treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
I hear you on the perpetual mud season that has fallen upon us. Getting tired of slipping around, slinging mats everywhere. I had to mat a gravel drive Friday because the crane was sinking in it
What's the weather like in your neck of the woods?
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TreeHouser
Week after next it looks like the ground will firm up but I ain't holding my breath. The weather predictions so far this winter have all been wrong on a daily basis.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Some mornings it’s almost firm enough to walk on and not sink up to your ankles. Some mornings
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Like here.. lately, the dingo just stays home. Pick our jobs and ant trail the shat. Chipper stays in storage mostly as well. No need to add towing fees to my list of expenses right now. Living on 1-2 days pay per week up to next week. Since before Christmas.
I have a backload of jobs that involve forvarders or cranes.
Simply no go right now.
I tell the clients, that if they want their property to look like Verdun after the battle, we'll happily go ahead.
So far, no takers.
Simply no go right now.
I tell the clients, that if they want their property to look like Verdun after the battle, we'll happily go ahead.
So far, no takers.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Can you up sell them on ground repair costs?
Burnham
Woods walker
To truly repair damage from deep rutting is nearly impossible. Cosmetically, sure. But restore hydrologic function that interfaces properly with undamaged adjacent ground? Theoretically possible with a few soil types, but difficult to achieve.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Monday last week, we got a storm. Not a major one, just serious, and as the job was shedulled since a while, I agreed to still give it a try.
First, prunning a cedrus growing over the sidewalk, lines and neighbor. Getting at the top, it was a bit unstable but still doable. When I reached the prunning site of the first upper limb, secondary tied on a not too big wood, the shaking increased noticeabily. I made some cuts, but I became quickly like sea-ill. Puking in the tree wasn't very appelling, so I went down and left it for an other quieter day.
Second task, dead wooding, prunning and getting ride of 5-6 caterpilars nests in a young pine. Less tall and way less wide than the cedrus, so why not try that instead.
Dead wood first, easy and still doable despite the wind. I went through 3/4 of it. But the wind increased progressively and added a chilling small rain to the fun. The temp was barely above the freezing point and the hands weren't happy at all in the glacial wet gloves. So when my chainsaw finaly dried its gas tank, I decided that it should be wise to end the experiment.
I could have finished at least the deadwooding and perhaps the prunning in the pine, but no way I can harvest the caterpilar nests with the pole prunner in such wind. Beside, seeing the cedrus ploying under the wind bursts, I was glad that I left it. My groundy looked as miserable as me and we gladly quit at 11 am.
The foreman was a bit woried about us, as he had already ended the day for all the landscaping crews.
The next day, still chilling, but no more wind. What a relief!
Oh! and the 5-6 caterpilar nests turned to be 35 !
First, prunning a cedrus growing over the sidewalk, lines and neighbor. Getting at the top, it was a bit unstable but still doable. When I reached the prunning site of the first upper limb, secondary tied on a not too big wood, the shaking increased noticeabily. I made some cuts, but I became quickly like sea-ill. Puking in the tree wasn't very appelling, so I went down and left it for an other quieter day.
Second task, dead wooding, prunning and getting ride of 5-6 caterpilars nests in a young pine. Less tall and way less wide than the cedrus, so why not try that instead.
Dead wood first, easy and still doable despite the wind. I went through 3/4 of it. But the wind increased progressively and added a chilling small rain to the fun. The temp was barely above the freezing point and the hands weren't happy at all in the glacial wet gloves. So when my chainsaw finaly dried its gas tank, I decided that it should be wise to end the experiment.
I could have finished at least the deadwooding and perhaps the prunning in the pine, but no way I can harvest the caterpilar nests with the pole prunner in such wind. Beside, seeing the cedrus ploying under the wind bursts, I was glad that I left it. My groundy looked as miserable as me and we gladly quit at 11 am.
The foreman was a bit woried about us, as he had already ended the day for all the landscaping crews.
The next day, still chilling, but no more wind. What a relief!
Oh! and the 5-6 caterpilar nests turned to be 35 !
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Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
It's pretty much the same thing every day here in Scottsdale, Arizona. Sunny, cloudless (occasionally some rogue cloud clusters), dry, and right now, as it is spring, it is 60 degrees Fahrenheit. During monsoon season, we get some rainstorms every so often which last a day or two. In the summer, when it is sweltering hot (regularly 90-120 degrees for the high), because it is so dry we get some of the most intense thunderstorms you've ever seen in your life. Nonstop booming thunder, lightning strikes, one after the next, stretching across the sky as far as the eye can see, torrential downpours with massive droplet sizes, and winds which bring down trees and takes out power sometimes.
I'm originally from Massachusetts, but I moved to Arizona over two years ago to be closer to my girlfriend who I met online. For the most part, I much prefer winter in Arizona, however, I do miss all of the trees and wildlife that were in MA. I miss going out into a snowstorm with my dog and climbing a tree or doing wildlife photography. I love snow. My girlfriend has never seen snow except on television. I couldn't even imagine that. One of my life goals now is to make sure I take her somewhere to be in snow.
I'm originally from Massachusetts, but I moved to Arizona over two years ago to be closer to my girlfriend who I met online. For the most part, I much prefer winter in Arizona, however, I do miss all of the trees and wildlife that were in MA. I miss going out into a snowstorm with my dog and climbing a tree or doing wildlife photography. I love snow. My girlfriend has never seen snow except on television. I couldn't even imagine that. One of my life goals now is to make sure I take her somewhere to be in snow.
Burnham
Woods walker
Shouldn't have to travel very far for snow. I've seen feet of it in Flagstaff.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Low twenties this morning made for a good time. Ground was crispy enough to keep the mud down to a minimum. Sun warmed us up to just above freezing by lunch and job site conditions rapidly declined. Not as soupy as yesterday but a sticky mud.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Nice to see frost this week first thing. Makes the ground workable for a bit. We have been doing work on an old homestead out by our airport. Tad warmer but the breeze is drying out the ground nicely and the fires keep the crew warm.
I'm loving it!
Lots of good sized flakes just mellowly drifting down to settle with the rest, little or no wind, it's quite soothing; sort of like watching a fish tank.
Helps shift my perspective to appreciating the simpler things and imbues me with a more settled state of mind, like sitting in a quiet patch of wood on a beautiful day.
Lots of good sized flakes just mellowly drifting down to settle with the rest, little or no wind, it's quite soothing; sort of like watching a fish tank.
Helps shift my perspective to appreciating the simpler things and imbues me with a more settled state of mind, like sitting in a quiet patch of wood on a beautiful day.
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TreeHouser
Snow and getting colder. I’ll be plowing in an hour or two.
Steve Mack
Life Member.
Had a week of summer, it even got over 85 twice. First time since Dec 2021.
Now it's raining. We really need it, the ground was starting to crack.
Now it's raining. We really need it, the ground was starting to crack.
Burnham
Woods walker
15 degrees this morning. Only the third or fourth time this whole winter season to get that low. Used to be fairly usual.
Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
Arizona. Same shit every day. 
stikine
Treehouser
Snowing today...first measurable amount (at sea level) since Christmas.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Last I checked it was 3* and dropping.
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