Recent content by SeanKroll

Happy Birthday, Rajan!

Root disease pocket being managed. I set a throwline for Wraptor-ing up the next tree while high in the first tree. Speedlined branches over understory trees and natives.

Future "Charlie beef" for my freezer.

First day climbing in the rain. Spur job. Ezpz. Seemed like zero dust. Micro drum chipper is very good for 2-3". 4" max. Feeds well. Mulch direct spray into bare soil on a steep slope. Unchipped 3"+ limbs and trunk wood to be used for along-the-contour erosion control (soil catches, slowing...

Neighbor Charlie's second cow had twins, so there are three fall calves.

Flare depth is decent. Small girdling roots in front? Small screen, here. Small thinning cuts and light reduction, a bit heavier reduction on the house side. Probably lots of small dead wood (a pole knocks lots loose, quickly). Go back in 2-3 years to quickly groom and maintain it...

Everything is different that how is was when last cut. Use the past cuts as guidelines for current cuts IF they were good cuts to start. Specify % crown removal (10'25%, 25-35%, 35-50%) deadwood size (1/2"+, 1" +, 2", if longer than 6" long, 1', 2'.) I have finessed a showpiece...

We can have residential burning in the country of material generated on site. If I prune my trees, okay to burn, if I bring in customers' waste, it needs to be dealt with otherwise. (Grapple truck for me).

HA!

Just sold 2 full days of work with no chipping. Lots of climbing.

I don't know what percentage of material I chip versus haul brush versus leave to the homeowner. I run a one-ton pickup as my equipment truck on all jobs. Chipping with hauling means a second driver for the chip truck being available all day, which isn't always available, or a chip trailer...

Well said

Are you serious or joking? Is fast prefer to climb/ fell/ prune than process material especially the chipping. I have about (1) 23' grapple truck- bed worth of material to be hauled from the last few months. In the past it was $500 a load. Now 550, 600 on Oct 1. He smashes a lot in.

Wildfire and a maple dismantle on a slope...6 branch and 2 wood piles...homeowner added a miniloader/ grapple to his mini-x and tractor and pto chipper and power wheelbarrow and... No chipping for us.