The Official Work Pictures Thread

[Ryan]

Got another spruce and a pine down today. I'm sorry, I put my head mount camera in backwards so you won't get to see any close ups of the Estwing hammer driving wedges but rest assured she performed beautifully.

 

[Burnham]

That little claw hammer is sad .

 

[Ryan]

I've tried various products found in the back pages of magazines to make it bigger but nothing seems to work.

 

[davidwyby]

Hurricane Hilary treemergency…kinda. I was sposed to whack it when the weather cooled anyway and then it started dropping limbs today. Note the flag/pole. Got the back and side limbs from the roof with 2511 and pole saw. Used them for a cushion on the artificial grass.

 

[davidwyby]

Guess there’s a lot of this around the valley

 

[Bermy]

On your salami cut, I see a tear on the bottom side, what happened?

 

[davidwyby]

On your salami cut, I see a tear on the bottom side, what happened?

I don't remember exactly now, but I think I was at the end of my reach (in a bucket). Couldn't get an under cut in, and the bar (24") was nearly the diameter of the wood...I think it started to go, so I left! Kind of a temporary risk mitigation hack n slash job, we will probably take a couple few more feet off in the fall. If I was doing a proper prune I would have repositioned the lift or something to make it clean, or recut that nub (which is what will happen later anyway). I see tears on trees all over town from the local uneducated dont give a rip guys and it makes me cringe. Never mind the stumps that make my eyes cross and my head hurt.

 

[Bermy]

Ah ok, we've all had those days 😊

 

[SkwerI]

It was cloudy today -
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You look very comfortable up there. As if you belong there.

 

[SkwerI]

Got another spruce and a pine down today. I'm sorry, I put my head mount camera in backwards so you won't get to see any close ups of the Estwing hammer driving wedges but rest assured she performed beautifully.

I have an Estwing axe. It looks a little more manly when banging wedges.

 

[Ryan]

I've brought this upon myself.

 

[davidwyby]

Ah ok, we've all had those days 😊

I think with a smaller bar or just being more careful I could have plunged down thru the center, kept the top of the bar in the center and swung the bottom back and forth so it would be clean. Oh well. It’s really almost a demo job anyway.

 

[Maximalist]

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[Treeaddict]

Had the biggest cluster of storm debris I ever worked on. The root plate of eight trees (up to 20” dbh as well as tops were all horizontal and interconnected with various vines. All was laying on a vehicle (gonna get towed to scrap yard) and extremely close and or over neighbors fence and shed. Lots of rope pulling and pole saw work. No large trees to tie into to get on top of the mess. I’ve fallen in between 2 stems and been folded with my knees nearly to my forehead and butt still 2’ off the ground. Pictures don’t do it justice. The pile is over 100’ and 1/3 of it is on maybe a 35* slope which is part of the reason all these locust’s blew down- erosion and root failure. Add Ivy for extra sailing capacity and weight…..

 

[lxskllr]

Bittersweet's the worst. It locks everything together in a massive clump, and takes multiple cuts to free every piece. Not to mention the constant tripping over vines and getting tangled...

 

[Nutball]

Had the biggest cluster of storm debris I ever worked on. The root plate of eight trees (up to 20” dbh as well as tops were all horizontal and interconnected with various vines. All was laying on a vehicle (gonna get towed to scrap yard) and extremely close and or over neighbors fence and shed. Lots of rope pulling and pole saw work. No large trees to tie into to get on top of the mess. I’ve fallen in between 2 stems and been folded with my knees nearly to my forehead and butt still 2’ off the ground. Pictures don’t do it justice. The pile is over 100’ and 1/3 of it is on maybe a 35* slope which is part of the reason all these locust’s blew down- erosion and root failure. Add Ivy for extra sailing capacity and weight…..

Good firewood

 

[Bermy]

This is where polesaws come into their own for sure!

 

[Treeaddict]

This is where polesaws come into their own for sure!

The majority of my pole saw use is for storm damage, for sure.

 

[Treeaddict]

Good firewood

Yessir! And beautiful how it keeps so long

 

[Treeaddict]

Bittersweet's the worst. It locks everything together in a massive clump, and takes multiple cuts to free every piece. Not to mention the constant tripping over vines and getting tangled...

There was bittersweet, wild grape, English Ivy, another one I didn’t recognize, and a little poison Ivy further back. Crazy. I’m going to be taking down most of those locusts back there. He wants to protect his century old barn.

 

[lxskllr]

Virginia creeper's pretty common. Five leaves, climbs high with time, not too hard to deal with. It's pretty good as far as vines go.

 

[Ryan]

Got the last tree down today. I'm out of the tree work for a while as I start a month of night shift 12's on Monday which leaves me little spare time after eating and showering.

 

[Treeaddict]

Virginia creeper's pretty common. Five leaves, climbs high with time, not too hard to deal with. It's pretty good as far as vines go.

That’s it!! Virginia creeper!! Thanks for increasing my vine knowledge.

I pulled a 40’ x 14” top that was hanging off its trunk and the darned vines had that thing suspended (it was perpendicular to the trunk and horizontal due to falling up a steep grade.

I did get some benefits from the vines. I could block firewood pieces and the vine would hold it. Then, cut the vine to drop it in a more controlled manner. Also acted and handrails on the steep grade.

The vines were 98% a pain and 2% useful.

 

[lxskllr]

The vines were 98% a pain and 2% useful.

You had a good day then. I'm not sure I've gotten 2% usefulness out of them :^D

 

[stikine]

Sometimes I get paid to go to some amazing places. A young couple is currently visiting from Montana to check the area out to see if they want to possibly transfer here. I took them up the Stikine river where we have a lot of recreation cabins we rent and maintain.

Here's a few scenery pictures of the day featuring Castle mountain, Shakes lake, and Shakes glacier.


It was a great day without any boat drama or hitting rocks and sandbars. I count it as a win.

The couple are still processing what they saw. 😄 I didn't realize it was their anniversary today until they mentioned it when we got back.