4 poplars

[Plasmech]

What the frig happened to my new thread on this???

 

[Plasmech]

OK now I see what happened, it got rolled into this thread. Man, I have to wake up in a mere 6 hours to finish the job with Dan!

 

[Plasmech]

Well then you will be up well before 'Dan'!

Shame your cranky old arse doesn't live closer, you would probably have fun on this job.

 

[fishercat]

so...............

are these trees down yet?

or do i need to come over there and get this job done?

 

[outofmytree]

Holy k-wrap. I feel like I just ran a marathon and all I did was read this thread from the start.

Some photo's would be cool.

After an effort like this I deserve a drink!

 

[fishercat]

if Dan is ever too busy..................

I'm pretty darn near certain that I can get jobs down here with pretty good regularity. TMD gets first pick always, but I'll work with whoever as long as they know how to not dun git' killed.

See down here in Delco, we gots us some trees, lots 'o trees.

let me know.i can make a trip to Tennessee or Michigan and swing through to help for a day or even more.them trees look easy to me.hell,they look like fun.

only thing,i'm in charge when i am in the air.keep my ropes clear of tangles and let it run and wrap it like i say is all i ask.i don't mind coming down to help on the ground either.

 

[treemandan]

let me know.i can make a trip to Tennessee or Michigan and swing through to help for a day or even more.them trees look easy to me.hell,they look like fun.

only thing,i'm in charge when i am in the air.keep my ropes clear of tangles and let it run and wrap it like i say is all i ask.i don't mind coming down to help on the ground either.

Hell, you can be in charge of getting me a dam Big Mac! Nah, that's how it is: the guy in the sky always gets treated like royalty. Ain't nobody gonna sit on the chipper hopper and drink soda around here. If you want to know who is in charge just look up, whoever is up there that is the guy you call sir.

Me and The Plas finished up today. It was an easy job. Seems we even beat Rick's Tree Service to the punch on this one. Plas and the HO ( Sam) have got some good pics and they should be posted soon.

 

[treemandan]

Rope climbing and trimming is fun............Removing such graceful poplars....not fun!


What are the plans for that piece of real estate, anyway? Sure looked nice with those big trees.

The guy is planning on building on the site now the trees are gone. At first I thought he was a wack job just messing with The Plas about doing the job but he is good for the 3 g's so we chopped em down. Hey, its not like I am using the money to buy tire shine for my BMW.

 

[Plasmech]

I'm going to fire up Flikr in a few minutes here Dan and get the pics online. Is that what you use, Flikr?

 

[treemandan]

I'm going to fire up Flikr in a few minutes here Dan and get the pics online. Is that what you use, Flikr?

No I use my right hand.

 

[Plasmech]

Here are the pics!

Today TMD and I finished the take-downs and bucked everything up. I climbed tree #3 and did the entire think myself with Dan as ground support and instruction. It was an awesome feeling doing this tree, definitely a heck of a milestone for me. It was like everything I learned from here and books and DVD's and previous instruction all came together at once and it just all made sense and felt good.

TMD giving some instruction:

Looking down:

For the first time, I felt good in the spurs and they did not hurt like crazy!

Dropped this top out on rigging. In fact we pretty much rigged the entire tree except the spar.

Setting the block:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/4165412210_462957ed59_b.jpg

Tree #3 is brushed-out:

BIG wood, and lots of it. Three of us ran saws constantly for several hours to buck the job up.

Here's The Man (TM) himself after a hard day's work:

I was so pumped after taking that tree down. Thank you all on this forum with helping get me started. It may have been an easy tree but I honestly didn't think I had it in me. Dan is a great teacher. Now all I have to do is learn the other 18,000 things I don't know yet!

 

[Plasmech]

By the way, there are in fact pics of NC Tree and Dan climbing, however they are on Dan's camera so bug him for them!

 

[treemandan]

By the way, there are in fact pics of NC Tree and Dan climbing, however they are on Dan's camera so bug him for them!

I didn't take any of Nc climbing, I didn't want to freak him out and we were hustling. You guys shot a few of me up in the one but we all have seen enough of that to last a lifetime.

