How'd it go today?

I'm gonna poke around into the legalities/specifics of it a bit. Like what sort of licensing/permissions might be needed to just roll onto a beach and set-up.

When I get excited about something I generally go with it and see where it leads me. If nothing else it could be an adventure. And even if nothing comes of it I enjoy learning about things.
 
The industry of providing fun and relaxation sure would be a nice gig good luck!
Got some sticker shock today even though I expected a high # from vermeer for a new hydro tank I never expected the part to cost more than I gave for the machine:eek: glad I can weld! 1200 for a tank they are out of their minds. To any of you that own one pull your key panel and clean the debris and dust out left long enough it will rot a hole in the tank!
On another note today was easy, put some guys on this pine so it will stand until Wed when we go deal with both.
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All things heavenly rarify to air. Trèès pŕoduce that heavenly air. Breathe air and take care.
 
Uhhhh, I don't think so.

When I learn about something, I learn from others. Not from trial and error, or re-inventing the wheel. I would take some schooling for certain. But at this point it's a daydream. Lots of time to think when paddling. Lol.
 
I likes me some paddling, too. I have a mid 70's era Lettman Mark IV kayak...it was a big deal "in the day"..now it's a big honker. But I get good service from it...have used it on rivers back then, more recently over the years on Boy Scout trips (to Okefenokee Swamp and GA river slow river trips) to lately as an aid for Dive Team Missions. I have used it to escort divers when we had them tethered as they drifted down a river to check out a submerged bridge during training exercises.

And I used it a few weeks ago. I don't think I posted this...my "kayak cam"....our Dive Team ran water safety for a recent triathlon. We pulled quite a few "swimmers" from the water a few weeks ago during the event. It was only a 200 yard swim...lots of them had to rest on the inner tubes that were the route markers. Kayak cam:

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and here is some "helmet Cam" from the kayak:

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and here is a view from someone else's camera that was on the dock...I discovered this on youtube...shows me in the kayak "herding cats" at 7:15 and 17:12...

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Good upper body exercise too. There are some yak and paddle board rentals around here Squish but we're right on the bay/gulf/rivers. I haven't been on one but paddle boards seem to be very popular with the tourists right now.
 
Had to help Rusty in & out of the truck 2wice today, so he could ride along...Summer has been a bit hard on him this year.
 
That is a cool idea Squish.

I have become more or less addicted to paddle boards since late last summer. I'm always thinking about the next weekend outing or trying to shoehorn in a quick paddle after work on a hot day. They are very easy to learn and if you go hard and long, the work out is freaking intense. It's a water based workout so its doesn't beat you up but it can tire me out for a couple days. Paddling a SUP kayak-style or lying on it and arm paddling like a surfboard are lots of fun too. And if you are shot from too much tree work and aren't up for an epic trip/workout, going out 1000' off shore and just drifting is the cat's ass too.
 
Joel: Try to get some shots of that Pine after you kill it.

Today was great, and easy. Finished up my Acer Pita, and then got to stretch-out this little Fir-pig.

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Tiny but wide spread maple take down, HO is surrounded by italians, so they convinced him to leave some standing. Think they want to cut it down themselves for firewood. IMG_20150812_162044.jpg
 
Spellfeller said:
That's a dangerous infection indeed, Jed! The more I do tree work, the more I love it.



Amen!



"With practice" is the key! I should just take an hour one afternoon a week and go chuck the thing at various targets. I like the two-handed, between-the-legs technique the best, but my release point isn't very consistent. As a result, my left/right "windage" is usually right on the target line, but my up/down "elevation" is pretty crappy...
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5-10 minutes, today, shooting for 15-20'. When you get good at that, go a bit higher. Technique. Like free-throws. Sure, if you get an hour, go for it.

Work at home, so it you get it stuck, you can leave it until you have time to get it down.

I had a stuck line the other day. Overnight it had released itself. Learned something new.
 
