Been hot all week and the crew and I are about at odds with it.
Just a vent here... Just need to get it out.
Hot blooded or thoroughbred horse owners don't have a lick of horse sense. Mother of all gods!
Two day job. Only one tree even needs climbed. Horses are killing all the trees, bored out of their minds.
Trees toward structures and 50 percent need MA to pull into LZs, the other 50 straight felling wiht just being careful of crispy dead characters.
Horses keep being spooked.
First day horses in one area moved because HO could not move the ones on the tree I wanted to start on. No biggie.. Plan B, three good sized trees in one pasture will keep us plenty busy.
Next day, go back to finish pasture and I test the theory with a mild saw to see if the horses acclimate. NOPE. HO still does not want to move the $22,000.00 injured horse that is the easiest to spook. Has a dislocated vertebrae. Well ok then.. we will start at the bottom of the next pasture and they should be fine. We can move the horse later to do the biggest nastiest tree at the end of the day. Nope.
I was up the Black oak I had to climb and was 1/2 done and told to stop. Other horses were acting up from the stuff falling out of the tree and the 200T. frig. OK.
Clean up our mess to come back today to do the upper pasture. Explain what time we will be there.. please have all horses moved. Show up, not a fuggen thing done. I went off. I explained very sternly that this is now going to cost her more money if these trees are not all done today. She has had three days to figure this the frig out. Bad enough we have to move all the slash 1/4 mile down a fuggen dirt road to where it needs dumped.
So the first two horses (one being the injured useless $20,000.00 dressage horse) so we can get the worst done. Pull it off in record time. Fuggen chips flying! Rooster tails throwing out 20 feet cutting 36" round to be moved by the mini.. Drop another oak, another oak. The big pine was a 180 out pull as was one oak. Moving and grooving. I had given her a warning saying I would let her know within 1/2 hour of needing access to the black oak to finish. I go to give her the notice.... Can't move the horses. !!!!!!!!??????
WTF! He helper (daughter) has left and she can't do it on her own or let us help.
I now have to pay Katy 2 more hours for this stupid job when we could have had it wrapped up in 1/2-1 hour.
So... tomorrow is a new day.
I was hoping Dave Byrnes (thattreeguy) was going to make it out for tomorrow or the day after and there have been too many issues about him getting here so that has been put a week out. Was really looking forward to working together.
I get a call on my way home and the brand new clutch that was just put in the Datsun has failed. I had to tow that home and now we are going to be playing the vehicle shuffle until that gets back. I put in a call to a local dealer for another truck to be searching for.
SO there is my day 3 of 3 going into 4. I just want to take the rest of the week off and work on fixing shat with a cold brew and some time in the pool ...
What is with these idiots bringing high dollar horses into an environment that is set up to lame or kill them is beyond me. GAWD
Rant done.
Sold some more work.
Good money on the way.
Ahh for the love of pete
Got paid enough to make up for the extra time though and picked up at least 5 more trees from the customer, along with several stumps and another tree form his friend.
