whadja do today?

[2treeornot2tree]

Finally got the splicing down

I finally got the splicing down. I attached the cords to a pin to pull them out and then the fid to the bench to pull the cords threw. Finish the first on the second one only took me like 10 mins. Now that I did two for practice, I am gonna splice my double ended flip line I made up ( the flip line is not whats pictured).

 

[BlackOakTreeServ]

very sad indeed. was the guy on the ground or in the tree, the story was a little confusing

SJ, he was on the ground chipping when he got entangled in a climbing line ,which I dont no how, but got aroung his neck and decapitated him when line was pulled into chipper.....yikes....authority's are calling it a freak accident...

 

[tree md]

Put in 4 or 5 new ads today and added content to my webpage. Had to handle some phone business but no calls for jobs today. My groundy called me saying he had a lead but his leads tend to come from the local watering hole so i don't get too excited about that... Ah well, it always slows down this time of year. Especially when it's cold. I have been lucky to be as busy as I have in the past couple of months. Business has picked up a little compared to the past couple of years in the Winter months.

Put in a bid yesterday and I still have a large stump to grind and a removal job to do. Client's mother died last week and they are having a memorial for her this weekend. I figure I'll give him a week or so before I call on him.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Went out to finish a job we started on Monday. One removal, a few trims and grind the stump. Anyway, the phone dosn't ring much this time of year and when it does Im greatful. I got a call Monday, and I set up a time to meet with the customer at 1:30 today. Its 1:00 and Im half done the stump. Not wanting to be late, I stop what Im doing, and head off on a 12 mile drive. I get there with 2 minutes to spare. I walk up, knock on the door, and the fkers not home. My head is smokin! no note, no call, nothin. Would it be out of line to send her a bill, for wasting my time and expenses?

Did you call an hour or so ahead to confirm the time?
Jeff

 

[ropensaddle]

Yes, but I have actually really been doing treework for twenty plus years, not two or three half assed years.

Lol you dang :newbie: try since 1983 oke:

 

[ropensaddle]

SJ, he was on the ground chipping when he got entangled in a climbing line ,which I dont no how, but got aroung his neck and decapitated him when line was pulled into chipper.....yikes....authority's are calling it a freak accident...

I ran my whisper all day today but for years I have stressed no ropes near it for this very reason. Cutting your teeth on a whisper is the way to learn this business. The Cadillac over priced contraptions don't command enough respect imo. Thing is; whispers always get ridiculed as unsafe but all the fatalities I've heard of were from slow feed chippers and operators using their feet. I have weeded many out of this business when I was a row foreman and it probably saved their life. This ain't the business for accident prone individuals imo. If you do it long enough your going to have some sort of injury, my two were both very minor but that was from 30 years. {6 stitches and 4 stitches} I have done worse to myself playing sports than I've done at work. My wife gets mad at me because I don't multi task but that has been a blessing in my career I believe. You have to keep your mind in the game no acceptions ! Bad deal for the fellow and his family rip.

 

[treemandan]

Yeah, The other day I had my chipper backed up against a slope, the little room I had on each side was hard to navigate so I would drag down the hill into the hopper which was level with the ground and chip while standing on the hopper... well I did it once, actually I hopped off during the first feed. That really was not a very good idea.
Its easy to see how the guy wound up wound up in the rope. When your are young you can get away with stuff that you can't when you are older.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Lol you dang :newbie: try since 1983 oke:

LOL, 1977.
Jeff

 

[jefflovstrom]

I ran my whisper all day today but for years I have stressed no ropes near it for this very reason. Cutting your teeth on a whisper is the way to learn this business. The Cadillac over priced contraptions don't command enough respect imo. Thing is; whispers always get ridiculed as unsafe but all the fatalities I've heard of were from slow feed chippers and operators using their feet. I have weeded many out of this business when I was a row foreman and it probably saved their life. This ain't the business for accident prone individuals imo. If you do it long enough your going to have some sort of injury, my two were both very minor but that was from 30 years. {6 stitches and 4 stitches} I have done worse to myself playing sports than I've done at work. My wife gets mad at me because I don't multi task but that has been a blessing in my career I believe. You have to keep your mind in the game no acceptions ! Bad deal for the fellow and his family rip.