Cool to read of everyone else's paddling activities. Cool vids Gary, I'm really hoping to get paddling with some experienced people. I have an uncle who does some real extreme ocean kayaking so I'm going to try to connect with him.

Cory we are definetly exploring SUPs too we are going to get one shortly so we'll have a board or kayak for everyone in the family. It seems to be exploding in popularity.

Ray do you do much rod fishing from your yak? This is where my real interest lies and what I see as a untapped market in my area.
 
Did my first clutch spring change. Easy, just something new. Sucks to have a machine down over a 99 cent part. I changed all three, in place. "regular" Wire cutters had enough grab to pinch and hold, but I couldn't even dent the old spring with a good amount of force.

For a minute, I had to jump from 200t to 660. Now if I can get a clutch off my 361, when I have access to an air wrench, I'll have Baby Bear, Mama Bear and Papa Bear. Too much time around preschoolers?? :lol:

Grumpy old man customer at a seniors retirement park turned out to be pretty chill, even after I had to tell him to back away because I didn't want to end up hurt from someone in our work area. We were spinning the chipper by hand to chip in place when he stood right next to the tire, up against the house, and he's like 75-80 y.o.. Squeezed the chipper and truck into the spot with a spare 4" total, both mirrors folded in. No drag.

He and the neighbor pulled up chairs at her house. She could about make a sailor blush, but was really happy with it.

He wanted to attach his chain link fence to the tree. Told him to stand-off a 2x4 on long hex head screws, if nothing else. How do people figure to just attach a chain link fence to a tree? :|::whine:
 
Jed, way to slay those pigs! Fir Friday is the thing I miss most about treework. I always did my damnedest to line up creamy fir removals every Friday.
 
Grendel said:
you'll never regret getting a Big Shot. Great for setting pull lines too, not just climbing.

Cheers.
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This is true. And not only pull lines, rigging lines, also. I've done a good couple handfuls of small, rigged trees with a pole saw and throw line, rather than climbing. A floating anchor point in a higher tree (basal tied rope going up and over a crotch, then down to a rigging block/ pulley and rigging line) works a charm, on some rigged trees. Saves climbing to a high point, even if you're climbing to prune/ dismantle, like a 70' rigging point over a 50' tree.
 
RajElectric said:
Tiny but wide spread maple take down, HO is surrounded by italians, so they convinced him to leave some standing. Think they want to cut it down themselves for firewood.

Or maybe they're medieval Italians and count on returning every year to harvest the suckers for stovewood. True history... or so I'm told. They say that that is the origin of the pruning practice of pollarding.
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Suckers for weaving baskets, too.

Coppicing fits in there somewhere.

Agro-forestry. Leaves for livestock, sprouts for various raw materials for craft and I'd suppose building, too.
 
Thanks Justin... Gotta love em for ease and facility of removal. Pretty sure I've got another small/med one tomorrow that's gotta be topped first.
 
So in between fixing the combine three times and picking hay bales in the 100 degree heat I decided to slip into town and grab a nutritious bite to eat at the gas station. Driving the old 1980 one ton feed pickup to town is a treat.

I drove past the gas pumps to get to the store and there was this squirreley looking guy standing next to his car with his shirt pulled up scratching his belly. He gave me the stink eye so I returned a WTF look.

I thought nothing of it and pulled up in front of the store and started to get out. I caught sight of the dude and his wife walking swiftly up behind my old pile of pickup.

I hopped out and the guy stops and says in a startled tone "Jesus Christ!" He and his wife turn around and get back into their car and drive off.

It was kinda funny.
 
It is kinda funny.

Something like that happened to me once. I stopped at a job, blinker and stop lights working, and the car driver behind got upset. I just happened to pick up an axe out of the back of my old ute, not thinking about them, I was going to use it on a stump. They said something to each other and turned around and left, I never thought about it till later, I was just thinking of the job.

Tucker and Dale was a good movie, they had things like that happen to them all the time.:laughing6:
 
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