How'd it go today?

[MasterBlaster]

They didn't wanna do it.

I did.

 

[Mr. Sir]

And you can destroy stuff when you swing the jib if you don't keep it under control.

What do you mean?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Underestimating the weight and losing control of the tag line as the jib swings. I've seen an expensive streetlight knocked down.

 

[sotc]

snip

 

[Mr. Sir]

Underestimating the weight and losing control of the tag line as the jib swings. I've seen an expensive streetlight knocked down.

Ah, I see. I thought you meant whilst aloft.

 

[MasterBlaster]

All jib swinging is done on Terra Firma.

 

[stehansen]

When you swing the jib, does someone then have to go and feed the cable through it?

I left my two guys trimming some fruitless mulberries and a silver dollar euc today while I helped my cousin with some mechanic stuff. They did pretty good.

 

[MasterBlaster]

You don't feed it thru it, more like flip it over and on top.

 

[Paul B]

finished a residential install today, 8 yards compost mulch to beds, 30 odd 6' cedars, 50 yards of sod layed. and another 5 yards of lawn soil. sigh, now I get to invoice!

Next week is all one day pruning jobs it looks like.

 

[squisher]

That must feel good Paul. Sounds like a decent sized installation. I landed a bunch of work today so that was kind of nice I was starting to get down to the remnants there. One that's gonna be some rigging on two nice fir should be fun.

 

[Paul B]

it was a decent sized job, here are a couple pics, the after pics were taken by one of my helpers, I dont like them at all and I will be going back to retake them

 

[sotc]

elegant

 

[Frans]

Nice work and good to put your sign up also.

 

[stehansen]

Looking very nice Paul.

 

[vharrison]

She was quite the lardass, for sure!

How did the pine die? Lightening?

 

[vharrison]

Paul, nice job!

 

[sotc]

on second glance, didnt you put those thuja in on the other side of the fence (first 2 pics) a few weeks ago?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Beetles killed the pine, Virginia.

on second glance, didnt you put those thuja in on the other side of the fence (first 2 pics) a few weeks ago?

Are you addressing me/Paul, and what's a thuja?

 

[Paul B]

Thuja (pronounced Thooya) occidentalis 'Smaragd' are the hedge cedars that are most common up here Boss.
Willie, nope, the tops you see are from neighbor hedges across the alley.

 

[sotc]

just looked like it could have been one of the jobs you posted recently

 

[squisher]

Yah Paul's posting his jobs double so it looks like he's twice as busy.

 

[Paul B]

not this time. seems we have been planting a lot of hedges this spring tho, I admit.

 

[Paul B]

Yah Paul's posting his jobs double so it looks like he's twice as busy.

hm, not a bad idear... guess you are using the opposite? not posting any work pics so you look like you arent busy

 

[squisher]

Hell anytime I post a pic I get accosted for the toothpicks I work on up here.

 

[vharrison]

I just ran into Coach Jimmy Johnson in the Marathon Kmart. Jimmy J shopping at K for tropical shirts.

Oh, and his hair was perfect!

He lives up in Islamorada, a couple of keys up from us.