So whadja do today?

[MasterBlaster]

I killed some honey bees in a giant water oak today. Then I gave it an extreme trim, with a 17 ton to help.


And it only hit 89 degrees. Suh-wheet!!!

 

[a_lopa]

well i had a day most contract climbers would be pleased to hear,changing chipper blades and pulling out an adjusting stud(hex head)it seizedpaid my yellow pages bill and insurance saws,truck and chipper made the pocket a bit lighter.changed oil in truck,chipper,grinder........one of those days i wish i was still subbing:

 

[SteveBullman]

Originally posted by Guy Meilleur
Stephen were those After shots on those planes? If so, beautiful work; they hardly look pruned at all.:angel:

If not can you post the Afters so we can all jump on you?

after shot guy, thanks for the compliment

 

[SteveBullman]

Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel
Are London Plane trees similar to Sycamore trees? Those leaves look smaller but they look similar. Smooth bark and wood, major sinus inflammation whenever you work on them, especially when the lil fuzzballs are dropping. But even the sawdust will make me itch.

im not sure if they are related rocky but the foliage like you say is very similar, hence the latin name platanus acerifolia(correct me if i'm wrong)
these leaves are way worse than sycamore, they have spores on the undersides of the branches, which act like a barb when it goes down your throat.
these are actually cancerous. never really looked into it online, perhaps i will get round to it someday.

 

[wct4life]

today I got to work for a Dr. Marx. For those of you who do not know him, he is the guy behind mycorrhizal fungi. see...

http://www.planthealthcare.com/qa.html

From my understanding, our company has helped him out with some of his reseach in the past. I'm not sure if he still does research but I know that he does alot of lecture tours. If you ever get a chance to see/meet him, you should. He's a pretty cool guy.

 

[Gord]

walnut that was my short day's work

 

[Gord]

not much to avoid on this side except the asphalt

 

[Gord]

small firewood. the little logs are being milled.

 

[ptar]

Rocky
They are hard to tell apart till they mature and even then it makes me pause
London Plane has two fruiting structures hanging one below the other and Sycamore has only one fruit
The leaves are very close
No fruit and your on your own!
Later
John

John,

The California Sycamore (or Western Sycamore or Califormia Plane Tree), Platanus racemosa,
has 3 to 7 fruits hanging from the same stalk.

To make things even more confusing, an Acer pseudoplatanus is called a Sycamore
in the UK, NZ and Australia.

 

[SilverBlue]

Gord! didn't the customer say she wanted the OTHER tree removed???

 

[Gord]

eh? i don't follow

 

[Stumper]

Today was easy, boring, NASTY. Reduced a big privet hedge-top wasn't a concern since it is a privacy hedge but it had filled the space betweeen the house and the property line and sprawled all over the back yard. I got 4.5 feet off the side of it. Pulled out some dead stuff, Partially pruned 1 of the three ashes (I go back tomorrow for those.) Pruned a spruce for house/gate clearance. Then went to another job-site and dumped a couple of little firs and chipped them.

 

[SilverBlue]

Originally posted by Gord
eh? i don't follow

He He I bet you looked twice at the pics again didn’t ya

Hey Justin, ya want to do all my ash trees? I'm sick of em! Have to slay another tomorrow once I finish putting this truck back together that the groundie killed.Anyone need a 'slightly'abused oil pan? it comes with a free peice of log

 

[a_lopa]

im having a few days off got myself a new prussic and biner,can you guess the knot?easy one.......lets see who knows.its 11mm edelrid super static,petzel steel biner

 

[MasterBlaster]

Clean out yur mailbox, Lopa.

 

[a_lopa]

ill try not to bend this biner

 

[Gord]

angler's loop?

 

[a_lopa]

perfection loop,but i would say it would have other names.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I actually got to trim a nice live oak today! Then, I did a TD.

Oh, well...

 

[murphy4trees]

Monday must have been a day for bees...

I git stung after driving over an underground yellow jacket's nest....
Then after dropping a weeping cherry log, moving it to the front yard with the log dolly, and using it to protect the grass when falling a maple, found a bees nest in it....