Treeaddict
Treehouser
Probably. Looked like poison Ivy. Homeowner insisted it was oak and had some good general knowledge and had seen it in leaf. He may be wrong. I don’t think I’ve seen poison oak or sumac here, just poison Ivy.
How'd it go today?
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pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Staying busy. 80 yr old woodworker died and his daughter and son-in-law had a sale to clear out his shop. I got a new router table at a good price, so I can give away the old, homemade one I dubbed “The Antichrist”. Photo is of my new-to-me Canadian made, Jessem router table
Local club had sent out e-mail notices to 375 members from NJ, DE, and MD. I could tell the kids knew nothing about the tools. Met them early and once I bought the router table I stayed and helped sell for five hours yesterday. Sold a lot of the items, but at the end of the day there was still a good number of items there. They offered it all to me at a bargain price. Next Saturday I’ll bring my trailer and friends to move the tools out of the 2 car garage and sweep it clean.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Bummer
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
So naturally Young Daniel won the kids gun raffle at the annual Rod and Gun Club banquet.
A savage 22.
flushcut
TreeHouser
I have a Savage 17 hmr with the accutrigger adjusted all the way down. The trigger break is so crisp and clean.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Me today, after getting up at the crack of dawn, phone calls, estimates, assistant teacher, 6 hours chipping storm debris (throwing out my back) and never seeing dinner at home till after 9pm; after helping milk goats, shuffling equipment and kids activities, all week because we had a break in the weather.
Time to take my daily drive to check road condition for tomorrow once the weather clears.
Time to take my daily drive to check road condition for tomorrow once the weather clears.
Finishing out the maple went pretty well. Not too much derping around. Not smooth enough to impress Burnham, but it was good enough to impress the natives. The carnage...
@Treeaddict
The neighbor needs the maple removed. It isn't something I'd tackle by myself, but if you wanted to bid on it, and think it's doable, I'd help you out. I don't like it. It's a sprawling mess with a lot of dead, and a lot of targets. If he wants the wood gone(I don't know), That would be a full stop imo. There's a ton of wood there, and the job needs a chipper, a trailer, and a mini. Access isn't great, but doable if we had the above gear. I'm posting here so you can see the full res pics. SMS sucks. The disaster in question can be seen above, and here...
Part of the tree broke out last year or the year before, and hit my guy's house. He's been put on notice by insurance that any future damage from that tree will be payed by his insurance.
@Treeaddict
The neighbor needs the maple removed. It isn't something I'd tackle by myself, but if you wanted to bid on it, and think it's doable, I'd help you out. I don't like it. It's a sprawling mess with a lot of dead, and a lot of targets. If he wants the wood gone(I don't know), That would be a full stop imo. There's a ton of wood there, and the job needs a chipper, a trailer, and a mini. Access isn't great, but doable if we had the above gear. I'm posting here so you can see the full res pics. SMS sucks. The disaster in question can be seen above, and here...
Part of the tree broke out last year or the year before, and hit my guy's house. He's been put on notice by insurance that any future damage from that tree will be payed by his insurance.
Paid by his insurance, maybe personally. Not sure how that works if you have something like a tree you know is bad, but didn't do anything about it. Maybe his insurance could go after him? My guy's insurance paid as an 'act of god', but since everyone knows the tree's bad now, god isn't involved.
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Sorry. What I meant by "his" was the neighbor. My guy's insurance won't pay on that tree anymore.
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Sorry. What I meant by "his" was the neighbor. My guy's insurance won't pay on that tree anymore.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Can you rent a tow-behind lift or self-propelled lift, reasonably?
Treeaddict
Treehouser
@lxskllr We can sure take a look and quote it!! Will be good to work with you again!
Tackled my most “technical” job to date today. The conifer uproot with canopy stuck/married in a maple. I worked my original plan with minor deviation. Added a second guy wire to the left and climbed with only one overhead tie in point in lieu of 2 due to angles.
Removed a section of fence.
Once the tree was braced by a 6x6 and 2 ropes (one come along and one to a portawrap) I set a line in the adjacent maple. Climbed to the union and put the pole saw to work. Absolutely NO limbs made it to the ground. All 15 cuts resulted in hangars. It was like building a squirrel nest in the nearby holly. I cut the smaller co dom and let it slide to the near vertical position. The hands on homeowners dad pulled it out of the tangle. Did the same thing with the other lead. Made a felling cut and slowly let out rope from the come along a portawrap in an alternating pattern. Butt tied the “spar” to the stump so it couldn’t hit the fence if it broke loose.
I couldn’t have done it without you guys and gals!
