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[mikewhite85]

Does that giant have air conditioning?

 

[tree MDS]

Does that giant have air conditioning?

Lol, yeah, Pa giant does. It’s just been on the fritz ever since I had to have the coil removed to have the rear panel replaced (after the second tip over). Funny, was actually on my list to drop it off at mechanic’s now that we’re favoring the lil guy.

 

[ZinTrees]

small job we start monday, phone pole helps for scale, each limb = 1 to 3 phone poles, bucket wont reach much so itll be climbing mostly
more pics to come, no great high tie in points so the limbs are gonna suck

 

[ZinTrees]

some pics of the locust job
something got into them, and did a number on every one the guy has, took down 5, will probably be getting called back to take down 5-10 more in a month or two

 

[ZinTrees]

magnolia from last week
rigged the 2 outside spars off in one piece with a double block setup, and negative rigged the middle one with my ISC block and bucket truck
used the bucket truck for all the stuff up high, climbed the lower bits

 

[tree MDS]

Looks like you and Pa Manse’ are trolling along nicely!!

 

[ZinTrees]

Looks like you and Pa Manse’ are trolling along nicely!!

sure are
between 5 locust and that one magnolia we had enough logs to go buy a splitter
pictured is 2 trailer loads, and I still have a third of a trailer load of locust that I havent dumped yet
we cut all the solid stuff into 13ft logs to mill, anything with knots and rot is firewood
split all the locust today, the magnolia will wait a bit since there is no rush, ive got a buddy taking all the wood from the oak (actually his job, he is the middle man / sales, we do 75% of the work, and make 80% of the money), win win

 

[Helmstein]

I was just being a smart ass,, couldn’t resist the gratuitous log truck pic lol

Mds likes to make everyone jealous with his oversized/over compensating chip hauler. Leave some work for the rest of us ehh. Haha

 

[tree MDS]

Mds likes to make everyone jealous with his oversized/over compensating chip hauler. Leave some work for the rest of us ehh. Haha

Don’t be hatin’ lol.

 

[Rabid K9]

Vines....

They're all bastards!!

Day & a half untangling a spiders web of overgrown wisteria to salvage the grove of peppermints beneath. Double single line from the hook. Lots of acrobatics, perched on not much, a million cuts with secateurs. Perversely rewarding & used bugger all fuel or gear wear & tear, but still charged out a fair rate.

Also a brook wrapping around the property, so had the sound of small rapids the entire time. Hopefully go back to paddle this section of the creek with some more water later in winter.

 

[ZinTrees]

today
half the tree down so far, first limb I sent while climbing was 14" x 40ft or so (human for scale)

just sent everything I could, lots of fishing pole rigging tho over the wires

 

[ZinTrees]

undercut was too small on this one (snap cut)
I knew it was going to split so I tied in above it (never around the limb)
fun experiment with nothing to hit

 

[tree MDS]

You and Pa gonna be able to figure out how to get that beast down in the dirt parking lot, Goober!!?? Omg… you do remember this is a pro forum, right? Lol

 

[ZinTrees]

You and Pa gonna be able to figure out how to get that beast down in the dirt parking lot, Goober!!?? Omg… you do remember this is a pro forum, right? Lol

got the hard part down before the rain today, going back in the morning with the bucket and getting everything it will reach, then climbing the rest, we are clear of the power lines now, so some rigging left for the polebarn side and we will be on the home run, as fast as I can climb around and cut things it will come down


yes, I am a professional, hence being in the pro forum

 

[Limbrat]

Vines....

They're all bastards!!

Looks like quite a job. You got that right about the vines. They are the enemy of every climber and will work you into the ground. I'm looking at and feeling the result of sawing through a mass of poison ivy vines even now.

 

[CDElliott]

Looks like quite a job. You got that right about the vines. They are the enemy of every climber and will work you into the ground. I'm looking at and feeling the result of sawing through a mass of poison ivy vines even now.

I hate Virginia Creeper, but I hate Greenbriar even more!

 

[Limbrat]

I hate Virginia Creeper, but I hate Greenbriar even more!

Our wild grape vines have a SWL of 10,000 pounds.

 

[ZinTrees]

got it down, wood pirates coming for the firewood tomorrow, gonna chip the rest of the brush tomorrow as well and be done with it
also I might be hiring another ground guy...

 

[Rabid K9]

got it down, wood pirates coming for the firewood tomorrow, gonna chip the rest of the brush tomorrow as well and be done with it
also I might be hiring another ground guy...
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Couple of questions:

* Why was that big old beast being removed?

* Does old mate number 3 have a reinforced cranium?

* I thought you didn't need any 'help', wasn't super Pa, distiller extraordinaire, going to multi task his bollocks off? Extra 'help' invariably means 'more things get broken'!!

* Do your glasses fog up regularly (serious question)? Have had a life of outdoor pursuits & friends with glasses have always struggled with spectacle management.

Time for mechanical advantage with those sort of jobs - articulated loader or skid steer, you would have it done in a day & not blow up Pa so quickly.

 

[tree MDS]

Worked on this way dead ash and a couple other smaller trees growing out of a barn hidden down there. I was pissed, had no choice but to pack up early at 3:30 for an estimate just as she was finally starting to fold. I could’ve easily had her topped out in another hour and a half or whatever. 3:30 is like antelope by the throat and bringing it down (hard) thirty lol. We really have got these super dead ash down to a science though, that’s for sure.