The working man, and chainsaw thread!!!!!!!!!

[NHlocal]

I know exactly what you feel like. I beat myself up over mistakes as well and take it very personally. Glad so far between the two of us pride has been hurt more than the body. One thing I that comes to my mind is that when you are hanging a top like that you are trying to do two peoples jobs. Just my .02$, but I would try to find a buddy that wouldnt mind helping you from time to time when it comes to roping stuff down. Glad your saw did not get damaged. I got tired of being tangled up, and ditched the lanyard. My boss sold me on going with out and so far I like it. Took a bit to get over the fear of dropping my saw, but so far its not to bad. Really looking forward to the video and the pics looked great. Hope all goes well today.

Yup, errors in judgement and mistakes are a working man's education. What we learned today we won't likely repeat tomorrow. As a mechanic I learn something every day. If I didn't learn, it's cause I didn't work. Some days are ho-hum, but days like today and yesterday are very educational.

Randy, make sure you come home tonight with all of yourself ....opcorn:

Brian and Denis, thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it. The home owner was willing to "run the rope" for me so I showed him how it worked and what I wanted him to do, worked out pretty good. Took down two more Oaks today without most of the "drama" of the last time. Still have 15+ trees to take down on that property so the home owner is going to get some more "practice" running the ropes". He's willing to learn and seems like he has the ability to understand what's going on and what needs to be done. "Almost" makes me envy the guys that have a ground crew on every take down, sure does make work go faster(and easier). Here's a few pics, I'll sleep good tonight for sure! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[NHlocal]

.....looks like "spambot" is back.....:msp_angry:

 

[struggle]

Glad today was much better for yah Randy.

I am all done with my job as of lunch time today. I will most likely be back to grind out the stumps. Homeowner has to remove the fence that the trees had grown into:msp_ohmy: I will have to dig below the fence and hope for the best with some crappy chain that can be scraficed and then grind them out. The owner was exceptionally pleased with everything. The renters next door not so much but it was out of there control. They did cooperate with keeping there vehicles out of the way and I cleaned up thier lawn better than it has been in the past couple of years I would bet. If I think about it down the road I will take pictures of the stumps to be removed if the job comes my way. Homeowner has the resources to get it done so I hope it happens as it will be nice to see it done complete.

No more work at this time though. Not to worried about it though. I have some leads on stuff and have talked/bid some stuff, but have yet to hear back on anything in the last couple of days. Not really concerend though as I would really like to get caught up on service for the saws and the grinder at this time. Plus get some stuff done around the home. In passing a neighbors son stopped and told me he had a bunch of trees he wanted trimmed and as did his dad. Guess I kind of forgot about that:msp_ohmy:

Take care guys. I needs to sleep:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[NHlocal]

Glad today was much better for yah Randy.

I am all done with my job as of lunch time today. I will most likely be back to grind out the stumps. Homeowner has to remove the fence that the trees had grown into:msp_ohmy: I will have to dig below the fence and hope for the best with some crappy chain that can be scraficed and then grind them out. The owner was exceptionally pleased with everything. The renters next door not so much but it was out of there control. They did cooperate with keeping there vehicles out of the way and I cleaned up thier lawn better than it has been in the past couple of years I would bet. If I think about it down the road I will take pictures of the stumps to be removed if the job comes my way. Homeowner has the resources to get it done so I hope it happens as it will be nice to see it done complete.

No more work at this time though. Not to worried about it though. I have some leads on stuff and have talked/bid some stuff, but have yet to hear back on anything in the last couple of days. Not really concerend though as I would really like to get caught up on service for the saws and the grinder at this time. Plus get some stuff done around the home. In passing a neighbors son stopped and told me he had a bunch of trees he wanted trimmed and as did his dad. Guess I kind of forgot about that:msp_ohmy:

Take care guys. I needs to sleep:hmm3grin2orange:

Hey Shane,
good to hear you got that job finished up and everything worked out. :msp_thumbup:
Ayuh, yesterday went well, got two more trees down without any "problems" at all. Did get a pretty good "ride" taking the top out of the second tree though. :hmm3grin2orange: Ayuh, "needs sleep", I here ya' there.....
.....time to make some coffee and get ready for "work".....
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Denis Gionet]

Nice moose there Denis. Spike bulls are the best freezer fill/eating moose while calves do taste better they don't give a lot of meat. Spikes give plenty of meat and they are also still fairly tender. Whereabouts do you go moose hunting Denis?? I am going myself in a week or so up near Thunder Bay.

