How'd it go today?

[RopeArmour]

Cleaned all my saws today.
Painted a 200t Ali colored, painted it spidey and lightening bolt, 2x660 Conan and Hulk, 260 is wolf.
Bit of an art attack this evening with dollar store nail polish haha

 

[Raj]

You get the rain today?

 

[RopeArmour]

Morning rain but not sure when it ended.
Rainday means maintenance and tinker

 

[Bermy]

Ian, that tree is in Tasmania, we are in the northern midlands...my best guess out of 700 species in E. globulus...some of the new sucker growth has very fat round blue leaves...but hey, I'm a transplanted Bermudian from the tropics! I apply the basics of all tree work, but find out what is peculiar to the trees I find here, a work in progress, the learning never stops

I'll tell you what, they can be a bit tricky to climb, the bark is so smooth, slipping and sliding...doing the 'treehug' legs and all to get up there sometimes.

Yes Jed, three months and a bit after the surgery, back at it. I told the HO I would do what I could as I could, so 4-5 hrs tops, then time to quit, got to pay attention to my insides. One more visit and the tree will be done.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Man, Raj, I get that all the time. You just slam some pig right into a tight little space and the homeowner is like, "Say.... are you good enough for them to let you work out of the bucket truck yet?"

Grendel: Well done man! Beowulf went home limping today.

Rich! Dang, brother! The bigness of your heart is WAAAYYY more than making up for the smallness of your brains. Good try man. Hope all's well! Benadryl?? Let us know how the swelling goes.

Cory: Clean edge? What the... What the heck you talkin bout brotha? I'm pretty sure I've never heard about whatever you might be talking about. Do tell...

Windfallen Port Orford Cedar today. House is already smashed, so even an inbred can get er'...

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POC Root Disease? Phytopthera lateralis (sp).

 

[Mick!]

HA!!! Your diagonal even slopes the right way!

Hey Mick... are those pigs indigenous or introduced over there? Do they get pitch blisters in the wee tops as here? Nice hinge mate... the saw would look better if it were a darker color orange.

No they're introduced from over there. Fast growing adaptable timber tree. Sawmills love them, this one had to be ringed up for removal from the garden.

 

[flushcut]

I have 'another' ash to put out of it's misery! What's on tap for Monday? More ash removals! Tuesday? More ash removals. Wednesday? More ash removals. Thursday? More effing ash removals. How about Friday? MORE god DAMN ASH REMOVALS! I really am getting tired of ash tree removals. Oh well it's money.

 

[Cobleskill]

I guess I just pissed them off. I stayed calm for the first dozen or so. After they hit me in the back of the head I flipped out. Buckets move damn slow in those situations

Bees are like dogs. For some reason they take an instant dislike to a person. Don't know if is a scent or what.

 

[Jed]

Great pic, Mick

Jed, I'm sure you know this, I just wasn't describing correctly. Say you have a dirty pc of wood to cut, say 90% of the circumference is dirty, you start the cut with a pulling chain with the nose of bar in the clean 10% of the log, then, keeping the nose buried, the saw teeth only hit clean wood, when they encounter dirt it is at the end of their pass thru the log, they hit dirt and blow it out into space with the chips. If the teeth hit dirt last, instead of first which would drag the dirt thru the cut and dull the teeth instantly, you can cut all day in dirty conditions and still be basically razor sharp at end of day. There are different ways to do the cut, with a pushing chain for example, but the idea remanins the same, don't drag dirt thru the kerf. I'm sure you know this already but hey maybe somebody else can get something from this.

No Cory... I really didn't "know that," at all in the way that you just explained it. Of course, I've always felt better when I happened to be "back-chaining" (what I think you mean by 'push-chain') through the muddy stuff, but I always did it with a wince on my face as if it wasn't really helping; and, of course I've always tried not to drag sediment through the cut (like we invariably do on a low stump cut). But I've got to confess: I just learned a whole ton from you right now about the best way to go about the process. Thank you so much man.

