Really, what wit all these old dudes?

[jefflovstrom]

I do have an ace in the hole however. He's only 21, strong as hell, and will work like a hebrew slave. lol I love him like a brother though, so, what can ya do?

Jeff

The Hebrew's were slave's for some time. If you castrate him he might stay as long as you don't remove the collar!
Jeff

 

[tree md]

When I was 21 I got detained for climbing out to the very tip of these falls:

Georgia State Parks - Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge

Kind of a funny story. I was out there with the 38 YO guy who was teaching me to climb at the time. People could see us on the falls from the state park below and I could see a couple videoing us. I knew it was a matter of time before the rangers showed up as we had to cross a barricade to get out there. I waved to the folks below and hightailed it out of there hopping up 4 or 5 ledges to go out from the top side. As I was leaving I saw the rangers coming through the woods and just stayed motionless until they passed so they wouldn't see me and then continued on my way after they passed. Curiosity got the better of me when my boss did not come along behind me so I went to see what was up, worrying that he might have fell. LOL I walked up on a rescue team hauling my boss up from the ledges in a life basket... hehehehe. They did not see me coming up from behind and I asked them what's up guys. They like to have jumped out of their skins. They started screaming for me to get back, get back... I didn't dare tell them that I had just scrambled up those ledges in a matter of about 2 minutes. Those rescue types always blow #### so far out of proportion...

Anyway they hauled my boss up the side of the mountain in a life basket and detained us both. They could not prove a thing on me as they had not caught me in the act but told me they knew I was the other one out there. My boss got a ticket and never lived the experience down

 

[Garden Of Eden]

The Hebrew's were slave's for some time. If you castrate him he might stay as long as you don't remove the collar!
Jeff

Your humor is right up my alley. What's more, he's black. lol It's a riot. I work him like a slave when he works, because it's not too often that he does work. Once he's going, you don't wanna shut him off. He's almost perfect. He's a good solid christian, doesn't drink, smoke, chew, cuss, or anything else that could be offensive to customers. He's a real good friend, just don't wanna work too much. I wish I could motivate him more. I've tried everything I can think of too.

 

[treemandan]

When I was 21 I got detained for climbing out to the very tip of these falls:

Georgia State Parks - Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge

Kind of a funny story. I was out there with the 38 YO guy who was teaching me to climb at the time. People could see us on the falls from the state park below and I could see a couple videoing us. I knew it was a matter of time before the rangers showed up as we had to cross a barricade to get out there. I waved to the folks below and hightailed it out of there hopping up 4 or 5 ledges to go out from the top side. As I was leaving I saw the rangers coming through the woods and just stayed motionless until they passed so they wouldn't see me and then continued on my way after they passed. Curiosity got the better of me when my boss did not come along behind me so I went to see what was up, worrying that he might have fell. LOL I walked up on a rescue team hauling my boss up from the ledges in a life basket... hehehehe. They did not see me coming up from behind and I asked them what's up guys. They like to have jumped out of their skins. They started screaming for me to get back, get back... I didn't dare tell them that I had just scrambled up those ledges in a matter of about 2 minutes. Those rescue types always blow #### so far out of proportion...

Anyway they hauled my boss up the side of the mountain in a life basket and detained us both. They could not prove a thing on me as they had not caught me in the act but told me they knew I was the other one out there. My boss got a ticket and never lived the experience down

I got kicked outta the ranger corps. They caught on to my agenda, I kinda wish I had more self control.

 

[treemandan]

I guess I now know the answer to my question. I guess I've always know. I don't whether to laugh or cry.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Your humor is right up my alley. I've tried everything I can think of too.

Have you pulled him aside and told him what you just told me and us all? Did you? No? Pull him aside and have a talk!
Jeff

 

[tree md]

Young punks spillin' beer on my shoes, fat guys talking to me tryin' to steal my blues...

 

[treevet]

Have you pulled him aside and told him what you just told me and us all? Did you? No? Pull him aside and have a talk!
Jeff

If not....cattle prod?

