Szajer
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Beautiful pics!
You're in great shape fiddler.. Good on you.
You're in great shape fiddler.. Good on you.
The Official Work Pictures Thread
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August Hunicke
TreeHouser
Nice, haven't seen a Blake man in a while. . .besides myself.
RegC
TreeHouser
RegC
TreeHouser
Crappy wet weather here. Couple hours job this morning. The work was falling 2 cedars and a fir was priced over the phone and described by the homeowner as a couple of ‘easy work, they just need cutting off at the bottom’. Yeah right!
Despite the squashed perspective of the wide-angled-lens, they were probably touching 70ft, and favoured all wrong. The nearest to the building and wires was side weighted that way, the middle one was leaning back, and the fir was side weighted directly away from the building....all trying to claim their own airspace I suppose. So some cutting to balance, 5:1 on the 2 cedars, and wedges to back the trees up as they straightened. Not a job really worthy of photos, but I had to capture something for the company-owner who hired me, so he can amend the cost as he feels.
We went on from there to slam 3 madrones at another property, and pull another back-leaning fir with the tuck....which was a challenge in itself as my helper for the day could neither drive the truck nor use a chainsaw. We muddled through nonetheless. No cleanup.
Despite the squashed perspective of the wide-angled-lens, they were probably touching 70ft, and favoured all wrong. The nearest to the building and wires was side weighted that way, the middle one was leaning back, and the fir was side weighted directly away from the building....all trying to claim their own airspace I suppose. So some cutting to balance, 5:1 on the 2 cedars, and wedges to back the trees up as they straightened. Not a job really worthy of photos, but I had to capture something for the company-owner who hired me, so he can amend the cost as he feels.
We went on from there to slam 3 madrones at another property, and pull another back-leaning fir with the tuck....which was a challenge in itself as my helper for the day could neither drive the truck nor use a chainsaw. We muddled through nonetheless. No cleanup.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Just gotta love it when people tell you how easy it will be to fell a tree. Funny how it is still up in the air when you get there since it was so dang easy.
Good work Reg.
Good work Reg.
Szajer
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Sweet pics reg.
Looks as if the homeowner was a woodworker.
Looks as if the homeowner was a woodworker.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Sweet arch/ gate. Timburrrr. Reg, too bad a guy of your skill still has to deal with a poor assistant. I imagine that is a challenging part of being a hired gun.
Nice walnut shots, Dave.
Nice walnut shots, Dave.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Squish, could you please give a post number where you see Walnut logs, I must have missed it.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Unless I'm mistaken isn't that what Fiddler Dave is logging?
Bixler
TreeHouser
X2
Nice pics Reg
Team Bixler at it again, big ponderosa pine, crane it out... rained most of the day
Brian using 660 42" bar on pics
Cute little crane girl did a good job running crane
We had to 'shave the side' of pine so we could get crane in driveway, you can see the tire rub marks on trunk
logs for self loader log truck....Brian's catch of the day
Team Bixler at it again, big ponderosa pine, crane it out... rained most of the day
Brian using 660 42" bar on pics
Cute little crane girl did a good job running crane
We had to 'shave the side' of pine so we could get crane in driveway, you can see the tire rub marks on trunk
logs for self loader log truck....Brian's catch of the day
I was using a 42" bar last week on a willow, I only have to break it out 1 or 2x/ year. I have found that if it isn't cutting absolutely perfectly, all cutters sharp and equal, then it cuts like a HUGE pita.
Of course every chain should be razor sharp and used so that it tends to stay that way, but I've found if you even "look cross-eyed" at that long chain, it is going to get a teeny bit dull and then, due to the extra long length, it aint gonna cut much of anything, at least in a fast easy way, anyways. Btw the bar is straight and true so that isn't the problem.
Anybody else had similar experiences?
Of course every chain should be razor sharp and used so that it tends to stay that way, but I've found if you even "look cross-eyed" at that long chain, it is going to get a teeny bit dull and then, due to the extra long length, it aint gonna cut much of anything, at least in a fast easy way, anyways. Btw the bar is straight and true so that isn't the problem.
Anybody else had similar experiences?
RegC
TreeHouser
Killer pics. Is that a female CO?
The rain must have added a bit of extra challenge
Agreed. Any more ?
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Whenever I have. It's been the bar, usually near the mounts or the tip. A chain has to be pretty uneven in order to bind ime.
Bixler
TreeHouser
Yeah Cory, totally know what you mean. BOTS can put a mean hand file on that chisel square tooth… BOTS, was that a 42"bar on your 660? Crazy good pics btw, thanks for the help on that one, so glad it's over.
Szajer
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That's one big hunk O wood!
Noice pics BlackOak!
Noice pics BlackOak!
That's the crazy part, I had to examine the chain super closely to find a few cutters that were just a bit dull (and how they got that way is a mystery, no cuts near ground, nor crotches or dirty wood either). But that thing would cut in like 4" and then dish so hard it basically wouldn't cut more.
MasterBlaster
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I've never seen a female crane operator. I bet they can do it better that a man!
RegC
TreeHouser
I'll take that bet
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I've heard that lots about heavy equipment too. I've seen girls running all sorts of heavy iron.
