whadja do today?

[oldirty]

we filled a 120yd trailer in 2hr and 7 mins. absolute chip show. the 790 is eating wood like a mofo. (have i shown you any pics of it yet?)

it started with a row of red pine smallest being 2800lbs and the biggest was about 5200. all 1 pickers along the drive way. we ripped them out in 42mins. then it was onto the about 7 pine tops, 2 red maples and 1 hickory rounded out the rest of the time. chipper is getting loosened up and the auto feed is dialed in. damn near packed the thing full. 48ft trailer i think. if any of you are thinking of getting a big chipper you gotta look into a woodsman. grapple is the tits but watching them eat is flat out silly.

no pics though so sorry to disappoint ya, raining so no camera and my phone is broken. woulda been a sweet job to film too. believe me boys i brought it up but the weather won out.

 

[tree md]

Yeah, that chipper looked like the bomb in the vids. We were running an 18" Mobark at one of the services when I was doing a lot of crane work and running an 18" Bandit at the other place. No grapple, we were winching the butts in. That grapple looks like a much better option.

 

[tree md]

I got lines set in my tree today and roped some larger limbs out from over the telephone service. Had to spend most of the morning on the phone talking with the doctors office so I got a late start. Got to go to OKC Monday and start my treatment. By the time I got what I did done it the day was nearly over. Wind was gusting 30 MPH towards power lines. I said screw this, I'll hit it in the morning when the winds are not going to be so bad.

 

[tree MDS]

I got lines set in my tree today and roped some larger limbs out from over the telephone service. Had to spend most of the morning on the phone talking with the doctors office so I got a late start. Got to go to OKC Monday and start my treatment. By the time I got what I did done it the day was nearly over. Wind was gusting 30 MPH towards power lines. I said screw this, I'll hit it in the morning when the winds are not going to be so bad.

Take your time man. there is plenty of time. you'll get em slayed.. both of em that is!

 

[oldirty]

for sure.

 

[tree md]

Yeah, I should get it tomorrow. I'm figuring 4 hours max.

LOL, just saw on the news where the winds were actually gusting to 40 today. It just plain sucks being in a tree with winds that high. Let alone right up next to some phase 3 lines. Had to set a bull line and climbing line in this tree. Too big to get my lanyard around the stem. I don't think I've ever shot a line that close to power lines. It drew up the sphincter for sure...

 

[oldirty]

It drew up the sphincter for sure...

drew up?! probably woulda torn the longjohns right off my body.

 

[treeclimber101]

Yeah, I should get it tomorrow. I'm figuring 4 hours max.

LOL, just saw on the news where the winds were actually gusting to 40 today. It just plain sucks being in a tree with winds that high. Let alone right up next to some phase 3 lines. Had to set a bull line and climbing line in this tree. Too big to get my lanyard around the stem. I don't think I've ever shot a line that close to power lines. It drew up the sphincter for sure...

Your nuts , 40 mph and three phase sounds like a day in hell with all the trimmings , 10 yrs ago I dropped a silver maple stick and went phase to phase , shutting down about 700 houses a police station and about 5 traffic lights , and to wash that all down fried the pole tap relay near the house where we were working ...

 

[tree md]

Your nuts , 40 mph and three phase sounds like a day in hell with all the trimmings , 10 yrs ago I dropped a silver maple stick and went phase to phase , shutting down about 700 houses a police station and about 5 traffic lights , and to wash that all down fried the pole tap relay near the house where we were working ...

LOL, well if your going to tear one down, GO BIG! I bet that was something to see.

Yeah, I was hoping to be able to finish this one today. Everything is being lowered over the house, on the opposite side of the lines. I could have probably tagged every piece and finished it but it was a ##### just hanging on up there with winds gusting that bad. It was beating me up pretty bad. Decided to wait for a better day. No sense in taking a chance of a rope or limb blowing into the lines.

 

[treeclimber101]

LOL, well if your going to tear one down, GO BIG! I bet that was something to see.

Yeah, I was hoping to be able to finish this one today. Everything is being lowered over the house, on the opposite side of the lines. I could have probably tagged every piece and finished it but it was a ##### just hanging on up there with winds gusting that bad. It was beating me up pretty bad. Decided to wait for a better day. No sense in taking a chance of a rope or limb blowing into the lines.

I have never experienced a phase to phase 0f 28kv , it was truly the most helpless feeling in the world watching that twig fry then catch on fire and the arc was jumping out of the wires at least 15ft , and the sound was like a cannon firing every 15 seconds until the switch finally tripped , the wire was fine but the relay was fried along with about 10k in property damage my first and only loss run ever, and a subsequent 500.00 fine for working in the MAD area , since I have taken three EHAP classes and learned how dangerous electricity can be

 

[TreeTarget]

Ha Ha, Good one, Should and Shall, Thats why a company needs a real tree guy to call the shots. Nowadays , some young guys with ambition to make $, decide to get into a market they know nothing about. Some are smooth talkers and some are book smart, but rarely are they an experienced climber that can call them out and dispute there numbers.
Jeff

I will not go into the fiasco that the tree service I worked for in Wisconsin was...We'll just say that other than heavy equipment and transport, nothing I was ever taught there was safe or conscious of anything other than "don't hit the house or tear up the yard with the truck."
I tell the current boss about things I did while with the cheese-head's company, and I can only describe the reactions to my stories as, comihorpuzfuddled...never had done anything tree-related other than to look at them.
I started the job, and three days later, the boss had fired his whole crew, for various reasons, and I was running bucket truck, dozer, gravel truck, backhoe, and a bunch of other fun stuff--given an address and a description of the job if he had thought about it and made a diagram...worked there about 7-8 months and only now, 12 years later, do I realize I was soooooooooooooooooooo lucky it is pitiful.
Had the hack for a boss...he was a hard-working guy, but...

