Good Morning!

[sotc]

Good stuff Brian.
I got up early and went down to the yard and finished splitting my winters wood. Also worked on my chip truck and fixed some lights on the bucket truck. Home for a break then I need to get my new tracks on the boxer

[flushcut]

It never ends does it?

[CurSedVoyce]

Nope....

[sotc]

Nope, always something. Noticed that the gravity hose from the reservoir to the power steering pump is leaking, might catch that this evening after things cool off. Just put a new belt, don't need it getting oily right off the bat

[Fiddler]

Paid for tuition and books for next semester of school this morning... ouch, guess I better drum up a couple jobs to knock out to make it through the month. Now waiting to hear from Mom's lawyer. Meeting my Sister at the funeral home at 1pm to get arrangements set.

Guess a storm knocked out power to over 7,000 around here last night and we have flood warnings in several counties all around us. Only saw a sprinkle and a few lightning here and still have power.

[cybergeek23851]

Dave a couple of things, sorry about your mom, and good luck with everything. I was there last year with my stepdad, similar circumstances as well. :(

Also what's your schedule looking like for the fall? I thought I had mine set at 17 credit hours, but if they don't get the staff replaced(they're hiring all new nursing program instructors... 34984
announced a couple of weeks ago/month until start date), I'm going to have to change my schedule for the fourth time... this school has been a big part of my educational life, but sometimes I think they need a good recto-cranial inversion and a good old fashioned :pimp: slap, which I'm heading out the door in a few minutes to do

[Fiddler]

Thanks for the thoughts. I had to reschedule once so far and it bites. Hope things work out for you.

I'm only taking 10 Credit hours in the Fall and 13 in the winter. I'm enrolled in both Comm. College and State University for the Fall as I need one class at CC yet to keep from taking another year of BIO at GVSU. I'll be transferring 54 CH by the first of the year plus have 6 under my belt at State.

[Fiddler]

Chugging coffee and fixing to head up town for breakfast. Have to drag a bunch of brush back to mulch pile this morning so I can finish mowing. I have today and Sunday to get the place cleaned up a bit before folks come visiting after the memorial service on Monday. Picked up new blades for the mower and got most of the place mowed yesterday, but still have brush piles everywhere. Meeting with the preacher this afternoon.

I am really ready to play music tomorrow with the band. I can use the small break.

[MasterBlaster]

Damn straight! Have a good gig! :rockon:

[CurSedVoyce]

Chugging coffee as well... I need to be fully alert for phone calls this morning and then off to either brushing a driveway or sumptin... Still need to verify what exactly we will be doing on the property for the next two days. Three houses and they switch the job on us often to what they want done at what house......

[Bodean]

G'morning, Time for more work. Hedges, bays and plums, oh imagine the fun!

[CurSedVoyce]

I found a bird nesting area in one of the coves of the lake yesterday. Katy and I will be off with the boat to explore it further in a while.

[stehansen]

Don't you guys be getting distracted whilst alone in the cove.

[CurSedVoyce]

:/:

Who us???????

:/:

Now what could distract me in a cove in the woods......:evil:

Whilst bird watching of all things....:lol:

[MasterBlaster]

:rockon:

[CurSedVoyce]

Dayum.... she whooped out the pony tails today... I did not stand a chance :|:

:lol:

[stehansen]

Cheerleader outfit?:)

[CurSedVoyce]

Usually school girl :|:
Just shorts and the shirt today.
If she had worn those tight daisy mae syle... ohhhh lordy :evil:

[stehansen]

I was suggesting a cheerleader outfit, in jest of course.

[CurSedVoyce]

Of course :D

[stig]

That is a nice tree in the picture.
What kind is it?

[woodworkingboy]

How do you send that money again to the guy posting pics?

:D

[CurSedVoyce]

Tree?

Now that you've pointed it out, I'll get right on that ID thing....



Breaking camp this morning. It was a lot of fun up here and plenty to do. Kids are about done though and want to be home with their "stuff".
Being in my own bed will feel good :)

[sotc]

Pinus contorta

[sotc]

Slept in till 730, long time since ive done that. We have been invaded by the fall web worm and i have been spraying trees like crazy. Good money

[stig]

Is this some sort of western tradition that I'm unaware of?

Taking pictures of pretty women in front of contorta pines.



And just so you know, I'm a tree guy. Put ever so many good looking girls in front, it still won't distract me from the tree.

On the other hand, the tree doesn't distract me from looking at the women either, but I already knew the identity of Katy:lol:

[CurSedVoyce]

That looks like it Willie... I'll see if I can get that picture of the whole tree Katy took. It was up at about 9000 feet. It was pretty dang big too.

