The Official Work Pictures Thread

[ruel]

Little box elder polishing this AM. Shorten over extended limbs and clear off the garage. Probably 85 F/30 C. Totally soaked by the time I touched down. Too hot, I'm going sailing

 

[Ryan]

Nice work on the tag line, who is holding that?

Forgot to mention the customer is hiding behind the shed holding the tagline. The first day there were upwards of 8 people between the 2 yards helping out. The 2nd day was only 5. Not often I can step out of my saddle and pack up my kit without doing groundwork or paying for help.

The customer also named the price which was more than the quote in my head. I cut my own throat on alot of bids.😶

 

[Mick!]

Well I admire your ability to bring clients in to the work zone.

As a general rule I like them as spectators, from a distance.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Killed a 100 foot pondo leaning at a garage today. Set up a gin pole next tree over for the logs. That and one other tree are coming out, so no biggie if I ding it a bit. Self lowered the limbs and the top as needed. Hand pitched limbs I could. We tarped the gravel because the guy is a tad anal about it. Was pushing it backing the chipper down in there and trailer catching chips. Dude rakes the gravel smooth every weekend visit.
Easy clean up as you just move all the rakings onto one tarp, fold it up and tuck it in the trailer with the logs.
All chipped as we went. Tree is left at 8' for a carving. All down by lunch and started hauling stuff out. Logs came home for the mill. I'll pick up the mini tomorrow since we'll be working close by. Chipper already on the next job site.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Finally put these down today. Tad tight. Used the forward to the back yard as a gin pole for the larger tree after zip lining brush. Then dropped spars. Long day. The fatter stem, 48" = 1k . They came off 48" at a time till we could not take a chance with the roof.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Screwed up the order some. Dunno why.
Seems like every time I think about selling the KK devise (red one), I end up needing it.

 

[stikine]

Photos can be so deceiving at times... some of that looks like a straight forward fall to me but I'm sure I'm missing something.

 

[pantheraba]

More power to you, Stephen. I do not like negative rigging big stuff.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Because of the length of the Big one, drop off into the back yard, less chance of the stem breaking on impact and rolling down into his little sheds. The taller brushy one had to be felled out at an angle which placed into plumbing. Limbs about 30 foot long needed lined out anyway. Too close to structure to just drop, easier clean up. The slope was not a good place to drag brush off of when I could land it in a flat road.
Move the wood into a spot HO could process. Brush piled in his burn spot. Septic pipe he just replaced Is only about 12-18" deep on that slope on where it crosses thr back below. I know cause I snaked it for him

 

[CurSedVoyce]

More power to you, Stephen. I do not like negative rigging big stuff.

No negative rigging going on there. More lifting. Kinda sucked swinging the 066 with a 36 bar on it in the heat though. Bit out of practice with that.

 

[Tree09]

Screwed up the order some. Dunno why.
Seems like every time I think about selling the KK devise (red one), I end up needing it.

Btw, how do you like it? I've seen them but never heard how they do.

 

[Bermy]

Love me some collapsed limbs. It looked like one from the ground, ended up being six one on top of the other, biggest 18-20" at the butt.
I secured the butts first then spider monkeyed all over piecing them out bit by bit. Railway ROW just behind me.

 

[Mick!]

Monterey cypress?

 

[pantheraba]

No negative rigging going on there. More lifting. Kinda sucked swinging the 066 with a 36 bar on it in the heat though. Bit out of practice with that.

Got it. I missed the part about the gin pole which sounds a whole lot better. Read too fast.

 

[flushcut]

Looks like a good sized tree little lady.

 

[pantheraba]

Thick mess of a crown there, Fiona. I had to zoom in to find you. Good stuff.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Mess like that always feels like I should have brought a machete Fi.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Btw, how do you like it? I've seen them but never heard how they do.

I thought my reply posted Kyle, sorry.
It has its place. All steel though. So heat can be an issue on the bollard. More adjustable friction. Poor fair lead set up. Always been meaning to weld a better one on. Wont lift as well as a HOBBS or GRCS. but will tension.
More for removals as you need to cut a shelf for it. I have lagged it to a tree before, but still.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Photos can be so deceiving at times... some of that looks like a straight forward fall to me but I'm sure I'm missing something.

The other thought I forgot to mention was a 8 plus ton teeter totter 3' in diameter inbetween the house and garage goins on, swiveling on a pivot point.

 

[Ryan]

Nothing as beautiful as Bermy's pic but I thought 200' of boom was cool.

 

[Patrick A]

My most technical job so far. The goal was to keep all the trees below intact. Some zip lining, some negative rigging and plenty of limb walking.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Looks great. Lining/rigging things out is where the climber shines for the customer.

 

[ruel]

Nice job! What kind of tree?

 

[Patrick A]

Sugar maple. Outgrew the location 40 years ago

 

[Bermy]

Yes Mick, Monterey Cypress.
The heavy snow a year ago broke a lot out and they keep collapsing as the supports are gone.