How'd it go today?
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FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Hey!
We can post pictures again!
Basically that's all I can contribute now.
We can post pictures again!
Basically that's all I can contribute now.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
First pic wasn’t very good and I forgot the caption so I tweaked it.
12,000lb (or more if you add pulleys) of pull wherever you need it…
12,000lb (or more if you add pulleys) of pull wherever you need it…
stikine
Treehouser
No worries Jim, we always like your family pictures from the prairie.
Kaveman
Treehouser
Farmers feed everyone, Jim. Thank you.
Today I climbed several trees, to remove one or two branches each. One pine was about 30ft for all of 3 dead limbs lolz. Was fun. Watched the fog roll in and make us cold. Temps went from t-shirt to phuk dat, right quick. Rob did some burning and pruning and his normal immaculate ground work. Stephen played on an orchard ladder and even got in the apple for a minute.
Oh, did he mention that he did a short work climb the other day? Probably not because he's modest, but i can almost feel his itch myself. That's a treebeast right there.
Anywho, another day of awesome in the life of Kaveman.
Remember yall, Every Day Is An Adventure.
Today I climbed several trees, to remove one or two branches each. One pine was about 30ft for all of 3 dead limbs lolz. Was fun. Watched the fog roll in and make us cold. Temps went from t-shirt to phuk dat, right quick. Rob did some burning and pruning and his normal immaculate ground work. Stephen played on an orchard ladder and even got in the apple for a minute.
Oh, did he mention that he did a short work climb the other day? Probably not because he's modest, but i can almost feel his itch myself. That's a treebeast right there.
Anywho, another day of awesome in the life of Kaveman.
Remember yall, Every Day Is An Adventure.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Now there's a relic.....
stikine
Treehouser
Is that going to be the "new" logging crew crummy?
flushcut
TreeHouser
Nice shot placement!
Cobleskill
Treehouser
Cut a dead ash by my barn in the drizzle today. Pretty good lean to the barn. Guyed to another tree and pulled it with a tractor. Very little hinge wood left. Good thing I got a round tuit. Always more to do than time and energy to do it. Being 71 doesn't help any.
Kaveman
Treehouser
Stupid squiggly neglected apple tree... I fell out of the dadgummed thing... No harm done, just a bit of swearing. One long step down about 7ft or so. Branch I put my lanyard round pulled right off. I was a little suspect of the union, but thought it'd be fine. Oopsie doodles. Getting into the tree was still much easier than faffing about with the ladder.
The poor trees where just HAMMERED, between years of neglect and a lightning fire two months ago, some may not survive. Going back again tomorrow, so long as the weather cooperates.
The poor trees where just HAMMERED, between years of neglect and a lightning fire two months ago, some may not survive. Going back again tomorrow, so long as the weather cooperates.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
I should have followed throughwith my thought minutes before it happened. Throw a line over the pine next to it. I will follow through next time sir.
Burnham
Woods walker
If every time I said to myself, "I should have done what I thought about doing right away...", I had done so, I expect I'd have made fewer mistakes and have fewer regrets today. Hindsight is a mean bitch at times.
Kaveman
Treehouser
Ya know, I thought the same thing right off, BuuuuUuuut, I was looking to get in and out of the thing and on to the next one. That's what I get for getting in a hurry i guess. No harm, no foul, and the world moves on. Valuable lesson on the trustworthiness of apple trees.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Went and pulled this guy out
flushcut
TreeHouser
I go with my gut spidy sense. Like the day before yesterday when I was rigging down the oak chunks and was thinking about the tree yesterday. I kept looking at the house nextdoor and their windows. They weren’t close maybe 150’ away but I kept looking at them for some reason. So I decided to lean mats up against the house covering the windows. Flop the tree and a foot long one inch chunk of limb bounced off of the mat, maybe not enough to break the window but I was glad I put the mats up. One thing I’ve learned doing trees is: if you think of something do it even if it’s overly redundant or far fetched. I had my doubts that a chunk was going to make it that far but it did.
most exciting thing today is just gonna be moving my truck and chipper so I can get a load of leaves delivered to mix into my chip pile for compost, I never considered decomposed chips as compost, but that stuff is like Tony Chachere's creole seasoning, goes on everything!
first time I've driven hydroboost brakes in the cold, takes some getting used to, gotta let that fluid warm up
reminds me of my first time driving that truck fully loaded towing a chipper through town, I didn't know it at the time, but one of the local highways was diverted down main street so I had to deal with the worst traffic the town had ever seen, in a truck that I've never driven more than 5 miles at a time, towing a trailer, at 32Klb, and its a notoriously terrible road to drive down since its a narrow 2 lane with roadside parking, and every intersection the lanes shift sideways about 6ft, that was interesting to say the least
(might not sound bad, but I had driven a grand total of maybe 100 miles at this point, and it was my third time ever pulling a trailer)
side note, parent's insurance company called this week to ask why I wasn't on their insurance, they weren't happy to hear I pay for my own insurance and don't drive their vehicles, I'm surprised they called since im not a minor, got my license 5 months ago and haven't driven anything besides this dump truck since, no plans to either, I could be insured in our pickup but I hate driving that thing, so I didn't bother, my dad would rather have his radio, A/C and power seats anyways
first time I've driven hydroboost brakes in the cold, takes some getting used to, gotta let that fluid warm up
reminds me of my first time driving that truck fully loaded towing a chipper through town, I didn't know it at the time, but one of the local highways was diverted down main street so I had to deal with the worst traffic the town had ever seen, in a truck that I've never driven more than 5 miles at a time, towing a trailer, at 32Klb, and its a notoriously terrible road to drive down since its a narrow 2 lane with roadside parking, and every intersection the lanes shift sideways about 6ft, that was interesting to say the least
(might not sound bad, but I had driven a grand total of maybe 100 miles at this point, and it was my third time ever pulling a trailer)
side note, parent's insurance company called this week to ask why I wasn't on their insurance, they weren't happy to hear I pay for my own insurance and don't drive their vehicles, I'm surprised they called since im not a minor, got my license 5 months ago and haven't driven anything besides this dump truck since, no plans to either, I could be insured in our pickup but I hate driving that thing, so I didn't bother, my dad would rather have his radio, A/C and power seats anyways
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I managed to replace the trap under my kitchen sink with with relative ease. And for less than $20. It's catch 22 season around here. I have time to work on the deferred maintenance, but I don't have the money to work on the deferred maintenance. 
I felt this in my core
Nutball
TreeHouser
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Story of my life....I managed to replace the trap under my kitchen sink with with relative ease. And for less than $20. It's catch 22 season around here. I have time to work on the deferred maintenance, but I don't have the money to work on the deferred maintenance.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Every morning I pull out my gate and it mocks me.
Kaveman
Treehouser
Helluva way to spend a Friday, babysitting a campfire with a McLeod. Great day for it, grey and dreary, more rain coming in later.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Went to town for breakfast, ended up on an adventure.
