The Official Work Pictures Thread

[davidwyby]

Went to look at this, realized it was about to uproot, and it’s supposed to wind and rain tomorrow. Also the big left limb was cracked and trying to fall off….

Gently uprooted it away from the fence.



The stuff on the ground is the 9 Indian laurels I did a while back…they are using it for camping firewood.

The big nasty codom mess in the back corner is for someday. Keeps dropping limbs on the fence.

 

[Burnham]

Pulled it with your truck, orrrr?

 

[davidwyby]

Pulled it with your truck, orrrr?

Yes, diesel ram 2500 4Hi in reverse so I could see what was going on. Trans has a pretty low R. Usually don’t recommend pulling in R, but I wasn’t going to give it the business. If it didn’t come along easily, I was going to cut it to a thin tapered hinge. As it turned out, it started to move without any throttle and then needed just a touch to finish.

 

[Maximalist]

Today was an easy working day. I made a kabling of pines, and sawed down two rotten birches.

 

[Maximalist]

I usually sign autographs in the morning!) I think it's time to sign autographs for a fee!) I cut the branches today.

 

[Treeaddict]

How long would it take you guys to thin, deadwood, remove crossing branches on this pin oak and reduce it off the house? Basically, climb time only.

 

[Mick!]

If it’s the size it looks like, couple of hours max, maybe a lot less.

 

[flushcut]

I’m guessing two hours. But it’s off of a picture so your mileage may vary.

 

[Treeaddict]

I know pictures are hard to judge and I didn’t put anything by the trunk for reference. I’m thinking it’ll take me 4 hours but I’m still slow.

 

[Mick!]

I know pictures are hard to judge and I didn’t put anything by the trunk for reference. I’m thinking it’ll take me 4 hours but I’m still slow.

You’re the guy that’s seen the tree.
Mind you thinning is a load of bollocks really, so is the rubbing branches nonsense.
Get it off the house a bit and leave it at that.

 

[Burnham]

Does that tree need anything done to it at all? I can't see what, but that is colored by my own perceptions.

 

[Mick!]

Does that tree need anything done to it at all? I can't see what, but that is colored by my own perceptions.

Not really. But if it makes them happy just to bring it back from the house a bit, fair enough.

 

[Treeaddict]

Besides getting it off the house, he wants less volume. He wanted it topped but I told him that I wouldn’t do that and gave him reasons why it shouldn’t be done. We agreed on thinning. If my tree, I’d only deadwood it and reduce it towards the house

 

[Kaveman]

Charge him a day rate and lace it out. Prep it to be climbed in the future, because he will want it.

 

[lxskllr]

Pin oaks are pretty sprouty. I don't think a thinning will last very long.

 

[treebilly]

Thinning doesn’t last long on them when overly thinned. Most people get them liontailed and that makes them worse. End weight on the larger lower limbs typically becomes an issue

 

[Maximalist]

I would do this, and also thin out some branches inside the crown.

 

[cory]

that could work but personally I think that would stimulate too much regrowth

 

[Maximalist]

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The weather was fine today, with no wind. The sun even came out in the morning. I went outside to get some fresh air and cut down some birch trees (21 of them). I had a good rest!)

 

[Burnham]

Looks just like driving here, yesterday morning .

 

[Mick!]

that could work but personally I think that would stimulate too much regrowth

What qualifies as too much?

 

[lxskllr]

I'm not cory, but I'd say "too much" is when it looks the same or thicker after 2 years. Unless the people are loaded(that is not a "loaded" subdivision), and willing to have someone come out every couple years to maintain it, I think trimming could be counterproductive. You get the same thing you already had, possibly with worse attachment points. Andrey did give a nice proposal if that's desired though.

 

[flushcut]

I know pictures are hard to judge and I didn’t put anything by the trunk for reference. I’m thinking it’ll take me 4 hours but I’m still slow.

Charge accordingly 👍🤩🤑

 

[Mick!]

I'm not cory, but I'd say "too much" is when it looks the same or thicker after 2 years. Unless the people are loaded(that is not a "loaded" subdivision), and willing to have someone come out every couple years to maintain it, I think trimming could be counterproductive. You get the same thing you already had, possibly with worse attachment points. Andrey did give a nice proposal if that's desired though.

Everyone on here understands trees grow right?

 

[lxskllr]

Sure, but there's a maximum spread on a pin oak. I'm not the client, but I imagine he's thinking it's a one and done job. Not a "We have to come back every 2 years to prevent the tree from doing it's thing" thing. I don't see that tree ever being a problem aside from creating and dropping deadwood, and I don't see it getting problematically wider.

I have a much older/bigger pin about 8' from the side of my house. It doesn't hurt anything. I have to kick a stick off the roof every so often, and I climbed it last year I think to remove a not terribly large dead branch. It was more an excuse to climb than anything. The two best suggestions are a removal, and install a crape myrtle, or something else small and lame, or an on call job to remove deadwood as it comes up for some small amount, just to keep the client's head feeling good.