Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Kodiak Kid]

Did my first tree service job since I got my license. I don't feel I charged nearly enough.
Dispite the fact it was leaning hard twords the house and half the base was rotten. It didn't require climbing and piecing. It was a full tree length directional felling.





Bore testing can tell you everything you need to know about how much wood you have to work with as far as safely being able to control the fall.


Metal!


There comes a time when it has to be climbed and rigged. This tree was far from that point. The face side of the tree was dang near all punk. The back side, (holding side and hinge wood) was plenty sound.

The decision to face up and fall was strictly made by bore testing!I cut my outside corner well into commitment to keep it pulling away from the house.

Oh! You guys didn't know I had residential and urban tree removal experience also???
Well, you better ask somebodyyyyyyyyyy!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[Lee192233]

Did my first tree service job since I got my license. I don't feel I charged nearly enough.
Dispite the fact it was leaning hard twords the house and half the base was rotten. It didn't require climbing and piecing. It was a full tree length directional felling.
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Bore testing can tell you everything you need to know about how much wood you have to work with as far as safely being able to control the fall. View attachment 1071632
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Metal!
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There comes a time when it has to be climbed and rigged. This tree was far from that point. The face side of the tree was dang near all punk. The back side, (holding side and hinge wood) was plenty sound.
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The decision to face up and fall was strictly made by bore testing!I cut my outside corner well into commitment to keep it pulling away from the house.

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

Congratulations! From one business owner to another, don't be afraid to charge for your hard earned expertise!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Congratulations! From one business owner to another, don't be afraid to charge for your hard earned expertise!

I did that job for 500.00
This job is a full haul out removal and tree tree needs to be climbed and pieced out. It has a good LZ, so minimal rigging will be required. I bid 1200.00

 

[Sawdust Man]

Did my first tree service job since I got my license. I don't feel I charged nearly enough.
Dispite the fact it was leaning hard twords the house and half the base was rotten. It didn't require climbing and piecing. It was a full tree length directional felling.
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Bore testing can tell you everything you need to know about how much wood you have to work with as far as safely being able to control the fall. View attachment 1071632
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Metal!
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There comes a time when it has to be climbed and rigged. This tree was far from that point. The face side of the tree was dang near all punk. The back side, (holding side and hinge wood) was plenty sound.
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The decision to face up and fall was strictly made by bore testing!I cut my outside corner well into commitment to keep it pulling away from the house.

Oh! You guys didn't know I had residential and urban tree removal experience also???
Well, you better ask somebodyyyyyyyyyy!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

Looks like you done it about right, boss.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Congratulations! From one business owner to another, don't be afraid to charge for your hard earned expertise!

Thanks bud! Fir the compliment and advise.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Looks like you done it about right, boss.

Thanks bud!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I have another job I bid on. I'm partnering up with an arborist for that one if I get the bid. A lot of trees need to come down that
will require a lot of climbing and rigging and piecing. I really hope we get it.
It's a BIG money job!

 

[Lee192233]

Thanks bud! Fir the compliment and advise.

You're welcome! I see too many new business owners under charge.

 

[MustangMike]

I remember you telling the story in the past. Such BS! Lazy police there.

NYS Troopers!!!

 

[artbaldoni]

Overloaded yet?
Full discharge and recharge of the battery fixed the 60v battery saw. No stopping in the cut now! Elvis the King Quad works great!

 

[Sierra_rider]

Did my first tree service job since I got my license. I don't feel I charged nearly enough.
Dispite the fact it was leaning hard twords the house and half the base was rotten. It didn't require climbing and piecing. It was a full tree length directional felling.
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Bore testing can tell you everything you need to know about how much wood you have to work with as far as safely being able to control the fall. View attachment 1071632
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Metal!
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There comes a time when it has to be climbed and rigged. This tree was far from that point. The face side of the tree was dang near all punk. The back side, (holding side and hinge wood) was plenty sound.
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The decision to face up and fall was strictly made by bore testing!I cut my outside corner well into commitment to keep it pulling away from the house.

Oh! You guys didn't know I had residential and urban tree removal experience also???
Well, you better ask somebodyyyyyyyyyy!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

Nice work. What some people don't understand, is cutting down the tree is usually the easy/non-labor intensive part. It's cleaning up all the brush and removing it where the costs comes from.

