How'd it go today?

[MasterBlaster]

It sounds like Dave needed to count to ten. I'm terrible at "taking direction form a homeowner" and rarely do it. The homeowner should told Dave what he wanted and then Dave shoulda told you.

 

[Paul B]

I usually call him Bub. From an old cartoon line "whats all the hubbub, Bub?"
shity that the contractor takes pruning advice that way from a client .

my days off just got interrupted, a fellow/friend I subbed for this spring has a major deadline on a BIG project, client wants it done by end of tomorrow. My helper and I will be there for him at 0800 tomorrow, spades in hand to help plant.

 

[sawinredneck]

Tomorrow is another day Brian, hopefully cooler heads will prevail and you guys can work things out in a few days!
I have an old guy that I still like to work with, he and I worked together a lot in the past. He's old and set in his ways. I'm eager and stubborn.
We fight a LOT. We may go weeks without talking, then ne of us calls the other and a good lunch and all is well again.

The funeral was a nice service. It was hard, I just kept wondering how those poor people could go on like that! Loosing three very gifted children that quickly.
His father gave the eulogy, I don't know how, I sure couldn't have put on a brave face that long. ALL of the music for the service was either composed or performed by him, that really got to me. One of the songs was performed by a bell chior he was directing playing the piece he had composed for his brothers (my best friend) memorial service. That one hit me hard.
We were escorted by the casket (open, at the front of the room) on the way out. I put my hand on his fathers shoulder, and without even looking he cried "Andy!!!!" He lost it after that. I hugged them both, but was at a loss for words.
I did get to see my buddies wife for a bit, that was nice, I hope her and her daughter come by this evening. That would be very nice.

And I still got in seven hours at work today.

 

[RIVERRAT]

Damn Andy, thats some terrible stuff.

 

[stehansen]

Sorry Andy. Skwerl I have done that before and I am a calm enough person that I haven't lost it yet. It is pretty annoying. I can see a limb or two but when it keeps going on, that's annoying. I worked in the po' part of town today and we took down a pretty big Modesto Ash tree. Fell it into the street so it was pretty easy. 2 loads of wood and chips in the dump trailer and 1 load in the forestry truck. No pictures, I'm a retard about remembering the camera. Bub seems like a good name Paul.

 

[arborworks1]

Worked by myself today as my lone employee broke his foot playing football the other night. Sucks all around 3 to 6 weeks without him is gonna be tough. I have a guy lined up,that worked for me a while back, but hes gonna be rusty for awhile.

The worst part today was lowering limbs right by myself. Just time consuming. Got it all done and cleaned up. Even got a new contract out of it, as the people were impressed that I was doing it right by myself and not tearing up anything. I didn't let them walk around the other side were I smashed a little volunteer cherry Flat as a pancake. Working at the local college and the scenery was not all bad. Pics tomorrow.

 

[squisher]

Today was day two, and thankfully the last, of doing a little rock moving work with my mini. Today I got smart though wore shorts and dove off the dock at the end of the day for a swim before driving home. Somedays are tougher than others.

The rock work has paid fine just boring as hell. Tomorrow back to the chainsaws.

 

[arborworks1]

We did some dirt hauling about a year ago, Damn boring. At least the logs put up a fight. Can't complain made our crew hourly rate and we sat in ac all day long, never even got dirty.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Lost a shock and one caliper today on the dodge 1 ton... Well I hope its only one caliper... One of our customers owns a towing company and repair service. I will be doing his trees this coming Tues. Guess we gonna keep up our symbiotic relationship. Only charged me 65 for the tow. Already had purchased the new shocks ( before the caliper bound up). Might have it done sometime tomorrow. Kinda sucky day... But Conservation Corps wants to meet with me about fire clean up... Might just keep me busy this fall..

 

[Che]

WONDERFUL day! Woke up at Lure Lodge down on Cumberland Lake, had a great breakfast overlooking the lake before going down to the Wolf Creek dam to inspect the changes since they started fixing it. Took our time coming home. Felt like 'old times'.

 

[MasterBlaster]

And don't forget! TGIF!!!

 

[vharrison]

WONDERFUL day! Woke up at Lure Lodge down on Cumberland Lake, had a great breakfast overlooking the lake before going down to the Wolf Creek dam to inspect the changes since they started fixing it. Took our time coming home. Felt like 'old times'.

Che, you need to do that more often.

 

[lumberjack]

Ordered a set of knives, an anvile, and 12 nuts and bolts from the new Bandit dealer. They charged me $398.86 not counting the shipping.

