The Official Work Pictures Thread

[Porkbrick]

Then I jacked each side a bit at a time, inserting 2x4s then 4x4s, then 6x6s, till i had it up to 6” above the wall




Once there I ran 6x6s across the wall and the cribbing, and laid the pipe sections on top

It was only a matter of pulling nice and slow with a come-along.

Success!


Took all day, but half of that time was spent moving all the other logs out of the way and down the street to their garage storage clients barn. Lots of fun!

 

[Porkbrick]

I have video of the pull over but it doesn’t want to load 😞

 

[lxskllr]

Nice! Clever approach to the problem.

 

[Porkbrick]

View attachment walnut walking480.mp4
i got it! had to compress it down to 480p

 

[Mick!]

Good stuff.

‘Get out of the way’

I tell clients like that my insurance won’t pay if I kill more than any more than 3 of them a year, and we’re on the limit at the moment.

 

[Porkbrick]

i just noticed the first post i made is all garbled. something got it all out of whack when i tried loading pictures from my phone. hopefully it still makes sense.

 

[flushcut]

Did you live on Easter Island at one point in time? Lol

 

[Nutball]

I'm not surprised the stone chipped, I watched it in slow motion, and it set down hard on the wall, so hard it looks like it sheared the end on one board off. I was a bit surprised there was no damage until I heard about the chip. Still a great job on that one.

 

[Porkbrick]

Yeah, I had a bunch of cribbing supporting the end of the 6x6 past the wall. That way the weight of the piece was supported straight down to the ground, but the 6x6 wasn’t fresh and it sheared off at the end like you can see. There was a little overhang on the top stone (the stone was 3/4” flat pieces mortared to a masonry core) and it think the broken piece of the 6x6 chipped that overhang as it rolled over it. All in all not bad. I had told the client ahead of time that i wouldn’t guarantee zero damage. And he was really pleased with the results 🙂.

 

[Kaveman]

Sheared a 6x6... Gads that's sone serious weight. You quoted 10k previously and I belive it.

 

[Nutball]

Recognize any faces?

 

[Kaveman]

When I say nit-picking... one little clump of mistletoe, and yeah that dead spike. Not much else came out of that tree. Honestly, we'd do well to make a visit in the spring, for easier deadwooding. With these blue oaks, it's kinda hard to tell dead from dormant right now.

Got my throw line stuck in a live oak early on today, and had to take the long way up the tree. Once up, I couldn't see the dadgummed line, the last few feet has lost its color, so I made a little cut to move a dead hanger, and the first thing I managed to free was my throw weight and two feet of line. Bugger, I guess that line is 178 feet now...

 

[Burnham]

Aw, hell...well, you needed to get rid of that "camo" section anyway .

 

[pete mctree]

In between the usual day to day stuff we have been bringing some machines in to deal with some of the more off the wall tasks - cost is high, but it solves some complex challenges and is so much safer and more productive. Sometimes it just feels like cheating !

 

[lxskllr]

I like the Jesus Max :^D

 

[Burnham]

Boy, howdy. That's some mighty impressive iron right there, Pete.

 

[pete mctree]

It is some state of the art machinery for sure - just glad I bring them in when needed and don’t have to pay the finance 😂

 

[davidwyby]

This thing spit sunshine when I put the saw to it. Hinged okish, branches weak/brittle.

Any idea what it is?



I think I’ll mill it

 

[lxskllr]

Mimosa?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Looks mimosa ish

 

[cory]

But not the bark, relative to mimosas here

 

[Maximalist]

Pine removal by hanging. We were lucky with the weather today.

View attachment 634e4144-2517-4c03-8311-0df3678f9759.mov
View attachment 3e75661a-f622-4780-9a39-76490fefe643.mov

 

[friedrich]

This thing spit sunshine when I put the saw to it. Hinged okish, branches weak/brittle.

Any idea what it is?

View attachment 143172View attachment 143173View attachment 143174View attachment 143175

I think I’ll mill it

looks like you walked the last cut around? what was your reason?

 

[davidwyby]

looks like you walked the last cut around? what was your reason?

I always do my stump cuts that way so that the chain is pulling out of the bark/dirt. Keeps them sharp longer. Sometimes I plunge in and just spin the saw so the top is cutting out too. Also less pinch at the end.

 

[BIGTWIG]