How'd it go today?

[lxskllr]

Fixed my sappie tonight(hopefully). It isn't perfect, and I'm fitting an oval peg in a round hole, but I think it'll work. Can't get a wood wedge in. I'll have to find/buy/make a metal wedge.

 

[flushcut]

If somebody asked me to climb a burning tree? There would be no such thing as a friendly price. The moon or nothing.

 

[stikine]

If you rasp more off the wood portion inside the head you would have room for a wood wedge to expand and flare. I would also drill the head so you can secure it with a roll pin.

 

[treebilly]

I drilled down the handle and put a 5” screw with a fender washer on top of mine. Hasn’t moved since

 

[stikine]

Flew down to Missoula yesterday and got delayed 2 plus hours in Seattle... got to Missoula at 2 am. Scheduled to do some filming Wed and Thurs.

 

[lxskllr]

I'll give that some consideration. I've got it on there pretty tight, and I'm leery of beating it off with a hammer. The steel's pretty hard, and I'm a little worried about cracking it. I had to do it a few times getting it shaved down, and it made me wince. My hand's pretty angry now also.

That maul I got earlier had a rotten eye section. It looked like it was hardly used, and most of the handle was perfect. I'm guessing it was sitting in a garage for a long time, and moisture came up from the bottom. Anyway, I shaved that down and reset it tonight also. Need to give my hand a break, and I'll contemplate options for the sappie.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Flew down to Missoula yesterday and got delayed 2 plus hours in Seattle... got to Missoula at 2 am. Scheduled to do some filming Wed and Thurs.

What'cha working on?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

If somebody asked me to climb a burning tree? There would be no such thing as a friendly price. The moon or nothing.

Meh, it was only a branch and his pretty daughter baked me some banana bread to take home

 

[stikine]

We need to reshoot some footage of felling and bucking for the new training curriculum. NTDC will do the camera work while we cut. They have access to a drone as well which should be neat.

 

[Treeaddict]

Saw this in a job today. Custy said it was a weeping Norway Spruce. I do not know if that is a different species or just a specific way of training of the usually excurrent structure. Pretty darn cool nonetheless.

 

[FireFighterZero]

NTDC?

Not MTDC?

 

[stikine]

They changed it...kinda goes along with the One USDA theme I guess.

 

[stikine]

N is for National.

 

[flushcut]

Meh, it was only a branch and his pretty daughter baked me some banana bread to take home

She better be closer to hot and bake better that Betty Crocker. Just saying.

 

[SeanKroll]

That weeping thing is a genetic mutant, propogated, and trained.

 

[SkwerI]

I'm not sure where I posted about it but a few weeks ago I tried to call an old friend from the forum, Justin Scott. He fell off the radar about 8-9 years ago. Well he just called me back today and we talked for over a half hour and it was great catching up. Justin has remarried and living a happy life in Canon City, still doing tree work. He says after he remarried, he quit hanging out on the internet because he's so busy with other stuff. He asked me to say hi to everybody for him. And maybe one day I'll get the opportunity to pass through Canon City and go fishing with him again.

 

[cory]

what is/was his screen name?

 

[Dave Shepard]

Stumper.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Good to hear he's doing well.

 

[cory]

did he have a bow hunting avatar?

 

[Treeaddict]

Handshake deal with a neighbor friend to remove (2) tree of Heaven’s 60’x18” and a few smaller ones. There must be 40 root sprouted TOH’s in his backyard! Never been around one before. It’s like bamboo of the tree world. He’s spotted quite a few Chinese lantern flies on those trees. They are in our area now unfortunately. They really like the TOH.

 

[lxskllr]

Lanternflys seem fond of wild grapevine also.

 

[Dave Shepard]

did he have a bow hunting avatar?

Yes. I think his father made bows.

 

[Jonny]

Taking apart and cleaning the pool pump. I’ll put it back together tomorrow with a little vacuum grease on this big O-ring. Also I’ll wear some thin nitrile gloves. I hadn’t realized how much of this was fiberglass, so I got a bunch of those teeny fibers stuck in the skin in between my fingers. I really hate that feeling. I’ll try removing them with some duct tape. If that doesn’t work, we’ll use the wax kit stuff normally used for removing body hair.

 

[stikine]

Missoula overlook tonight (not a good photo) Heading back home tomorrow but will have to overnight in Seattle. Filming seemed to go okay but will see what the videographer puts together.