[cybergeek23851]

All I can think about this morning is, what really happens to a dream deffered?

Last Thursday, I stopped by campus and my adviser said that she had sent her documentation to the school's Financial Aid department. On Saturday, I get a letter from them stating that my appeal was declined because of not receiving said documentation.


I'm on my way out the door. Be forewarned...








that I may need bail money before this day is out. :pissed:

[MasterBlaster]

Idiots!!!

[CurSedVoyce]

Back to work... pumping coffee and working on settling the kids back into a routine. Katy also starts back to school tonight.

I should have taken one more day off. ............

[stehansen]

I have to take my Dad to get his knee X-rayed. He hurt it last week sometime and before you can see an orthopedic guy at Kaiser they want a X-ray of it. It's kind of like going to the lab, you can just show up whenever.

[CurSedVoyce]

Hope he did not hurt it too much Steve...... Well wishing from us :)

[woodworkingboy]

Knee pain is a batch, hope your dad improves quickly.

[Fiddler]

Wow, I guess I've been art gypoclimber all this time...weird...thought I had this figured out...oh well

[cybergeek23851]

I'm waiting for some laundry to dry, and then I'm heading out to verify some information for school, get classes situated, and get my books.


Now where is the coffee? :morning:

[CurSedVoyce]

Coffee and making french toast.... Have a black oak to kill today and see if I can get a small chipping job done.

[cybergeek23851]

It's Wednesday morning... again. I've got primer drying in the hallway, and I'm getting ready to go cut the grass.


Now where's the frigging coffee!

[gf beranek]

Judging by the current atmospheric phenomena going on it appears that we may get some showers locally this morning.

[Al Smith]

I guess we had a frog drowner last night but I slept right through it .

[woodworkingboy]

Judging by the frog singing activity when the monsoons hit, I doubt that frogs can really drown. These little green guys are everywhere in or near the rice fields. Excellent climbers, easily up a second and third story while looking for mates or eats. Sometimes you find them inside or on the window sill, dead from dehydration. Not much to them, they dry out quickly. Bunches like to climb lit up drink vending machines at night to catch insects. Not the most appealing when you want to purchase something to put in your mouth.

[Al Smith]

Frogs are amusing .There's a few days in the spring time when every frog or toad within a 1/2 mile of a pond will be in it . Frog romancing time,sort of .

The smallest little puny frog seems to be the loudest croaker .Oh they do carry on so .

[Fiddler]

The smallest little puny frog seems to be the loudest croaker.

Seems this carries over to people...:/:

[CurSedVoyce]

:lol:

[Al Smith]

Yep some of them have a humming bird azz and an alligator mouth .

[Fiddler]

:coffee2: Just pondering the coming day. Might go look at outdoor wood burners for a bit later. wrote three companies for info and only one got back to me so will probably end up driving around to a few different places I know of to check them out.

[MasterBlaster]

Today's my McOff Day: I can dig it! :thumbup:

[woodworkingboy]

No toil today, cool!

[Cobleskill]

Fiddler,

A few things I picked up on OWB's:

If you can handle doing the install, even if you have to hire help - big savings

Wood consumption sounds like it is more than most people figured - OK if wood is free

If you plan on burning crap wood unit size should be on the big side

I would stop and talk to people who have owned one a few years - they could tell you a lot more.

They cost a lot, but potential to save is big - best of luck in your shopping.

[CurSedVoyce]

Pounding coffee... Just not waking up this morning... :P
Have more storm damage to clean up at a higher elevation. Seeing it should be about 99-100 today give or take.. that works for me. Should be 5 or so degrees cooler up there :)

[cybergeek23851]

Today's my McOff Day: I can dig it! :thumbup:

Today's my one and only official on-campus class, err lab actually... Anatomy and Physiology 1. I'm supposed to have 2 other groups that meet on campus, one has been unresponsive from the two other people assigned to it, and the other, aside from one person, it's not quite set... yet.

[sotc]

Glad its friday, i'm bushed. Bids all day mixed with PHC

[MasterBlaster]

Delegate!

[rskybiz]

Day off here got the lawn mowed and thinking the Motorcycle needs some use = Norton and some twisties.

[sotc]

I am delegating, the guys are going to pick up a tree to plant and dead wood a little one, everything else is on me

[CurSedVoyce]

Working a creek bed this morning.. Pumping coffee...

[CurSedVoyce]

Lost power last night due to the fire. They finally got us back on. I have soccer duty today ... COFFEEEE!!!

