The Official Work Pictures Thread

NIce shot, Ben.

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Naturally, they'd previously had a good bit of pruning from over their cars in the gravel parking area. leaving the really spreading stuff over the garage and RV cover.

Part way through I thought I might call a crane because some stuff over the RV cover and garage didn't look like it wanted to clear with my rigging point options that weren't over the garage, and I was down a guy, so just Erik, me, and the Belay Spool, allowing me to switch after cutting and him catching to me lowering and him landing.

Decided another shot of coffee, a rigging point closer to the work, but just at the edge of the garage roof, vertically, and to rope it out. Last lead rigged was about 35' long, swung over the house with a midpoint tie. I was glad to have a 20 oz. throw weight to help set a few RBs.

We'll go back in a week or two with a power line drop to take out the biggest hazelnuts/ filberts I have ever seen, like 5-6" thick and 40' long. We'll be able to drop the trunkwood into the parking area and yard then. One leans that way, one will be a winch over.
 
Nice work everyone!

Here are some from this week. We were taking down all trees along the edge of the driving range at our local country club. They had a ton of damage to the expensive nets from the hurricane back in October so the insurance company wants a good bit of clearance. Nothing really difficult. Took a quick shot of the kboom and the big 1000hp tub grinder at our local dump.
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Nice work, Sean. I like the look of your fleet. That is a good chip truck, what does it hold 12-15 yards?

From measurements, I think it hold 12 yards when I add plywood to the back to keep a super full load from spilling out during transport. More of 12 yards when fully loaded without a supplemental rear wall.

The equipment cab is very useful. I'm going to try to get the electric fan working for the heater, which just runs off of a heater core/ radiator fluid, like the main cab. Ex-Asplundh rig. Drying gear on the trip home would be great. I have a plug-in electric heater now that I use with an extension cord.

When the truck and chipper start to let me down, or I lose confidence, I"ll upgrade.

Its amazing what $50 in paint and several hours will do for an old chipper. I had a former employee want to rent my CnD because it ate green limbs faster than the 12" vermeer that he rented.
 
that is a nice looking rig Sean, and nice work all. catching up on this thread. just got back from our Napa job, more palms, and more palms... IMGP7908.jpg IMGP7956.jpg IMGP8133.jpg St. Helena-20130327-00520.jpg St. Helena-20130327-00527.jpg
my new preferred srt attachment for working fan palms.
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this gave me serious garden envy.
 
more... St. Helena-20130326-00515.jpg a better after pic of the canary.
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I'm guessing it is difficult to save a nest in those congested tops?

Great pictures and work. So I gather you spur up the first one and then traverse and srt the others?

Can u splain that srt set up a little more, thanks.
 
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