Don't sound like a chuck and duck thing. They usually just hurt real bad,
Seem's like a WTC with a winch. Sticking your head in there to get the rope out before the winch got it to the chipper.
IDK.
Jeff

 

[tree md]

Well, as much as I hate to say it... If you were to be eaten alive by a grizzly bear or a chipper it would be much better to go head first instead of feet first.

 

[sgreanbeans]

I could have stayed home, and lite 4, hundred dollar bills on fire and I would be ahead. Get all my stuff out to a job, only for the HO to change his mind and not want us to do it then, WTF? Was so mad that I had to go, quickly. We went up there to check things before we took equip out there, talked to him, all was well. His excuse was that is was to cold for us to be out there? Got up to 30 yesterday. Sometimes, I really don't like the elderly.

 

[sgreanbeans]

PH and macro/micro nutrient chart

Mods, I know this should be down in health care, but wanted a bigger audience, so please leave for the moment!

Does anybody have a chart that shows normal PH ranges and nutrient requirements for all trees and shrubs. Trying to find one document that has them, instead of bits and pieces of info.

 

[superjunior]

well I HAD a nice, easy, good paying job lined up for the day. A fallen maple on a roof maybe 2 hrs with clean up, was able to pull the crane right on it off the neighbors driveway. After spending all morning digging the trucks out and throwing salt everywhere had to put the crane truck on a charger cause it was dead and frozen too. Finally got it started, it was in the low teens this morning. Got to the job, got the trucks in the neighbors driveway (after salting it so we could get back out) threw a few sheets of plywood down (after separating them with a pry bar cause they were frozen solid) got the crane positioned and sure enough the hydraulics were frozen solid. And I forgot to grab a torch to thaw s##t out. The valves were frozen shut and we would have just snapped the frozen control handles if we tried to force it. Nobody was home - no hot water. After a few minutes of messin with it the snow that was supposed to roll in around 11:00 started dumping on us. Next thing ya know its a blizzard. So I said eff this, packed up and left. Lucky the job is only 5 min from here..

SO I got jack s##t done today

 

[Grace Tree]

Mods, I know this should be down in health care, but wanted a bigger audience, so please leave for the moment!

Does anybody have a chart that shows normal PH ranges and nutrient requirements for all trees and shrubs. Trying to find one document that has them, instead of bits and pieces of info.

Scott:
Did you pick up the "Protecting Trees From Construction Damage" that I posted of FB? It had the pH preference by tree species. If you find a complete chart I'd like to see it posted if you can.
Phil
Protecting Trees From Construction Damage: A Homeowner's Guide

 

[Blakesmaster]

well I HAD a nice, easy, good paying job lined up for the day. A fallen maple on a roof maybe 2 hrs with clean up, was able to pull the crane right on it off the neighbors driveway. After spending all morning digging the trucks out and throwing salt everywhere had to put the crane truck on a charger cause it was dead and frozen too. Finally got it started, it was in the low teens this morning. Got to the job, got the trucks in the neighbors driveway (after salting it so we could get back out) threw a few sheets of plywood down (after separating them with a pry bar cause they were frozen solid) got the crane positioned and sure enough the hydraulics were frozen solid. And I forgot to grab a torch to thaw s##t out. The valves were frozen shut and we would have just snapped the frozen control handles if we tried to force it. Nobody was home - no hot water. After a few minutes of messin with it the snow that was supposed to roll in around 11:00 started dumping on us. Next thing ya know its a blizzard. So I said eff this, packed up and left. Lucky the job is only 5 min from here..