Yes, I agree Alex about calves. Not too big, I wouldn't purposely take one if I had a tag for an adult moose. I hunt near Pagwa, just 1 km up Hwy 11 (110 km West of Hearst, just before going down the big hill to Pagwa Resort), on Philip Road, in some cuts between 1 and 12 years old.

This years moose came across 2 small cuts through a section of standing timber, to the road, and right across the creek from us. Last years' came from the big wood about 2 km from where I was calling, across the road and right to the front door ;-)

 

[NHlocal]

.....dropped my saw.....

While I've got some time just wanted to share a little "what happened while you weren't looking" story that went on during the first Oak take down last Saturday. As I said, no property damaged, no equipment broken, and no "serious" injuries. First of all how many of you have dropped your saw while you were up in a tree? Quite a few? How many got down to find no damage to the saw??? I was about 45ft up when I cut the top out and dropped my saw(Stihl ms200t). I didn't know until they told me from the ground that it fell, got it on video too.(not the landing though) I'd be curious to know how many of y'all got away with a dropping a saw and not having any damage, and the stories that go with it. Is there a thread on AS for "dropped saws".....? Here's a couple pics of how it landed.....and a couple others if you like "stump shots". :hmm3grin2orange:

.....believe it or not.....

.....tree #1.....

.....tree #2.....

.....tree #3.....

 

[Denis Gionet]

First of all how many of you have dropped your saw while you were up in a tree? Quite a few? How many got down to find no damage to the saw??? I was about 45ft up when I cut the top out and dropped my saw(Stihl ms200t)
.....believe it or not.....

Nah, couldn't happen. You rigged this.... lol ! How lucky could you be !?! Never in a hundred drops would it do that again. Mine would fall off the tailgate and I'd be bringing it home in a basket. Very fortunate. The 385 is a bit, um, big for the other oaks, no ? I guess any big saw would do, but you went big for sure, no shortage of torque anyway. And a better arm/shoulder workout at the same time.

Nice work ... still waiting on the video though ..... opcorn:

 

[NHlocal]

Nah, couldn't happen. You rigged this.... lol ! How lucky could you be !?! Never in a hundred drops would it do that again. Mine would fall off the tailgate and I'd be bringing it home in a basket. Very fortunate. The 385 is a bit, um, big for the other oaks, no ? I guess any big saw would do, but you went big for sure, no shortage of torque anyway. And a better arm/shoulder workout at the same time.

Nice work ... still waiting on the video though ..... opcorn:

Maybe one in million.....I'm still shaking my head over that one. Even had eye witnesses and everything. :msp_blink: Ayuh, the 385 is a bit of overkill, but my 362 would've made me work harder(and longer), the extra power more than makes up for the extra weight. :msp_tongue: besides, it always puts a great big grin on my face.....:hmm3grin2orange: Still trying to get that video edited, worked on it some more tonight. I may be able to finish it up tomorrow. Right now I gotta get to sleep, 4am is coming fast. :msp_sleep:
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[struggle]

Picture is awesome even though it stihl seems hard to believe. Very lucky indeed

 

[NHlocal]

Picture is awesome even though it stihl seems hard to believe. Very lucky indeed

.....if I didn't see it myself I wouldn't believe it :jawdrop:.....

 

[NHlocal]

Here's the first take down video, have a look, comment/criticize, I appreciate it all. Helps me to improve. :msp_thumbup:
.....gotta go make coffee and get ready for work.....
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

Take Down of Tree #1 of 20+ - YouTube

 

[Denis Gionet]

What an awesome video and photo presentation, now I understand why it took a while to get it together !!! Nice work, on the tree, and the video ! You might end up doing tree take downs as your day job one day. I'd sure be calling on you if I needed some tree work done !

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Great to see you all! I agree Jim, nice to see Randy getting better and better! Congratulations on the moose Denis. Glad that worked out on that job for you Shane! No matter the time, place or day you guys always put a smile on my face, give me something to look forward too, really good to see ya!

