first hemlock,

[superjunior]

Oh, you were talking about AA.

Sorry, my bad.

take a chill pill man, relax...

 

[Nailsbeats]

It looks like you have some nice gear and are off to a good start. Stay safe and have fun with it man, I've got 19 years climbing and have never had more fun then I do now.

 

[no tree to big]

Have you lost your mind?!

Telling someone to clear their hangers is not bad advice!

If you, or anyone else for that matter ever back talked me when I told them to clear a hanger they'd be coming out of the tree and going home.

I don't care how long you've been doing tree work, or how good you think you are, you'd leave my job site the first time you ever said something like that to me. I won't let your ego get someone else killed or injured.

Understood?

why clear the hanger? how about just set your self up so you can cut like ten branches out in one shot and let the hanger fall on its own... that way nobody should be under the tree anyway :msp_unsure:

so you own a co.?
sounds like your a boss/owner I would knock the f out and be on my way home before you could send me home! balck talk ok mommy, this aint kindergarten son

can we vote somebody of the "island"? or is this a dictatorship :hmm3grin2orange: I wish I lived in a part of the country that had trees of the needle variety that made it over 40 feet tall pines are fun

 

[Carburetorless]

why clear the hanger? how about just set your self up so you can cut like ten branches out in one shot and let the hanger fall on its own... that way nobody should be under the tree anyway :msp_unsure:

so you own a co.?
sounds like your a boss/owner I would knock the f out and be on my way home before you could send me home!

Can you say that again, in English? I don't understand "I would knock f out and be my way home before could send home".

 

[no tree to big]

Can you say that again, in English? I don't understand "I would knock f out and be my way home before could send home".

I'll send it via a PM gimme a min

 

[Carburetorless]

I'll send it via a PM gimme a min

tic, tok, tic

PM from no tree

so you own a co.?

sounds like your a boss/owner I would knock the f out and be on my way home before you could send me home!

what is so hard to understand about that?

So what you're saying is, you'd knock off and go home before I told you to? :msp_thumbup:

 

[Carburetorless]

why clear the hanger? how about just set your self up so you can cut like ten branches out in one shot and let the hanger fall on its own... that way nobody should be under the tree anyway :msp_unsure:

Nobody would stick around to drag your mess either.

Like my sig says,

"Doing things in the proper sequence can make
the difference between an easy, efficient job
and a back breaking, no fun, ass losing proposition".

 

[no tree to big]

why are you posting my pm on the open forum? I could care less what you think because we all know your an idiot

 

[HorseFaller]

Yelton nice picks. Our hemlocks here usually branch out like that after being topped or damaged. The only one I think I have found worse for limbs is Norwegian Spruce seems like they have a wring of limbs every six inches and more pitch then a piss fir. Sorry your thread is being trampled.

 

[VA-Sawyer]

Yelton,
Would still like to know if it was a prune or takedown.
Also would like to say sorry that your thread got trashed so bad.
Rick

 

[thepheniox]

Sorry everyone. I know the popular thing would be to just bash a guy because everyone else is. However, suggesting that someone clear hangers is not bad advice at all. In fact its great advice. When I have a hanger in the tree no one goes under the tree. I'd rather have the brush pile up until I get it out then have it fall on someone.

 

[Carburetorless]

why are you posting my pm on the open forum? I could care less what you think because we all know your an idiot

You don't know me from Adam's house cat. You're just being a troll.

 

[no tree to big]

You don't know me from Adam's house cat. You're just being a troll.

lol

 

[sgreanbeans]

So everyone is clear, do not post a PM on the open forum. Rule 7. Please read the guidelines

tanks alot

 

[squad143]

So everyone is clear, do not post a PM on the open forum. Rule 7. Please read the guidelines

tanks alot

Looks like someone got "banned" for that.


Yelton, -Congrats on your first Hemlock. Sorry your thread got a "little" hijacked. Happens on here a lot. You'll get used to reading through it.

I do my fair share of hemlocks. Most of them dead.

Once you post a pic, you're open to criticism. Even more so if it's a video. Keep an open mind, have thick skin, learn from them. A lot of them are meant to help, most are not malicious.
With that being said; It did not look as you had a second tie in. If you didn't, get one. If you did.... sorry, my bad.

Since the pics were posted yesterday, I'm sure the job is completed. In case you (or future readers) are unaware;
When cutting limbs that are grown into co-dominant stems, great care must be taken, because sometimes these limbs can be under great tension (like a springpole). Body position in the tree, reaction forces, type of cut(s) and numerous other factors must be taken into consideration. They are not always under tension, but when they are and you're unprepared....... well hopefully the worst you get is a pinched saw.

Once again, Congrats.
Enjoy climbing...... it's addictive.
Be safe, have fun.

 

[squad143]

How long is your lanyard?

My guess would be at least 12'.

 

[Pelorus]

Hi Yelton,
Wondering if your helmet is equipped with a chinstrap. (My eyesight ain't what it used to be - and if the pic shows one; my bad) Anyway, if you aren't using one, your helmet is gonna take a tumble or two off your noggin.

 

[yelton]

How long is your lanyard?

12ft. works well when double wrapping the tree..

 

[yelton]

Removal or prune job ?
We have a lot of conifers around here with bent/broken branches like that. Happened in a ice/snow storm we had 2 years ago last Christmas.
You can ignore Clueless Carbs advice. It is pretty obvious he has never worked a Hemlock. Most of the time you have to tie a rope on them, and PULL those cut branches out to get them down.
Rick

removal.. customer wanted it down, even though i suggested raising the crown.. more pics later this week:msp_thumbup:

 

[husabud]

Glad you made it back.msorry for all the B S you get around here but bad info is bad info. If you are only pruning, you should lose the spikes as to not overwhelm the tree with wounds and possibly spread disease from another tree. Hangers? Let 'em be just keep people aware and away whilst you eventually clear them. Good luck and get a chin strap or you'll be cursing that helmet in no time. Looking good though. If you can weed through the shiite there is a lot of good info here.