Lets get this party started...

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Sometimes it's easier to get the dead stuff on the neighboring tree from the tree your in, maybe save a long limb walk when you get up that one.
It is a problem when trees grow with crowns that touch, you need to decide if ther limbs that are rubbing on each other need to be trimmed apart. I such an anti-pruning zelot I've gone to almost never cutting rubbing limbs, except on Red Oak type trees.

 

[matthias]

reminder

A burnt stub seems to make the cockiest trimmer slow down and be extra careful.

 

[matthias]

What to do, what to do.

 

[matthias]

Finished product from the other side.

 

[matthias]

Who says bullying is only a problem in our schools? This Poplar has been pushing this poor Elm around for years.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Very good safety reminders of what work around lines might get ya into! Thanx;

Ya know every once in a while something like those pix might need to be borrowed to make a point....:Eye: If'n ya don't mind!

 

[matthias]

Nothing ruins a picture more than a ladder.

 

[matthias]

Treespyder

Use any picture you want. I'm just happy to share them.

 

[matthias]

The chicken or the egg?

Maybe we should just get rid of the powerlines.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ah, Matthias, those pics bring back memories of the old days! I was lucky as a line clearer, 75% of my work was in a bucket. I remember the satisfaction of looking at some well-cleared spans I had just finished. Then, looking the OTHER way at the miles I still had to go!

Welcome to the party, Matthias!

 

[matthias]

Masterblaster

I spend most of the time in the bucket as well. The climbs are alot more satisfying though. Makes you feel like you earned your pay.

 

[murphy4trees]

Were you spiking that "poor elm"????

 

[rborist1]

:Eye:

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by murphy4trees
Were you spiking that "poor elm"????

As a line clearer, I would wear gaffs in a heartbeat. Its all about production, as you are well aware.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
As a line clearer, I would wear gaffs in a heartbeat. Its all about production, as you are well aware.

Tree health has to come in there somewhere. most of the time you are dealing with someone elses property.

I can by the A300 caveat for rural ROW workers using gaffs, but if I found a tree worker in my tree with them on, I would do something drastic.

 

[rbtree]

I didnt look real closely, but I don't see gaffs on Matthias.

Matthias, do you work for a line clearing company? The pics don't imply that from the equipment, just from your proximity to the primaries.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Actually, I was refering to trees in the woods/side of the road. I should have specified. I would not wear them in someones prize live oak unless for some reason it was absolutely necessary.

But back in the day, EVERYTHING was spiked.

 

[matthias]

I assure you guys that I would never throw on the spurs for any kind of trim be it line clearing or otherwise. To gaff a trim job is either laziness, cowardice, igonorance or a combination of all three.

 

[MasterBlaster]

So line clearance has done away with the hooks? Hmmm, I didn't know that. Its been 20 years since I've done it.

Thats good!

 

[BigJohn]

Is it ok to hazard prune a dead with hooks? You not takeing the tree down. The large oak tree I removed the other day had hook marks all over it from when it was topped.