TheTreeWiseMen
Redneck Limey
Landed another municipal contract, removals/stump grinding. For the village I live in....that makes four towns TWM does work for now.
How'd it go today?
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Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Did some silly trim jobs today that actually made a decent day when all was said and done. Tomorrow is a huge white pine, over a house, rotted at the base. My uncle is coming to kick that one for me. He and I have been itching to do a job together for awhile and so this will he it. Crane company backed out on me. They don't want to lift picks over the powerlines out to the road, which I understand.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Had a large limb above a road to do today. It had fallen off a substantial canyon live oak and was right in the fire break clearing. Once all the brush was off, the thing looked too tippy and easy to roll off the hill in a good rain, so we yarded it off with the Ford and butt hitched to a porty to lower it over the bank. Road crew was impressed and happy to see it go, I was happy to see them as well. They were removing all the asphalt grindings they had staged on our property from the road work and were using them to do some work on the road I was working over. I got asked, "are you sure that Ford will yard that out of there?". I replied, "yup" and got some grins when it was all said and done. The two sections of limb never even encroached the area the grader was working, just smoothly slid down the embankment 
I talked the HO out of a few feet of the log for Stehansen to play with if he wants.
Hate my family being away. Missing the heck out of Kat and the kids.
I talked the HO out of a few feet of the log for Stehansen to play with if he wants.
Hate my family being away. Missing the heck out of Kat and the kids.
MasterBlaster
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Never in all my years have I done that. Service drops, sure... but energized primaries? Nyet!
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
They felt the same way.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Got the 262xp up to snuff, the one I purchased at the auction here, that was missing the cylinder gasket. 
Runs great, but the excellent condition bar and sprocket, and half used chain that came on it, are .325. I think that 62 cc saw should be running standard 3/8" for best results, but I could be wrong.
Runs great, but the excellent condition bar and sprocket, and half used chain that came on it, are .325. I think that 62 cc saw should be running standard 3/8" for best results, but I could be wrong.
SkwerI
Treehouser
Jay, I agree.
HolmenTree
Banned
It will handle 3/8 no problem Jay, does your bar have a replaceable tip if it does just switch over to a 3/8 tip when you use up your chain, don't forget the rim sprocket.Got the 262xp up to snuff, the one I purchased at the auction here, that was missing the cylinder gasket.
.325 on a 62 cc saw is ok too, smooth, less kickback energy ,fast cutting, but downfall is less filing life and stretching issues.
flushcut
TreeHouser
I have four tall dead oaks to flop and clean up. I ran the esti for $800 with no clean up and some hack went and put $400 on it, man did that piss me off so FU dude I am doing it anyway for the low bid. The up side is I have sold the wood to a buddy for firewood for an additional $1200 so, I win, just have to haul it five miles maybe tree loads in the dump trailer.
MasterBlaster
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I'd let the hack have it before I'd cut my price in half.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
We just got the power back on .They had to drop the primary to get a big ash down then reattatch it .Asplundh did the work .
I just about split a gut laughing when the feller dropped his saw and ran like he'd seen a ghost .It was a giant wolf spider about as big as a baseball .Evidently the damned thing was under the bark and he riled it up and right up the bar of that Dolmar it came .
I just about split a gut laughing when the feller dropped his saw and ran like he'd seen a ghost .It was a giant wolf spider about as big as a baseball .Evidently the damned thing was under the bark and he riled it up and right up the bar of that Dolmar it came .
MasterBlaster
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Ha!
I've TD'd a lotta trees close to lines, never had them actually drop them. They'd either boot them or kill them altogether.
I've TD'd a lotta trees close to lines, never had them actually drop them. They'd either boot them or kill them altogether.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
The power company decided it would in their best interest to drop the lines .What it actually is is a short section coming off the main line to supply both my neighbor and myself .Eventually that big dead one and several smallers could have pulled down the whole 600 feet of primary ,poles and all .
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
We walked from todays white pine. Crane company wouldn't put an offroad crane on the uneven slope. Doing this tree manually carried an indescribable amount of liabilty. I called off the job.
MasterBlaster
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Lordy. I guess it was too dead to climb?
rangerdanger
TreeHouser
Bummer man.
Slow day today, ground two stumps from trees we took down yesterday. Had to go borrow a friends 1500 to get the stumper to them and got stuck (wet grass, only 2 wheel drive) so had to wait around for a bit for Dad to pull us out. Pretty much called it a day after that, around 12, since it was just me and bro today. Spent the last few hours getting some things worked out, and more work in the basement. Final ceiling coat goes on later today, and we're picking up the wall colors today as well.
Slow day today, ground two stumps from trees we took down yesterday. Had to go borrow a friends 1500 to get the stumper to them and got stuck (wet grass, only 2 wheel drive) so had to wait around for a bit for Dad to pull us out. Pretty much called it a day after that, around 12, since it was just me and bro today. Spent the last few hours getting some things worked out, and more work in the basement. Final ceiling coat goes on later today, and we're picking up the wall colors today as well.
LOL yeah i thought the same thing after the first time my power went out. now i got a 3 of them generators. 1 that i use and 2 for back up in case that one goes kaput on me.
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
It was plenty alive Butch. The bottom was like a shotgun shell. My uncle and I agreed to pull the plug. 30 years climbing and he flat out said he wouldn't touch it without a crane. He said 20 years ago it wouldn't have phased him. At his age and experience, he said he has nothing left to prove and it wasn't worth the hell that could unfold. I trusted his judgement and called it off. Me, I would have done it. But I'm young and wild still. I decided in my mind to trust his experience and be done at that.
MasterBlaster
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Shotgun shell? What does that mean... hollow?
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Yes, its an old term of mine for very hollow trees. Think of a spent shotgun shell. Just a thin rind.
bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
Chris, it takes smarts to walk away from a bad job. Good show.
Today I trimmed 1 big oak with another climber and then did 2 maples and a ginko while he did a spreading ash.
Today I trimmed 1 big oak with another climber and then did 2 maples and a ginko while he did a spreading ash.
MasterBlaster
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Hollow trees can be sound trees; just rig smaller.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Another day here. Td'd a dead cherry, then onto a nice big fir, chip and leave wood, then three more fir at a third site. Run O' the mill.
On monday I did a big azz Maple for around these parts about 36" dbh. I salvaged about four logs and a couple interesting character pieces out of it. That sucker is gonna mill up into some coin.
As for anyone involved in the horse banter a few days ago. No need to worry about any offense taken or any of that. I enjoy taking a razz almost as much as giving one.
On monday I did a big azz Maple for around these parts about 36" dbh. I salvaged about four logs and a couple interesting character pieces out of it. That sucker is gonna mill up into some coin.
As for anyone involved in the horse banter a few days ago. No need to worry about any offense taken or any of that. I enjoy taking a razz almost as much as giving one.
