MasterBlaster
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Ya'll are making me feel bad living/working in AC all day!!!
Uhhh - not really!
Uhhh - not really!
How'd it go today?
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Raj
TreeHouser
Don't hear much that way Justin. I think in Ontario they will list pre existing medical condition as cause of death instead of heat.
Well, maasdam helped load this sugar maple on.... Now what? I'm tired already.....
Well, maasdam helped load this sugar maple on.... Now what? I'm tired already.....
Raj
TreeHouser
I was thinking table top. (My lathe is not that big)
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Found my wallet!
MasterBlaster
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Now, where are your pants???
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Ha!
My wallet had fallen out of my pants pocket and had lit on the back deck of the raking tractor.
No cab so it was very lucky to find that darn thing this morning.
Making some bigger tool purchases this week. Been upgrading my AC service tools, and other tools too.
My Nitrogen regulator kit showed up today so I can charge an AC system with dry nitrogen to find leaks. Wont have to use refrigerant now.
Also have a leak detector coming and some other stuff.
I had to retake a test I took in college to be able to buy 30 pound canisters of R134a. Lost my cert somewhere along the way, an the new rules state that you must be certified to buy the stuff.
You can but 1 pound cans all day long with out the cert!
My wallet had fallen out of my pants pocket and had lit on the back deck of the raking tractor.
No cab so it was very lucky to find that darn thing this morning.
Making some bigger tool purchases this week. Been upgrading my AC service tools, and other tools too.
My Nitrogen regulator kit showed up today so I can charge an AC system with dry nitrogen to find leaks. Wont have to use refrigerant now.
Also have a leak detector coming and some other stuff.
I had to retake a test I took in college to be able to buy 30 pound canisters of R134a. Lost my cert somewhere along the way, an the new rules state that you must be certified to buy the stuff.
You can but 1 pound cans all day long with out the cert!
wow, lucky find on the wallet!
out trimming with the zero-turn mower this morning and the rear wheel falls off...broke one stud and worked the holes out in the rim to fall off the other three. Not a sign that anything was wrong until it happened...weird.
studs were just pressed in from the back of the hub so they knocked out easy after the nuts were off...only had to cut one.
out trimming with the zero-turn mower this morning and the rear wheel falls off...broke one stud and worked the holes out in the rim to fall off the other three. Not a sign that anything was wrong until it happened...weird.
studs were just pressed in from the back of the hub so they knocked out easy after the nuts were off...only had to cut one.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Worked in the heat today. Killed all the shade this week, 11 conifers. Shorter days than usual, due to summer camp schedule for the kid and such. Long evening, two bids, wrapped up at 9pm (still bright out).
One bigger fir removal, bottom section before the first jog in the trunk in the 40-something" range, tapering above reasonably quickly, topping out about 140', maybe less. For the son/ GF of a customer.
Second one for couple of retired dentists who do a lot of volunteer work in Mexico and are gone in the rainy season. Talked them into watering and mulching their thirsty cedars instead of certainly removing 1 (not leaning, growing for sun and self-correcting to vertical growth) and probably removing another, which instead will get ivy cut. Got the go ahead to come to the property when the time is right to prune japanese maples, address buried root collars and stem-girdling root pruning and whatever else needs to be done. No bid or hourly rate requested.
Bumped my guy up a buck an hour. He's been picking up fast. Works hard. Works safely. Punctual. Safe driver so far. Wants to learn. Doesn't get butt-hurt. Told him to tell his girlfriend that I said he did a Grade A job, and that he worked hard in the sun today, so be nice. Introduced him to Coolvests. He liked!
I made a mistake that all felled well in the end. I was walking my new guy through falling a tree, and I was spotting the far side of the back-cut, and when I showed him no more to cut on the back-cut (up to the pre-marked line on each side of the trunk, marking out the hinge), he cut more. Started cutting off the far side/ my side of the hinge. The tree didn't start to fall, barely.
I finished the cut, went to the lay, no problem, didn't empty the neighbor's above ground pool with a hemlock, the one kinda uphill of their house enough to be a problem, on the steeply sloping lot.
Neighbor with the pool was my original customer from 8 years ago. He wants the same big maple worked on, it seems...haven't read the email yet.
One bigger fir removal, bottom section before the first jog in the trunk in the 40-something" range, tapering above reasonably quickly, topping out about 140', maybe less. For the son/ GF of a customer.
