The Official Work Pictures Thread

[flushcut]

Nothing better than being full stick and trying to make a cut and the saw is pushing you out of the cut. It looks like you are using a crosscut saw. Lol

 

[Maximalist]

Today I cut down a poplar tree in the city and a spruce tree outside the city -
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[Bodean]

West Maui
I woulda climbed those fan palms over the house,

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Some amazing trees Deva!

 

[cory]

Warning: Unstable Cliff, Stay Back. OK to Climb the Tree on the Cliff tho!

 

[Cobleskill]

View attachment 138427View attachment 138428View attachment 138429View attachment 138430[So…the customer is always right, right? “We don’t care about that car or the concrete, just cut it”. Ok…💣 (The car is kind of banged up and doesn’t run…) I just didn’t want to hit the almost finished brand new roof.]

Couldn’t reach the top and the wind was blowing the fronds all over.

1hr.

Why is it they always wait til a new roof is on to do the tree work? Doh! Should do the trees first.

 

[lxskllr]

Are all your trees amazing Deva, or are you cherry picking them for posting? Would you say Hawaii tends to have more amazing trees than... Wherever. Just pick a place that gets nice spready hardwoods?

 

[cory]

I suspect Deva has plenty of forgettable trees he works on just like we all do, but yeah, HI may well have more amazing trees than lotta places

 

[Bodean]

Hawaii has trees and elements to the jobs that make me a sad TreeKitty. Meow.

 

[cory]

Um, huh?

 

[Bodean]

Today rained for two hours then beaming sun…. With fire ants sprinkling out of the mango trees…. Like fiberglass.

 

[vharrison]

Deva, have you seen the part of Maui where the fires were? How is the tree that was in the square doing?

 

[Bodean]

Yes, I’ve worked in the burn… I travel to Lahaina often for work.
The central banyan is returning but not symmetrical as it was.
Lots to rebuild there.

what blows my mind is that they are all still paying a mortgage on a house that’s gone
and a lot that they are excluded from until deemed federally safe.

 

[Bodean]

Today decided to climb stay off the jungle floor and the fire ants etc.

 

[Treeaddict]

Yes, I’ve worked in the burn… I travel to Lahaina often for work.
The central banyan is returning but not symmetrical as it was.
Lots to rebuild there.

what blows my mind is that they are all still paying a mortgage on a house that’s gone
and a lot that they are excluded from until deemed federally safe.

Yeah, it’s crazy about the mortgage thing. Then again, the banks aren’t going to suffer.

 

[lxskllr]

That's a really interesting stem. It would surely be going home with me.

 

[flushcut]

Counting the growth rings might be challenging.

 

[Mellow]

When you try to educate the client, but they want it done their way.

 

[lxskllr]

Ok, I know nothing about palm. What's the problem there aside from it looking stupid? Should it have been trimmed all the way up, or not trimmed at all? My vote is for the latter.

 

[lumberjack]

It can create a necked down spot in the trunk/causes more stress.

Like this

 

[Maximalist]

Today I cut down a pine tree outside the city and a poplar tree in the center of St. Petersburg -
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[Mellow]

Ok, I know nothing about palm. What's the problem there aside from it looking stupid? Should it have been trimmed all the way up, or not trimmed at all? My vote is for the latter.

What I've done there is known as a "hurricane prune." Ignorant folks think it's better to trim off nearly everything since it will prevent them from breaking during storms, and to prolong the time until the next pruning cycle. In reality, it simply starves the plant of food, which is produced by the leaves. As Carl said, this leads to a thinning of the trunk, as well as excess flowering and seed production. Palms grow from the top center, with the older, outer leaves yellowing and eventually dying off. Best practice is to remove the older dead and dying fronds, leaving live fronds at the "9 o'clock and 3 o'clock" positions.

 

[Patrick A]

Today's freak out. Not sure who was the most surprised.

 

[Mellow]

That's an evil eye look if I've ever seen one.

 

[treebilly]

Them little bastids will shut a job down right quick here.