whadja do today?

[mckeetree]

Well if they checked your insurance then they must have checked his... but who knows? And the think tank that is the municipality should know all the ins and outs... right?

Hell, right now my township is looking for someone to road plow for 50 bucks and hour. They have to know... right?

They didn't check #### on that guy. I am going to sue their ass.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

They didn't check #### on that guy. I am going to sue their ass.

Yes, it seems weird they didn't but how do you know? I can't see a municipality knowingly putting themselves in such a vulnerable position by hiring uninsured no matter how cheap he is.

 

[jefflovstrom]

You are really stark ravin now bubba. I bet they really can't stand you now that you quit smoking. But put the write up on them hard boy! Yeah, I guess if you drive around like a dimwit with the pintle pin hanging on its chain you deserve what you get.

Yeah, I get craving,
Jeff
Craving,

 

[mckeetree]

I can't see a municipality knowingly putting themselves in such a vulnerable position by hiring uninsured no matter how cheap he is.

1. Well, they did.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

1. Well, they did.

How can you be sure?

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

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Yeah, I get craving,
Jeff
Craving,

Yeah, stark raving and cravin. Hang in there bubba.

 

[Pelorus]

I was bored enough today to do some sewing...
The weather is bleak. Lunacy looms.

 

[NCTREE]

Worked down on Devon Pa yesterday. Knocked out this nasty norway maple that was badly damaged from hurricane Sandy, it also was split all the way through the trunk into the root system.

 

[sgreanbeans]

You are really stark ravin now bubba. I bet they really can't stand you now that you quit smoking. But put the write up on them hard boy! Yeah, I guess if you drive around like a dimwit with the pintle pin hanging on its chain you deserve what you get.

Anyway:

I tried to get out of work today and hang out with my kid as its MLK day but my wife went and picked up grandma to babysit soes I had to get to it. I went back to Pottstown to help one of my contractor bubba's take down what he refered to as an easy tree and I got my money's worth out of my hardhat today. He went up in a tow-behind lift while I bounced limbs off of its boom from the porty while we both hollered at his poor 16 year old son who really shouldn't have even been there in the first place and I told him that and that I would call somebody in to help but he was to busy with his head up his ass underbidding this dead oak tree.

We pretty much filled a regular sized truck with my 9 inch chipper but it was also spread out over houses and yards in town. We were able to get in through the back alley after taking some fence down. There was a point where I asked him if he wanted another pulley, he declined and it was then the boom took its hardest hit of the day and we actually bent something on it. I was just trying not to kill the guy and recommended he not tip tie big wood unless he wanted to look like those dill-does on TV.

I tend not to tip tie big squirrelly hunks of wood unless we are using a GRCS or something and I sure as hell don't go notching it soes it comes off like a bat out Hell. That's just not good practice.

It wasn't a bad day but I had a couple of moments - like when the lady came out and stood under the crispy hunk we were swinging over the roof. Hey man, I am sure Jeff would have written me up but in my world ( where I reside) I can holler at the clients if I want.

I felt bad hollering this 16 year old kid around, he face so precious and innocent getting beaten and thrashed by oak limbs. Towards the end I told him and his father that if I knew the mother I would call her and put an end to this nonsense. Parents are divorced and I am sure if she knew the extent of what this kid was involved in she would pull him out. I mean its OK to bring him on some stuff but this was some BBW ( big bad wood) today and its not like the kid is into it. Nah, poor SOB would rather not. And did he even have a helmet? No, why should he? Mine was only getting hammered every once in a while anyway.

Last week me and this guy went up to do the job, it was the first time I saw it, he said it was easy. I looked at the tree for 2 minutes and left. I was all set to call NCtree soes he could come run his ass ragged as I figured with the three of us we had a chance. It would have been a tough climb to get this on the ground.

