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Blinky
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Just... damn! What a monster.
Professional work tree and photography.
Professional work tree and photography.
Here goes, our big lombardy poplar job
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darkstar
Rockclimber/ treeclimber
Id like to think Roger is the best damn tree man in the country rt now.
Hes got my vote.
Hes got my vote.
brendonv
Tree Hugger
Wow,
Talk about taking care of business!
Talk about taking care of business!
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hugashe
Guest
rock on RB.
Burnham
Woods walker
Stunning work, Rog. Your team sure does rank as world-class, no doubt about it.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Agreed! I can't imagine working a such a large tree!!! TCOB! 
okietreedude
Treehouser
balls of steel.....thats what roger has.
Like someone has already said, id run like hell away from that except for helping.
those big azz trees make my trees look like bushes. But ill take em.
Like someone has already said, id run like hell away from that except for helping.
those big azz trees make my trees look like bushes. But ill take em.
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Will
Guest
Awesome!
Oxman
Treehouser
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Snooping around
Dropped by RBTree's job on the way back from the dump today. Nice work! Saw Eli Kuntzman up in the tree taking the last bit o' brush down.
Posted some pics over on the buzz, before realizing this is THE place to be.
Luckily, the airplane flew by during the action to give some scale to the spectacle.
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Dropped by RBTree's job on the way back from the dump today. Nice work! Saw Eli Kuntzman up in the tree taking the last bit o' brush down.
Posted some pics over on the buzz, before realizing this is THE place to be.
Luckily, the airplane flew by during the action to give some scale to the spectacle.
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SkwerI
Treehouser
Hey Mike, long time. 
Spectacular work as always, Rog. You have an impressive crew.
Spectacular work as always, Rog. You have an impressive crew.
rbtree
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Thanks, guys, but, remember, I let Eli and Dave do the climbing...
It is 8:18, and I gotta go dump the last of the chips...so far, about 70 yards! And at my 30 year customer John's place, who I've worked for and dumped chips for now and then for ages...Invited myself out on his boat for Seafair--Hydro races, and awesome airshow.....reckon the camera will be in overdrive again. Got home a while ago, ate some more warmed up slighly overcooked silver salmon...yum even so......and downloaded a full 4 gig of video, plus there's more on another card.....and I dunno how many photos----2 gig? Off and on sun, spectacular work....and only one climber at a time, so I was able to shoot a lot, what with me being the 4th groundie/grunt/gofer.....
Ya'll gonna have to be patient on the pics....
Ax-Man
Don't make me chop you
AWESOME, Oh did I forget to say AWESOME
Besides being big compared to what is out here in the midwest. They are awful trees to cut when you get down towards the bottom end. Not what I would call wood but more like just stringy pulp.
Looks like you got things under control and the job sounds like it is going good for you.
Keep up the good work.
Besides being big compared to what is out here in the midwest. They are awful trees to cut when you get down towards the bottom end. Not what I would call wood but more like just stringy pulp.
Looks like you got things under control and the job sounds like it is going good for you.
Keep up the good work.
High Scale
Trust fund lobbyist.
Epic!!
rbtree
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Time for Bed!!! Gotta do a minor revision on that Army Reserve base bid...by the morning...
and go back, and cut off the burl, plus buck a couple cord of wood fo a guy (sucker--:roll who just put in a wood stove......and pick up our cleanup tools....the customer will take care of the final rakings, so I don't need the chip truck...and that'll save him another $200.
Wait till ya'll see today's pics and vids....kinda boring......
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and go back, and cut off the burl, plus buck a couple cord of wood fo a guy (sucker--:roll
who just put in a wood stove......and pick up our cleanup tools....the customer will take care of the final rakings, so I don't need the chip truck...and that'll save him another $200.Wait till ya'll see today's pics and vids....kinda boring......
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gf beranek
Old Schooler
That a crew of Axemen if there ever was one.
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Bounce
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Mine too
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Bounce
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This reminds me of Graeme's (sp?)work down under. It's on a totally different scale than most of us are used to working on. And I mean both the actual climbing/rigging and the photography.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Ain't that the truth!
Oxman
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I figgered somebody would have cross-posted the video link from that other website by now. That's where all my stills are.
Download This Video
Download This Video
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Hobby Climber
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Cool!!!
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Excellent video....thanks!!
rbtree
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Well, I'm feeling a little better after a good night's sleep, though a bit more woulda been a bonus....
Spent several hours last night editing pics....and this morning put together a video of my new 2139T Josny with a ported muffler oblierating the 200T...which did have a bad chain.....check it out---
So, here's some pics...which are some of the 100 odd on my flickr site.
Dave and Eli both in the tree, can you spot 'em?:
Lifting some wood off with the GRCS, then pulling it clear with a tag or speed line
Dave on his way down, day 1. Eli, done for the day.
I confess, I did some post processing with this late afternoon shot...the crew gone, me having just made a special trip back to retrieve my clipboard..bonus was some great light!
Spent several hours last night editing pics....and this morning put together a video of my new 2139T Josny with a ported muffler oblierating the 200T...which did have a bad chain.....check it out---
So, here's some pics...which are some of the 100 odd on my flickr site.
Dave and Eli both in the tree, can you spot 'em?:
Lifting some wood off with the GRCS, then pulling it clear with a tag or speed line
Dave on his way down, day 1. Eli, done for the day.
I confess, I did some post processing with this late afternoon shot...the crew gone, me having just made a special trip back to retrieve my clipboard..bonus was some great light!
rbtree
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Day 2, Dave getting crankedup on "The Winch"
Crank away boys...sorry I haven't gotten a Milwaukee Hole Hawg drill and the chuk yet....
Cool early morning light. This was shot with my 70-200 internally stabilized lens, which allows for a sharp image at slow shutter speeds, effectively blurring the branch on its way down, which adds a feeling of action to the image.
Crank away boys...sorry I haven't gotten a Milwaukee Hole Hawg drill and the chuk yet....
Cool early morning light. This was shot with my 70-200 internally stabilized lens, which allows for a sharp image at slow shutter speeds, effectively blurring the branch on its way down, which adds a feeling of action to the image.
