The Official Work Pictures Thread

[rangerdanger]

The drilled out booms are fairly common, especially on some older model cranes, like pre 2005 model years. Still a somewhat common sight in newer cranes as well.

 

[lumberjack]

You can tell Link Belts by their boom's construction. That was done at the mfg level, not the end user. It's the same premise of a lattice boom, removing metal where it isn't needed to lighten the weight of the boom.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

This is about as good as it gets up here with maybe 75 or so boom.. They will rarely put a jib on...

Not that company though... just the rig

 

[sotc]

Could be the right tool for the job

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Tight places... great.. just not a lot of reach. Pretty much have to catch the tops of the trees and then descend, hook to crane....

 

[MasterBlaster]

Frig that. I had to do that for years with a 12 ton crane...

No more!

 

[Buzz]

Snowy here the day, felling the last few trees on a flood alleviation scheme.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Did you clean up the snow in the 2nd pic???

Ha.

 

[stig]

We had to take down some dying ash trees in the park today.
Tall ones!
Since Richard is still gimping around and I got my leg whacked yesterday, The apprentice had to step up.
He was quite a bit outside his comfort zone, but did a fine job, nonetheless

 

[SoonerFan]

One day he will appreciate being pushed a little bit.

 

[pete mctree]

Good for him stepping up. It shows a good attitude & metal

 

[mistahbenn]

Good job Stigs apprentice. How longs he been at it?

 

[rangerdanger]

Nice work apprentice!

Me and Nick have been killing it today. Maple removal in the am, then this monster after lunch. Playing in the mud with the Gehl. Pin oak is a heavy bastard!



The pin oak was just that big trunk and some rakings, Nick and his crew had already brushed that one out and taken out its twin.

 

[lumberjack]

What's the plan on the yard damage?

 

[treeman75]

Dang! Now thats some turf damage. Was the home owner ok with that?

 

[rangerdanger]

The yard was already nothing but dirt and mud. Nick said something about the guy wanting to have sod laid down.
Think we're smoothing it all out with his mini and a bucket tomorrow

 

[bonner1040]

I would literally be fired, without question or consideration, if I did that to someones lawn. Thats amazing.

 

[Tucker943]

I just wouldn't do that to a lawn. period.

 

[rangerdanger]

There wasn't any lawn to it, just a patch of dirt. If there had been a lawn we would have plywooded everything.

 

[MasterBlaster]

What's the plan on the yard damage?

Heck yea - were they putting a pool or something?

 

[bonner1040]

There wasn't any lawn to it, just a patch of dirt. If there had been a lawn we would have plywooded everything.

I am sure you know what you are doing, and your customer, no worries on my part! It looked like the Gehl just fit in that alley huh.

 

[treeman75]

The deal with tree work is you can work your butt off on the the hardest tree ever and do an awesome job but people mostly look at the clean up. I can hear the neighbors now and looking at the name on the truck. I know you are hearing the same thing from others but even if the HO didnt care about the yard I could never do that.

 

[MasterBlaster]

There wasn't any lawn to it, just a patch of dirt. If there had been a lawn we would have plywooded everything.

Outstanding.

 

[Tucker943]

One thing I've noticed is neighbor's don't chat like they used to. Block parties are less common, and chit chat is often brief or to the point. Not a rigid rule, but a trend overall. I get skittish about yard damage because the customer sometimes says "I don't care, it'll grow back, do whatever", but I don't get the opportunity to explain that to the neighbors, and there's a decent chance, the HO wont explain the circumstances of the work to their neighbors. So I tend to view it as, the neighbors see what they see, and that might be their lasting impression of O'Hara Tree Service. I don't let it dictate my work entirely, but it weighs on my mind. I ripped a yard to hell and back last fall. Customer insisted we not wait for dry ground to back down a hill into his back yard. Long story short, I had dollars on my brain and went ahead with the work. BURIED the truck and chipper. 4WD in low range with mean tires couldn't get the chipper out. Truck slid sideways at one point and ended up 2" from the house. Hooked another truck with mean tires to my truck higher up on level ground. Destroyed that area too. Unhooked my truck to get free of the chipper and get it away from the house. barely missed tearing the corner of the house. Made a plywood highway to the chipper, backed a pickup down to it and got the chipper out. The place was ruined. Customer smiled and patted my back and handed me the check. He insisted not to repair it, because he was eager to have something to occupy him as he was retired. I still pucker at what the neighbors must have thought.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Crikey!