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Yeah, he had more time than money.
I did it my self
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Yeah, he had more time than money.
BlackOakTreeServ
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I like his first pic of that pine he fell with that green Poulan ELECTRIC CHAINSAW...LOL...the one with the cord attached...
I seen an Amish buggy near shady maple one time with neon lights and ground affects I #### you not!
Dude if you are really from Lancaster then you'd know what yonny is, come on really!
Blakesmaster
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Nope, no clue. Moved away when I was 3 or 4. Go back there at least once a year though. My folks just came back from a trip there, brought some decent faustnaughts with them too.
living proof that the Rep system does not work. Didnt he show up about the same time FTA got banned.
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Wow. Didn't expect so much feedback. I was traveling yesterday so I could not respond.
First, no I did not hire a pro and took credit for it. I can attach 30-40 pictures with me doing the work. And no I didn't do this kind of stuff before. Did I get lucky with this project and not get hurt? Yes. But I spend hundred of hours watching ever tree cutting youtube video, AxMan, HeliLoggers (best show ever, don't know why they stopped playing it). My wife only helped with easy stuff. I had the portawrap up in a tree with me on the more difficult sections and have her just unhooking stuff on the ground. Also, when I say I didn't get hurt, I didn't mean that I didn't have a single bruise or cut. I had my tree gaffs slipped out few times on thick bark and one time left some chin skin on the bark. Had the ropes pinch my fingers, cut my left calf open with my right gaff. Stuff like that but all minor stuff that just needed a band aid. Had plenty of debris in my eyes that forced me to climb down. Later I carried a small mirror up in the trees so I can remove stuff from my eyes without coming all the way down and running in the house. I don't know how many time I would drop a hammer, wedges, ropes and had to go down to get it. Later I drilled holes in the wedges and hammer handle so everything would be tied into my harness. Just silly stuff you learn. I started climbing with 15lbs 18" saw. That got old really quick. Then bought the 12" top handle Echo. Oh, and the $1000 I spent was just for rigging gear and harness. Spent another $600 in chain saws.
Didn't mean to gloat or show off. Just saying that is possible for homeowner to do this type of work but it might be more than anybody want to deal with. I made that mistake thinking I would be done in two weekends. It took me 2 years to finish but I feel great sense of accomplishment by doing it all my self and respect for you guys doing it day in, day out. This has to be the toughest jobs out there. I attempted to take two trees down in the summer and was covered in sweat in minutes, sweat running into my eyes with wood chips sticking to me. And I'm no stranger to sweat be being a triathlete, but its different when you have a nice breeze on the bike, running only in shorts or working hard in the water. Having all this gear on me with long pants, long shirt, baking in the sun is a different ball game. So I did all my work in the winter but I had a freedom to do that. You got to be nuts to do this in the summer.
First, no I did not hire a pro and took credit for it. I can attach 30-40 pictures with me doing the work. And no I didn't do this kind of stuff before. Did I get lucky with this project and not get hurt? Yes. But I spend hundred of hours watching ever tree cutting youtube video, AxMan, HeliLoggers (best show ever, don't know why they stopped playing it). My wife only helped with easy stuff. I had the portawrap up in a tree with me on the more difficult sections and have her just unhooking stuff on the ground. Also, when I say I didn't get hurt, I didn't mean that I didn't have a single bruise or cut. I had my tree gaffs slipped out few times on thick bark and one time left some chin skin on the bark. Had the ropes pinch my fingers, cut my left calf open with my right gaff. Stuff like that but all minor stuff that just needed a band aid. Had plenty of debris in my eyes that forced me to climb down. Later I carried a small mirror up in the trees so I can remove stuff from my eyes without coming all the way down and running in the house. I don't know how many time I would drop a hammer, wedges, ropes and had to go down to get it. Later I drilled holes in the wedges and hammer handle so everything would be tied into my harness. Just silly stuff you learn. I started climbing with 15lbs 18" saw. That got old really quick. Then bought the 12" top handle Echo. Oh, and the $1000 I spent was just for rigging gear and harness. Spent another $600 in chain saws.
Didn't mean to gloat or show off. Just saying that is possible for homeowner to do this type of work but it might be more than anybody want to deal with. I made that mistake thinking I would be done in two weekends. It took me 2 years to finish but I feel great sense of accomplishment by doing it all my self and respect for you guys doing it day in, day out. This has to be the toughest jobs out there. I attempted to take two trees down in the summer and was covered in sweat in minutes, sweat running into my eyes with wood chips sticking to me. And I'm no stranger to sweat be being a triathlete, but its different when you have a nice breeze on the bike, running only in shorts or working hard in the water. Having all this gear on me with long pants, long shirt, baking in the sun is a different ball game. So I did all my work in the winter but I had a freedom to do that. You got to be nuts to do this in the summer.
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Carburetorless
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HeloLoggers are a bunch of ******* that's why.
I can tell you didn't hire a pro. A pro would never have piled every thing up like a bunch of pick up sticks. A pro would have moved it out of the way as he cut it up. I'd say you got most of your cuts and bruises from tripping over your own work.
A clean work area is a safe work area. If you got into a pinch with all that stuff laying around you would have no escape route.
superjunior
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And your the pro? Gotta give the guy some credit, that's a LOT of work for one guy that's never done this before.. Geez man are you a duesh in real life too or just on the internet? I know - I don't know how to spell duesh so sue me
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It handles pine great, even 2' across 18" long chunks. Oak is a different story. It will split even the big stuff as long as there aren't any side branches. It will not split larger Y.
deevo
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Did AA and FTA move in together and now share a computer? Lay off the guy. Post some of your work if your such a pro
Did AA and FTA move in together and now share a computer? Lay off the guy. Post some of your work if your such a pro
how can he post work of something he has never done
That was one mistake I made by just dropping trees on top of each other. I had some spots where I was 6' off the ground on top of the trees trying to slice everything. My thinking was that the wood would be off the ground and I would not have to worry about running the saw near the rocks. The problem was that it was hard to judge where the load on the tree is and I got my chain saw pinched few times.
climberjones
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If you really did all that yourself then i apologize for the smack talk! (atta boy and good job im impressed):msp_thumbsup:
deevo
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So true!
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Beav700 what part of pa you from?
Pike county. 2.5hrs north from Lancaster
That's all I ever heard from my co-workers. Why don't you pay someone, why don't you rent this or that? Do you enjoy pain? Just leave those trees alone, insurance will cover the damage if they fall. When all along they sit on their buts all day long at work then go home and watch TV. Walking the dog is chore.
I love being outside. I'm stuck in the office with no widows so when I get home I want to be outside. If I'm not training for a race, I'm fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, skiing. So what if it took me 15 hours just to cut a stump. What is wrong with little hard labor. Now if I did the trees for a living, I would sit on my butt and watch TV every chance I have. But at my job I have a software that pops up a window every hour reminding me to get up and stretch so I don't turn into a fossil.
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next time just stick a felling wedge in the cut as you go through no need to drive it in with a hammer just give it a couple firm taps with your hand to set it and finish your cut works wonders especially if you have to make a ton of cuts in each tree
glad you pulled it off, well done, what was your plan if you crippled yourself?
