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  1. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    The G9 lacks a flip out swivel LCD. Canon blew it when they dropped that feature. All the G's had it till now. I had a G-2 but gave it to an arbo bud. plus, it's only 6x zoom and 35 mm on the wide end. The Pro 1 is pretty darned good at up to 200ISO, LD glass, 28mm wide angle, 7x zoom. I'm...
  2. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    28 ton, 92 foot of boom.
  3. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    Small poplar splits easy. errr.... I hear.....I'll not burn it, I have scruples. The big stuff all went to the tub grinder. 10 days later, the cubic foot piece I cut is down to 46 pounds from 57....still heavier than the 34 pounds listed on woodweb's site. Dry, it'll prolly drop to 25 or so.
  4. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    True dat! Don't tell the craiglisters who got nearly 6 cord of it from that job and another recent one.
  5. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    This pick shows the need for two chokers opposed. Mike only owns one 25 footer...2 30's would be better! Mike deftly swung it away from the garage...and not into the shrubbery on the other side. It was heavy, maybe 7000 pounds. I'd thought it would have been better to have cut it one foot...
  6. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    The rest of the shots: This shot and the next required some quick thinking and movement to get the sun where I wanted it. Reckon I coulda fired off 8 frames per second, but that's too much editing. Close to 5 feet through at 7 feet up.... Back up for the last tree..
  7. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    Thanks, guys.... Boy, we've been busy lately, and I'm selling more work yet! Working on a job for Sno County Public Works, road widening project. Sno Co hired us to do some trees at 4 different homes. The main contractor was supposed to be handling much of the tree work. Well, Wednesday, their...
  8. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    I wish..... Actually, I'm a very light drinker.. Just that the looniest things come out of my mouth and ya never know when...
  9. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    hah. a kick in da nads for u......:lol:
  10. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    Here's a tiny bit of video...the fun part, the tandem ball ride! <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bf7_ihT79gU"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bf7_ihT79gU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed>...
  11. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    Oh, I did 3 picks.......I'm actually faster than Dave...cause my saws are fast...and he didn't have a spliced eye, and didn't trust his knot to go through that snap, so he was doing a lot of tying and untying. And I usually make one cut straight through....but know that two cuts works well also.
  12. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    The winch is rated at 10k, and the crane was only good for maybe 8000 at the farthest radius, so no need to 2 part the line....it's slows everything down, and we like to fly through the work!!!
  13. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    Dang, in the past, I've posted the photos here first, then copied it over to treebuzz. Went the other way this time, and it won't work. I have to change the tags to read [IMG] instead of [image] odd, it works the other way around.... at least I can highlight and delete the text, and paste in...
  14. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    The 17 mm wide angle lens skews the perspective--kinda cool, actually... Twarn't no obstickles, wuz there?... looks as though Mike wasn't properly positioned on this one, as it came off a bit toward Dave. Reckon Dave shoulda noticed that and had Mike boom in a tad....but he's done a...
  15. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    OK, the crane day pics are up: I chose about 55 of the over 200 shots....did some minor enhancing (to make the trees look biiger, ya know, stuff like that, being as they are only 50 years or so old...... :grin: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157606451192509/show/ We did a double...
  16. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    aww, all ya need is my 3120, at 13 hp, and woods ported, it's the fastest working saw in these parts... or was, it's now down on compression and seems to have lost some of its brute power. I have the muffler off just now and all looks OK. might need rings....wiley_p says to check the crank...
  17. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    3 seconds at free fall with no air friction to slow down an object = 160 feet.... The first piece Eli free dropped was from about 105-110.... I was in the air 2 seconds...at age 26....off a 50 footer on skis..never gone that big since.
  18. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    Yup....just talked to Dave about those guys. Guess they run a nice business....He worked for them 5 years ago. So, I called and talked to the owner briefly, and his wife for 20 minutes......said I was lucky to have Dave...I agree, I've worked with some darned good tree men....and he's as good as...
  19. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    I dunno why that link doesn't work..or why it seemed to redirect to treebuzz and have two http's.... but this works.. Thanks again, Mike! I still haven't gotten to editing my footage, which is at least 8 gigs worth.....getting home at 8 and 9 pm after bidding isn't helping...
  20. rbtree

    Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job

    Where are they, Sean? Cali? Dave used to work in the Bay Area.... I'll ask him tomorrow.
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