Jed Walters

[Trains]

T shirts arrived, love them, tried to do a tasteful tribute pic with them today.

Dropped a 90ft Euc the other day, started to cut it up today.

Bitter sweet thinking of Jed and his family.




Thanks Westcoastsaw for making the t shirts happen.

 

[pantheraba]

I try and think of him in sketchy situations, if it can happen to a guy as accomplished as him, it can happen to the rest of us.

So true, Mick...Jed and several other folks here at the House kind of hover in my thoughts as guardians that sometimes ask "really??" when I consider something on the sketchy side. I'm glad to see you are back here, too.

 

[davidwyby]

I got my shirt too...I can't decide whether to wear it, hang it up, or put it away...

@pantheraba I keep wondering if it's the sketchy stuff that gets (while we are on guard) us vs. the seemingly simple gotchas. I happened to notice a couple widowmaker limbs in a tree this last weekend, but not 'til I was getting under it to fell it (other side of the fence).

 

[davidwyby]

 

[cory]

From Jed's wife

https://www.gofundme.com/f/jed-walters?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-168304146186-7495da76e8fe11ed&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b

 

[lxskllr]

Have you used the bubble yet? I got some magnetic bubbles for my saw, but I always forget about them, and haven't tried it yet. My fear is the saw will shake the hell out of it, and it won't be useful.

 

[davidwyby]

Have you used the bubble yet? I got some magnetic bubbles for my saw, but I always forget about them, and haven't tried it yet. My fear is the saw will shake the hell out of it, and it won't be useful.

I made a perfectly level stump with it yesterday. 😁

It’s magnetic. My intention was to use it to get the cut started level and then pull it off. It wouldn’t stick to the aluminum, so I moved it back on the steel and it stayed there tucked in the dawgs for the felling operation. With cutting, the vibration separates the bubble but they go right back into one when the vibes stop.

 

[Trains]

From Jed's wife

https://www.gofundme.com/f/jed-walters?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-168304146186-7495da76e8fe11ed&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b

Thanks Cory,
Have added that to the other threads on other sites.

 

[cory]

Dealing with an accident like Jed's is obviously terribly brutal for the family but the GFM page has got to be a very amazing boost to them, not simply the money but the widespread outpouring of support from the community which plainly shows what an unusually special person our Jed was. This might sound cliche but it really is truly amazing how many people he touched. This understanding could be bittersweet for the family but nevertheless I would think it has to make them feel somehow better about it all.

 

[treebilly]

Thanks for posting that Cory.
I’ve been thinking about Jed quite a bit lately.

 

[pete mctree]

😢 a year has passed.

Tree work can be cruel

 

[lumberjack]

Carly wore the shirt a week or two back. I hope his kids have/are adjusting.

 

[Treeaddict]

I still think about him, maybe less frequently at this point, but still there. I pray those thoughts don’t continue to diminish with time.

 

[cory]

Thx for the bump.

He'll always be missed. Very rare breed.

 

[Burnham]

I still don't go all that long between times of having Jed come to mind. A reminder of how the best of us can make a mistake, or no mistake at all, and pay the ultimate price.

 

[pigwot]

🥲

 

[davidwyby]

I used to wear my shirt almost every time I did tree work, but it started to show wear so now I’m saving it. Sober reminder.

 

[lxskllr]

Mine's one of my "good" shirts. I don't wear it working. I'm pretty hard on clothes.

 

[treebilly]

I saw the “ineffable” shirt in Baltimore. Had a quick thought about Jed. Today, for some reason I thought about him a lot. Missing my “brother” right now

 

[cory]

Jedidiah pretty much a legend

 

[flushcut]

Memories are a good thing.

 

[Burnham]

I saw the “ineffable” shirt in Baltimore. Had a quick thought about Jed. Today, for some reason I thought about him a lot. Missing my “brother” right now

It happens to me with some regularity. He was a special, unusual person.

 

[cory]

a heckuva treeman and even better human

 

[cory]

I was chatting with someone today about the concept of 'a friend thru technology' which is what Jed was to me as we never met personally. We lived on opposite sides of the country yet The House allowed us to interact.

It's a cool concept. Anyway, it led me to rewatch the Jed tribute vid 'I Love You Jed'. Lordy, that vid is a masterpiece put together on (tragically) short notice. Y'all should check it out again if you haven't recently. And the YT comments are very telling re Jed's special personna.

 

[flushcut]

That was good to see again, thank you!