little walnut

[limbwalker54]

By the way, excellent rigging.

 

[custom8726]

By the way, excellent rigging.

How so? seriously how can you tell from those pics. Not busting balls but I am having trouble understanding your methods on this removal TMD.

 

[tree MDS]

I am not usually the one saying this but; What in the F are you talking about? What , are you drunk too?
The old guy was a neighbor of the client who couldn't help not touching my stuff. I started my backcut and saw him cranking like crazy on that little winch and then heard the hinge start to barber chair. I got him off that winch quick!

Maybe just a little, it was a good day, lol. No nice pics Treeman.

 

[oldirty]

Uhm, did you catch the part where I said I did that job by myself? What does a guy have to do to impress you?
The white clothes hamper has 200 feet of 20,000 lbs test and the trash can had 150 of regular bull rope.
And I am using smiley faces too now.

i saw it bud. not bad. i wouldve set the pull and the lowering line a little higher myself though on the walnut. i like hanging whole tree's, and in the situation you were in it was a good move. i expect it out of you though, for the amount of shat you talk, you best be able to back it up. so yes it was a job well done. good stuff!

i really do like that hamper idea though. never even thought of it. its shape is small enough that it doesnt take up too much room in the truck.

how does the smiley face usage make you feel?

 

[treemandan]

Good job and good pics!

Yes it was a good job, it even had 'a little Treeco in it'. Most of em do.

 

[tree MDS]

Not to be a prick, but when I seen them pics for the first time it made me even happier that I've got a bucket now, hell I'll bet the more expierienced of my two groundies could have done that without a hitch-providing it was on a day he felt like showing up. But you still have to know yer rigging bucket or not-there is allways the back yard. Over the years I've had to do alot of s#!@ like that, now I sort of feel like I've climbed my way to the other side.

 

[treemandan]

i saw it bud. not bad. i wouldve set the pull and the lowering line a little higher myself though on the walnut. i like hanging whole tree's, and in the situation you were in it was a good move. i expect it out of you though, for the amount of shat you talk, you best be able to back it up. so yes it was a job well done. good stuff!

i really do like that hamper idea though. never even thought of it. its shape is small enough that it doesnt take up too much room in the truck.

how does the smiley face usage make you feel?

I took what I could get tossing that throwline around the wires. One richocet in the wrong direction...
The pull line was fine for the gentle tug it needed to swing around but the other line WAS a little low ( I knew someone would tell me that) but I didn't let to much wieght on it and was able to LET IT RUN! Without a pulley there would have been some smoke.
There was I time where I just let my climbing speak for me... things change. There was also a time where I sucked, it didn't last too long and I got over it.

bins and cans like that are great for keeping ropes neat and tidy, away from danger. It good for wet ropes too. I just don't see how you can wrap up 200 feet of that big rope. It can get a little twisted with the cans but then... what don't? Of cousrse tie off one end before you lose it down there and you can put other stuff it with it and roll. ALSO- make sure you don't leave an unprotected can out in an area where it could end up on my truck.

 

[treemandan]

Not to be a prick, but when I seen them pics for the first time it made me even happier that I've got a bucket now, hell I'll bet the more expierienced of my two groundies could have done that without a hitch-providing it was on a day he felt like showing up. But you still have to know yer rigging bucket or not-there is allways the back yard. Over the years I've had to do alot of s#!@ like that, now I sort of feel like I've climbed my way to the other side.

If I had a bucket I would have just kept my mouth shut about the whole thing.
That is what I am going to do when I retire- operate a bucket truck.
No no just some jokes. I do rent a nice lift when I have the work for it. But pound for pound I kept this job on par.
And you being a prick has nothing to do with the fact that a bucket would have been swell! you should be glad you got that bucket now stop letting people F it up.

 

[tree MDS]

If I had a bucket I would have just kept my mouth shut about the whole thing.
That is what I am going to do when I retire- operate a bucket truck.
No no just some jokes. I do rent a nice lift when I have the work for it. But pound for pound I kept this job on par.

Retirement is soo sweet dan, let me tell you.

 

[tree MDS]

Hey dan, did I mention that the shop toilet is just filthy and sure needs a good cleaning, lol.

 

[treemandan]

How so? seriously how can you tell from those pics. Not busting balls but I am having trouble understanding your methods on this removal TMD.

Go ahead shoot. pretty simple really but I could elaborate for ya.

 

[ropensaddle]

I took what I could get tossing that throwline around the wires. One richocet in the wrong direction...
The pull line was fine for the gentle tug it needed to swing around but the other line WAS a little low ( I knew someone would tell me that) but I didn't let to much wieght on it and was able to LET IT RUN! Without a pulley there would have been some smoke.
There was I time where I just let my climbing speak for me... things change. There was also a time where I sucked, it didn't last too long and I got over it.

bins and cans like that are great for keeping ropes neat and tidy, away from danger. It good for wet ropes too. I just don't see how you can wrap up 200 feet of that big rope. It can get a little twisted with the cans but then... what don't? Of cousrse tie off one end before you lose it down there and you can put other stuff it with it and roll. ALSO- make sure you don't leave an unprotected can out in an area where it could end up on my truck.

A line dry and clean over the powerlines does not scare me it has happened! I did not see two ropes in the pics did you have it tied or snubbed from behind as well as pulled parallel with the lines? I will always do that when falling a leaner with the lines! Good job though no matter which way ya done it and the trash buckets I have used hydraulic oil buckets for that but now have bins on my bucket and buckets wont fit!

