Lets get this party started...

[matthias]

Here's the tail end of a stinky, slimey Siberian Elm. Halfway through this cut I hit a nail and forced the saw through it. Then I had to sharpen.

 

[matthias]

371xp stock

 

[a_lopa]

red gum,i had the stump subbed. but i pulled half of it out with a big notch and winch,so ill do it myself now

 

[matthias]

The bend in this spruce screwed me up as I had to spiral up it to keep my balance. Once the top was off I came down on the rope past it and cut a five foot section that had a nice bounce when it hit the ground.

 

[a_lopa]

dont ya just love climbin them dog legs!i reckon thats the worst part of climbing!

 

[matthias]

Here's the boss and I sharing a pole pruner. Heaven forbid he should buy another. I was impressed that he actually helped me deadwood these poplars seeing as most of the time he runs the stumper and drinks coffee.

 

[a_lopa]

 

[MasterBlaster]

I like the ride a corkscrew can give ya when ya throw the top!

A wee bit more wobbling...

 

[a_lopa]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
I like the ride a corkscrew can give ya when ya throw the top!

A wee bit more wobbling...

yeh its a butt clenching experience

 

[matthias]

I was pretty happy with this picture even though it isn't of me. Gotta love that tautline hitch that ends up three feet away by the time you get up the tree.

 

[matthias]

A digital camera and a blue sky would look a lot better but what can you do?

 

[matthias]

Here's one for the ground personnel. Yesterday he stalled the chipper out on a dead spruce top and then ran it out of diesel. Those are pretty much rites of passage for a new guy but you can only do them once without seeming like a jacka$$.

 

[MasterBlaster]

This guy approves!

 

[matthias]

Thanks for the tip Rocky, I'll bring it up Monday morning.

 

[a_lopa]

cool i aint never seen a squiril b4!they look like trouble

 

[matthias]

Masterblaster, I'm expecting big things with you and that digital camera. Keep the pictures rolling.

Here's what happens on my closeups.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yea, the 10 times optical zoom is pretty neat.

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

Originally posted by aussie_lopa
cool i aint never seen a squiril b4!they look like trouble

THESE look like trouble http://www.scarysquirrel.org/htadex.html

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've been wanting to get a pic of this tree for a long time now. It's a live oak in front of a funeral home. They usually have it a lot more manicured than what it is now. I almost wanted to shape it up for the pic, but I mighta got shot.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Here's a 'lil raise and gut I did earlier in the week.