SO I got jack s##t done today

Ouch. That sucks. Just started doing this this winter, since we don't really work much, ( and the days we do we line up on top of each other ) we pulled our batteries, hooked them to the trickle charger, then stored them someplace warm. Kinda got sick of losing a couple 100+ dollar batteries each winter. Hope this solves the issue.

As for me, I spent the morning on the phone and tying up some loose ends. Cancelled my capital one card after I realized they were tossing on some bogus identity protection fees each month. I hadn't even activated the card and had a 40 dollar balance. #### that, payed it off, cancelled it, and got a citibank card instead. These CC hucksters make me laugh, they act like they're the only game in town. lol Took me 5 minutes to get a new card through a competing bank.

 

[tree md]

Just got a call from the HOA president at a condo complex literally right down the road from the one I already take care of... WOOT!

Meeting her Monday to look the property over.

 

[Grace Tree]

well I HAD a nice, easy, good paying job lined up for the day. A fallen maple on a roof maybe 2 hrs with clean up, was able to pull the crane right on it off the neighbors driveway. After spending all morning digging the trucks out and throwing salt everywhere had to put the crane truck on a charger cause it was dead and frozen too. Finally got it started, it was in the low teens this morning. Got to the job, got the trucks in the neighbors driveway (after salting it so we could get back out) threw a few sheets of plywood down (after separating them with a pry bar cause they were frozen solid) got the crane positioned and sure enough the hydraulics were frozen solid. And I forgot to grab a torch to thaw s##t out. The valves were frozen shut and we would have just snapped the frozen control handles if we tried to force it. Nobody was home - no hot water. After a few minutes of messin with it the snow that was supposed to roll in around 11:00 started dumping on us. Next thing ya know its a blizzard. So I said eff this, packed up and left. Lucky the job is only 5 min from here..

SO I got jack s##t done today

That stinks. I hate trying to work around weather and getting nothing done. 'Headed for Chardon this afternoon for an MRI on my knee to see if I can get that tuned up.
Drink coffee-stay warm,
Phil

 

[superjunior]

That stinks. I hate trying to work around weather and getting nothing done. 'Headed for Chardon this afternoon for an MRI on my knee to see if I can get that tuned up.
Drink coffee-stay warm,
Phil

good luck with the knee man

 

[sgreanbeans]

Scott:
Did you pick up the "Protecting Trees From Construction Damage" that I posted of FB? It had the pH preference by tree species. If you find a complete chart I'd like to see it posted if you can.
Phil
Protecting Trees From Construction Damage: A Homeowner's Guide

No? I didn't see that, must of missed it, but that is what i am looking for, thanks! I still cant find a "master list" that has all that info in it, for all known trees. I have several tree ID books and they barley touch on that stuff. Will keep on looking, I will post if I find sumtin guud! Would even like a list that shows strong compartmentalization, strength against biotic's and abiotic's

 

[sgreanbeans]

Did my first oak prune for the season yesterday. Pin oak, had been worked on 6 years ago by the only guy I respect in the area, college arb from the 60's, runs the big show here, top notch outfit, friend. W T F? I get up in this tree, nubs everywhere, EVERYWHERE. Many, many areas of significant rot, around the nubs, big flush cuts with open wounds, extruding all kinds of biological goodies, conks, brown rot, white rot, those little black fruiting bodies that look like little ears, forget the name of that one. This tree was screwed over by whoever did it. I took pics and will show the guy when I see him, HAD TO BE ONE OF HIS GUYS. This guy has a stellar rep, the one I want really. Cant believe he would do a tree like this, so I am sure he didn't do it, bet he will be pis sed when I show him, I am sure that who ever did the job for him don't work for him anymore, guy has broken rakes over guys who don't put gear away right. Cant imagine what he would do if he seen this type of work on one of his jobs, must have never checked the work, bad on him. I check all jobs. No matter how small.