So, from troll to playing in 100 foot sticks. No wonder you couldn't tell your right from your left by four o'clock. I guess its been almost a year since you came up to my place and took down that little pine huh? Well we had to work up to blowing out the top of that poplar. You didn't think I would let you do something like that on your first day did you? Hey, I do have a conscience. I basically have two rules and if you follow them everything will end up just fine: 1. be cool 2. don't do anything stupid.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Great work guys. Dan you got my respect for teachin' Plas the game instead of writing him off like a lot of us did on this site. And congrats on your first big takedown, Plas. Feels pretty ####in' good, huh?

 

[Plasmech]

Looking good guys!

I bet you could give away those poplar rounds for firewood on Craigslist if you wanted. It's light wood when dry but still great fuel.

Thanks TreeCo.

 

[treemandan]

Rope climbing and trimming is fun............Removing such graceful poplars....not fun!


What are the plans for that piece of real estate, anyway? Sure looked nice with those big trees.

Would you believe the Ho came out when we were done and said " My, that looks so much better."?

Consider the fact that the guy has been tossing PBR boxes down the hill and there is old rusty junk and old tires all over the place.
Really , when Plas showed me the job I asked " Why?" The guy wants to build another tar paper structure out there, I guess to keep his antique cars or something. Now who don't love cars?
These were the first non- hazzardous trees I have TD'ed in quite some time. Well, I guess I just took out a few spruce the other day on that building site. hell, if they were dead and hazzardous they would have left them til it was a real ##### to get them down safely. At least they were down before they built this time.

The trees are ( were) belived to be about 70 years old. Though hollow they would have stood for some time without much problem. I admit I like doing this kind of work although I sometimes feel like the trolls on the hobit movie- ripping down trees, tossing them in a hole to burn them to make steel. But in all honesty out here were are stone, immaculate. I love the friends that have gathered on this thin raft.
One must find a balance- sure an hour and a half to wreck a 100 foot poplar vs 5 hours pruning an oak- neither really needs to be done.

 

[Plasmech]

Would you believe the Ho came out when we were done and said " My, that looks so much better."?

Consider the fact that the guy has been tossing PBR boxes down the hill and there is old rusty junk and old tires all over the place.
Really , when Plas showed me the job I asked " Why?" The guy wants to build another tar paper structure out there, I guess to keep his antique cars or something. Now who don't love cars?
These were the first non- hazzardous trees I have TD'ed in quite some time. Well, I guess I just took out a few spruce the other day on that building site. hell, if they were dead and hazzardous they would have left them til it was a real ##### to get them down safely. At least they were down before they built this time.

The trees are ( were) belived to be about 70 years old. Though hollow they would have stood for some time without much problem. I admit I like doing this kind of work although I sometimes feel like the trolls on the hobit movie- ripping down trees, tossing them in a hole to burn them to make steel. But in all honesty out here were are stone, immaculate. I love the friends that have gathered on this thin raft.
One must find a balance- sure an hour and a half to wreck a 100 foot poplar vs 5 hours pruning an oak- neither really needs to be done.

I honestly think the HO was mostly driven to have us do this job for the fun of him being able to watch. He was eating that stuff up.

 

[fishercat]

glad it worked out!

Hell, you can be in charge of getting me a dam Big Mac! Nah, that's how it is: the guy in the sky always gets treated like royalty. Ain't nobody gonna sit on the chipper hopper and drink soda around here. If you want to know who is in charge just look up, whoever is up there that is the guy you call sir.

Me and The Plas finished up today. It was an easy job. Seems we even beat Rick's Tree Service to the punch on this one. Plas and the HO ( Sam) have got some good pics and they should be posted soon.

i was afraid the blizzards would beat ya to it.

 

[Plasmech]

I can't wait to do my next tree, Dan. Hurry up and get us another job like this!!! Next time I'll do two and you do two!!!

 

[fishercat]

i agree 120%

Great work guys. Dan you got my respect for teachin' Plas the game instead of writing him off like a lot of us did on this site. And congrats on your first big takedown, Plas. Feels pretty ####in' good, huh?

not many guys left willing to help a learning climber.it 's a tough gig.you got my respect Dan.

great job to all of you!