Now sure, bring the kid out to help drag some pruning brush, let him learn, let him work to know the hardships of survival as I am sure that in some countries kids have it tough but here in America its illegal to let your kid get pulled through a chipper. He did damn good wrestling the limbs and wood to the ground but watching him around that machine had me going. I didn't actually let him chip by himself and I think his father teaches him to hold stuff that needs sawed. Really, I would stand there holding the saw while the kid untied the limb and the kid would just stand there like I was going reach in by his leg and start cutting, like it would be normal to do so. Hell, I see somebody coming with a saw I RUN!

I dunno, I guess I am going to have to put down an ultimatum. Working with this guy is fine but when he brings his kid its just not right. One time he sent him up a little spruce to set a rope and was barking at him and I was like " this is where the kid gets flustered and falls." My take is that the guy needs to rely on his untrained son in order to make his banknote. Quite a gray and murky area I think. I mean, this isn't ice cream we are peddling here, if it was it would be a different story.

Maybe I should cut my ties with this guy but he is really no worse than anybody else including me, its just sometimes his thinking is a little more desperate than I find appealing.

But it was good running the porty today. I had the **** flying and flying good. Yeah, the boom was taking hits but that was because Dumbo really don't have any call to be up there aiming at the the only thing holding him up. I kept the stuff from smacking him personally and there wasn't much other room. My mindset would have called for two days proper climbing instead of running Kamikaze missions on yourself in an old rented Nifty Fifty. Really, I ran and got another pulley, he didn't want it, you should have seen that piece fly, flip, and flounce then smack the living crap out of the boom. Dented it like a ************.

We are supposed to go back and drop the trunk in the morning but I think some snow might put the kibosh on that.

I have all 3 of my boys out with me, not at all times, but a lot. Even my 16eener. BUT, they are just about covered in bubble wrap and I watch every single move they make. All have been in the tree and I have worked them so hard that I think they hate it. AND THAT IS MY GOAL. Middle one works full time wit me, but I am putting the squash on that soon. They need to go to school and elevate themselves out of this madness! I want them to become Medical IT Lawyers, betting that will be a good field to get into soon.

 

[luckydad]

I was bored enough today to do some sewing...
The weather is bleak. Lunacy looms.View attachment 329087

What's that hole in the floor for ??


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[Toddppm]

What's that hole in the floor for ??


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I was thinking the same thing? Rappelling into the basement?

 

[NYTREECLIMBER]

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Worked down on Devon Pa yesterday. Knocked out this nasty norway maple that was badly damaged from hurricane Sandy, it also was split all the way through the trunk into the root system.

That looks like it sucked!

 

[Pelorus]

I was thinking the same thing? Rappelling into the basement?

Yup.
Gives me almost 16' of climate controlled (nice and warm!) height to fool around with vs playing outside.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Maybe, sometimes its just a regular bead. When I first saw it I was impressed by the ingenuity.

The checker board patterrn you see welded to the blades and buckets of excavators is done with a really hard rod. I just bought the wire and a new drive roller for my mig welder so I can do the sane thing on my stump grinder wheel because it is wearing alot.

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[mckeetree]

How can you be sure?

If you were here and knew the situation with that guy you would realize that is a really, really, really stupid question but I realize you are not here. Besides, the maintenance supervisor over there already told me "Hey, that moron they ended up with is completely barefoot ins. wise...you know that?" Of course I already knew that. The maintenance supervisor there is a good guy but doesn't have the final say on who they get to do what.

 

[Pelorus]

Canada Post (like USPS, but far, far worse) hired a guy a few years ago to do snow removal / salt & sand around community mailboxes Town of Bracebridge (Ontario). Didn't verify he had business or slip and fall insurance.
Buddy's wife falls one day while getting mail and busts her wrist in a few places. Ended up getting a decent cash settlement from Canada Post, and they ended up getting a different snow removal co.

 

[gorman]

The town you live in must be tight with the taxpayers money.

The town where I grew up pays the tree wardens idle company to be on retainer just in case there needs to be work done. When they go out to work they charge how they feel.
They are insured and nice, but grossly inefficient. These things should be to bid.

 

[treeclimber101]

Headed out

 

[treeclimber101]

Yea baby

it's like canada ehhhh !

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Naping in bed till it stops. Then it's game one.

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