I think that I come across on the Treehouse as a total know-it-all at times, when, in fact, I'm really just ashamed to have the experience that I do while being so ignorant about simple practices that guys like you take for granted. Thanks.

Btw... Just ordered a Granberg filing guide. Being as ignorant as I am, you can bet that I'm forced to do a lot of filing. http://www.treefalling.com/chain_sharpening.pdf

 

[Mick!]

No I didn't know that either, good tip.
Ps Jed, I do have a 540. Great power but made of cheese.

 

[Jed]

You mean the stupid thing won't idle Mick?

Sean... thanks, I wanna ask the arborist about the roots now.

 

[Mick!]

No, the chain brake snapped breaking off a piece of the aluminum "sump" rendering it too expensive to repair, for the moment. Not uncommon apparently.
http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/91192-anyone-breaking-husky-t540xp.html#post1343109

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I have 'another' ash to put out of it's misery! What's on tap for Monday? More ash removals! Tuesday? More ash removals. Wednesday? More ash removals. Thursday? More effing ash removals. How about Friday? MORE god DAMN ASH REMOVALS! I really am getting tired of ash tree removals. Oh well it's money.

Sort of how I am feeling about pines right now bro.
Noticed a 1/2 dead canyon oak tat was not dead a month ago on a place we have been removing pine and cedar. Informed the widow that broke down in tears. Ahhh the joys of being the messenger. I am not a tree slayer, I am an undertaker.

 

[squisher]

Pretty stoked here. I'm driving 8hrs one way to pick up a new to me truck tomorrow. Leaving at 3:30am with a friend to do the marathon. 2011 f350 gas pot. I know everyone loves a diesel, but not me. I've had a gas f350 for about seven years now and it's done everything I require of it. This new one is a loaded lariat which is a rare combination up here with the gas.

If all goes well I'll have it home by tomorrow night.

 

[MasterBlaster]

New work truck! Whoo hoo!!!

 

[squisher]

Lol. Now I'll just need to get a haircut and get a real job!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Not a damn thing wrong with a gas pickup. No additive in winter, less running cost, lower initial price, better heater.
The difference is less now with the price of diesel being less, but it takes a lot of miles to get the cost of that diesel engine back. Like you wont get it back type of thing unless you keep it forever.

 

[Jed]

Justin:
Mick: Okay, that's a valid gripe.
Rajan/Stephen: Cry me a river boys... At least you guys aren't pruning some stupid hedge like we often get stuck doing up here.

Fun Schoolmarm Red Cedar today, and a little Firpig. Some okay shots. Tried to get the Cedar top flying out, but that shot sucked...

 

[squisher]

You're killing it Jed! Mighty nice pics for a inbred.

 

[cory]

Jed you insist on perfect hinges, nice!

Wow I am happy if I could help anyone keep their saw sharp longer with that cutting suggestion. As I mentioned it can be done several different ways, just have to start cutting in a clean spot.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice stumps Jed.
Here is one of mine today. Incense cedar. Burned center, cat faced back lean and uphill weight to the neighbors fence 36 at the cut.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I dont see anything Stephen. But it sounds like a lulu!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

There, all fixed Jim

 

[Jed]

Jed you insist on perfect hinges, nice!

Wow I am happy if I could help anyone keep their saw sharp longer with that cutting suggestion. As I mentioned it can be done several different ways, just have to start cutting in a clean spot.

Justin: That's a nice comp. coming from you. Yeah, some decent shots despite my drooling on the flip phone lens.

Stephen: Nice low stumps! Nasty catty! But still left a great hinge. Weird to see that much fiber-pull considering the pretty wide face you opened up. Was your chain curving a bit on that log buck? Did you just pull that rusty bar out of the shed?

Cory: Thanks again for the advice... bore it in mind all day today. Two or, at most, three strokes with the triangle touched up the chain right pretty at the end of the day... only cleaning up the chrome-edge really.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Jed, I think the carbon in the tree did some wear on the square grind. I worked my way up the log from the butt to find some good wood for Rob to try to mill.