[Fiddler]

heading out to a big benefit "Pickin' on Cystic Fibrosis" today. My buddy runs it and a lot of my friends' bands are playing there for free. Figure it is a good reason to get out of the house for a bit.

Ha, I found two free rounds of golf certificates in my glove compartment today. Just bought a year membership at the same course yesterday....figures. I gave the certificates to a friend, who was planning on golfing tomorrow, at breakfast this morning.

[MasterBlaster]

So, how'd the gig go? Did you participate orrrr just spectate?

It's my day off! Last night, I had the great idea of calling Mike and doing something today but.... I just might sit on my butt instead.

[Fiddler]

JUst went down to drop some money in the bucket and visit with friends. stayed a couple hours and drove back home.

[MasterBlaster]

I just might sit on my butt instead.

I should change my name to Kreskin! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreskin) 8)

[MasterBlaster]

Good morning, TreeHousers! Lordy! Two days off in a row is a blessing I'd forgotten about! I haven't had that since I started... very nice. And to have them fall on a sat/sun is a rare thing indeed! Imma keep track of it, even - it's gonna be such a rare occurrence!

It's hard getting used to payday being every other week!!! :whine:

[FJR]

Morning, going to over to the P's for the usual Sunday breakfast. Then I may trim their Honey Locust (eww) and maybe split some firewood.

[MasterBlaster]

I may trim their Honey Locust (eww)

I concur with your "eww!" :thumbup:

Good luck!!!

[woodworkingboy]

If there is incarnation, I'm shooting for two days off in a row.

[brendonv]

Blue skies today, awesome. Saw a comedy show last night, Susie Essman from Curb Your Enthusiasm. It was pretty good, got home late so I woke up at 9 for the first time in ages.

Have to clean up all the drywall scraps at the house, then mop the floor quick and put down some plastic so the hardwood doesn't get filled with compound. PITA.

I'm supposed to be at a party at 2:00, and one at 5:00, not sure I'll make it to either.

[stehansen]

I'm enjoying a much needed day off also. Thursday and Friday I did small tree jobs after work and then Saturday at the sheller there was a huge mess because a key twisted off of a shaft and then everything backed up for about 10 minutes. Got a good workout.

[sotc]

Last day kicking it at the home show. Forgot my computer and tablet here last night so i'm here an hour early, afraid it was going to walk away

[MasterBlaster]

Damn straight - get on that ASAP! Thieves abound. :(

[sotc]

All present and accounted for:)

[MasterBlaster]

Joo caught a break, mang!

[woodworkingboy]

If Willie's computer was made public, wonder if he could still run for president?

[stehansen]

I"ll still vote for him.

[sotc]

I'd vote for me too. Secratary has been all through it, nothing to hide :angel:

[Al Smith]

With my screwed up work this is one of my days off . Have to take the Mrs to the doctor ,finish the last coat of urethane on a pair of window valances I made of ash and repair a door bell for my mother .

Rain is in the forecast so that pretty much puts the dampers on tripping some more of the dead ash trees for now .

[CurSedVoyce]

Gonna put out some more firewood today and take a tree or two down (or at least clean up some) for some pine I need to gather. Taking this week to fill almost all our deliveries and get set up for the bon fire as well as our own wood. Rob and the boys got a good start on our personal wood stash. Now just to get caught up with everyone in case we get early rains this year.

[CurSedVoyce]

FINALLY drinking my second cup of coffee! Kids have been on me the moment I had my eyes barely open. Just finished their breakfast cooking and my eyes are just starting to focus.
Late start today as we have to wait until 10 am before we show up at a B&B. Noise starts at 10:30. Butchering a black walnut.

[Paul B]

Good morning, a little humour for ya, copied from a Google+ post on my feed:

Worst online ad yet

We've all seen the idiotically exaggerated ads online for growing or shrinking various body parts or for looking younger. This one caught my eye today, if only because it was so far over the top.

Really. You can spend 90 years chain-smoking in the unforgiving Arizona sun, then for 3 dollars transform your leathery visage into the face of a 15-year-old Czechoslovakian supermodel who bathes in sheep milk. Really.

Gimme a break, dudes.

Saw it here: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/09/a-pretty-cool-facebook-app/1

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[vharrison]

Today is the day!! Our youngest daughter is getting married! Rehearsal dinner was last night and went great! We met his side of the family and all I can say is she is a lucky girl!!

[gf beranek]

you're up early, V. Sounds exciting.

Terri and I are headed for Lassen. See ya all next week.

[MasterBlaster]

:rockon:

[vharrison]

you're up early, V. Sounds exciting.

