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    How'd it go today?

    ...getting old, big day is almost always no sleep that night
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    How'd it go today?

    ...though I am a little far to help , I can relate...the 540B we hired lost the brake on the winch so we could yarn in hitches but when she drove the F'n cable would yarn back out.... we had to fix it...a hydraulic hose leaked onto the dry side of the winch contaminating the brake
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    ...skidder w / out winch, hmmmm every move counts ...simply cannot get stuck....tense ....though I suppose a Tirfor w / block could probably get you out with drive assist
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    ...actually was fun...slow time of year and I will take anything to make coin....as long as I don't get clobbered...be a tough rescue I figure...Thanks Butch!
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    Fell some view stoppers on a cliff face for customer....anchored my climb line up top, descended to the work like rock climbing....about ten stems only two were greater than sixteen inches across...got 'em all in progression...of course the lowest Tree on cliff had uphill lean...did all the...
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    Snowing hard enough here to be a real game changer ... still have power, so many cars off the road, not worth driving right now
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    Very Cool Joel ! ... I worked up at Mr. Big's today .. trim some ancient Apples , had remove a Mid size White Spruce without harming the Hostas or the pond house
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    Worked again a foursome .... customer is pretty happy with the progress ... adding more ..... although I had lousy luck with the Big Shot today which was a TEST of temperment ..... "You'll Have That" the last quote works in ANY situation (snowmaker training)
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    It comes with youth youth man , RADA more lines in use are more lines to mind .... I'm sure you got that today ... plus communiction with the ground ...
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    I hope some of those pics wind up in the local papers ! .... we KILLED today brought in a tractor plus winch for continual ice storm cleanup to finish a high priority area ahead the Lupines .... Trac man drove , pulled trees with the winch , and fowarded ALL work .... I climbed six or seven...
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    Erik if only some of this snow cover would yield there's plenty of cleanup here ... ALL BUURIED !
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    How about ... If you pay gas I will rip you off somehow , or wind up suing you somehow...
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    My winter work is mostly at the local ski area , I have done some prune/remove work for them over the years (as an employee with their equipment ect.) My first week back they have me spec out coordinate , and execute a small but high profile historic section ... woodland manicure with trimming...
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    Bivy.... Did you use any bait ...can of food ?
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    What I was Trying to say is ...we can skip the pics of that sales call , I don't even like the unwanted mental imagery
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    I am getting in the habit of mysteriously arriving really early , or really late to do slingshot/line setting ahead of the actual trim/removal work... then I show up , pull in my line and go to work...I have had up 6 tag lines pre-set around town... did the laundromat (Arborist's Clothes...
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    I guess some of the most satisfying projects do not pay in $$$$ , ah but the satisfaction...
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    [QUOTE=stehansen; Also got a piece of pipe and rod to build another port-a-wrap. You guys fabricate your own Port-O-Wraps...Awesome! ...hows that work out for cost after time and materials?...Compared to brand new from Buckingham?
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    [QUOTE=Skwerl;I didn't do chit today. Well, I took a nap earlier. That counts as doing something...
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    Wow Man ...It sounds like a lott less than an ideal day in the trees...Scary!
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