My GM is the best ever lived. All you mention plus he div 1 all state tight end, strong as an ox, never gets tired, likes to bust it out like me, sober, ops crano, stumper, fixes anything, good pruner, lowering, td's, smart as a whip, very good and polite with ho's, Certified Arb, CDL license, Ohio pesticide license., my company is his company and he cares....could go on forever

and we're good friends

 

[jefflovstrom]

Young punks spillin' beer on my shoes, fat guys talking to me tryin' to steal my blues...

Now record that and put it up,rapper!
Jeff

 

[jefflovstrom]

If not....cattle prod?

My GM is the best ever lived. All you mention plus he div 1 all state tight end, strong as an ox, never gets tired, likes to bust it out like me, sober, ops crano, stumper, fixes anything, good pruner, lowering, td's, smart as a whip, very good and polite with ho's, Certified Arb, CDL license, Ohio pesticide license., my company is his company and he cares....could go on forever

and we're good friends

Dang! You are in LOVE! Messing with ya-TV!
Jeff

 

[treemandan]

Have you pulled him aside and told him what you just told me and us all? Did you? No? Pull him aside and have a talk!
Jeff

I dunno, even though I am not a lazy black Hebrew Christian and someone said to me what Eden just said I think I would kick that person in the ####.


And ####! One reason I chose to do tree work is for the cussing.

 

[treevet]

Dang! You are in LOVE! Messing with ya-TV!
Jeff

I gots my gm....you gots your turtle

 

[the Aerialist]

Hey I can walk through the woods and be on Kennedy road in 20 minutes...

i was looking at your website and i came across that your in imperial pa. my inlaws live in imperial and im in mcdonald less than 10 min from you. i climbed for bartlett for a few years back in the day and they where also based in imperial and still are on santiago road. ive ran my own show for around 7 years now based out of mcdonald. got a crane sitting down on kennedy road for tomorrows removal. if your know the area stop by some time i thought i knew just about everyone in the game around here.

Hey what time you gonna start this morning? I'll come look you up. Is your removal on Kennedy? I'm on North Star just off of Santiago right after the tunnel under the Montour Trail. Let's hook up today if we can. Call me my number's on the web site. Or just drive around the "block" this rig is still parked in front of my place with the dump in the lot next to it, kinda hard to miss.

I'm doing some maintenance this morning so I'll be around getting ready for an afternoon brush clearing job. Stop by when you roll out of Kennedy if that's not where you're working today.

Sent you a PM with my number, Call when you get there or drive around the block on your way in... I've got a job for your crane right in my backyard ~ the dead tree I'm hanging off of with my ice axes.

I just rode around the block on my thumper and didn't see your crane. I was gonna put a note on the windshield to call me. Don't drive anything big onto North Star from the tunnel end, come in off of 30 if you decide to stop by and say hello.

 

[the Aerialist]

... I would have killed for a nice set of ice picks like that. I am still only forty but would scare the Hell out of you J.

I paid $164 for the pair on eBay. and the idea of using them as intended scares the hell out of me now. Wood is a better hold for them than ice. Now those guys are crazy!

 

[ForTheArborist]

I went to yosemite a while back and hiked 8 miles up the river to see the waterfalls. One fall is 300+ ft, and the Emerald Pool is right above it before it goes between some boulders and falls over.

I just heard about 3 people falling over that one and dieing. One fell off of the boulders, and the others tried rescuing, but they fell in too.

I had the notion when I was hopping out to the middle on those boulders that I was doing something only people with trained minds and bodies of years could do. I thought no way would I ever let anyone I know follow me out there. No way. I went out there for the action and to get some photos of the pool at the angle. But I was walking the edges of the falls, hanging feet over, and taking photos over the very lips of these things. This guy is a king in those mountains n trees not a pet. No doubts about that area of business.

And so once they slipped off of those rocks, the under tow and currents were so rigid it would have been like a loosing fight to a pack of raging elephants.

