silk oak removal nightmare!!!

[voxac30dude]

ok so this silk oak was about 120 feet tall and had a 7 foot high bougainvillea under it. i dont know why i didn't take that evil thorny bush as a sign of bad things to come.
ok so i took my throw bag out and threw my line into a crotch i liked and got one after 3 try's (super stoked) then as i got up into the tree i began free climbing to get the highest crotch i could and work from there. here's where the problems started.
i pulled the cord of my echo cs 330T and the pull cord unspooled and got stuck. sent the saw back down to my groundie and had him send me up my 435, made one face cut and then the chain slipped off. groundie sent me up a scrench and then i dropped the clutch cover nut into the bougainvillea below(at this point im cussing like a sailor). groundie couldent find the nut so i had him send me up my ms361 and finally started dropping wood. as the day progessed the weather got worse and worse and eventually started to rain hard. i had 4 20-30 foot leaders left to drop but I had to come down becuase it was too wet. i got to the ground and saw something shiney in the ground, sure enough it was the nut i dropped. so i took the saw back to the truck and began working on my saws when the weather let up and the sun popped out for a bit. about an hour of sun or so went by by the time i fixed everything and so i figured i could go back to cutting and just as i clipped my carabiner into my line the clouds rolled in again.( i think the guy up there doesn't want me in this tree). anyway tomarow im gonna finish dropping the remainder of the tree. what a crazy day. any of you ever had one of these type days?

 

[clearance]

I have had many days that sucked.
I carry a bar wrench on my belt. Not familar with that model saw, but on all the ones I have ever used you don't have to take anything off to put the chain back on. If you had your rope in the tree, how were you free climbing? It was too wet, that has never stopped me, the wind has.

Anyways, you didn't get hurt. And you got something done. Just my observations, you can tell me to get lost, its all good.

 

[jomoco]

It could have been worse, since an awful lot of people are very allergic to Grevillea robusta's yu know!

jomoco

 

[TreeSamurai]

It could have been worse, since an awful lot of people are very allergic to Grevillea robusta's yu know!

jomoco

I had one of those trees put me way wrong! Wasn't very big, 30 ft 14 inch base....but the day was very hot and very still...and I soaked up the dust like a sponge and was ill for a week, not to mention topical blisters that itched fiercely. Next time, two long sleeve shirts and respirator....and hazard pay!

 

[voxac30dude]

ATTENTION! when cutting a grivillea robusta, Hazmat suits must be worn!.

 

[JCONN]

I had that same day two days in a row. I was thinking it was some sort of sign. Had a 50 or so foot spruce in the front yard which minus the sap and raking and picking up the glass from a that was in the tree that couldn't be seen that went pretty well flopped it and chipped it right up. Then move to the back yard tackle the 80' white pine that was leaning a lot.

Start up that one and guyed it a few spots thanks to the advice from everyone here. Then the wind starts which it was supposed to be a decent day and not windy at all. 30 to 40 mph gust start so I decided to call it for it was next to the wires and the wind was blowing everything towards them.

Day two: Go back up wind starts again. Now just frustrated and had 2 groundies with decide that its coming down today plus the ho was nervouse that the tree was going to blow over. Had to wait between wind burst to drop branches which took twice as long. go to take the top out which was split so I had to leave some branches on cause I couldnt go higher, notch it the way it was going (away from wires) 2 on a tag line no wind window make the back cut. Of course gust from hell come blows the top to brush the wires. Nothing happened but that enough to tighten the old butt hole. So to finish the day the groundies broke a saw and buried 2 saws in the dirt that had new chains so they worked great in the tree. Blizzard started up took 2 hours to make a 30 minute drive with traffic. Finally home and my dogs ate two pairs of the wifes shoes. But no one one got hurt, nothing damaged and made good money on the job just not as smooth as I would have liked

 

[Dillweed]

silk oak poisoning

Tree work has sent me to the hospital twice in my lifetime. 1994 silk oak poisoning, and 2005 severed finger that was sewn back on. I would rather have every finger chopped off and sewn back on then go through the silk oak flesh eating poisonous torture.

 

[Koa Man]

I have trimmed and removed silk oaks before and had no reaction. I am not allergic to poison ivy either. We don't have any in Hawaii, but I was at my brother's house in Ohio walking through the woods pushing stuff out of the way and he said that was poison ivy. I had no reaction to it.

If I get another silk oak job I'll be sure to charge extra for protective gear.

 

[tree md]

I've had days like that. Part of the job I guess.

As for the nut. I keep an old, large, plastic tackle box that I converted to a saw box in the truck. I keep spare chains, spark plug, spare gloves, hand pruners and all sorts of odds and ends in there. I have a manila envelope folded up in there with a half dozen bar nuts in it. You'd be surprised how often that has saved the day.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I have trimmed and removed silk oaks before and had no reaction. I am not allergic to poison ivy either. We don't have any in Hawaii, but I was at my brother's house in Ohio walking through the woods pushing stuff out of the way and he said that was poison ivy. I had no reaction to it.

If I get another silk oak job I'll be sure to charge extra for protective gear.

Not to be racial, but I know several mexicans that are not bothered by it, but me, massive rash.