 

[treemandan]

Hey dan, did I mention that the shop toilet is just filthy and sure needs a good cleaning, lol.

Oh you just reminded me , its Friday! I have to find my rubber gloves.

Your craphole sounds like something I would toss an M80 in, hopefully while yer in there. At least a bottle rocket under the door while you are finishing up some paper work.

 

[tree MDS]

Yeah, I can allmost see my groundie whip'in up that "little walnut" right now, zing, toss, zing, toss. Lol. Lol.

 

[treemandan]

So some old dude with a walker almost blew the whole gig? Now that's funny right there.

It was! By the time I got up there the first day I tried I got all tied in to make the first cut and i look around and they are all coming out. Grandmas with grandkids, the guy with his own saw( the mad cranker), The homeowner ( a lady in her 70's)- all converging on the drop zone under this WIRE. The wire I am getting ready to bounch a few limbs off of. mind you..
It was an 'off day' for me and I was certainly ' stalling'. The last thing I thought about before I came down was calling the ins. co to tell them I fryed a grandma.
Jamie was actually with me the first day but all he could do was watch. he was overwelmed with the ammount of spectators. The pwer line went way down through other yards and there were people down there under it to. It was like he was having a press conference with the neighborhood. Everybody was very friendly and wanted to help out or offer some assisitance.
I did not expect a man to hold any lower line on that tree and I strapped my line to the trunk to prevevnt it from going into the wire. It was a job the you VERIFY that your lanyard clasp ain't hanging. BZZZT! Getcha? OOOOFFF!
Another main concern was not to do any damage to the landscape. This is usually my "forefront" ... as long as they pay for it. With wells and septic AND now a lot of other buried stuff, well, something like that could wipe its arse with me so I am real careful.
My next set of pics depicts more examples of this. Although I don't have pics of the trunks and big wood being felled you will see what i mean.
Jamie got a little "frantic" with the Dingo pulling the main trunks over and turfed it up a little. It was no problem that my hand held seed speader and a rake couldn't fix.
I had to explain how I wanted to lower the trunk on the hinge gently as to lessen impact. He is an AWESOME roper as you will see in the new pics. I give him some hard chorse to handle, the more practice he gets with me the more he will see how easy it can be.... as long as your bust yer ARSE!
The new pictures will most assuredly depict this too. We had two days on it without the stump work. Rented RG 50 will give the stumps an hour and 20 mins, EXACTLY.

 

[treemandan]

So some old dude with a walker almost blew the whole gig? Now that's funny right there.

He didn't didn't have a walker, he had a 029 Farm Boss! he was about 64 I think he said. He aplogized for being home that day due to his businees being a little slow and told me of the time he was trying to find a fuel leak in the wing of a plane back and got stuck for 6 hours in the air... back in the Navy.
The work only took about an hour the second day but I was there all day. he also said he bought his kid some climbing gear and was working but the F- head he was being shortchanged by was , well, really shortchanged him.
I know the guy he was talking about and it made me sick to know that he was paying this kid 11.00 bucks an hour to operate everything AND on to top it of that treating him like ####. The old guy told me he had to go up to get his kids money from the guy.
When I get in deeper around here we all just might see all about it.

 

[treemandan]

Yeah, I can allmost see my groundie whip'in up that "little walnut" right now, zing, toss, zing, toss. Lol. Lol.

Post a quote so I know what you are reffering to. I will be the judge if its funny or not.

 

[treemandan]

A line dry and clean over the powerlines does not scare me it has happened! I did not see two ropes in the pics did you have it tied or snubbed from behind as well as pulled parallel with the lines? I will always do that when falling a leaner with the lines! Good job though no matter which way ya done it and the trash buckets I have used hydraulic oil buckets for that but now have bins on my bucket and buckets wont fit!

Yeah I had a bad richochet that went over the wire. THAT I can handle, I just tossed it back over but I had to wait until everbody strolled off my landing area. I took the next shot at a lower easier place and went with it.
The tree was snubbed opposite the wire just a little behind it. I had to tuck it away from the wire when I dropped it cause of the shrubbery.
I don't know how much noise a tree makes when it falls in the woods but that one didn't make a sound. ceptin when that guy almost broke my hinge cranking like that. You know that sound that makes your legs jump real far? I DID tell him I didn't need any help. NOW, he believes me.

 

[treemandan]

You climbed it and then decided against it? Not sure how to read internet sarcasm? or not.

Yup I bailed.

 

[ropensaddle]

Yeah I had a bad richochet that went over the wire. THAT I can handle, I just tossed it back over but I had to wait until everbody strolled off my landing area. I took the next shot at a lower easier place and went with it.
The tree was snubbed opposite the wire just a little behind it. I had to tuck it away from the wire when I dropped it cause of the shrubbery.
I don't know how much noise a tree makes when it falls in the woods but that one didn't make a sound. ceptin when that guy almost broke my hinge cranking like that. You know that sound that makes your legs jump real far? I DID tell him I didn't need any help. NOW, he believes me.

Cool I just did not see it good job I remember the first time I accidentally
got one into the line I thought I was dead but no shock hmmmm non conductive
if clean and dry:monkey: I don't make it a habit to get one in it but don't
attempt it in foggy or humid wet etc.