Had my wife helping me today....

[isaaccarlson]

A customer needed a few cedar trees and a birch tree removed. The cedar trees were growing up into the power lines and had been topped in the past. Very sappy and sticky. That was where the wasp came from that got me in the cheek. The nest and all of its occupants have been burned.

We took part of the birch down today, which had also been topped years before, and it was my wife's first time running the port-a-wrap.:msp_thumbup:

I climbed up the tree and set the block for the first drop and then talked her through her first cow hitch and she did a very good job putting the port a wrap on the tree. She learned a lot today and we had fun. She cut some branches and stacked some brush. I had fun working with her. She thought it was cool when I came zipping down out of the tree on my climb line.

You don't find a wife like this every day. She wants to learn to weld too!:hmm3grin2orange: She's gonna keep me busy.:biggrin:

 

[KenJax Tree]

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[kyle goddard]

Thats cool. For a while when my dad owned goddard tree management, it was my father mother and my self. That woman could do everything but climb. I bought my dad out. That went well for a while. Then i got into some really bad habits. Whent to rehab then lost everything even all my equipment. Now that i got my head out of my you know what. Im doing well again. Climbing for a company out of lebanon pa.

Anyway i hope your wife had fun. I took my wife out on a few jobs. She did some rigging and chipping. She had fun, but tree work wasn't her thing.

 

[capetrees]

My wife would be dead by noon from exhaustion.

 

[TreeAce]

My wife fixes my check books a couple times a year. She says I have "fat Fingers"

 

[TimberMcPherson]

On a public holiday I had my proffessional office worker girlfriend working on the tools it was raining heavily and we were skidding pine logs on a slope with her running the chainsaw winch. the dog had even taken shelter under the truck and wouldnt come out. (often used her to run the rigging gear back and forth)

After a few hours my girlfriend was struggling to start the 066 powered winch with wet hands. I crawled up the slope to help.

she was covered in mud, soaking wet, cold and wrestling with the 40kg winch, but not complaining or giving up.

At that point I realized she was hard working and tough enough to be worth keeping around

we are married and have 3 kids now

 

[treeclimber101]

My wife helps me too ..... We love to tear s h i t up together

 

[treeclimber101]

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Shes also a nurse

Nice............ Easy on the eyes for sure

 

[Zale]

My wife was a production climber for 15 years then retired. Still climbs for side work. Funny, she's a nurse now also.

 

[treeclimber101]

My wife was a production climber for 15 years then retired. Still climbs for side work. Funny, she's a nurse now also.

I feel silly saying this , my wife is also in school for nursing . Weird but true

 

[Zale]

Best thing my wife did as far as going to nursing school. Climbing can only last so long and in our area nurses are in high demand. She just got her first job working in the emergency room at one of the local hospitals. With all the benefits and pay, she's making more than me on an average week.:msp_biggrin:

 

[treeclimber101]

Best thing my wife did as far as going to nursing school. Climbing can only last so long and in our area nurses are in high demand. She just got her first job working in the emergency room at one of the local hospitals. With all the benefits and pay, she's making more than me on an average week.:msp_biggrin:

She starts Lourdes hospital in January , I am proud of her she barely graduated high school and at 38 is in school again

 

[BGrass]

That chick on that grinder looks like a the same chick on the website of the company I work for. J.h.hart urban forestry. Look in the gallery.......just sayin

 

[capetrees]

Looks like???? It IS the same person. :msp_confused::msp_sneaky:

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Looks like???? It IS the same person. :msp_confused::msp_sneaky:

Sure looks like the same picture to me. Wouldn't that be funny if they work at the same company but didnt know each other was on AS.

 

[LegDeLimber]

some cool stuff here.
treeclimber101: (or anyone else) What head is on the end of that boom in post #7 ?
Seems that I should know, but my brain is drawing a blank.

Wish I could ask my parents about their working together.
Dad died when I was 9 and so I grew up thinking everyone's Mom
would know how to clean out a plugged drain line,
Run a mean sewing machine, rewire lamps or handheld appliances
and even teach me how to solder.

They were literally building this house when Mom got pregnant (with me)
and they decided to hire out a lot of the trades then.

 

[imagineero]

Kinda surprised by how many of you guys are taking your partners to work, and judging by the photos how few of you are giving them appropriate PPE. I've always thought it's a bad idea to work/live together, so I've made a rule of never dating anyone in the same company, and never bringing my partner into my business. It works for some people I'm sure, but seems like you're risking both your relationship and your business by doing so. I also feel it doesn't really look all that professional turning up with your girlfriend as your groundie.

Nothing against women; I've known quite a few who were extremely competent tree workers. They're few and far between, and I feel they've got to work so much harder than men to get the same respect. But given the determination, experience and training they make good tree workers for sure. I wouldn't bring my wife to work any more than I'd bring my kids though. This isn't a career for them, and they don't have the training or experience. I do take greenhorns on, but only when they've shown an interest in the industry as a career. Having casual day labourers around poses too much risk to their lives, and to my business.

Shaun

 

[sgreanbeans]

My wife, all 5ft 104lbs of her,will roll out with me, not so much anymore as the boys are grown, but she used too all the time. She can run a skidloader better than most guys, is freakin awesome at the porty (I usually have her teach how to leter' run), can back a trailer like a wizard and she will out work most of the guys. Has no problem taking the dump trailer, loaded to the brink, down to the dump site. She sports the hot pink PPE, lol. She wants it, I get it for her. Even sports company wife beaters that are HiVis pink. The Female HO's freaking eat it up. Its funny when we work around construction and some dip#### is running a machine, jerking and bouncing, then she pulls up, unloads the machine and runs it like a ballerina, nutin but grace. However, she will not touch a saw, and I have never been able to get her in a saddle or up in the bucket. She will chip brush, but hates it. I am lucky in this deal, we have never had a problem working together, she always supports me and backs my play, no matter what. Being a Marines wife for 18 years, she is pretty hardened to the life.

 

[IcePick]

Kenjax, is that really your wife???

 

[treeclimber101]

some cool stuff here.
treeclimber101: (or anyone else) What head is on the end of that boom in post #7 ?
Seems that I should know, but my brain is drawing a blank.

Wish I could ask my parents about their working together.
Dad died when I was 9 and so I grew up thinking everyone's Mom
would know how to clean out a plugged drain line,
Run a mean sewing machine, rewire lamps or handheld appliances
and even teach me how to solder.

They were literally building this house when Mom got pregnant (with me)
and they decided to hire out a lot of the trades then.

The head is a ht101 and the trimmer is for a solid pole ht40 , it is not recommended at all to use them like that , it wears the shaft round , then you need to buy a new shaft at the tune of about 200 bucks , but I couldn't see shearing green wall hedges any other way