Burnham
Woods walker
I wouldn't have been peanuts as a tree man without all the years of training and experience I was given with the "big company" I signed on with.
The Official Work Pictures Thread
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MasterBlaster
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I worked a year for Asplundh and they didn't teach me shit.
How to frig off a lot. I guess they taught me something after all!
How to frig off a lot. I guess they taught me something after all!
Jed
TreeHouser
Of course not.
What the???
(Que subliminal advertisement for Elyssian's Space dust... enter "spacey" music...) You are getting sleepy... you are getting very, very sleepy... Space Dust is the best beer in the universe... Space Dust is the best beer you've ever had...Fiona: Wow. Thanks so much for the well-wishes. I'm probably just exchanging one set of problems for a new set of problems, but still... Sometimes yer just ready fer a new set of problems.
Denver!... Crackin pics. Looked like a hard job in a way.
Ray!... Red Dogs on a side-leaner!!
Sean (South Sound)... Thanks so much for the thoughful PM. I'll try to respond in detail tomorrow morning.
Stig: Thanks. So uhhh... You've got to check out these pics. Here's what happens when my bar reached all the way through this little Hemlock...
And here's what happen's when I cut a Red Cedar and don't mark my corners...
Say! Would you ever consider doing a video "how-to," on how to cut from both sides?? It could even be in Danish, sir. We'll figure it out.
So one more week at Davey. Here's the General Sherman takin a top...
Here's me taking a log...
Here's the General by our brush pile.
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rico11764
Thin skinned
Great pics Jed! frig that new job. Come on down here and we can kill Redwoods from 10 am till noon, 2 days a week for very little $. With all the extra time were gonna have on our hands, we can get drunk on Space Dust and drive the skidder around the woods. It'll be awesome. Seriously though, good luck on your new adventures brother.
JD3000
Treehouser
Two hours of work and then double IPAs...I'm down
rico11764
Thin skinned
Let me be very clear here. The beers come after the 2 hours of non-strenuous labor, and before we take the skidder out for a drunken hillbilly joyride. I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt.
JD3000
Treehouser
Lol brother. You had me at beer
flushcut
TreeHouser
That's almost tempting enough to sell my business.
Burnham
Woods walker
Come on, Jed...let me tease you a little. Don't take it seriously 
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biggun
Monkey for Hire
Fir tree removal today. Proper parky, -6c but sunny with it. Not too bad as long as you did t touch anything metal without gloves. Rigged down into the rear neighbours garden as access was easier.
Quite a nice day actually.
Rich
Quite a nice day actually.
Rich
Jed
TreeHouser
Come on, Jed...let me tease you a little. Don't take it seriously
This is BEER, sir!! Some things are worth fighting for!
Eric: You'd better have a pretty big goat-pen.
Biggun: Man, that was cool... literally... and then... I dunno... something about Norway, or something... God's country if you ask me.
Now here's another Fir, a hair over 150'. The marm broke out at about 80'... here's the poor little old ladies roof...
She wanted it left as 75' stick with the limbs still on it, so here's me after my nightmare rope show...
After that, the chunk-down went easy, but what a weird job. Here's the finished product... a REAL arborist will leave a slanted cut at the top, "so that the rain can run off it."
MasterBlaster
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Actually, I never cut them level. It just didn't seem right...
ruel
TreeHouser
Just tried the space dust tonight, it's ok...
MasterBlaster
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Just stay away from the brown acid...
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Nice looking job Rich. Chilly, but nice clear day.
Another good slay Jed.
Great pictures.
Another good slay Jed.
Great pictures.
Buddy
Treehouser
Rich and uncle Jed, buncha great pics men!
Limbrat
TreeHouser
I'll second that! Pretty cool shots guys.
rico11764
Thin skinned
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Goats. It's funny my best bud loves goats. We often argue the merits of goats vs donkeys. Lol.
Jed brother. All the best on your new endeavour coming up.
Jed brother. All the best on your new endeavour coming up.
I thought it was supposed to rain all the time In Southern Norway, Rich.
