Ropensaddle's project pine growing out of roof

[tree MDS]

I don't know you Rope, but my hat is off to you. You got a job, (tough job), and you made a job plan knowing your dislikes (rigging big ) and the non available access with big equiptment, newbies and etc..., You planned it and did it and most of all, you stuck it out. I would have done it the same way only because I would know what I could do and plan the job with that. Good job Rope.
Jeff

+ 1 on that.

sometimes it is what it is, I suppose....realistically speaking.

Sweet job again though.

 

[treeslayer]

Ropes body shop and tree specialist

 

[ropensaddle]

Ok guy's almost finished and a thunderstorm shut me down pics coming.!

 

[ropensaddle]

:newbie: thinks my tractor's xc :hmm3grin2orange:

Went to dump here!

from here it's gravy man two mo hours and I am done then one or two more picks

The skylight lmao

 

[ropensaddle]

I cut from the skylight to here in a violent thunderstorm and ran out of fuel lol. I used the 395 ran it out then the 2101 then the 372 this tree burned two gallons and almost done ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lmao.

 

[ropensaddle]

I don't know you Rope, but my hat is off to you. You got a job, (tough job), and you made a job plan knowing your dislikes (rigging big ) and the non available access with big equiptment, newbies and etc..., You planned it and did it and most of all, you stuck it out. I would have done it the same way only because I would know what I could do and plan the job with that. Good job Rope.
Jeff

Thanks, I have done a bunch of these type trees actually worse and never took pics
I don't mind rigging big wood when insured for my injury, so don't get the wrong idea. Also with a green :newbie: and the scope of this project and ramifications if something went astray I opted for the no problem work your butt off method. The easy way is not always best imho.:monkey: The only one covered for an accident is my :newbie:

 

[oldirty]

gotta admit that ol' dog still got some bite left in him!

good work rope. i tip my hardhat to ya. thanks for sharing. and heres to hoping the neighborhood recognizes quality work when they see it.

 

[ropensaddle]

gotta admit that ol' dog still got some bite left in him!

good work rope. i tip my hardhat to ya. thanks for sharing. and heres to hoping the neighborhood recognizes quality work when they see it.

I hope so Mayor lives two doors down the a senator couple more down! People been slowing stopping so they will hopefully remember ole rope and hopefully it will be bucket work then lol Also I told the owner today I could have blocked down a 300 foot redwood with a little room to bomb faster than this tree at 3" a cut.

 

[ropensaddle]

Let me take a brief moment to thank the Lord for Hacks who make us look gooooooooood! lol


Rope, what do you do with the wood?



Mr. HE

Its pine which is junk I will burn it though in my odwf. I get so much dead oak in a years time pine rots and I mean a 100 grapple truck loads. Oak on the other hand gets tw6'd

 

[Hddnis]

I've been thinking about getting a shaving mill for pine. All the horse stables around here use that for bedding. The mill I'm looking at will take anything from small chunks to 8' logs up to 40" diameter.


Mr. HE

 

[ropensaddle]

I've been thinking about getting a shaving mill for pine. All the horse stables around here use that for bedding. The mill I'm looking at will take anything from small chunks to 8' logs up to 40" diameter.


Mr. HE

Interesting I know of a sawyer that said something about doing that here. I am great friends with him said he may buy my logs if he gets it. I let timber rot it stinks but does not pay the trouble and fuel to haul.









Ok time to hit er again, this time done

 

[TackleTree]

Congrats!

Good Job Rope! Glad you got it under the roof line safely! Man what a wild storm yesterday evening! Bet the HO was even happier to have that tree gone. It was a Pleasure as always working with you Rope! I got your back anytime...as long as it is after 5 and on the weekends..LOL. I have to admit rope is an old bastage, but he can do the work of a not so old one! . Quality ! Fella's I have to admit that this tree was something special. We hashed around all the details of the job, how it could be done faster easier price, equipment...etc I beleive it was done the safest way possible. Heck I had to be careful chunking wood off the roof cause the 3 phase was right there. This job was either a Tree climbers Dream or Nightmare. Great Job rope! You know where to find me!!! Oh and to the NEWB. Well HE isnt the biggest guy in the world for a groundie, but I have to admit he is coachable and I caught him thinking a few times!!! KEEP IT UP AND ONE DAY YOU MAY BE CLIMBING. You have a good opportunity to work for a Knowledgable and patient Tree Climber. Later dudes. Off to the Grind!

