woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Nice offer BOT, but always hate to see a grown man cry.
How'd it go today?
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bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
I gave notice .
mobile...
mobile...
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
They didn't offer you a raise? I would have. "Been meaning to offer you an increase in salary", kind of thing.
chris_girard
Treehouser
Nick, if you ever miss big green, you can come out to Nor Cal and sit in my truck if that helps, heck, might even let you drive it lol
Wow, I have fallen in love with this truck. Could you tell us a little more about it please?
jalegre0
TreeHouser
Trimmed pear trees all day today. Had to break out the 16ft. A FRAME ladders and do some climbing. No access for bucket. Property i've been working on for 5 yrs now
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Ladders scare me.
bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
Its an old Davey truck, what else is there to know
Go to the auction and get you one!I do love the boxy old style though, there is one sitting in my old yard as we speak, I never saw it move.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
That truck, and I will say it again, is perfectly set up for how we are rigged here in our hills.
That's a fine looking truck!
Thanks Jack!
Hi Chris,
I started a thread on it in the gear forum...its on the first page...dont know how to link it in this post
We took a couple of days off from storm clearing, to finish another project that we had to abandon after the storm hit.
Felling rows of larch trees for chipping.
The area was planted with beech and larch, 3 rows of beech to 1 of larch. The larch acts as nurse trees, then after 10-15 years are removed.
I'm posting this just to brag about how we are up on the latest, cutting edge, tecniques in tree falling.
Since we have one guy cutting and one guy pushing them over with a pointed pole, we fell them NOTCHLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Felling rows of larch trees for chipping.
The area was planted with beech and larch, 3 rows of beech to 1 of larch. The larch acts as nurse trees, then after 10-15 years are removed.
I'm posting this just to brag about how we are up on the latest, cutting edge, tecniques in tree falling.
Since we have one guy cutting and one guy pushing them over with a pointed pole, we fell them NOTCHLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
Stig just transcended the notch
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
LAWD... And coming from a Dane too... Our world as we know it, has forever changed
Transcended the Murph, anyway!
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Climbed as a hired gun for another company today. Rigging trees down over a stone bridge on an estate.
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Very tired at the end of the day today, nearly rigged down a good sized piece of wood with my lanyard still on it. Thankfully an astute groundman spotted it just as I started making my cut. Yikes. It probably wouldn't have been a major incident, but just knowing that I could make that mistake...Makes me feel like I should find another profession.
Everyone please be vigilant out there!
Everyone please be vigilant out there!
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Maybe other stuff on your mind, Leon? Glad it was just a scare. Stay focused brother! Possibly some ritual in the morning to help with that if need be.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Can happen to about anyone Leon.. Kudos to your ground person that caught it..
Mick!
TreeHouser
Yes, well done him! this week I looked at my knots just before a branch walk at 70odd foot and realized my bowline knot on my life line had come undone, was hanging on a half hitch, got down and realised I had put my biner through the wrong loop on the bowline in a hurry, will work it loose after a bit.
canadiantreeman
TreeHouser
Speaking of vigilance, the other day we were tipping a fat fir spar into a bit of a tight lay. The stump was on the top of a 10 ft slope that led to a neighbours fence and a telephone pole, so we took the step of getting the rigging ready to hold the spar to the stump. Then we made a round of bets for coffees as to how far out the spar would land. Face cut, back cut, tree nails the landing, puller rejoices (momentarily) due to being the winner of free coffee, and then we all groan as we realize that we failed to do the clevis on the straps holding the spar to stump. It rolls down the hill, completely missing the fence, but smacking into the pole with authority. Luckily, no one of the neighbours were out watching, and there was no damage to the pole. Just a bunch of bruised egos. There were 3 of us eyeballing that scenario and all of us failed to remember to do up the damn sling, its not like we didn't anticipate it. Just got distracted/cocky.
On a lighter note, the work is still coming in thick, we're definitely booked into January at the moment. But, lordy I can't wait to take it easy over the holidays. This week has been lighter as I've had some maintenance work to do on my truck and have been plodding along getting my business plan together, but we're going to push for the next month till xmas starting Monday. Thankfully, there is really only 8 hrs of daylight at the moment, so the body won't be too brutalised!
A little nippy up here, but I feel its time to have a seat in a warm watering hole and prepare for a weekend of solo parenting as my wife enjoys a bonspiel.
On a lighter note, the work is still coming in thick, we're definitely booked into January at the moment. But, lordy I can't wait to take it easy over the holidays. This week has been lighter as I've had some maintenance work to do on my truck and have been plodding along getting my business plan together, but we're going to push for the next month till xmas starting Monday. Thankfully, there is really only 8 hrs of daylight at the moment, so the body won't be too brutalised!
A little nippy up here, but I feel its time to have a seat in a warm watering hole and prepare for a weekend of solo parenting as my wife enjoys a bonspiel.