Terri and I are headed for Lassen. See ya all next week.

Have fun!

[CurSedVoyce]

Pics from the both of you would be in good order :D
Congrats Gigi on the new family and have fun Gerry and Terri!

[sotc]

Have a great day Gigi, you get to be the mob!

[MasterBlaster]

Today's a Mcday off, so I'm gonna trim a couple of oaks in Chennyville today with my buddy Mike. All bucket work, supposedly. I can dig it!

[Al Smith]

Toms' skid loader took a fit on him .Damned thing won't start .Most likely the seat belt safety circuit .In off to fix the thing here in a couple minutes .

[Al Smith]

O'dark thirty here in the flat lands .Todays agenda is a couple of nice ash trees ,dead of course . Both are 90-100 feet with at least 60 feet of clear log ,one would be good enough for veneer . Both are tad over two feet in diameter .

Yesterday I cleaned up a few other ash but left the stumps on two to rig off of because I have a big dead white oak to drop .That one will be a double pull line with a pulley in the tree to get a 2 to one reduction . I've procrastinated on that thing way too long .Time to get-er-done .

[MasterBlaster]

Up and at em! I know all ya'll can't be sleeping in on a wed...

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Coffee's on!

[pigwot]

Could go back to sleep as 'tis raining here... but there is always paperwork to be done...

[stehansen]

Sleeping in sounds good.

[Tree Reb]

Just sleeping sounds good to me, I'm buggered.:sleepy1:

[Al Smith]

I slept in for a change .Didn't get up until about 15 til 6 ,unusual .

[sotc]

Coffee sounds good, wife broke my french press the other day

[flushcut]

I feel you pain I had a girl that would break the glass on my press at least once a month.

[sotc]

Twice in 6 years, grass really isn't greener, is it?:D

[flushcut]

Thats not that bad.

[CurSedVoyce]

I reallllllllly need a sleep in day:|:

Pounding coffee and trying to wake up to get to work. Bit of a drive over to today's account and I have a very busy afternoon.

[MasterBlaster]

Today's a day off from Burger Town, so I'll be wearing my tree surgeons hat for some live oak trimming - sweet! And it's gonna be a beautiful day - another plus!

Also, I had a 'lil bonus on my check today; it's seems like we earned a bonus from the high score we received on an inspection we just went through. Hell, I didn't see that coming - it kinda makes all the BS worth it!

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[sotc]

I'm off to lay eyes(and hands) on my new truck

[MasterBlaster]

Have fun with your new toy!

[stehansen]

Go Willie! I'm off to the sheller and a couple of tree bids after work. The tail lights, instrument lights, key buzzer, and clearance lights aren't working on my flatbed. I replaced the light switch and it still doesn't work.

[Cobleskill]

I had the same problem and it was the power feed in the fuse box. I nipped the wires out and put an inline fuse in.

[stehansen]

That arrangement has me a little confused also. It is a 1995 and it doesn't have a fuse just for this circuit, it has a 50 amp fuse under the hood for all the lights. I'm thinking it could be a bad connection in the plug that goes into the light switch. But it's real hard to get in there and I seem to be getting home with very little daylight left.

[Cobleskill]

I think what the fuse box was labeled was misleading. I will look and see.

[Cobleskill]

Mine has a 40 A for lights and a 25 that is labeled Parking Lps. I was looking for a fuse that said Instrument Panel, as that is all I knew that was out. Further head scratching revealed running lights were out too. Does your horn work? It shared the power feed and I had to put an inline in for it too.

[stehansen]

It's dark out now, but sometime tomorrow I will try and get a picture of the fuse panel.

[jefflovstrom@sb]

Today's a day off from Burger Town, so I'll be wearing my tree surgeons hat for some live oak trimming - sweet! And it's gonna be a beautiful day - another plus!

Also, I had a 'lil bonus on my check today; it's seems like we earned a bonus from the high score we received on an inspection we just went through. Hell, I didn't see that coming - it kinda makes all the BS worth it!

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I went there two days ago. I never had a Mac Rib.
I got the meal and I realized I had just found the best fries in the world and did not care that the sandwich was below par,
BTW, If you drive a big truck, you might just wanna walk in, saves being embarrassed when you nee to back up.
no apostrophes.
Meaning I drive a big Silverado 4 by 4 long-bed.

[squisher]

Already worked a half a day today and now I'm chilling for the rest of the weekend. Beautiful big willow deadwood. I love deadwooding big weepers, it makes such a difference in their appearance, brightens them right up.

[Paul B]

Watched Super Size Me last night with the wife, hoo boy, talk about curbing your appetite for fast food.

