Awww.....no love???
We're just one big happy family, eh?
It was an awesome day. First, we craned a 110 foot fir, after brushing it out....waited for Mike for nearly an hour--he was craning for someone else. Two guys dumped the truck, took a bit too long of a break, went to that huge maple (in the sexy pic) that had been topped at 35 feet, cut a few branches, came back to pick up the chipper, after we craned the stick...we had to wait for them for 15 minutes.while Mike was on the clock (but he's only $125 an hr.) Went to "The Highlands", the exclusive heavily wooded gated community. We had to be led to the job by a Highlands rep....through a different gate, and a long way around to avoid a road under construction, and a 10 ton bridge-while we followed him with 4 vehicles, chip truck, and crane. The dead hemlock had lost more of its top 8 day ago in our windstorm. Took it out in three pieces, loaded it on the crane to take to a friend who wanted firewood. Sent the crew to brush out the big maple, in prep for the grapple truck to come for the ugly trunk. I had set Mike up with a new friend Peter, who owns "Tree Cycle". He had brushed out two firs, also in The Highlands...we had to wind the long way over to his job. Mike set an outrigger near an water meter obscured by brush and duff. Broke a large 2 inch water line that was right at the surface. I left them to deal with that mess, went and picked up my 2 big saws and met the crew. Filed the 42 inch chain on the 3120 while they finished just in time for Ernie to show up with the grapple truck. Then, Mike called, and I rushed over to help him offload the hemlock that was only good for firewood for my friend. Scooted back, and made one cut, then let Matt make the huge buttcut while I snapped pics.......
...enter Mickey, stage left...and...
Dave....urrrppppppppp
After expenses, the day should be about $3300! labor of $1075 still leaves me with a tidy take!!
Was just leaving, thinking of doing a bid when the first customer called me. I forgotten about my gaffe early when I was dropping the phone and cable lines....Forgot that the pole was across the street, let the cable line fly, and swish, away it was whisked by a vehicle of some type......lucky it didn't catch a bumper or something.....
So, I went to Radio Shack for a crimper, some end connectors, and home for some of the 2000 foot roll of coaxial I'd scored off the side of a road a while ago..went over and replaced the line...got home at 8:20 pm....a bit wetter as the rain had started......
Pooped is the word!