I will get that one, but we shall see.
So I go this morning to do a spring clean-up, which really shouldn't have been bad given that we did it in the fall. Wound up turning into what will be half a day of tree work tomorrow morning, and planting a couple of green giant arborvitaes. Hopefully I can get it all done in one day.
Wound up looking at this one job today, almost an hour away from my shop. Punched the address into the gps, and headed out that way. On one of the main roads it tells me to take a right, which would have taken me North, when I wanted to go South. Lost about 15 min to that screw up. Get to the job, take a look... nothing crazy, 3 guys for a day with a machine, wood stays. Told the guy $3,000 - $3,500 depending on what they want to do. Doubt I will get that one, but we shall see.
mr. holden wood
ArboristSite Guru
I do that at times as well if im feeling like a puss. You and I both know if that lead failed you would be toast. That tip wouldnt do ****. Its a waste of time but it makes you feel a little better in the air.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
That depends if your hooked to it or not. I have done some way worse that I figured would fail and I was tied in where I would swing free not be hooked into a load!
Anyway using your head ain't being a wuss its staying alive. Oh and before you go yelling tits or something like that I would think I could judge whether a rule could put me in jeopardy or not. If its just a bad lead I tie in below the bad and above in another tree or better lead but if its a dead rotten sob I have been known to be only tied in to a live tree and I can think of at least once that it saved my hyde!
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beastmaster
Addicted to ArboristSite
It's been my experience that these "guys", don't want to be educated, and it'll just led to an argument or worse.
beastmaster
Addicted to ArboristSite
F##ked up some today
I removed three ash trees today because they were breaking a stone retainer wall. The crane broke down on the way to the job so it only took half the time to remove them then if the crane had been there. Sometimes people get stuck on a method. Any way I just jump cut most the leads out and past the wall. I was left with two sticks, one pretty big leaning back and over to the side.
So I wanted to take them against the lean 180 degrees using the excavator to pull them over. The boss decides he wants to push them over with the bucket. I'm not real comfortable with that. I have to stand under the leaning side to make my cut, theres nowhere to run to if it doesn't go right, I try to compensated for the side lean. I thought I had it, I make my back cut but its sketchy lots of tree over me and Im posed to run and don't really make the best cut. it goes over and is going to crush this little lemon tree.(Im not dieing for no lemon tree)but stops when the face cut hits the stump, its stuck on the bucket, looming over this precious little tree at a 45 degree angle. The Boss has me throw a bull line over it and using a pole pruner I tie it about half way up the stick. Run the line through a pulley then to his truck. He floors it and damned if that stick doesn't fly off side ways 10 ft and 90 degrees from where it was. We saved the little lemon(read sarcasm in this)yeah. The next one was a lot smaller and I strap it to the bucket of the excavator and we lift it outView attachment 288457
He has a bobcat, but we use at little excavator more often. Its great for picking up long logs and side loading them into the BC1800. For the smaller pieces of wood we just drop the container on the ground and roll them in.View attachment 288458
This trip me out, this little ash was stripped to the wood. View attachment 288459 It was an old wound, and the tree was thriving, shouldn't of it had killed it at some point?
We have a policy of not hurting one twig or plant and smashing that lemon tree would of been terrible, it had sentimental value to the old lady. I pride my self on not braking stuff, it kind of hurt my ego today, luckily it worked out. But that was a lot of weight leaning over me. If I had to do it over I wouldn't. Other then that it was a beautiful day.
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I removed three ash trees today because they were breaking a stone retainer wall. The crane broke down on the way to the job so it only took half the time to remove them then if the crane had been there. Sometimes people get stuck on a method. Any way I just jump cut most the leads out and past the wall. I was left with two sticks, one pretty big leaning back and over to the side.
So I wanted to take them against the lean 180 degrees using the excavator to pull them over. The boss decides he wants to push them over with the bucket. I'm not real comfortable with that. I have to stand under the leaning side to make my cut, theres nowhere to run to if it doesn't go right, I try to compensated for the side lean. I thought I had it, I make my back cut but its sketchy lots of tree over me and Im posed to run and don't really make the best cut. it goes over and is going to crush this little lemon tree.(Im not dieing for no lemon tree)but stops when the face cut hits the stump, its stuck on the bucket, looming over this precious little tree at a 45 degree angle. The Boss has me throw a bull line over it and using a pole pruner I tie it about half way up the stick. Run the line through a pulley then to his truck. He floors it and damned if that stick doesn't fly off side ways 10 ft and 90 degrees from where it was. We saved the little lemon(read sarcasm in this)yeah. The next one was a lot smaller and I strap it to the bucket of the excavator and we lift it outView attachment 288457
He has a bobcat, but we use at little excavator more often. Its great for picking up long logs and side loading them into the BC1800. For the smaller pieces of wood we just drop the container on the ground and roll them in.View attachment 288458
This trip me out, this little ash was stripped to the wood. View attachment 288459 It was an old wound, and the tree was thriving, shouldn't of it had killed it at some point?
We have a policy of not hurting one twig or plant and smashing that lemon tree would of been terrible, it had sentimental value to the old lady. I pride my self on not braking stuff, it kind of hurt my ego today, luckily it worked out. But that was a lot of weight leaning over me. If I had to do it over I wouldn't. Other then that it was a beautiful day.
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MarquisTree
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Today is the last of three days of NSTAR removals in Cambridge , what a stressful place to work . This is the city where they banned leaf blowers. You need permits for everything, police details road closures .
The all wheel steer has been amazing on the tight streets .
The best part of Cambridge is the special people you meet... I had this guy chase me down for a half mile and basicly pull me over . He jumped out of his car looking like he was about to cry.
"You have to find a different route!! There are no trucks allowed on fresh pond parkway!!"
Now this chuckle head watched us pull out onto the parkway from a small side street , crane , bucket , 2 chip trucks and 2 police details.... drive less then one block and turn on the first road we could .
There was no reasoning with this tard... ended up bursting out in laughter and driving away..
"Your boss will hear about this!!"
Too bad he never called I told the office to forward his call to my phone :hmm3grin2orange:
Today is the last of three days of NSTAR removals in Cambridge , what a stressful place to work . This is the city where they banned leaf blowers. You need permits for everything, police details road closures .
The all wheel steer has been amazing on the tight streets .
The best part of Cambridge is the special people you meet... I had this guy chase me down for a half mile and basicly pull me over . He jumped out of his car looking like he was about to cry.
"You have to find a different route!! There are no trucks allowed on fresh pond parkway!!"
Now this chuckle head watched us pull out onto the parkway from a small side street , crane , bucket , 2 chip trucks and 2 police details.... drive less then one block and turn on the first road we could .
There was no reasoning with this tard... ended up bursting out in laughter and driving away..
"Your boss will hear about this!!"
Too bad he never called I told the office to forward his call to my phone :hmm3grin2orange:
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
We have the "no blower" laws here too. We were in Del Mar, working a fig. All these people come up to us and demand to know what we are doing. "I'm not going to let you cut down that tree" That's great, as we where just pruning it. It kills me tho, people are so concerned with what everybody else is doing instead of taking care of their own issues. One of the ladies that came up to us was walking her dog, letting it poop in others yards, but that is ok!
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
People suck!
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Haha I would of paid to see his face when the phone rang. I love the nib nosed peeps but he could not realize with police escort that your route was planned at higher authority haha too funny.
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