Each nut was $2.90
Each bolt was $3.70
Each blade (4) was $38.97
The anvil was $163.78 for a piece of angle iron!

Does anyone else think that's rediculousy steep? The freight was $9.52, thinking I'll be returning that and going a different route.

In other news, I took dad to the dentist this morning, sold three days work, had breakfast with dad, came home, had lunch with a friend, and ground a stump this afternoon. Going out to pull the 'burb out and get it ready to be stripped.

 

[Drella]

Does anyone else think that's rediculousy steep? The freight was $9.52, thinking I'll be returning that and going a different route.

I think the shipping for such heavy items is awesome.. Though you may have raped by the high costs of inflation, you made out like a bandit with freight..

 

[lumberjack]

Not particularly, that's what UPS charged. Small heavier items don't cost much to ship.

Zenith shows my anvil at slightly more than half what I paid from Bandit. The knives are $40 less for the set (little more than 25% less). The nuts are nothing overly special, I've never tried buying bolts like that from Fastenal though.

 

[Altissimus]

My Morbark still sits with a fuel issue...Hauling brushloads,old school to the burn pile,still managing to make some dough and keep customers happy.That's good!

 

[sotc]

sounds high to me, those anvils only have 1 usable edge also

 

[lumberjack]

But they have a couple inches of depth to that edge.

 

[cybergeek23851]

Not particularly, that's what UPS charged. Small heavier items don't cost much to ship.

Zenith shows my anvil at slightly more than half what I paid from Bandit. The knives are $40 less for the set (little more than 25% less). The nuts are nothing overly special, I've never tried buying bolts like that from Fastenal though.

If I can't get hardware quick enough through McMaster Carr, I usually use Fastenal while in the city, working, since there is one across the parking lot from my office.

 

[rangerdanger]

Friday!!! Had my third day of school, spent all of it awaiting the last bell to ring so I could get home and try out my new Cougar (Wesspur said it would be here today) but no Cougar. Hoping now it arrives Monday, so I can try it out!!

 

[lumberjack]

I'd bet McMaster would have it, good idea Jay.

 

[cybergeek23851]

So I finally got out of Springf@wked as some of the locals so eloquently call the place.

On the way out I did find the Smith and Wesson Plant, and no it wasn't free sample day.

I wrapped up my install paperwork, and worked on cleaning more glass out of the truck. The rest will wait until tomorrow, when I can vacuum it out. Otherwise I'm here in Seymour CT, waiting on a call back, my fault for being so late, Brendon.

 

[sotc]

found out i left a huge amount of money on the table in a bid guess we will be busting tail to make it up if we get awarded

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Well, stopped by the mechanics today. Truck still aint done but will be tomorrow. Rotors, pads, calipers. Pads failed first, had plenty of meat but got loose at the rivets then bound up causing heat. The heat took out the calipers and then warped the rotors while trying to get back to town. Called tow truck from there. Day went smooth though. got a lot of brushing done at a regular account. Hired me for a Grey pine removal at her other property in the fall. It is fire damaged and leaning right over the cabin. Small on though, forty feet high or so. No worries. Easy Peesy. Not enough damage to worry about the climb, just some cooked bark. Tree real sound.
Our local conservation office caught up with me as I was dropping off some cards for referral for fire clean up. I will E mailing our rates tonight and should get plenty of work from it all. Might have to sub a crane for some of the stuff she was describing. See what comes of it.
Hot today and got 6 hours in ... Clearing out of rocks and taking dead trees down in the rocks, makes for some fun. Been in poisen oak all day so its off to the showers for me!
Tree trimming tomorrow.... and maybe a removal. Know more when I get there.

 

[sawinredneck]

You suck Jay!! What were you thinking?

Today didn't go real well. I didn't expect it to. My work phone died two weeks ago, I mentioned it to my boss and the big boss then. They chose not to do anything about it. I forewarded that phone to my personal phone for two weeks. The wife called BS!!! I told the second shift supervisor to call the dude that thinks he is in charge last night, because he couldn't get me on tework phone anymore.
I got my butt chewed this morning. Big boss, "Whats this with you're phone not working Andy?" "It hasn't worked in two weeks Mike!" He acted shocked, I told him I had told him the day it died and he didn't have a replacement so I forewarded the calls to my personal cell and the wife got pissed about that. He wasn't happy. "Well, we need to get this fixed or get you a new phone!" "That would be wonderful, thank you!"
I guess the retarded redneck got called last night and was pissed they didn't call me, so he sent a nasty e-mail to the boss complainig about it!!!
F you!!!!

I think I am going to wrap my fingers back up and go kill a Pine tree I have been putting off for some stress relief.