Maximalist
Treehouser
Sadly. He was a good man. Unfortunately, a person is mortal, but that would be half the trouble. The bad thing is that he is sometimes suddenly mortal.
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pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
It is sad when one is ‘suddenly mortal’. One of my best friends died in an auto 🚘 accident. We had done so many things together: working, hiking, long discussions on philosophy and life, dating the women,… That void is still hard to accept.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Most people take for granted that we can be suddenly mortal at any time during our lives.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
True! Though it seems that the older we get the more our mortality colors our actions.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
For me, more just preparing the family for at least my own. And my elders. Kids are really going to have a rough time with losing grandma and grandpa.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
PCTREE
Treehouser
I assume you were trying to reduce the impact with the matts and missed??
Mick!
TreeHouser
Mats are expensive, bags of soil, not so much.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
It rolled over from the lay.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Don’t we all!
Correctomundo. It hit the log and then rolled off.
Raj
TreeHouser
Finally some tree work. Dead Oak. About 22" dbh. Rotten roots. Rain. Tree falls over. Everyone else is busy. I get the job.
Burnham
Woods walker
That's a mess.
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
Finished up a 4 day job for a childhood friend. Three large Maples and a Pin Oak. All that he wanted taken down (house had been hit 2x in past 5 years by other Maples), 3 of 4 days me and only one guy; Day 3 had 2 ground guys on Oak and start to big Maple:
80' Pin Oak:
Side-by-side, ~70', twin stem Maples, each of which leaned towards house:
Big Maple in back yard, ~85' at tips, with lots leaning towards house and hanging over Firs:
After day one of side by side Maples and final flush cut pic:
Convinced him to keep Oak, so gave it a big haircut:
Then finished up day 3 ( 2 brush monkeys) getting as much of big maple (34" DBH; 2 trailers of unchippable wood) over Firs and neighbor's yard:
Maple had rot in split stems going 12' up, so good call on him to have me take down (he lives on top of small mountain next to valley, where 40-80 mph winds are common:
80' Pin Oak:
Side-by-side, ~70', twin stem Maples, each of which leaned towards house:
Big Maple in back yard, ~85' at tips, with lots leaning towards house and hanging over Firs:
After day one of side by side Maples and final flush cut pic:
Convinced him to keep Oak, so gave it a big haircut:
Then finished up day 3 ( 2 brush monkeys) getting as much of big maple (34" DBH; 2 trailers of unchippable wood) over Firs and neighbor's yard:
Maple had rot in split stems going 12' up, so good call on him to have me take down (he lives on top of small mountain next to valley, where 40-80 mph winds are common:
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ruel
TreeHouser
Why did you limb up the oak?
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
Partially aesthetic, partially deadwood. Tree hadn't been pruned in over 30 years and looked very lopsided (see day one Maples pic; they had sheltered one side, so not much grew there), plus the lower limbs taken off were intertwined with lots of dead limbs as well (that big lower one in the first picture had 5 15+ foot dead ones in it, all 5"+ at the base; that lead was 19" at the tree and was cracked as well).. Custy was very happy with the outcome, as was the other half who controls the purse strings.
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treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Well since I’m not estimating near as much I’m doing a lot more climbing. Wish I would’ve been the estimator on this one. One side of the codom is dead and crispy. Other side fine. I’ve got it brushed out and letting the ground crew catch up before rigging the wood down. Also still trying to figure how he planned on getting the wood over the 5’ high chain link fence to get it out. Good crew though. We will embrace the suck and get it done
Mick!
TreeHouser
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
That’s what I’m gonna try Mick. Using a mini skid though so my lift arms might be the limiting factor. We shall see in a bit. Lunch time and 40’ of spar (live side) to bring down.
SkwerI
Treehouser
Can you unhook the chain link from the top rail and lay down a section big enough to walk through the fence? Usually just takes pliers to untwist the wire ties holding it together.
flushcut
TreeHouser
You and the crew might need to have a conversation with that estimator behind the shop.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
@cory
I had a good tie in behind me on the live section of the codom. It wasn’t ideal but made it doable. Break away lanyard is case the dead side broke loose under rigging loads.
reaching over with the mini and BMG worked. It was a reach but it worked. Had to keep the pieces small though. Found out that I couldn’t curl on a few of them and had to cut smaller. Added a few cord of hickory to my wood pile tonight😎
I had a good tie in behind me on the live section of the codom. It wasn’t ideal but made it doable. Break away lanyard is case the dead side broke loose under rigging loads.
reaching over with the mini and BMG worked. It was a reach but it worked. Had to keep the pieces small though. Found out that I couldn’t curl on a few of them and had to cut smaller. Added a few cord of hickory to my wood pile tonight😎
