The Official Work Pictures Thread

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Good looking doggy in the background!

 

[Maximalist]

Good looking doggy in the background!

Oh, this cute dog deserves a separate story!) This is a male German Shepherd at the age of 10 years. His name is Rooney (after the famous football player Wayne Rooney) German Shepherds are distinguished by intelligence and obedience. But not in this case (when my colleague from earth started a chainsaw and prepared to cut down a pine tree, Rooney grabbed the chainsaw by the chain! It's good that my earthling has a great reaction (he, like me, works in a fire station), and did not press the start button out of surprise!) This case fully confirms the statement that the dog completely repeats the temper and character of its owner. By the way, in my video about lowering the crown of a pine tree, this homeowner expresses his emotions too loudly and inadequately)

 

[cory]

In fact, if you saw a tree very low to the ground, the chainsaw chain will blunt. This method allows you to keep the chain sharp.

You probably already know this but if you cut the stump low starting in a clean spot (or make a clean spot with your axe) and then cut the stump with either a pulling chain or pushing chain as appropriate, and do it so the saw teeth enter the wood hitting clean wood first and dirty or potentially dirty wood last, you can cut loads of dirty wood and still stay sharp. The dirt gets blasted out into space instead of getting dragged thru the kerf.

 

[Maximalist]

I will not dispute this statement. Yes, most of the dirt does fly away, but still some minimal part of this dirt still comes into contact with the chain. That's why I always try to remove the bark. It's my tradition. And non-observance of traditions leads to degradation!)

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Some criters like ants and worms love to move a lot of dirt on and in the low bark too. The stumps covered with moss, ivy or dead bark are hard on the chain without a good clean up. Cutting the wood inside out is my favorite for the dirty cuts, but it isn't sufficent some times.

 

[Bermy]

Bit late to the party but:
Cutting rubber trees is the tropical equivalent to pine, only worse.
It runs, it drips, it sticks, it clogs.
I had to have two saws, and rotate them, one cutting, one getting cleaned with petrol

 

[stig]

Wow!
I usually envy you for your subtropical paradise.
In this case I certainly don't.

 

[greengreer]

Nothing remarkable but the sizwill worked pretty good to pull this white pine off a side lean into the lay after she tipped past the poplar. Rope was "just in case" as it got a little breezy.

 

[cory]

tough to cut a sizwell that low, no?

 

[greengreer]

Not particularly, I'm low stump flavor though

 

[Nutball]

Not particularly, I'm low stump flavor though

Me too, but I have to make sure to cut high enough to stay in good hinge wood, or I'd be cutting it at ground level.

 

[Bermy]

No idea…. but I bet you put a bucket under the cuts and gonna get plenty…. The saw jams up after awhile needing a gas bath.

Yup, uh huh! The gas bath. So much sawdust and chip sticks to the latex on the bar that after a while it's wider than the kerf and just won't cut.
See his spike holes just leaking latex everywhere!!
I don't miss rubber trees or canary island date palm ONE bit.

 

[SeanKroll]

I cut some date palms in Death Valley NP. Hard points. Pierced a white Nalgene bottle and also a crew member's running shoe sole and foot. Dumb move to not wear her boots.

 

[Bodean]

Date palm sticks your hand and it burns for days… I used to just let it stay til it popped out after a week in a spit of pus…

 

[lxskllr]

How big are we talking here? I get some joy squeezing thorns out like zits, but they're only a couple mm at most, and I'd rather not have thorns at all.

 

[stikine]

How big are we talking here? I get some joy squeezing thorns out like zits, but they're only a couple mm at most, and I'd rather not have thorns at all.

You need to encounter some devil's club John. I bet @Burnham will agree

 

[CurSedVoyce]

The dangers of Phoenix palms - Landscape design, garden care services and gardening maintenance with Auckland landscaping company Second Nature Landscapers New Zealand.

Because spikes on Phoenix palms are poisonous, expert care is recommended when maintenance is required.

secondnature.co.nz

 

[Bodean]

Yep…the tips of those break off deep… you’d have a crater trying to dig them out.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Hurt like a mofo.

 

[flushcut]

Gross!
Washington hawthorn is about as dangerous as we have here. There a few notable nastiest as well but pure puncture potential goes to the hawthorn.

 

[biggun]

Blackthorn and Hawthorn in the UK. Nowhere near as vicious looking as those spikey things.

BUT guaranteed to get infected and difficult to get out. I have had them in the knuckles before and my whole hand and finger has been stiff as hell to move. The worst was in the pad /palm of my hand near my thumb. Thumb stiffened up horrendously and was painful for over a week.

 

[flushcut]

A thorn by any name, sucks!

 

[lxskllr]

Mile a minute is annoying as shit. Nothing like the horrors pictured above, but they trivially break off in your skin, and you can't see them to do anything about it. You feel the little pricks for a couple hours til they just go away.

 

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Dead wood hanging!

 

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We call him Randy.