whadja do today?

[Blakesmaster]

Got into a fun two day deal here. Broke out the old chipper for a good test run and weight issues trying to start on this steep ####in driveway. Rigged out a rotten poplar spar to start then got after the nasty hickory. Big spread on the rotten old #### but pretty straightforward. Put the little chevy to task pulling the dump trailer up the hill but all went very well. Going after the small hemlocks and the codom oak tomorrow.

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[Zale]

This morning felt like a early fall day. Very strange weather for this time of year but I will take it. Its nice to climb all day and not worry about having heat stroke.

 

[MarquisTree]

I didn't know you bought a mini thing looks sweet. If your still looking for a new grinder I'm gonna let a 2013 44hp diesel bandit go we just said screw it and ordered a 115hp bandit 2900 a new all hydro unit. With the other 2900 we never use it, it only has 50 hours. Never left outside

Demo both, we just bought the 87 hp, the extra hp was almost unnoticeable on the 115hp 2900

 

[luckydad]

Demo both, we just bought the 87 hp, the extra hp was almost unnoticeable on the 115hp 2900

Pics plz !!opcorn:

 

[jefflovstrom]

What do people do with wood out in SoCal? Other than grinding it up? Do they burn cord wood? And if so, what does a cord or wood go for?

Depending on the wood, average $400 a cord. Euc, oak, avocado,olive and alder are easy to get rid of.
Jeff

 

[treeclimber101]

Just got home from work and this jumped on my door

ugh!

 

[treeclimber101]

:waaaht::waaaht:

Matt, I really think u should just send me all that extra gear that ya having laying around, ya know, give your more space in the shop. Just send it on down, ill take it sight unseen. See what I do for friends!

He moves through machines like I youst to run through #####es

 

[deevo]

I didn't know you bought a mini thing looks sweet. If your still looking for a new grinder I'm gonna let a 2013 44hp diesel bandit go we just said screw it and ordered a 115hp bandit 2900 a new all hydro unit. With the other 2900 we never use it, it only has 50 hours. Never left outside

Ya man..... i was to demo it for a big job we had in the books last Monday before the storm hit. Well lets just say it came in very handy and could not of demo'd it at a better time...... It has saved us so much time this week it's not even funny! I have some good pics of todays jobs. I might be booked with insurance jobs up until the end of August from this storm thats how much damage and devastation hit around here! People who weren't at their cottages last week are now just coming up and finding out the damage done and making claims. There aren't enough adjusters to even look at the piles of claims coming in. Some roads are just being opened up and many areas are still without hydro. I am in the midst of hiring a few more groundies, grinder operators but for now no stumps being done until we get caught up with storm work. Have to say this week has been very tiring ( I shouldn't be on here right now!lol) but very rewarding to say the least!

 

[treeclimber101]

Ya man..... i was to demo it for a big job we had in the books last Monday before the storm hit. Well lets just say it came in very handy and could not of demo'd it at a better time...... It has saved us so much time this week it's not even funny! I have some good pics of todays jobs. I might be booked with insurance jobs up until the end of August from this storm thats how much damage and devastation hit around here! People who weren't at their cottages last week are now just coming up and finding out the damage done and making claims. There aren't enough adjusters to even look at the piles of claims coming in. Some roads are just being opened up and many areas are still without hydro. I am in the midst of hiring a few more groundies, grinder operators but for now no stumps being done until we get caught up with storm work. Have to say this week has been very tiring ( I shouldn't be on here right now!lol) but very rewarding to say the least!

Hopefully Canadian insurance companies pay faster then here in the states

 

[deevo]

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Todays destruction! Mini was awesome, we pulled off a 30' section of maple that was hung up in a tree and barely made the machine work. Now the fights on to get to it first to be the operator! Matt in the pic has been on it 3 days straight! First pick was after 2.5 hours of clearing other trees and s$%t just to get at that!

 

[deevo]

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8 trees total removed from the cottage....it's a rebuild as the foundations cracked, walls buckled, roofs demolished!The white pine was 36"dbh and the oak that was on the other side was 34" dbh. Lots of weight the little old building just got hammered!
Fun day!

 

[Groundman One]

Emergency jobs... emergency jobs... emergency jobs...

Eleven straight days, the last 6 1/2 all emergency jobs since last Friday's storm. I'm hungry and I'm tired. And I think unless there is an honest to God emergency job tomorrow, I'm telling anyone who calls to go (insert colourful text here), I'm staying in bed and watching movies. They can wait until Monday to have their shrub shribbed or their tree trobbed.