Second one for couple of retired dentists who do a lot of volunteer work in Mexico and are gone in the rainy season. Talked them into watering and mulching their thirsty cedars instead of certainly removing 1 (not leaning, growing for sun and self-correcting to vertical growth) and probably removing another, which instead will get ivy cut. Got the go ahead to come to the property when the time is right to prune japanese maples, address buried root collars and stem-girdling root pruning and whatever else needs to be done. No bid or hourly rate requested.
Bumped my guy up a buck an hour. He's been picking up fast. Works hard. Works safely. Punctual. Safe driver so far. Wants to learn. Doesn't get butt-hurt. Told him to tell his girlfriend that I said he did a Grade A job, and that he worked hard in the sun today, so be nice. Introduced him to Coolvests. He liked!
I made a mistake that all felled well in the end. I was walking my new guy through falling a tree, and I was spotting the far side of the back-cut, and when I showed him no more to cut on the back-cut (up to the pre-marked line on each side of the trunk, marking out the hinge), he cut more. Started cutting off the far side/ my side of the hinge. The tree didn't start to fall, barely.
I finished the cut, went to the lay, no problem, didn't empty the neighbor's above ground pool with a hemlock, the one kinda uphill of their house enough to be a problem, on the steeply sloping lot.
Neighbor with the pool was my original customer from 8 years ago. He wants the same big maple worked on, it seems...haven't read the email yet.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Sounds busy Sean. Glad the new guy is working out.
Raj
TreeHouser
Good show Jim! I used to buy isobutane to get around the ODP, IMHO cools better.....
Good news Sean! Hope the guy keeps working out.
Now to make some wax emulsion, anchorseal is pricey and an hour away.
Anyone have a good formula to emulsify wax???
Good news Sean! Hope the guy keeps working out.
Now to make some wax emulsion, anchorseal is pricey and an hour away.
Anyone have a good formula to emulsify wax???
SeanKroll
Treehouser
I buy mis-tint paint, fwiw.
I'd like to know about homemade anchor seal.
I'd like to know about homemade anchor seal.
Raj
TreeHouser
I youtubed some homemade makeup/cream videos. Basically a nice smelling wax emulsion. I melted some paraffin wax into paintthinner, brushes on nice.
Raj
TreeHouser
Ozone depletion and greenhouse gas. Very serious up here too. Some suppliers won't sell you parts if you don't have a card.
Gotta keep records of every movement of refrigerant..... Sometimes the records say "Found to have no refrigerant in system"
Gotta keep records of every movement of refrigerant..... Sometimes the records say "Found to have no refrigerant in system"
Mick!
TreeHouser
Nice Tournesols, Mick.
We took on a new apprentice today.
The Forestry school had selected two, that they felt would work for us and given them my phone number.
One never bothered to call..................go figure.
Then one guy wrote me out of the blue and asked for an apprenticeship, and since we were going to have the forst guy in for a talk , so the day was ruined anyway, we decided to give him a chance.
As usual we had the interviews in the top of a mature beech tree.
" you say you want to be a climber, so lets see if you can climb"
First one did fine, had a blast in that tree.
When he left, he said that whether he got the job or not, he wanted to thank us for that great experince.
The second guy was a bit on the pudgy side.
He managed to SRT about 20 feet up, then gave up.
I had to lower him down.
That ended the interview for him.
Wanting to do one of the hardest most demanding jobs there is, logging and aborist work and shows up so out of shape he can't climb up a frigging rope....................WTF?
So we hired the first one.
He is 30 years old, has been a furniture maker for years, running his own shop.
Chemistry between us was good, we could really talk to each other and he even got most of our weird jokes.
He'll start on the 6th of August, just as we go to "logging camp" on one of the southern islands for a month.
He simply has no idea what he is in for
We took on a new apprentice today.
The Forestry school had selected two, that they felt would work for us and given them my phone number.
One never bothered to call..................go figure.
Then one guy wrote me out of the blue and asked for an apprenticeship, and since we were going to have the forst guy in for a talk , so the day was ruined anyway, we decided to give him a chance.
As usual we had the interviews in the top of a mature beech tree.
" you say you want to be a climber, so lets see if you can climb"
First one did fine, had a blast in that tree.
When he left, he said that whether he got the job or not, he wanted to thank us for that great experince.
The second guy was a bit on the pudgy side.
He managed to SRT about 20 feet up, then gave up.
I had to lower him down.
That ended the interview for him.
Wanting to do one of the hardest most demanding jobs there is, logging and aborist work and shows up so out of shape he can't climb up a frigging rope....................WTF?