[CurSedVoyce]

No doubt Paul... Mc Rib is a good place to stay away from ........

[MasterBlaster]

It's a proven fact: One won't kill you.

[CurSedVoyce]

I think if you ground up cardboard... added some egg for binder and formed into what looks like a fake doggy toy rib and then smothered it with some caro syrup disguised as BBQ sauce... You would pretty much have the product and flavor at hand..

[Skwerl]

Damn, Stephen! You make it sound so tempting.

[woodworkingboy]

The Chinese are ahead of you on those recipes, Stephen. Some recent scam had imported pot stickers made from choice cardboard.

[Rborist1]

How does "choice" cardboard differ from good old fashioned regular cardboard?

[Al Smith]

Old fashion cardboard is made from old growth trees most lkely .Just like old toilet paper is kind of like burlap much akin to sandpaper .Which probabley was made to resemble the Sears and Roebuck catalogs that graced many an out house .

[Rborist1]

So "choice" cardboard seems to be the way to go when it comes to food.

[CurSedVoyce]

Seemingly.... or possibly the saw dust they use for press board

[woodworkingboy]

I just assumed it was choice cardboard, because lots of people apparently ate the pot stickers without complaint. It makes me reason that the person who devised the mixture, was somewhat selective about what cardboard they used. Just being speculative, it might have been any old box from the back of the market, for all I know. Probably not the fish market. It just occurs that anyone cooking in this vein that doesn't know that there are various types of cardboard, is more unlikely to achieve gourmet status with their recipes. The market might only be friends and family.

[MasterBlaster]

Good Morning TreeHousers! It's a day off from da House Of Burgers, so I'll be taking it easy flying a bucket for my buddy Mike. I didn't wanna climb today, but he said he had an easy bucket gig, so I'm game. Man, these dual incomes are starting to add up! :rockon:

Plus, it feels good to get in the air!

[Al Smith]

Ha I'm off until next Tuesday .With luck I'll get my fall clean done so instead of trying to find stuff under two feet of snow that I can locate it without much trouble .Well sounds good but probabley not so easy .

I may get on that oak I can't seem to find the time or motivation to do for some reason .

[stehansen]

Snow? Supposed to be 74 this afternoon here. Butch, I'm doin the same thing. It takes me about 3 days to do a 1 day tree job working after work. It's kind of nice to have some money in the bank. On Saturday the forklift driver I work with showed up still smelling like booze from the night before.
F

[Al Smith]

Well as of this time there is no snow but in due time there will be .It's supposed to be mid 50's today but it looks a bit overcast at the moment so who knows .

[Al Smith]

It's drizzling out so much for the oak today .I've gotten to the point in life I neither have to nor care to work in the rain .

[pigwot]

Beautiful day out; was at one clients place and finished their weekly bookwork; off to make their deposits now.
Then installing a wrought iron railing out front of a 120 year old house.
Meanwhile a friend is setting up to sand and re-polyurethane all the wood floors in our house.

[woodworkingboy]

There are some great finishing oils that can be used for floors that don't require sanding to redo. A calmer appearance too than urethane.

[Al Smith]

Speaking of hardwood floors I was once on a job for a large college sports complex .Thousands of square feet of hard maple flooring installed by Cincinnati floors a very large contractor of this type stuff .

They sanded that stuff with a floor sander they rode on like a lawnmower .In spite of semi 's full of flooring there couldn't have been a half a pick up truck full of scraps at the end of the job .http://cincinnatifloor.com/

[Al Smith]

Oh I might rig the oak today .It'll take longer to rig it than it does to drop it .Double line with a snatch block in the tree to get a 2 to 1 pull .I've got way enough rope two 600 feet reels of 1" nylon I just don't look foward to moving those heavy rascals .I need one of those skidloader gizmos you hear so much about .

[jefflovstrom@sb]

Good Morning TreeHousers! It's a day off from da House Of Burgers, so I'll be taking it easy flying a bucket for my buddy Mike. I didn't wanna climb today, but he said he had an easy bucket gig, so I'm game. Man, these dual incomes are starting to add up! :rockon:

Plus, it feels good to get in the air!

This post is why I looked for the 'Like' ,
cause if was there, i would of hit it!

