The Official Work Pictures Thread

[Chris E]

Nice front yard tree today, Eucalyptus Nicholi, likely the lightest Euc wood around. Had my go to contract climber Dave get it down by around 11am. Its getting pretty damn hot around here...

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[Sgriff]

Nicholi play the nicest out of the euc family imo,last one i did had my rigging split the top out accidentally. Right over a 100 year old window that the widows husband had made i sware! What an ordeal that was,very close call for me. Nice Chris 👍 done all early n shnitt...

 

[Chris E]

The wood may not be the strongest but the structure is tame. I'd still be there at 5 if it was me cutting, F that.

 

[Steve Mack]

Don't trust those things.

I hate them. Couldn't even guess how many I've done, they planted them everywhere around here in the 60's & 70's. Horrible trees, they'll fall right over after heavy rain. And a PIA to clean up, full of dead stuff.

Just had a storm tonight, there'll be one down some where close.


Nice pictures everyone.

 

[Steve Mack]

A Nicholi from a couple of years ago.

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[sotc]

I dig the wagon Grendel.

Did a barter job today. Was supposed to be half day with 3 trees. Turned into 6 as a full day. 3 oaks, 2 maples and a black birch.

A few were some real leaners over the drive. Overall good day. Got to leave the wood and blow all the chips in the woods.


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Do you know what caused all the decay pockets on that one trunk?

 

[D.T.Ruck]

Do you know what caused all the decay pockets on that one trunk?

I'm not sure what the cause of that was. I'll ask my pops what his opinion on it is.


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[D.T.Ruck]

Took down a maple today over a hedge and near the house. Also cleaned up the water sprouts on the two oaks behind it.

My family came to bring me a sandwich for lunch. My oldest kicked around sawdust for a while and was picking up sticks. He's starting out younger than me. I was five when I first started going to my dads jobs and picking them up, he's only three. Train 'me while there young!

Then we did some dead wooding of a big oak. We found a big ole leader was rotting but the tips were alive so that wasn't factored in during the estimate. My pops cleaned up this one and I played one of the ground monkeys

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[Grendel]

Nice!

 

[D.T.Ruck]

Damn auto correct. Didn't get any after pics of the oak. Sucks that the pictures he took turned out so dark.


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[Limbrat]

Great pics D.T. Good looking boy too, cherish those times.

 

[Jed]

Nice! Ruck. Good to see the little'uns getting their hands dirty. You guys bang out some serious work.

Pruned this 162' Doug Fir today as an option to removal. Probably went dang near 50% on the foliage... sorry to the ISA friendly, but it just mighta saved this pig's life. About 3 yards of chips, and it had already been heavily pruned about a year ago!!



The Fir in the first image that is to the left is situated down the hill, so it's probably around 175'

 

[D.T.Ruck]

Thanks. It a big smile on my face seeing him doing his thing while I took a little break. Reminds me of some of the pictures I have when I was little.. except I was covered head to toe in grease. Lol.


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[cory]

Crazy tall, Jed. You Ddrt them or srt?

 

[Limbrat]

Crazy tall, Jed.

Sure nuff

 

[D.T.Ruck]

Pruned this 162' Doug Fir today as an option to removal. Probably went dang near 50% on the foliage... sorry to the ISA friendly, but it just mighta saved this pig's life. About 3 yards of chips, and it had already been heavily pruned about a year ago!!



The Fir in the first image that is to the left is situated down the hill, so it's probably around 175'

Nice, those were some tall suckers right there!


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[Jed]

Crazy tall, Jed. You Ddrt them or srt?

We spur-prune almost all of our big-firs Corey... BUT!... my friend just gave me a HAAS and another little Petzyl deal for the left foot. We only had the one 162' Fir to prune, so I left my rope in the tree and spent the rest of the day messing around. I gotta say... pretty cool. I did the little deal where you tie the bungee to your flipline that you've draped over your shoulder. You know what I mean? Worked a charm. Almost as easy as spur-ascent. I'm probably 30%dDrt, 70%srt, these days.

What Would Corey Do?

 

[Grendel]

That's awesome Jed!









Now I have to run to the bank. . .

Cheers.

 

[cory]

We spur-prune almost all of our big-firs Corey...

Lil bark aeration can be a key cultural practice

I did the little deal where you tie the bungee to your flipline that you've draped over your shoulder. You know what I mean?

Um no. Wish I did though

What Would Corey Do?

Welllll, he would probably closely observe for a few climbs, keep things tightened up on the ground in the mean time, then try out that fancy stuff on a 40'er

 

[Limbrat]

You guys are cracking me up! Looks like a good day for a bonfire Sam. Things are still pretty sappy here.

 

[Jed]

...keep things tightened up on the ground in the mean time...

A man after my own heart. Sometimes... I'll get out to another dude's job that the managers have shipped up out to to give em a hand, and the guy'll be like, "Oh, hey Jed thanks fer comin out... wanna jump-up into that one real quick and just..." (do this or that). I always go, "Yeah, sure man, just give me a sec, and then I and Jake and Joe (my new crew) zip around on the ground and drag and chip absolutely EVERYTHING we can get our greedy little hands on before I climb a thing.

Ray: DANG. BIG stinkin (well actually, I wish to God I could smell em through the laptop) logs. Real pretty shots, sir.

Sam: Gotta LOVE a nuker handle on a day like today...



Went into our Redmond shop today to this...



Worked a full day spurless pruning and doing small removals (and nearly running-off --unintentionally--our new-guy Joe back down south to Oregon) and then got back home in Snoqualmie to this...

 

[cory]

A man after my own heart. Sometimes... I'll get out to another dude's job that the managers have shipped up out to to give em a hand, and the guy'll be like, "Oh, hey Jed thanks fer comin out... wanna jump-up into that one real quick and just..." (do this or that). I always go, "Yeah, sure man, just give me a sec, and then I and Jake and Joe (my new crew) zip around on the ground and drag and chip absolutely EVERYTHING we can get our greedy little hands on before I climb a thing.

Ha that is awesome.

All that snow n chit, good thing you a hardcore outdoorsman.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Cold brewski!!!

 

[SeanKroll]

Over the shoulder lanyard technique for tending/ holding up the climbing system...
I go from my LEFT D ring, backward immediately, across my back on an upward Right angle, over my right collarbone, down to me bridge ring or tending tether, depending.




For pruning...
Its fast to shoot a non-isolated line and climb SRT, or conceivably use a Secret Weapon-style system (DdRT hung on the end of a non-isolated SRT-line that's base-tied), rather than stand in spurs all day. Do you advance a climb-line ahead of you, Jed, so as to mostly hang while cutting?



We need a big GTG again. An opportunity to share techniques and business strategies, as well a 'pass a good time', as Butch says.

We should think about the summer.