The Official Work Pictures Thread

[Mick!]

40 year lapsed pollard of a lime tree.
I brushed it out, young lad chogged it down.
His first real chogging down experience.
He was pleased with himself.

 

[Mick!]

And before any of you start getting a fit of the vapours, it lost a stem last week, exposing this rot in the middle.

 

[cory]

Your log truck can handle that weight/size?

 

[Mick!]

Your log truck can handle that weight/size?

All left logged on site as firewood.
Ps, I don’t have a log truck. I do have a sawmill guy who will collect decent firewood or stuff for milling.
But he wouldn’t come out for useless crap like this.

 

[SeanKroll]

Just a basic willow after some storm damage. Three trunks to fell.

Full gap on a dead stem and on a live stem. Hinges didn't break.


Garter snake

 

[cory]

Them sure aint no weeping willow! I've never seen a willow like that, must be a PNW thing

 

[flushcut]

Layin leads and waking the dead.

 

[flushcut]

Not often you see a head stone where the persons parents could have known George Washington.

Especially in this part of the country.

 

[Mine]

We've been making some bat nesting cavities for a forester on the south end of the island, and today he called us down to assess some hazard trees near a memorial from king Frederik VII time (1848-63). We marked three beeches (all with kretzschmaria deusta) and a dozen ash for death, and I got to see the - to date - biggest Cerioporus squamosus I have ever seen!

 

[flushcut]

What rot?!!! Be careful with that one.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Looks pretty nasty.
Caution and care there.

 

[Burnham]

That one looks like the only direction it will go is to the lean. No way to influence it much, though a proper restraint line might offer something.

 

[Mine]

- and the Forester wants as much standing dead wood left as possible, without being a hazard to the trail... No way I'm going up a tree like that without a backup line at least!
Most of the trees are leaning over the trail or a stream, so we're probably going to bring the ATV with winch and try pull them away, if we don't want to break our backs cleaning said trail and stream...

 

[SeanKroll]

Hello Mine!

Are you an apprentice/ former apprentice of Stig's?

Thread 'The official "Welcome New Members" thread!'

Oct 20, 2006

Here's a place to make your first post and introduce yourself! Don't be shy to participate, we're a pretty good bunch around here.
Say hi and tell us a bit about yourself, and welcome to the TreeHouse!

• MasterBlaster
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[SeanKroll]

Them sure aint no weeping willow! I've never seen a willow like that, must be a PNW thing

Scouler's willow, possibly.

Their ornamental weeping willow broke in last year's storm.

 

[Mine]

Hello Mine!

Are you an apprentice/ former apprentice of Stig's?

Thread 'The official "Welcome New Members" thread!'

Oct 20, 2006

Here's a place to make your first post and introduce yourself! Don't be shy to participate, we're a pretty good bunch around here.
Say hi and tell us a bit about yourself, and welcome to the TreeHouse!

• MasterBlaster
• Replies: 3,045
• Forum: Announcements

Yep, that's me. I'll get my diploma this christmas

 

[friedrich]

today i climbed lot‘s of pines, throwing hook was very handy..

 

[cory]

Sounds like fun!

Let's keep this thread in mind if you're doing some tricky/effective things:

Not sure if there is a thread out there, I looked (not too thoroughly) and didn’t see anything. Figured there should be one.
Just a place to show of some of the little bits, bobs, habits and techniques that make your climb easier or safer.

 

[Kaveman]

Mrs.NewBooty went aloft for a bit this week.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Not sure about this nick name though

 

[flushcut]

Did you get butt implants or something?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

And he meant for the last two weeks.

 

[Kaveman]

Mrs.NewBooty is my 500i. Stephen ain't that pretty. He also has no ass to speak of.

Pics from last week.

What he lacks in ass, he makes up for in brass balls and pure skill.

 

[BIGTWIG]

 

[SeanKroll]

Homeowner cleanup. Wrecked a bunch of dead and declining alders by the well house,vpropane tank and well head, worth 2 homeowner planned and nurtured golden chaintrees on either side of the access driveway spur.

Some small, expendable plants beneath, but they all survived.

The triple trunk alder has 2 bad inclusions, and two laced tops. Had to get into smaller wood to cut and chuck the tops rather than hanging them.