The Official Work Pictures Thread

[Bermy]

Gary's new nickname - Pecan

 

[MasterBlaster]

Better than Peanut!

 

[Ryan]

Made a meme on an old pic to make fun of myself. Is it any wonder that someone who can't climb a leaning lead without stubs finds himself in such a position?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Stand up! Get balanced and comfortable!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I thought I had a mid way picture of this good sized oak. I had posted about starting it and cabling one side then I had to finish the mistletoe. And bolt two rubbing limbs together.
All I have is these. Oh well. This turkey was a bit of a PITA for tie ins and took a few ascents to get er done.
But there ya have it. not terribly tall, but quite a spread and just hard to reach places. Thing was touching the ground and roof when we got there. Mistletoe in every lead and top. Broken hanging limbs over targets to piece and lower. Felt like a spider going up and down and all over the web on this one. Made some coin on it though. Friendly hawk approved of the work and could spread it's wings nicely. Let me get pretty close too. I was more a curiosity since I had been in it's hunting perch.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

And another we just did. This one was a fathers favorite tree that he had pruned himself over the years before passing. A lot of cuts needed some help etc. Just happy he did not clean it of mistletoe with bird shot like some of the old timers around here do
Nice pruning stuff and not killing or slaying for a bit.

 

[MasterBlaster]

On that first pic over the roof, were you tied in way up high on that lead? I can't see a rope?

And I noticed your pics loaded correctly. Nice!

 

[treebilly]

Beautiful pics CV. Mistletoe must be a real nuisance out there.

 

[cory]

Awesome oak tree on that first job. What kinda oak is it?

 

[SkwerI]

What kind of bird is that sitting in your finished tree? Some sort of hawk?

Dude, your pruning work is superb. IMO very few people have the gift of being able to see a tree like that and have the skill to bring it out without over pruning. I'm not usually one to comment on tree work pics but your pruning work just makes me do a double take.

 

[MasterBlaster]

You should see my trims!

You'd love em!!!

 

[flushcut]

Hair cutting like a boss!

 

[pantheraba]

You DO have both those trees looking fine! Thanks for showing that kind of work.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

On that first pic over the roof, were you tied in way up high on that lead? I can't see a rope?

And I noticed your pics loaded correctly. Nice!

That line hanging below me in one pic and still hanging in the second was my climb line. I ascended straight up to my work SRT after a good pull test, two man. In the second pic, you can see the rigging line installed to tension up on the limb so I can install the cabling.

My picts generally load up right because I edit them often into the correct orientation in Gimp or windows depending on which machine I am on.

Beautiful pics CV. Mistletoe must be a real nuisance out there.

Thanks Rich. PITA and a nuisance, but there is plenty of it and it keeps the lights on. Actually pretty profitable since you don't run as much fuel through saws and kit when doing it.

Awesome oak tree on that first job. What kinda oak is it?

First tree I am pretty certain it is a Blue Oak, old one. Quercus douglasii
Second more than likely a younger Western White Oak. Quercus garryana.
Or possibly a Valley Oak, Quercus lobata.
I'll know more once it leafs out.

What kind of bird is that sitting in your finished tree? Some sort of hawk?

Dude, your pruning work is superb. IMO very few people have the gift of being able to see a tree like that and have the skill to bring it out without over pruning. I'm not usually one to comment on tree work pics but your pruning work just makes me do a double take.

That was a hawk, probably redtail. They often peg us as a food source since we stir up the critters. This tree over looks some open meadows, so I guess it usually hunts from it. Found some poop on the roof too. The tops are pretty flat on this tree, and removing the huge clumps of mistletoe opened the tops up more for it's wings. Just chillin soon as I came out of the tree. I had one more lead to do, it left and came back when I came down again. Did not even move when I went up on the roof to get a picture of the bolt. Talked to me a bit though.
I really appreciate your critique of my work Brian. It means a lot to me. Thanks for the kudos.


Thanks guys

 

[Maximalist]

A few of my photos -

 

[flushcut]

Nice action shots!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Man, that hedge trimmer trimming is some wild and crazy stuff!

 

[SeanKroll]

Formal, geometric shapes seem to be part of the design in buildings in Russia. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/kremlin-red-square/

 

[biggun]

Great pictures.

Had a couple of fun days felling in the snow and some prunes the last couple of days. Some of the tree were behind housing blocks. The guy is an old forester and sells 2000+ tons of timber a year. He is a horse logger as well so to help extract some of the stems in deep snow he brought one of the horses down.

Pretty cool to watch so I thought I'd take some pictures to share with you.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'd love to see that around here!

Alas...

 

[squisher]

Cool pics. Horses love a job.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I like horse logging pictures. Just a homey feeling in them, like maple syrup.

Looking good Andre, tad cold for my tastes.

 

[Mick!]

Felling/dismantling caterpillar infested pines. Dry ground is a godsend.

 

[squisher]

The machine looks capable to put it mildly. How are you liking the grapple?

 

[Mick!]

It’s THE tool for Arb work, ‘like’ doesn’t really cover it!