How many 100' oaks can Big Jon prune in one day

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by John Paul Sanborn


It's a job, not a race.

Thats what I've been thinking through all this thread.

 

[jamie]

0.5

how do you get 0.5 of a tree???

ok, nit picking i know

jamie

 

[jkrueger]

... have to see the trees is the only way I'd put money down. Even knowing how fast the best are, ... need to see the trees.

Give pics,:blob6:
Jack'O Waco

 

[BigJohn]

I haven't seen the trees but the know the neighborhood and what is growing there. I think 8 and half shouldn't be a problem. My biggest problem is leaving the less than 1" deadwood behind. Its not a big deal to footlock 100 ft. I did 8 100 footers the day after tearing my cartlidge in my knee but that was only hazard dead to go after. My biggest question is how much should I charge Dan for each tree? Should there be bonus if I can do all the trees in one day? I think $75 a tree would be more than fair.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm trimming three 'lil lives oaks myself tomorrow... I love it, its all good.

 

[murphy4trees]

Here are the trees.... pic is taken from across the street... There are a few around the tennis court and up by the house.. scale is always difficult when squeezing many 100"+ trees onto a 17" monitor..

There are a couple that are fairly wide... and some that are fairly compact... one of the tighter trees is white oak...

May actually have to pack up after lunch and head over to finish dropping two pines.... So it remains to be seen if the question will be answered tomorrow...

 

[MasterBlaster]

Judging from the center tree, I would do three a day. But that would make me have to work past noon.

I hate those long days. :angel:

 

[TreeJunkie]

They don't look to be in bad shape, where's the dead wood? Ladders arent' gonna help on this one. And why can't you get a bucket in there? Inequipped or what? It would make it nice for gettng set.

 

[murphy4trees]

Big Jon will be at the top of the biggest tree there before you have the second outrigger set.... A 45' bucket won't evenmake the first limb on some of them.. And truth be told... I don't have a bucket truck to "get in there"... I had one many years ago and Am seriously thinking about buying another this spring...

We took the dead out out about 4 or 5 years ago so there isn't that much dead in them now...

And MB that center tree is by far the widest of the lot...

 

[BigJohn]

They don't look too bad. I guess I am off to work. At least I got to sleep in a few minutes this morning. See ya in bit.

 

[rbtree]

I'll betcha Big John'll get 'em done....

There's no way I'm that fast....but I too would have a problem not going after the small dead wood.

Thank for the pic, murph..it helps to know what we talking about. There's a big difference between oak species, as well, their pruning history.

If ropes were set, and I had Greg's "low calorie" Liu Bars, I could see doing 5-8 of them in a day.

From last fall, here's Scott Chapple in the largest red oak in Seattle...goofing around? he's got his hand pruners out getting the 1/16th inch dw... We thoroughly deadwooded it and did a very light thin....maybe 14 manhours in the tree for a very wealthy and very picky client....Scott paid me $700 to help him and provide the chip truck. I think he charged $1600.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Hmm, Dan's willing to pay for 2 days, then just make it 2 days pay no matter how long it takes.

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by rbtree
he's got his hand pruners out getting the 1/16th inch dw...

Hey, as long as you're up there, why not?

Cleaning out the most-seen branches can provide a special effect. Doin em all sounds like a career (but if you're paid by the hour, not a bad career at all)...

 

[BigJohn]

Well here is the answer.... as many as Dan wants you to. I will say I had 7 done by 2:30 and there is 11 large oaks. JP did Dan say two days pay? I am going back tomorrow for a couple hours to the finis up the rest of them. I only had to footlock up three times. I was able to do a 2 for1 then a 3 for 1 and then another 2 for one. The 3 for 1 was alot of back and fourth three tie in spots in the initial tree then across into the top of white oak through crotch in the top down through then I was able to pull tale up and through top back the other side to swing down onto a little bit smaller white oak over the top of the house then back into the lower branches of the intial tree. It was a alot of running around. Too much to expect from the average guy in one I must say.

 

[rbtree]

Right on, Jon...By 2:30 you say...you are THE man, no average guy. And that's a fact!

Today, we logged a fir and cedar, filled the truck with chips...then did a quickie pruning job. 6.5 hours for the day, about $1600 including the log proceeds, my guys made $240 each for a casual day, they're happy campers.

But I wish we had more big shade trees out here, they're fun to work in.

another pic of that big oak from last summer....2 trunks, 3.5 and 4.5 feet dbh or close.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

The thought of trimming Oaks now "FREAKS ME OUT!" Rb's out of Oak Wilt territory, I'd guess, but PA is in it. What's up with that?

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Originally posted by Mike Maas
The thought of trimming Oaks now "FREAKS ME OUT!" Rb's out of Oak Wilt territory, I'd guess, but PA is in it. What's up with that?

What is the actual window for not pruning Oaks due to Oak Wilt? I have heard several different opinions.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Insects are the most likely vector, second only to arborists, in the urban forest.
So cutting Oak trees during the time bugs are moving around, is bad.
A second variable is the existance of fungal spores. Trying to figure out when a fungal spore is likely to be present, is like trying to figure out the meaning of life.
Most Oak trimming around here is done during the dormant season. Wilt is so devistating, even the utilities don't do it this time of year.

 

[murphy4trees]

Western Pa has been hit, but we are still OK here in Philadelphia..
The thought of the oaks around here going the way of the elm...
That devastation is just chilling... then the ash then maples and lots more if ALB gets out...

THE HORROR............. THE HORROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BigJohn]

I was always told its always a good time to deadwood.