The Official Work Pictures Thread

[stig]

Had to google him to find some of his sculptures.
Nice.

 

[woodworkingboy]

His museum in town has a fireplace and a wood stove. They can use the wood at least. It is going to be quite costly to get that stone work replaced.

 

[pantheraba]

Nice pictures, Jay...I like the last one especially.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Thanks, Gary. A nice time of year here.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Was that a rice field in the back ground?

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Raise the canopy


Fold over a spruce into the street, and cut it back over the hedge. Slice some narrow cookies, letting them dangle by the last bit of wood, then drop off.

That red toyota is reputed to have hauled 300 cords of firewood.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

How about a rotten fence to work over? They knew it might not last. The hedge could have ended up with a hole from the trunk, but not needed. Better to get permission to squash, then not need it.




Before...
Cedar was canopy raised, and 5 secondary tops were subordinated.



Gary can't wait to grab more brush. Oh what a feeling!

 

[FireFighterZero]

I probably have some fences twice as old as that in working condition still. It must rain every day over there!

Nice pics.

 

[Bodean]

Jay, Japan is beautiful. I love all your pictures coming out of there.

Nice work, Sean!

 

[treesmith]

Not "Official" work pic (yet)...but I hope to teach him how to climb one day....

 

[sawman]

get that boy some climbing gear

 

[treesmith]

Within an hour of his birth I texted Carl a picture of him, along with the caption, "He's the only one in the nursery who already owns a 9mm and a set of climbing gear!"

 

[Bodean]

haha, good family.

 

[Jed]

Pretty cool, Treesmith.

Jay and Sean: I sometimes really envy the peace of mind that you guys must be able to maintain from working single-jack. Still... I'm sure it's got it's downside.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Depends on the job, Jed. Working solo can make a job seem never ending if you've taken on too much.

Right, Jim, a rice field that's been harvested recently. Before next year's planting, the fields get flooded and everything gets churned up. One interesting thing about rice fields, is that under the level of top soil is real hard packed clay that helps hold the water in. No fun at all to dig into if you want to make a vegetable garden where there used to be rice.

 

[Jed]

I did a few really big jobs by myself when I was between tree services years ago, and I loved it, but I also got (just a very small bit) lonely, and I would talk out loud, as if to someone else. It was as if the sound of my own voice was a type of company.

At least, I didn't answer back.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've done that, but I talk to the tree.

 

[Jed]

As long as it don't answer back, we're still o.k. (Or so the rule goes.)

 

[Bodean]

How do you guys feel about working alone? I've heard much like dirt biking, shouldn't go alone....

 

[squisher]

For me? I worked so long in the woods where even if someone was with you to help on rigging a spar, the odds they could climb or rescue you to the ground were nill (potentially that ground being in a super isolated area where even a chopper is only going to get there in time to pick up your body). I had zero issue with working alone residentially. But I never asked employees to do it.

 

[Bodean]

I'll go for hangers and little stuff....but I'm not wrecking some fatty out.

 

[squisher]

Even if it was a straight up limb er up and pop the top and chunk it down? No rigging?

 

[Bodean]

Depend$.

Edit...probably.

 

[Spellfeller]

The grave gets a fair amount of visitors, people that appreciated the work of the man interred there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokuzan_Ogiwara

Fascinating, Jay. Thanks for sharing!

 

[pete mctree]

I work on my own plenty. I choose the jobs carefully & sometimes modify how I work (I am a little paranoid about getting my rope snagged on the ground). When I work in the woods alone I just phone home @ preset times