The owners father shook my hand and patted me on the back saying “very well planned and well executed. Very safe and effective”. Home owner very happy. Hopefully I’ll take down her other standing dead and maybe do some work for her dad.
Maybe I over thought this but it was at least I got to use some of the techniques I’ve read about here or seen on YouTube and proved them. More tools added to the mental tool box.
Like they said on the A team show “ I love it when a plan comes together”.
Tackled my most “technical” job to date today. The conifer uproot with canopy stuck/married in a maple. I worked my original plan with minor deviation. Added a second guy wire to the left and climbed with only one overhead tie in point in lieu of 2 due to angles.
Removed a section of fence.
Once the tree was braced by a 6x6 and 2 ropes (one come along and one to a portawrap) I set a line in the adjacent maple. Climbed to the union and put the pole saw to work. Absolutely NO limbs made it to the ground. All 15 cuts resulted in hangars. It was like building a squirrel nest in the nearby holly. I cut the smaller co dom and let it slide to the near vertical position. The hands on homeowners dad pulled it out of the tangle. Did the same thing with the other lead. Made a felling cut and slowly let out rope from the come along a portawrap in an alternating pattern. Butt tied the “spar” to the stump so it couldn’t hit the fence if it broke loose.
I couldn’t have done it without you guys and gals!
The owners father shook my hand and patted me on the back saying “very well planned and well executed. Very safe and effective”. Home owner very happy. Hopefully I’ll take down her other standing dead and maybe do some work for her dad.
Maybe I over thought this but it was at least I got to use some of the techniques I’ve read about here or seen on YouTube and proved them. More tools added to the mental tool box.
Like they said on the A team show “ I love it when a plan comes together”.
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treebilly
Student of the Jedi
@lxskllr & @Treeaddict If the guy has been put on notice by an insurance company and hasn’t jumped, he’s probably looking the cheapest possible. Leaving the wood helps that.
The wife and I had a late night at a gathering of friends. Some time after 1 am is when we left. I was up at 6 and felt pretty good. She was not. I made breakfast per usual. Had burritos. While cooking I found a trailer tongue tool box on marketplace and inquired about it. Picked that up around noon. Moved wood to the garage and then the boy and I carved his pine wood derby car. It’s sanded and waiting on the paint shop (wife’s arts and crafts drawer) to open tomorrow after he gets out of school. Had a big salad for dinner. Think I might take a shower and go to bed early. It was a good day😎
The wife and I had a late night at a gathering of friends. Some time after 1 am is when we left. I was up at 6 and felt pretty good. She was not. I made breakfast per usual. Had burritos. While cooking I found a trailer tongue tool box on marketplace and inquired about it. Picked that up around noon. Moved wood to the garage and then the boy and I carved his pine wood derby car. It’s sanded and waiting on the paint shop (wife’s arts and crafts drawer) to open tomorrow after he gets out of school. Had a big salad for dinner. Think I might take a shower and go to bed early. It was a good day😎
Treeaddict
Treehouser
I can’t say it would be a show stopper. Maybe even do “take anything smaller than 6” and he keeps the larger fire wood rounds. I can get a trailer if need be. The best jobs are the cut and runs though.
Burnham
Woods walker
I'm sure it was more than smooth enough to satisfy me, John. I'm not that hard to please, am I?
.I know pictures lie...but it looks to me like it might just be possible to move that truck, the mower and yard trailer, a few other bits and bobs perhaps...and fell that neighbor tree intact. Maybe take off some limbs on the right side as seen in your pic first.
Maybe?
Treeaddict
Treehouser
That’s what I’m thinking by the photos as well but can’t distinguish properly lines or other obstacles from the pictures. Definitely wanna put eyes on it.I'm sure it was more than smooth enough to satisfy me, John. I'm not that hard to please, am I?
I know pictures lie...but it looks to me like it might just be possible to move that truck, the mower and yard trailer, a few other bits and bobs perhaps...and fell that neighbor tree intact. Maybe take off some limbs on the right side as seen in your pic first.
Maybe?
Mellow
BCMA
Figured I'd pop in to see what I've missed. How's everyone doing? Any major news in the hood I need to catch up on?
Guess you read about Jed, right?
Jed Walters
It pains me to say this but Jed was struck and instantly killed by a large limb that broke out of a big leaf maple he was in the process of felling. He died on Friday January 20th 2023. Jed was a good friend of mine and he was a friend to many of you on here. I was talking with his oldest...
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Treeaddict
Treehouser
Burnham
Woods walker
@Treeaddict @lxskllr Property lines without fences may be fairly easy to negotiate with said property owner, I would hope. But no sure thing, obviously.
Mellow
BCMA
Yup. Saw it on FB.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Good to read you Brett.
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