Lost a clearing contract today for local airport. Part of the project was to disassemble 3 light towers. Lost it to an excavating contractor. Was really hoping to start the season off right with a nice clearing job...especially with the weather we are having around here.
whadja do today?
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I never heard of a 'Light tower tree'~! Hope your season goes well.
Was the tower break down a seperate line bid?Jeff,,
Some of those excavating contractors are pains in the rears !! They think they can do it all.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Well I guess I dissent exist if you've never heard of it LOLI never heard of a 'Light tower tree'~! Hope your season goes well.
Jeff,,
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
I hate thieves, we got this ********** that just moved into the hood, who is known to be a thief. I have known of him for years and was pretty bummed to see him move in. I watch every move he makes. I would love to catch him doing something around here and get to beat his ass. But I am sure he knows I have camera's everywhere, so most likely he wont. Pisses me off whenever I hear of a contractor getting ripped off. We ALL work hard for what we got, and then some loser comes by and takes it.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Starter was froze on my bucket truck this morning. Had to heat it up with a plumbers torch.
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treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Yea well they better make sure they hide there machines real good because if they want my salt that bad they may get a whole tank of it ! I mean I am a live and live kinda guy but if you make more work for me i don't take that too lightly
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
You called a plumber to start your truck ?
treevet
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2 below here this morning but a break is in sight.
I used to have a Mack trash truck with a great big air dryer on it. The air dryer is what always froze up, and it was virtually impossible to thaw out, too. It had great big cooling fins on it, with some sort of complex mechanism on the inside that was practically guaranteed to freeze. When it froze, it automatically vented air pressure, so you couldn't drive anywhere with it.
I think automatic tank drains are the way to go.
Probably a sinus infection. Tap with one finger on your forehead, bridge of your nose, and your cheek bones. If it hurts a little, go see a doctor, get some antibiotics.
Maybe just a veterinarian?
Yes....but they only looked at the lowest bid....there were 4 line items in the contract....moblilization/demobilization (install culvert and rock to gain access, remove culvert and rock), construction engineering (staking), tree removal (120 trees, 26>12") and tower disassembly. The tower assembly was just about as big a job as the tree removal....included demo of 3x4x12 concrete base. We were going to have to rent a crane to do the tower disassembly....as the airport sold the towers to a local school.I never heard of a 'Light tower tree'~! Hope your season goes well.
Jeff,,
treeman75
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Its alot better today, thought about calling the doc this morning but feeling better. I can atleast halfass taste the split pea and ham soup!Probably a sinus infection. Tap with one finger on your forehead, bridge of your nose, and your cheek bones. If it hurts a little, go see a doctor, get some antibiotics.
Maybe just a veterinarian?
Toddppm
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Just for piece of mind I had to go check 1 of my properties today to make sure my stock was still there! Hopefully it's still there tomorrow night and Thursday. I got a bunch locked up in my shop but would suck to lose any at this point in the season.
Looks like we're going to be right in the middle of the highest accumulation for this storm. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
I'm close to snapping , best part of my day was climbing a frozen cherry ! Other then that it was pretty fricken horrible
NYTREECLIMBER
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I don't know what your day was like but I wanted to swan dive out of the bucket to the concrete. Having a shi#y day sucks , hope your evening is better
Character is who you are when no one is looking
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
My day stressful , I hate this weather I hate the snow , and now the brakes went out on my dump ....... Tomorrow is all ****ed because I was supposed to take 2 trucks up to grab calcium , now I have to go there 2xs and then fix the truck and then pick up product because if we leave it on site all the ****ing scumbags on this planet are now helping themselves to it , so I figure that if I make it through til Friday I won't go postal I won't drive a load of calcium into a telephone pole and maybe just maybe I won't set fire to some poor bastards loaders
Pelorus
Uva uvam vivendo varia fit
Got whacked by a log getting winched uphill today. Farmi pto winch. Log fetched up against a small tree and the other end slowly started to swing around.
The slow part didn't stay slow very long. Knew I wasn't far enough away - tried to step back (deep snow) and got sent flying.
Feels like I got kicked in the thigh by a mule. And it serves me right. Dumb ass.
The slow part didn't stay slow very long. Knew I wasn't far enough away - tried to step back (deep snow) and got sent flying.
Feels like I got kicked in the thigh by a mule. And it serves me right. Dumb ass.
Been there. Got batted across a jobsite by a guy loading logs and brush with an excavator with a thumb. Log was at an angle, caught in the brush and as he clamped on the log, it squared up with the excavator and batted me across the site, about 15' in the air. Back of one thigh was hit by a protruding stub on the log. If it hit me higher, Id be dead or paralyzed.
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