[CurSedVoyce]

Well.... we had a glitch in the schedule yesterday... I guess the HOs forgot we had two days scheduled at their place or I forgot they rescheduled :/: Oh well. So I took care of a few odd ends yesterday that needed completed and decided to day was a day of rest for the most part. Brewing some more coffee and watching Lilly (who is thrilled I am home) color her fairy book. Katy is taking an on line test and the boys are doing home school lessons. Rob has the flu bug that has run through the kids.
I am gonna get a late start on messing with some wood outside.
Unload the oak out of the trailer and get 1/2 cord of pine split for a client. Extract pine poles from the back 5 acres and then load then start working on getting all the wood ready for the bon fire tomorrow. Should be a nice day. :)

[stehansen]

I forgot to set my clock back last night and am up a hour earlier than planned. Watching "Carlito's Way" on Netflix

[MasterBlaster]

Ha! Me too, but it didn't affect me - more like surprise. It's one hour earlier, now...

[Tree Reb]

Ours went forward on the first of October, I didn't know until I turned my computer on the next night.:scrambleup:

I don't take much notice of it really.

[Cobleskill]

A lot of years I don't set my watch back for about a month. Setting the time back screws me up every year. Forward is great. I think it was 1974 when Nixon decided it would save energy to stay on Daylight Savings Time through the winter. I thought it was one of his best decisions.

[CurSedVoyce]

I have proclaimed today to be a day of rest for Stephen..... It is raining outside and cold. There is a fire inside and it is warm. Kids and Katy visiting a friend... Quiet :)

[sotc]

Sound like a good day to work in the shop

[CurSedVoyce]

Yes it would be ....
If I had a workable shop with something I wanted to work on in it... Jeep comes to mind.

[sotc]

Haha, we always need a project

[CurSedVoyce]

I think it's a man thing..... :lol:
I think the women in our life already have the project thing figured out.. we are the project.

[sotc]

Haha. I built a frame for the knuckle booms tailgate only to find the bed isn't square. Another project...

[CurSedVoyce]

Some hydraulic assisted tweaking?

[sotc]

Likely, theres more to tweak anyway

[CurSedVoyce]

New toy (or tool) always requires some tweaking :D

[Fiddler]

Didn't really want to be up at 4am this morning. Leaving at 3 this afternoon to start the 4 hour drive to play a show on the other side of the Mitten, then four hours back. I usually get home from down there around 4am or so. Guess I better incorporate a nap in the day somewhere...

[MasterBlaster]

I don't even fight it anymore. I just don't drink a cuppa joe when I get up and putter around for a bit. After a bit I'll start yawning and hit the sack, again.

I average twice a night, getting up. Some of ya'll may have noticed. :/:

[Fiddler]

Yup, no fight here, just a cup of coffee and maybe read a book a bit later this morning. Reading is like a sleeping pill...

[vl2007]

Top of the morning to all veterans and active duty personnel!!!!!

off your ass and on your feet America!

[MasterBlaster]

I want my free meal from Applebees but I've gotta go to work at one. It was GOOD last year, a gourmet bacon cheeseburger. Perhaps... 'twas an omen?

[Mr. Sir]

"Rise and shine maggots! This ain't no girl scout camp!"

Happy Veteran's Day one and all. Thank you to all who serve.

[stehansen]

I thought it was "drop your c*&ks and grab your socks ladies" that was 1944 according to my Dad. Thanks vets.

[pigwot]

Body aches today; arthritis acting up. Helping out two young fellows just getting started. Since I last climbed with them they bought a very used 1992 Morbark Model 290; Cummins diesel 12" chipper.
Yesterday we got through 1 1/2 of the three jobs slated for the day. Spent the first part of the morning working on the chipper, getting it to start, and unclogging the chute full of vines from the last time they used it.
After getting back from taking my father for an MRI of his lungs (longterm cough and ugly sputum) I'll catch up with them and see how far they've gotten.
At least last evening's rain has dried off and it won't be sloppy working today.

[vl2007]

Free food! This island i live on doesn't do free food, or i'd be eating now!

[Rborist1]

What island is that?

[CurSedVoyce]

Good morning ya'll! Sitting here chillin with some coffee after cooking some French toast for the kiddies.
They had their Christmas pageant at the little Christian school Katy has been taking them to.
I was having troubles with my ankle/heel last night at the pageant, hurt like hell, the one I gaffed the other day. Woke up this morning and it felt tight and it looked swollen. Soon as Kat wakes up, I am headed off to the clinic to get some antibiotics.
Lanced it and soaking it currently.. Little hiccup in schedule though. Seems quiet this morning.. Must be all working (which is really where I would rather be!).

[Skwerl]

Sitting here waiting for a phone call with an address for today's job. No, I'm not calling him. And I'm not leaving the house until I know where I'm going.

[rskybiz]

I know where I am going for a ride:D

[vl2007]

I have a full schedule for the week, but I'm going fishing with my kids. All that work will be there next week.