I don't feel lucky one bit. I got it..... and Dan gots it. Only other person too. It's something because we're just going to die with ti. :rolleyes2:

 

[beastmaster]

This whole thread kind of confuses me. Its like a pissing contest, but some of the contestants haven't had no beer. I'm an old dude, but none of this is new to me. I was hell on wheels as a youngster too. I have worked as a crew leader on many a fire crew when I was young. I repossessed cars for a few years in south central L.A. Calif. Been doing trees for close to 30 years, I Ocean kayak fish by my self for big game fish including sharks as big as my kayak, often going many miles out to sea. I work for a airplane recovery companys, when a plane slams the side of a mountain 8000ft up on the side of a cliff, I get helocoptered in and then repell and climb to recover the wreckage, and the occasional body parts.
We can argue who is better, but I still do the most dangerous and difficult removals the company's I work for get. At 53 most guys half my age can't hang with me, with is sad cuz I'm not what I use to be.
My point of this is not to toot my own horn, none of it is a big deal to me, but my whole life people have talked a good game, but when its got real, and the cards were laid out not many have stayed in the game. It all fun and games tell the going get real, to the point of life or death or possible injury and most people fold like a house of cards. Been seeing it my whole life. Not even nothen wrong with it, thats normal, Some times it'll suprise you who folds and who don't, but most the time you know. And I think I can spot a Poser at 100 yards(and I ware glasses now) and I think there are a couple on this thread. Better to be humble, learn and be thankful there are those who are better then you, you might need them some day. By better I mean professional tree care. we all have gifts in other areas. Beastmaster

 

[treevet]

tit

This whole thread kind of confuses me. Its like a pissing contest, but some of the contestants haven't had no beer. I'm an old dude, but none of this is new to me. I was hell on wheels as a youngster too. I have worked as a crew leader on many a fire crew when I was young. I repossessed cars for a few years in south central L.A. Calif. Been doing trees for close to 30 years, I Ocean kayak fish by my self for big game fish including sharks as big as my kayak, often going many miles out to sea. I work for a airplane recovery companys, when a plane slams the side of a mountain 8000ft up on the side of a cliff, I get helocoptered in and then repell and climb to recover the wreckage, and the occasional body parts.
We can argue who is better, but I still do the most dangerous and difficult removals the company's I work for get. At 53 most guys half my age can't hang with me, with is sad cuz I'm not what I use to be.
My point of this is not to toot my own horn, none of it is a big deal to me, but my whole life people have talked a good game, but when its got real, and the cards were laid out not many have stayed in the game. It all fun and games tell the going get real, to the point of life or death or possible injury and most people fold like a house of cards. Been seeing it my whole life. Not even nothen wrong with it, thats normal, Some times it'll suprise you who folds and who don't, but most the time you know. And I think I can spot a Poser at 100 yards(and I ware glasses now) and I think there are a couple on this thread. Better to be humble, learn and be thankful there are those who are better then you, you might need them some day. By better I mean professional tree care. we all have gifts in other areas. Beastmaster

Sounds a little like horn tootin and distance pissin but that's ok....seems a challenge laid down, just the stupid title of this thread. IMO if you are an "old dude" and you been doin all aspects of tree work properly and never turned down a job because of danger or difficulty (like me, and you it seems) for all those years that got you old and you still doing it....then "what's up wit ya" is you are probably superior to the "dude" that ain't old that started this thread.....just as I said, my opinion.

As far as your reference to "professional tree care" it is way more than just doing the most dangerous jobs and td's....look to ANSI A300 Standard and its associated documents, easily and inexpensively obtained to get the necessary knowledge. Now that takes smarts....and balls.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Dang Dave, It's gotta be like going on mid-nite there!
Jeff:msp_ohmy:

 

[treevet]

Dang Dave, It's gotta be like going on mid-nite there!
Jeff:msp_ohmy:

ya don't sleep that good when ya get old. I usually lift a little weights and watch tv and as til about now.