How'd it go today?

[pete mctree]

I have had good experiences with the GLC 2000 too. Helped when I trashed my shoulder and knee.

 

[treebilly]

Good day for a Monday. Pruned a large white oak and a large codom red oak. Also was able to swing into another white oak to get some end weight and view pruning that one of the trainees couldn’t get to. Removed a sassafras as well. We have four more to prune tomorrow plus two more easy removals. I was cursing the weather while finishing up today. Started out in the mid forties and ended up around 30*F and almost white out conditions.
winding down at home. It’s the nightly hunt for the remote going on. Not that I watch a lot of TV but I swear I’m gonna start taking it to work just so I don’t have to search on the occasion I want to watch something.

 

[flushcut]

Taxes and daddy duty home with a sick girl. Just a sniffle.

 

[lxskllr]

Guess I should start thinking about getting my taxes done :^/

 

[flushcut]

Biz taxes are due on the 16.

 

[Mellow]

Meh... Automatic Extension.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

More waist deep in wind thrown and dead trees. Nary a branch left on 100 footers to pull over 180 out of favor. Little bit of core for wedges and hinge. Just got thick and pull. Tad nerve racking.

 

[lxskllr]

How'd ya get the ropes set without branches?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Gingerly catch a nub and run a running bowline up. So basically, 1-2 " nub holding a 1/2 rope.
Best if you can boomerrang the weight and line to catch a couple on the back side as well.

 

[murphy4trees]

More waist deep in wind thrown and dead trees. Nary a branch left on 100 footers to pull over 180 out of favor. Little bit of core for wedges and hinge. Just got thick and pull. Tad nerve racking.

throw some videos up.. love your stuff!

 

[cory]

this is about a 6 minute whole body routine...my goto set when I am pressed for time:

thank you for posting that. Looks very cool, imma try it soon. I'm still (always) looking for exercises/stretches that loosen and strengthen without hurting. The number of times I've gotten hurt or tweaked while exercising or stretching is large.

 

[treesmith]

My middle daughter just sent me a video...got to see the ultrasound of my sixth grandchild and hear its heartbeat.

 

[Tree09]

Congrats Scott!

 

[treesmith]

Thanks!

 

[stig]

I wish I had brought my camera and had time to take a picture.
Richard took a truly humonguous top out of a Beech.
Made a facecut, set it on a two level back cut ( Snap cut) and got out of there before the 12 ton 480 HP tractor pulled it off.

Yet another of our weird projects.
There is a beetle, which is only found in one place in Denmark.
Last year they only found 2 of them.
So we were called in to help them out.
We topped 4 large and one huge Beech and dropped one full length, because we decided topping it was too risky, it was in BAD shape.
Had 3 zoologists from Copenhagen Zoo runnning all over with a beetle vacuum collector.

They want to start a breeding and release programme.
Unfortunately they didn't find any.

I took the splint off my broken ankle, since I was only going to be gimping along on the road, stopping traffic.
Yep, those trees were next to a road................go figure.
The shit we do for beetles!

My ankle hurts like hell now, might just have been a tad early with walking around on it.
How old does one have to be, before getting smart?

 

[pigwot]

When you figure that one out Stig, please let me know!

 

[Mellow]

How old does one have to be, before getting smart?

It's different for each person but here is a formula for figuring it out for yourself:

 

[biggun]

The answer is 6.

 

[stig]

Nope, you've turned the paper upside down.
It is 9.

 

[Steve Mack]

Your both wrong, it's 666.

 

[Grnjp]

42 is the answer to all questions!

 

[Dave Shepard]

Yeah, that's half a lug nut on there. The very end half with the taper.

 

[Tree09]

That sucks Dave.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I won.

 

[BlackSmith]

Throw the never-sneeze to it...