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice ride!

Getting ready to get out the door to get a couple tires on the van.

[MasterBlaster]

I had to tire up a couple weeks ago - bleagh!

[CurSedVoyce]

Only took an hour and I got to have breakfast of biscuits and gravy while I waited :)
Parting with the money is never any fun... but... make the best of it.
Came home and now I am getting ready to go to my moms with the kids for presents and dinner. I stopped by NAPA on the way home and got most of what I need to button up the WIllys and almost did get it done.. Turns out my gasket set is short the carb to intake gasket:|: HAD I KNOWN!!!!!!
And I just finished tuned the 200T for a few tree jobs this week. Already cutting like a banshee, can't wait till the rings seat :D

[CurSedVoyce]

No call from NAPA about the part I ordered....... :(
Guess I will be happy making breakfast burritos for everyone and finding a quiet place to nap today :/:

[SouthSoundTree]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!

Sticking with my get up at around the same time everyday routine. I actually slept in 'til about 615, generally getting up at 5am for work m-th, but I normally don't drink a bottle of champagne and get to bed at 140am. Cuppa joe and an Emergen-C.

[Skwerl]

Almost everybody will be closed today and a lot of places will be closed tomorrow since the 1st is on a Sunday. Start thinking about Tuesday for your part.

[pigwot]

Happy New Year everyone; hope you are off to a great start of what will prove to be a year of good fortune.

[MasterBlaster]

Tellya whut, I've gotta LOL @ those wacky Mayans!

[CurSedVoyce]

Almost everybody will be closed today and a lot of places will be closed tomorrow since the 1st is on a Sunday. Start thinking about Tuesday for your part.
Yup.. Coming out of Wisconsin... I should of had Rajan pick it up and mail it to me :lol:

[stehansen]

Probably nothing moving until Tuesday Stephen.

[CurSedVoyce]

It's ok.. I'll just work on it next weekend... Part should be here by then... Willys ain't going anywhere.:|:

[MasterBlaster]

Well, I was starting to get the urge for a double sausage biscuit with cheese, so I immediately fixed myself a bowl of cheerios and skim milk. Mmmmmmm.

Youth is wasted on the young!!! :whine:

[Tree Reb]

You need some of these, http://masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?15227-CHIA-It-s-Not-Just-For-Growing-Pets-Anymore

Then you can sneak in a sausage or two, and a pizza. :laughing6:

[woodworkingboy]

Oatmeal, I've been eating oatmeal when getting the urge for any food, like late at night. I found some good oatmeal, ground fine so just a little cold milk and it is tasty. A little honey if I need sweet.

[MasterBlaster]

Oatmeal's a great food, just don't sugar it down.

[woodworkingboy]

Yeah, kind of tempting with a spoonful of brown sugar, but a little honey goes a long way.

[CurSedVoyce]

Getting coffee and ready to go have breakfast with me Parents and one of my sisters that came up from LA area. She (sister) has some gifts for the kiddos and I get to see her about a couple times a year. So I get a nice breakfast at the restaurant and get to haul my butt up in a large blue oak to prune it over a roof. Thank god for the Wraptor :lol:

[Fiddler]

Up at 3am with toothache...figures.

Heading down to IL this morning to look at a couple chip trucks.

F450 (http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=2505331&dlr=1&pcid=2000893742) and F550 (http://www.discountcommercialtrucks.com/landing.htm?http://www.truckpaper.com/list/list.aspx?ETID=1&pcid=2000893742&dlr=1&bcatid=26)

Looks like 'bout a five hour drive so should be back home around 6-7pm. Hope this toothache stays down at a dull roar...

[Fiddler]

Took delivery on my BMG this am. I called to find out where the 38 Special was and it is coming on another tractor trailer this afternoon:|: The truck that was here this morning was nearly empty to start with. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me but what do I know...

[stig]

So you are allowed to own a heavy machine gun in Michigan.

Neat!

[Fiddler]

haha, BMG is Branch Manager grapple

39657

and 38 Special is their stump grinder.

39658

Both are attachments for mini track loader. But I'm guessing you already really knew that. The stump grinder showed up about 1 1/2 hr after the first delivery on another semi. Wonder how they swing a profit?

[brendonv]

Must be nice to go into work with everything new.

Did you have any equipment before hand, or is this a new business. I'm jealous, really. Except you'll wanna trade in that little chipper when you master the mini/grapple. :|:

I'm contemplating that 38 special myself. After the bucket though.