So we hired the first one.
He is 30 years old, has been a furniture maker for years, running his own shop.
Chemistry between us was good, we could really talk to each other and he even got most of our weird jokes.
He'll start on the 6th of August, just as we go to "logging camp" on one of the southern islands for a month.
He simply has no idea what he is in for
SkwerI
Treehouser
That sounds like a blast, Stig. Once in a lifetime experience for the right person. Stuff like that is what makes great memories when you're old and gray. I hope he appreciates it.
Hope he works out great for you Stig!
Tried top-dressing today at the course, but the soil had stones everywhere in it..big double handful of rocks for a 5 gal bucket...no go. have to either figure a way ot screen it or the boss will have to spend some money...
Tried top-dressing today at the course, but the soil had stones everywhere in it..big double handful of rocks for a 5 gal bucket...no go. have to either figure a way ot screen it or the boss will have to spend some money...
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Logging camp for a month...what an intro to treework. I envy the fellow.
I do like your interviewing methods.
I do like your interviewing methods.
Stumpshot
General Purpose
Wednesday
Wednesday was a hot one here again. First job was felling a 30' cedar and a 40' pitch pine. The cedar was growing right against a chain link fence, bulging it out -- no space for a backcut. At least the lean was favorable away from the fence. I had the groundman hold the fence away and bore cut it, feathering out the backstrap to release it without hitting the chain link. It laid down slow & beautiful. Saved the log for milling. Then a little light maple and live oak (!) pruning, then a couple of dead limbs off the pin oak over the driveway.
Second job was pruning 2 pin oaks in a back yard over a mahogany and teak deck, lots of delicate plants and trinkets. Yowsa! We did good, no rigging needed, just pieced stuff out and threw it into a dropzone area. Then carted things out limb by limb to the chipper out front. I had taken care of the 3-4 dead limbs on a pin oak and the silver maple out front, dropping them with our power pruner. "Oh, and while you're here, can you deadwood the huge silver maple out front?" Well, sure. Added another hour to the job, and a bit more to the payday.
Third job was 2 doors down for another neighbor. Taking off a half dozen dead limbs off of 2 pin oaks, some elm limbs in the back, and pulling back a sycamore from the house. The next day, we were slated to work directly across the street! Great to hit a neighborhood like that.
Hot, tired, then it was date night out with my wife (try to do that every other week). We jumped in Perry Lake to cool off and had a nice evening.
Wednesday was a hot one here again. First job was felling a 30' cedar and a 40' pitch pine. The cedar was growing right against a chain link fence, bulging it out -- no space for a backcut. At least the lean was favorable away from the fence. I had the groundman hold the fence away and bore cut it, feathering out the backstrap to release it without hitting the chain link. It laid down slow & beautiful. Saved the log for milling. Then a little light maple and live oak (!) pruning, then a couple of dead limbs off the pin oak over the driveway.
Second job was pruning 2 pin oaks in a back yard over a mahogany and teak deck, lots of delicate plants and trinkets. Yowsa! We did good, no rigging needed, just pieced stuff out and threw it into a dropzone area. Then carted things out limb by limb to the chipper out front. I had taken care of the 3-4 dead limbs on a pin oak and the silver maple out front, dropping them with our power pruner. "Oh, and while you're here, can you deadwood the huge silver maple out front?" Well, sure. Added another hour to the job, and a bit more to the payday.
Third job was 2 doors down for another neighbor. Taking off a half dozen dead limbs off of 2 pin oaks, some elm limbs in the back, and pulling back a sycamore from the house. The next day, we were slated to work directly across the street! Great to hit a neighborhood like that.
Hot, tired, then it was date night out with my wife (try to do that every other week). We jumped in Perry Lake to cool off and had a nice evening.
Mellow
BCMA
I took the TRAQ exam this morning, after completing the two day prep class. It's a two part exam; first is an outdoor exam where you evaluate and rate a subject tree, then a 100 question multiple choice exam. I'm confident I did very well on both and now it's a 4 to 6 week wait for the results.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Well. Good look on your results Mellow.
Good luck with your apprentice Stig.
And good luck with your quotes Mick.
I had a good day today working for the man. Just as I planned so far. Low stress, put in eight and hit the gate.
Good luck with your apprentice Stig.
And good luck with your quotes Mick.
I had a good day today working for the man. Just as I planned so far. Low stress, put in eight and hit the gate.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
You are going to be SSSOOOOO boring......
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