Loved those pictures.
One of my top 3 countries in winter sun.
We have taken a couple of days off from logging to do a bunch of hazard trees for the Danish Forest service, district east.
They send for us once a year, and by now we have taken out all the truly nasty ones, so most of what we encounter are just run of the mill toppings.
We've agreed on a per tree price that is fine for us.
All the ones we did today were just, climb, cut and collect the money.
Weather was shitty and since I did most of them, all I have, picture wise, is Richard taking the top out of the first one.
It had enough lean to barberchair, which beech is prone to do.
Rather than chain it, Richard bore cut it, gutted the hinge from behind and tripped it.
He'd have done better by tripping it from the outside, but that is nit picking.
Yes, Jed, it had side lean, so he made the hinge smaller in one side to compensate.
This is not one of Daniels " can't cut for shit" secret cuts.
Richard is totally used to borecut while aloft, plus he is my old apprentice
That old apprentice thing came up last week.
We were looking at a beech that in my mind had nowhere to go.
Richard suggested dropping it between two other beech trees and I said that there wasn't a chinaman's chance in hell of getting it down there without hanging it up.
So he grabbed the saw and slid it down, no problem.
After hemming and haw'ing for a while, I finally came up with: " The guy who taught you to fall sure knew his stuff".
I'll be hearing about that tree for a while.
Loved those pictures.
One of my top 3 countries in winter sun.
We have taken a couple of days off from logging to do a bunch of hazard trees for the Danish Forest service, district east.
They send for us once a year, and by now we have taken out all the truly nasty ones, so most of what we encounter are just run of the mill toppings.
We've agreed on a per tree price that is fine for us.
All the ones we did today were just, climb, cut and collect the money.
Weather was shitty and since I did most of them, all I have, picture wise, is Richard taking the top out of the first one.
It had enough lean to barberchair, which beech is prone to do.
Rather than chain it, Richard bore cut it, gutted the hinge from behind and tripped it.
He'd have done better by tripping it from the outside, but that is nit picking.
Yes, Jed, it had side lean, so he made the hinge smaller in one side to compensate.
This is not one of Daniels " can't cut for shit" secret cuts.
Richard is totally used to borecut while aloft, plus he is my old apprentice
That old apprentice thing came up last week.
We were looking at a beech that in my mind had nowhere to go.
Richard suggested dropping it between two other beech trees and I said that there wasn't a chinaman's chance in hell of getting it down there without hanging it up.
So he grabbed the saw and slid it down, no problem.
After hemming and haw'ing for a while, I finally came up with: " The guy who taught you to fall sure knew his stuff".
I'll be hearing about that tree for a while.
MasterBlaster
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Ha!
Don't know.
We simply neutralize them.
State forestry service has been kicked hard by the EU for not leaving enough dead wood standing, so they like to leave the "safe" part of the trees upright.
Silly, really, but a good deal for us.
We get about $450 per tree.
For climbing up and taking the top out, that is an ok price.
Wasn't always so. First couple of time we did it , some of the trees were horrible.
There were quite a few where we said , forget about it.
Now they have learned to mark the trees as hazard in time, and it is mostly a cosy jo.
We walked on one today, simply too spongy due to Fomes fomentarius to cut safely. Tomorrow we'll try to do a cut partway and rip the rest, with their tractor mounted 15 ton winch.
We simply neutralize them.
State forestry service has been kicked hard by the EU for not leaving enough dead wood standing, so they like to leave the "safe" part of the trees upright.
Silly, really, but a good deal for us.
We get about $450 per tree.
For climbing up and taking the top out, that is an ok price.
Wasn't always so. First couple of time we did it , some of the trees were horrible.
There were quite a few where we said , forget about it.
Now they have learned to mark the trees as hazard in time, and it is mostly a cosy jo.
We walked on one today, simply too spongy due to Fomes fomentarius to cut safely. Tomorrow we'll try to do a cut partway and rip the rest, with their tractor mounted 15 ton winch.