[Fiddler]

Brendon, I've was doing some work when I was going to school but trying to keep it to a minimum. I decided to take a year off from school and don't want to spend it all just working on my house, and have had a lot of interest in me doing tree work form others (I have a good reputation in several former businesses and have lived here most of my life). The job requests, coupled with the free time made it seem like time to get a bit more serious about tree work again. Plus I had some money I was looking for a better return on.

I did very few jobs where I did the clean-up before...mostly climb & cut things that needed rigged out & bring a trustworthy rope handler.

I hauled brush out of the woods for a couple hours this afternoon and really like the free-rotating grapple. Bigger chipper is in future plans but I got a fairly good deal on this one, and what it won't take there are other uses for. Took out a 5' dia mulberry stump with the stump grinder and had the controls pretty well down by the time i finished it. Nice machine.

I'm not old enough for a bucket yet.:P

[Skwerl]

The landscaper for whom I work two days per week cancelled on me this week, so I have Wednesday and Thursday off. I'm taking advantage of the down time and heading to my mechanic's shop this morning to rebuild the front outrigger on my truck. The wear pads are shot and it's been grinding metal on metal for a while now and I have to play with the other outriggers in order to unload it enough to get it extended properly and level the truck. I'll grab some pictures for the truck thread in case anybody's interested.

[MasterBlaster]

My buddy Mike is having a specialist from New Orleans come here to replace some hydraulic lines. His estimate is three to four grand...

[Al Smith]

Oh my ,kind of pricey .What brand of lift ?

[Skwerl]

Must be using the special dielectric rated hoses and hydraulic fluid, that stuff is pricey.

[Al Smith]

Well I know on the older FI unit Hi-Rangers the bundled insulated multiple control line thing is very pricey .I'm thinking around 1500 for a new one .

[MasterBlaster]

Just the guy alone is 100 bucks an hour. He could get some yahoos here to do it cheaper, but this guy's a expert on aerial lifts. He's expecting to spend two days doing it.

[Al Smith]

A hundred an hour is probabley about standard I would guess .Hell you can pay 60 an hour to get somebody to look at your oven .

On the subject Tom had around 2500 in having the guy go through his Hi-Ranger and adjust the cabling etc .The cables and control lines where all installed new before hand .There was nearly 2 grand in just new cables ,lines etc .

Fact after all that he forget to hook up the "throttle up " from the dead man switch which took about 15 minutes in my drive way yesterday afternoon .

This stuff is not cheap to run or maintain so you can't just fly them for pennys .

[CurSedVoyce]

Yeah, you pay almost a $100.00 an hour for a regular mechanic these days here. I had some work done for $75.00 per with my regular guy and he is a deal. Works fast and is fair.

[Al Smith]

Yeah no doubt in California you're going to pay that much .Fact you might in the New England states as well .I suppose it would just depend on what's customary in what ever local .

[Dave Shepard]

Back in 2008 we had to have the CAT dealer come out. I know it was $2.45/mile, and I think was damn near $200/hr. port to port. Wood Mizer paid that bill, on account that CAT wouldn't stand behind their Perkapiller engines. :what:

[Al Smith]

We have some that travel half way around the world that bill out at 5 grand a day plus travel expense .Some from Detroit are 1500 -2 g a day .High knowledge techno weenies have high priced costs .

I'd imagine dumb as I am that if they farmed me out it would be over 100 an hour .I do know 22 years ago it was 62 an hour .

[GASoline71]

What up???

Me! :morning:

Gary

[CurSedVoyce]

And now it's me. Family tree killing day. Kids former day care provider has a live oak to kill that might fall on their dad's house. Dropping Kat at work and taking the kids. They will have a tractor on site moving all the slash I bomb and rig. Should hopefully have it done today. They have been OOT and I have been on stand by for a day we can all come together and get it done. Decent sized live oak. Time to make breakfast burritos :D

[MasterBlaster]

I've seen a lot of trees on houses, but never a Live Oak. In fact, I can't recall ever seeing a live oak do any damage to ANY house.

[CurSedVoyce]

Our interior like oak is notorious for failure. You don't get snow. We do. Since they are an evergreen... too much wind and snow = failure. They also have a tendency for poor codoms from the root flair.

[CurSedVoyce]

Up and at em....
Finally got enough coffee in me. Kids had pancakes, Katy had fresh eggs...... Saw her off to work. Gathering the kids to help with a firewood order today. I donated some to a fund raiser for a raffle prize. Cord of oak or $200.00 of tree work. They want the wood. Gave a cord of pine away yesterday to another neighbor. He took the biggest hard to manage stuff out of appreciation of helping keep his family warm. Win Win in my mind. :D
Should be a good day with the kids :)