 

[ChiHD]

you said you would tell us at the end what you priced it for...looking back do you feel it was worth it?

here's to finishing what you start. Cheers!

 

[ropensaddle]

SS this is just for you bud lol

 

[ropensaddle]

you said you would tell us at the end what you priced it for...looking back do you feel it was worth it?

here's to finishing what you start. Cheers!

Well that question is hard to answer how many times do we end up working for less than our worth? The truth is no but the market is brutal, this tree could have easily been worth 4k. I have one more picture of my cleanup which is done, so I have to dump and head back to pick up tractor and take a pick I always finish and to the best of my ability. I have actually lost money on maybe two jobs before, this was not one just did not pay my usual rate, which I knew going in. In business it is called a loss leader, it just hurts more on hard physical labor I have more work to do there this winter and someone that will undoubtedly spread a good word for ole rope.

 

[ropensaddle]

Good Job Rope! Glad you got it under the roof line safely! Man what a wild storm yesterday evening! Bet the HO was even happier to have that tree gone. It was a Pleasure as always working with you Rope! I got your back anytime...as long as it is after 5 and on the weekends..LOL. I have to admit rope is an old bastage, but he can do the work of a not so old one! . Quality ! Fella's I have to admit that this tree was something special. We hashed around all the details of the job, how it could be done faster easier price, equipment...etc I beleive it was done the safest way possible. Heck I had to be careful chunking wood off the roof cause the 3 phase was right there. This job was either a Tree climbers Dream or Nightmare. Great Job rope! You know where to find me!!! Oh and to the NEWB. Well HE isnt the biggest guy in the world for a groundie, but I have to admit he is coachable and I caught him thinking a few times!!! KEEP IT UP AND ONE DAY YOU MAY BE CLIMBING. You have a good opportunity to work for a Knowledgable and patient Tree Climber. Later dudes. Off to the Grind!

Thanks Tackle so since ya got my back I can stir up some #### now lmao I will definitely try to come up with more for us to do from time to time.

 

[Hddnis]

Interesting I know of a sawyer that said something about doing that here. I am great friends with him said he may buy my logs if he gets it. I let timber rot it stinks but does not pay the trouble and fuel to haul.









Ok time to hit er again, this time done

A couple of other local companies will also bring me their pine logs. I figured it out and payback on the machine is two years based on a conservative estimate of tonnage moved. We'll see.

Looks like you did a real good job getting that pine down under a host of difficult conditions.


Mr. HE

 

[stihl sawing]

SS this is just for you bud lol

Can't see it.Must be for poison ivy, Got that crap all over the arms. Nice job on the tree. I noticed it was sittin on the stump.lol Oh wait it must be some Gatorade sittin on a finished job.lol

 

[ozarktreeman]

beautiful rope,now get your arse up here.
picked up one just like with your name on it.one of these small red oaks.
eheheheh!

nice job though buddy

 

[ozzy42]

Can't see it.Must be for poison ivy, Got that crap all over the arms. Nice job on the tree. I noticed it was sittin on the stump.lol Oh wait it must be some Gatorade sittin on a finished job.lol

Doesn't look so bad now that its all done ,eh rope.
What took you so long?



Just bustin ballz.
You did a good job and followed thru with it,safe ,and sound,,all that counts.
Glad it worked out for you .Looks like you made at least a few dollars,and some real good reference work is sure to come your way.All the advertising in the world can't buy that.


I had an absolutely disaster of a day that ended up with me making a whopping $40 after spending a half day looking for a large Italian
clay pot[ 22 in dia]
that broke because I tried to put in the extra effort to keep some dust out of the pool .I tied a tarp to the ficus in the pot,and another tree,and a slight breeze blew the pot over,,,looked a lot heavier.
All that for a $150-[minus $110 for the pot] trim job that took 45 minutes to complete,and 4 hrs messing with the stupid pot.I went to 5 places before I found the same pot.
Some days a pigeon,,some days a statue.
Oh well ,tomorrow's another day.