Even when it comes to trees that you have to climb, the climbing is still the easy part for me. Sure, climbing ain't easy on the body, but a climber can easily bury his groundie with more stuff than they can handle. The guys I work well with, will usually rush in and pull out the limbs while I'm moving up to my next work position. On the broad trees like the east coast guys have, the roles do reverse. I'm not especially a gifted climber, so the ground guys have lots of downtime while I reposition.

I did that job for 500.00
This job is a full haul out removal and tree tree needs to be climbed and pieced out. It has a good LZ, so minimal rigging will be required. I bid 1200.00
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I don't like those short, but broad conifers. I luck out where I'm at, as most of our trees are taller, but with shorter limbs. The short limbs are easier to manipulate as a climber, easier for the ground guys to process, and you don't have to worry as much about them taking bad bounces and hitting things you didn't want to hit.

The worst were some crappy "valley" redwoods I was climbing awhile back. They were some toads, short for redwoods, but fat...the lower branches were so long that the tips would hit the ground before the butts were severed off the tree. I was surrounded by buildings, so I lots of rigging and/or getting creative with my cuts.

 

[ElevatorGuy]

No luck moving my Deere so now the zero turn is for sale. I wanted a zt last year but couldn’t get what I wanted thanks to daddy Bidens economy and shortages. Gotta move one of them, didn’t wanna sell the zt but it might be easier.

 

[GrizG]

We had a huge influx of people move into this area during Covid as well… But I haven’t really seen any issues locally as most of the places on our road have been in their respective families for a long time. The place that sold two years ago had been in the same family since it was first opened up in the 50’s.

My area is referred to as "Brooklyn North" by many... The influx started before COVID but COVID put it into overdrive... rents and house prices are way up.

 

[Lee192233]

My area is referred to as "Brooklyn North" by many... The influx started before COVID but COVID put it into overdrive... rents and house prices are way up.

In our area we had quite a few people from Chicago make their summer homes permanent during Covid. Now I have neighbors who have, how shall I say it delicately, radically different viewpoints than 90% of the people in our township.

Oh, how I want to do 4 mag dumps 100 yards from their house.

But, alas, I am a better neighbor than that.

 

[WoodAbuser]

In our area we had quite a few people from Chicago make their summer homes permanent during Covid. Now I have neighbors who have, how shall I say it delicately, radically different viewpoints than 90% of the people in our township.

Oh, how I want to do 4 mag dumps 100 yards from their house.

But, alas, I am a better neighbor than that.

I have heard the saying that it is the thot that counts.

 

[chipper1]

In our area we had quite a few people from Chicago make their summer homes permanent during Covid. Now I have neighbors who have, how shall I say it delicately, radically different viewpoints than 90% of the people in our township.

Oh, how I want to do 4 mag dumps 100 yards from their house.

But, alas, I am a better neighbor than that.

So you only do two .

I have heard the saying that it is the thot that counts.

 

[SimonHS]

Woke up to a hit and run Saturday morning. I would love to see the damage done to the 2015 - 2021 dark gray Subaru WRX after he hit my 7x7 granite post. I have the mirror in pieces. That was how I determined the make and model of the car. It had one of those loud POS mufflers on it. We heard a loud bang at 11:20pm but nobody stopped. The right front wheel hit the stone wall behind the granite post shifting it a few inches. I'm on the hunt for the POS and posted the car and damage all over Facebook in the area. Maybe somebody will see it. My guess is the car won't be found. Local PD was notified. That is my mailbox beyond my tractor on the far left.

When you replace your mailbox make the post from a section of railroad rail, sunk plenty deep into the ground.

Then the next car that hits it will not drive away.

 

[sundance]

No luck moving my Deere so now the zero turn is for sale. I wanted a zt last year but couldn’t get what I wanted thanks to daddy Bidens economy and shortages. Gotta move one of them, didn’t wanna sell the zt but it might be easier.View attachment 1071717View attachment 1071718

Price on each? My stepson on the eastern shore needs a new mower.

 

[user 158015]

Many moved up my way too after 9-11 then wu-flu. We are loaded with big money city folk now.

 

[AKGuy]

Hmmmm Bar oil for the win.

That would be sacrilegious