 

[Eccentric]

Great to see you all! I agree Jim, nice to see Randy getting better and better! Congratulations on the moose Denis. Glad that worked out on that job for you Shane! No matter the time, place or day you guys always put a smile on my face, give me something to look forward too, really good to see ya!

Hiya Norm. When are we going cutting again? I'm heading off to do a dump run in a few minutes (tried to get going with that first thing....that's hard when you get to bed at 2AM). After I get back from that I'm free. I'm busy with family stuff tomorrow. Next Saturday I'm at a planning meeting for the GTG in November. Next Sunday I believe I'm free...

 

[NHlocal]

Great to see you all! I agree Jim, nice to see Randy getting better and better! Congratulations on the moose Denis. Glad that worked out on that job for you Shane! No matter the time, place or day you guys always put a smile on my face, give me something to look forward too, really good to see ya!

Hi Norm,
good to hear from you again. How ya' doin'? Hope things are going well for ya'. Have you done any "saw time" lately? :dunno:
I appreciate the comments Norm, thanks. :msp_thumbup:

What an awesome video and photo presentation, now I understand why it took a while to get it together !!! Nice work, on the tree, and the video ! You might end up doing tree take downs as your day job one day. I'd sure be calling on you if I needed some tree work done !

Thanks Denis,
I do my best to show the work that goes into the take down. It's also a great way for me to see myself work and learn from the mistakes I make. I don't know about doing tree work full time, I do enjoy it but I don't know if my body would hold up to the wear and tear. :hmm3grin2orange: Seems like the more tree work I do the more I find out that I don't know. I have Monday off from work and I will finally have time to cut some trees on my Church property that need to come down, should be able to get a few pics.
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[NHlocal]

Now that I have a few minutes before I go to sleep, I cut some trees on my Church property yesterday, here's a few pics.....

.....this was a pretty big Poplar next to the playing field, had to come down.....

.....these were a few next to our road, had to come down.....

I'm beat, have a safe week.....:msp_thumbup:

 

[struggle]

I took out some stumps today at the most recent tree job I did. It went about as good as could be expected. Last night I put some new teeth on and threw two of them off today. Found one.

Might find the other one tomorrow during clean up. I told the onwer if you see some one on the sidewalk walking around with a steel shank stuck in thier head just look the other way like you didn't see anything wrong:hmm3grin2orange:

It actully went pretty good though figuring the tight cirmcumstances with vehicle to house clearance and steep back yard to drive through etc:msp_mellow:

 

[NHlocal]

I took out some stumps today at the most recent tree job I did. It went about as good as could be expected. Last night I put some new teeth on and threw two of them off today. Found one.

Might find the other one tomorrow during clean up. I told the onwer if you see some one on the sidewalk walking around with a steel shank stuck in thier head just look the other way like you didn't see anything wrong:hmm3grin2orange:

It actully went pretty good though figuring the tight cirmcumstances with vehicle to house clearance and steep back yard to drive through etc:msp_mellow:

Good morning Shane,
good to hear you're keeping busy, too bad about losing the teeth though. Are you still looking into the Sandvick wheel for your grinder? I know you mentioned it a few times. :dunno: Or is that still on your "wish list"? UPS man dropped off a box to me yesterday, Silky Hayauchi pole saw, should be a big help, lookin' forward to trying it out.......
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[struggle]

Good morning Shane,
good to hear you're keeping busy, too bad about losing the teeth though. Are you still looking into the Sandvick wheel for your grinder? I know you mentioned it a few times. :dunno: Or is that still on your "wish list"? UPS man dropped off a box to me yesterday, Silky Hayauchi pole saw, should be a big help, lookin' forward to trying it out.......
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

I am still wanting one. Stump grinding has dropped off quit a bit of late so it makes me think maybe one more year before changing it out but you never know with me. I really need to sit down and total up my reciepts for the year and see where I'm at excatly money wise.

I will say with the new teeth on the machine it cut very well as I have been running some duller teeth. What a difference tne new ones made.

I would like to get a silky hand saw. I have read so much stuff about them. Silky sounds like such a great product. Good for you on that one:msp_smile:

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Looking good my friends, been busy, not cutting I wish. But not yet. Good to see you all love the work, and the pictures.