Have a real tree-guy for a boss, now...

Ignorance was bliss back then...it horrifies me now.

 

[tree md]

I saw some pretty serious failures during our ice storm. Have worked a lot of storms but that was the first I ever actually witnessed massive failures. They finally began shutting down the grid ahead of the failures.

I brushed the tip of a limb on a phase three line one time when I was about 24. I got very lucky.

 

[ropensaddle]

Yeah, I should get it tomorrow. I'm figuring 4 hours max.

LOL, just saw on the news where the winds were actually gusting to 40 today. It just plain sucks being in a tree with winds that high. Let alone right up next to some phase 3 lines. Had to set a bull line and climbing line in this tree. Too big to get my lanyard around the stem. I don't think I've ever shot a line that close to power lines. It drew up the sphincter for sure...

MD many people don't understand but I do I have been to your state everytime I go there the wind is the first thing I notice lmfao. Here the thick woods and mountains shield you unless it is real windy like the first day I limbed those pines it was windy then. However in your state it can be calm and the wind still blows me down :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[ropensaddle]

we filled a 120yd trailer in 2hr and 7 mins. absolute chip show. the 790 is eating wood like a mofo. (have i shown you any pics of it yet?)

it started with a row of red pine smallest being 2800lbs and the biggest was about 5200. all 1 pickers along the drive way. we ripped them out in 42mins. then it was onto the about 7 pine tops, 2 red maples and 1 hickory rounded out the rest of the time. chipper is getting loosened up and the auto feed is dialed in. damn near packed the thing full. 48ft trailer i think. if any of you are thinking of getting a big chipper you gotta look into a woodsman. grapple is the tits but watching them eat is flat out silly.

no pics though so sorry to disappoint ya, raining so no camera and my phone is broken. woulda been a sweet job to film too. believe me boys i brought it up but the weather won out.

OD I have always said if I was going to spend the coin for a large new chipper it would be grapple fed. I will probably die with my chuck and duck though I feel if your going to spend that much green back it needs to feed itself.

 

[tree md]

That's the thing, Here you have to work in the wind or you don't work. It's kind of like deer hunting. I always hated hunting on windy days. Deer don't move much in a lot of parts of the country in high winds. Here you have to hunt in the wind or you don't hunt. Deer are accustomed to it and don't effect their movement much. You just got to learn to use the wind to your advantage. Same with trees.

I will typically work in winds up to 25 MPH. 10-20 is about average. 30 MPH is getting up there. I'd rather not work in it but will if I absolutely have to. 40 MPH and I'm packing it in.

 

[Legit_Arborist]

Well thats a bunch of :censored: ...

And you are respectfully entitled to your opinion. I've known enough "tree guys" to know I don't want to know too many more involuntarily.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I will not go into the fiasco that the tree service I worked for in Wisconsin was...We'll just say that other than heavy equipment and transport, nothing I was ever taught there was safe or conscious of anything other than "don't hit the house or tear up the yard with the truck."
I tell the current boss about things I did while with the cheese-head's company, and I can only describe the reactions to my stories as, comihorpuzfuddled...never had done anything tree-related other than to look at them.
I started the job, and three days later, the boss had fired his whole crew, for various reasons, and I was running bucket truck, dozer, gravel truck, backhoe, and a bunch of other fun stuff--given an address and a description of the job if he had thought about it and made a diagram...worked there about 7-8 months and only now, 12 years later, do I realize I was soooooooooooooooooooo lucky it is pitiful.
Had the hack for a boss...he was a hard-working guy, but...

Have a real tree-guy for a boss, now...

Ignorance was bliss back then...it horrifies me now.

So you had it hard and seems like you hung in there and now better for it. I bet your resume is better for your troubles. Now thats respect for ya. I bet you would make a great boss to guys coming up in the ranks!
Jeff

 

[Moestavrn]

I removed a dead Norway with the bucket, and ground the stump, probably one of my last few removeals at this company, maybe the last considering the owner is sending out Oil Sprays tomorrow. At least my last day is April 9th

 

[Legit_Arborist]

Ha Ha, Good one, Should and Shall, Thats why a company needs a real tree guy to call the shots. Nowadays , some young guys with ambition to make $, decide to get into a market they know nothing about. Some are smooth talkers and some are book smart, but rarely are they an experienced climber that can call them out and dispute there numbers.
Jeff

I've heard this comment many times but I hear it from mostly men who have been in trees they're whole lives. I imagine that the tree business is a lucrative business and should be attractive to young entrepreneurs. If they can operate it successfully, provide a quality product and learn about the industry then why should that be a negative experience? I never understood this line of thinking. I was young when I started being involved with trees but have only climbed a handful of times my entire life. I have a great education to thank for that.

 

[tree md]

And you are respectfully entitled to your opinion. I've known enough "tree guys" to know I don't want to know too many more involuntarily.

Boy, I'd sure say you chose the wrong line of work if that's how you feel...

And as for what is a legit arborist:

An arborist, or (less commonly) arboriculturalist, is a professional in the practice of arboriculture, which is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.