The Official Work Pictures Thread

[cory]

Sounds like a good approach

 

[Bodean]

The crane thing isn’t working out as I’m a better climber than operator gotta get the climbing done…
found a little niche contract climbing. … used to be contract climbers had to do bad ass shit.. nowadays I just gotta produce normal shit.
been staying close to home haven’t had to leave the island in a couple weeks.

 

[cory]

Good to hear.

Crazy tie in point!

 

[friedrich]

good looking crane

looks more like a redirect?

 

[Bodean]

i tied into some wood below me…. Then redirected up off those sprouts.
Made it easier to run on top the wood and cut all the view offending brush off.

 

[WoodCutr]

just 2 pics I found of me climbing
the second pic I post was a dead ash, I rode every pick off the tree except the last log, there was 4" diameter limbs being broken off by squirrels and the top was already gone, absolutely ZERO rigging points nearby and no lift access at all, only option was to ride each piece off

 

[Ryan]

Split Ash tree that I tied together with some Safety Blue a couple years ago which held but removal was unavoidable . Homeowner surprised me with a "no clean up" when I got there which was awesome considering I was pretty much dead on my feet by the end of the job. Felling cuts on the log were out of whack which made for a harder pull. Went around the front tire of my rusty mini van where rubber meets road for an anchor point (2 to 1) in the neighbors driveway which I patted myself on the back as a good idea on the fly.

 

[Kaveman]

Dad drove a wrecker for years. This is how we pull a car sideways by the tire. Your minivan actually doesn't have much ground pressure at the contact patch. This method means the whole vehicle must move. Just a tip. 😆

 

[Treeaddict]

Removed 2 larger poplar limbs for a friend and neighbor. One was directly over the spruce that he was trying to make room for.

Looked at 4 willows he wants out that are overhanging his sheds. They will be gone by next month.

 

[treebilly]

Only pic today. This was our third removal and second location. Started at one and gone by five. Everyone brought their A game today.

 

[stig]

We are preparing some 50 acres of Sitka spruce for clearcutting by harvester.

There are a few hardwoods around the edges, that are too big for the harvesters, so we cut them by hand.

Just to show you what the patron saint of borecutters can do with a 20" bar, because he is too old and lazy to hike the mile and a half back to the truck for a bigger saw.

This Ash had a lot of lean, so I figured it would just pop the little Maple branch off.
Nope!
I could have dropped the Maple with it, but what a mess to buck.
So I left it overnight and brought a polesaw. It came down over night, landed precisely on both tops like a codominant is supposed to and split to kindling!

I really hate it when that happens!!!

 

[stikine]

Boy, you still have a lot of green leaves for late October.

 

[stig]

I don't think we'll get much color this fall.
Green to gone.

 

[Mellow]

Crown reduction on a mature Quercus laurifolia. I recommended removal but they wanted to keep the tree for a few more years.

 

[Burnham]

We are preparing some 50 acres of Sitka spruce for clearcutting by harvester.

There are a few hardwoods around the edges, that are too big for the harvesters, so we cut them by hand.

Just to show you what the patron saint of borecutters can do with a 20" bar, because he is too old and lazy to hike the mile and a half back to the truck for a bigger saw.

This Ash had a lot of lean, so I figured it would just pop the little Maple branch off.
Nope!
I could have dropped the Maple with it, but what a mess to buck.View attachment 133036View attachment 133037View attachment 133038
So I left it overnight and brought a polesaw. It came down over night, landed precisely on both tops like a codominant is supposed to and split to kindling!

I really hate it when that happens!!!

Lotta tree for a 20 inch bar...nicely done. Too bad about the breakage.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Guess it will make O2 for a little while longer Brett.
Oh well Stig. Lotta tree as stated though

 

[stig]

Another one that was borderline too big for the 20" bar.
Took over 2 tanks of gas to fell and buck.

Funny thing was, it was not the felling part, but the first buck that almost went beyond the 20" capacity.

Now the harvester can handle the rest.

 

[cory]

Know how re cutting with a short bar is surely good to have but a slightly longer bar can save alot of time and effort. I used a 20" bar back in the day but now a 24" slays all.

 

[lxskllr]

That's kind of how I see it. 24" is a nice size to get a lot of work done, but isn't obnoxious to maneuver. I'd be interested in hearing stig explain the philosophy of a 20" bar, especially doing those low cut beeches.

 

[Raj]

Not much tree work from me. Got this walnut flop, custy clean up. I did miss the house and garage.

 

[Burnham]

Missing stuff like that is good.

 

[flushcut]

Smart ass lol

 

[flushcut]

This gigantor will be on the list in the near future,

Easily 4 foot plus at DBH

 

[Burnham]

Lotta work...

 

[flushcut]

That main crotch is about seven foot through.