But today was more wires on trees (or is that trees on wires?) and a couple of big ass maples that crashed on a guy's lawn. We're good for a solid week at his place, when we find the time. The roots of that big maple snapped back mighty quick. It was a lot of fun. That guy is going to have ten-years of firewood given the destruction at his place.

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On the plus side, got some new gear today. 150' of pull rope and cool storage bag. $350 with tax. Nice clean setup. And enough room left in the bag for gloves and odds and ends. New gear is fun!

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[deevo]

Emergency jobs... emergency jobs... emergency jobs...

Eleven straight days, the last 6 1/2 all emergency jobs since last Friday's storm. I'm hungry and I'm tired. And I think unless there is an honest to God emergency job tomorrow, I'm telling anyone who calls to go (insert colourful text here), I'm staying in bed and watching movies. They can wait until Monday to have their shrub shribbed or their tree trobbed.

But today was more wires on trees (or is that trees on wires?) and a couple of big ass maples that crashed on a guy's lawn. We're good for a solid week at his place, when we find the time. The roots of that big maple snapped back mighty quick. It was a lot of fun. That guy is going to have ten-years of firewood given the destruction at his place.

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On the plus side, got some new gear today. 150' of pull rope and cool storage bag. $350 with tax. Nice clean setup. And enough room left in the bag for gloves and odds and ends. New gear is fun!

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Awesome, now go get that dirty! Seems like you guys were last in line to get the storm that went through here down to you in Quebec!

 

[Groundman One]

Awesome, now go get that dirty! Seems like you guys were last in line to get the storm that went through here down to you in Quebec!

Dirty?!? But it's all red and clean and really cool looking.

Yeah, that storm ripped the shizzle out of this place. We're backed up with work into October with all the damage. This is the worst we got hit since the Great Ice Storm of '98. The scope of the damage is awesome. There are people still without power, but almost all are back on.

How are you guys doing?

 

[deevo]

Dirty?!? But it's all red and clean and really cool looking.

Yeah, that storm ripped the shizzle out of this place. We're backed up with work into October with all the damage. This is the worst we got hit since the Great Ice Storm of '98. The scope of the damage is awesome. There are people still without power, but almost all are back on.

How are you guys doing?

Same...... everybody around here is swamped until late August mid September. It's hard telling people (aside from insurance work which I am only doing) that we can't make it and to call someone else which they will get told the same thing! :msp_wink: Oh well maybe the hacks might get some work and buy new wild things and nylon yellow ropes! :msp_w00t:

 

[Groundman One]

Same...... everybody around here is swamped until late August mid September. It's hard telling people (aside from insurance work which I am only doing) that we can't make it and to call someone else which they will get told the same thing! :msp_wink: Oh well maybe the hacks might get some work and buy new wild things and nylon yellow ropes! :msp_w00t:

Oh man, we have hacks coming out of the woodwork here. Same thing happened in '98. Every guy with money to buy a saw suddenly became a "Dangerous removal our specialty!" tree company. And more than a few sunk serious coin into a some might fancy gear - F350s with top of the line custom company paint jobs - towing brand spanking new Vermeer 1000s that they ended up selling down the road when they realized that the big money from emergency work only lasts a few weeks or months at best, and then it's back to just making a living and they realized they still had to pay for all that expensive shizzle they bought.

Dreamers... :msp_biggrin:

 

[treeclimber101]

Same...... everybody around here is swamped until late August mid September. It's hard telling people (aside from insurance work which I am only doing) that we can't make it and to call someone else which they will get told the same thing! :msp_wink: Oh well maybe the hacks might get some work and buy new wild things and nylon yellow ropes! :msp_w00t:

I am coming up !

 

[Bandit Man]

Climbed outta the timber and into town.
Rotted center on silver maple, large limbs over the house. Typical around here. HO was a cute single nurse. I said "Give me you're number, and I'll send you an invoice".
Some jobs pay on the front end, and on the back end
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[deevo]

I am coming up !

Hey earlier this week I would of welcomed you. Even just a few saws and the basics! Cranes and the mini have been doing a majority of the grunt work! It's been awesome!

 

[deevo]

Climbed outta the timber and into town.
Rotted center on silver maple, large limbs over the house. Typical around here. HO was a cute single nurse. I said "Give me you're number, and I'll send you an invoice".
Some jobs pay on the front end, and on the back end
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Nice, did you Murph that old sucker?>:msp_w00t: