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Dealt with poison ivy, day two...did alot of riding around, got a pair of safety glasses, checked out a couple of nice climbing rigs with the boss, cut up and loaded a medium tree as it was felled after another minor job, and then a shower...

...came home with less money than I went to work with.

Not bad...
 
tree md said:
I got everything out from over the house on my tree. Very tedious. Having to take it in small bites. Very small landing zone so I had to wait for every thing to be cut and cleared before I could lower another one so my guys aren't tripping over it. Having to put a tag line on every piece to make sure it don't swing into the lines. I could have finished today but it would have been dark by the time I left and I don't like hauling at night. I decided to finish the spar tomorrow. Also got a stump ground.
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Your day went better than mine lol. I had meant to strip three tall pines but the wind made me skeeerd lol. I got one stripped after a line blew on the bucket so now have to repair a hydraulic line:rolleyes: I trimmed a few more in the back and one small removal in back too.
Got some more work thrown in and got to bid neighbors trees Saturday. Tomorrow go back to the big pine I started Monday to hopefully get it down then back to todays job. I also got five stumps and a huge oak bid and accepted this mourning. I wish people could understand it has to be scheduled, seems everyone wants it done today lol:cheers:
 
I hear you on the wind Rope. Believe it or not this is the first day we have had in about 2 weeks where the wind wasn't blowing 40 MPH. We had 60+ MPH winds a couple of days ago with damage. Had some pretty good damage about 20 miles away. They're not sure if it was straight line winds or a small tornado.

Anyway, Got another large removal to do after I finish this one. Looking like Saturday before I'll be caught up. Got two more big jobs to look at. :cheers:
 
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tree md said:
I hear you on the wind Rope. Believe it or not this is the first day we have had in about 2 weeks where the wind wasn't blowing 40 MPH. We had 60+ MPH winds a couple of days ago with damage. Had some pretty good damage about 20 miles away. They're not sure if it was straight line winds or a small tornado.

Anyway, Got another large removal to do after I finish this one. Looking like Saturday before I'll be caught up. Got two more big jobs to look at. :cheers:
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Great glad to hear your work is going good as well:clap: We get your weather eventually lol!
 
Mikecutstrees said:
Here is a picture of the half way point of the red oak we removed on wed. We had it down, cut up, stump ground and topsoil and seed finished in just over 8 hours. An excellent job all in all. Only annoying part was the guy who was supposed to get the wood thought he could take a whole 30" oak in one trip in his dump trailer. Made cleanup a bit harder working around the wood etc. But it was a good day..... Mike
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http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=132467&d=1270779769

Anywhere USA. How many cities could this picture NOT have been taken.

Not busting on anything there, just an observation I marvel at wherever I am working, MS, VA, CA, CO I've been in yards that could have been next door to me.
 
Well my tree is done. Didn't get many pics because it was all hands on deck with the ropes. When it comes to my priorities keeping the limbs and chunks out of the lines takes precedence over taking pretty pictures. Anyway, trust me it was an ugly tree. I had to rope every piece of it over the house and keep it off of the phase three lines that was less then 10 feet from the tree. It had my sphincter drawn up a couple of times. I had to pull about a 3000 pound knotted chunk off of me today at 40' with a back lean. I told one of the guys to take some pics while I was working the spar but they didn't come out. I guess he didn't work the camera right or something. Here are some pics I got before and after dropping the spar. Tight drop zone. Maybe 15'.

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The 084 is a BEAST! LOL.

I'm not going to say which one he is but 046 is in these pics. What a guy. He put me onto this job and helped out a bunch! He's got a few years on me and knows quite a bit about this work (although he is modest). I tend to listen to him when he tells me something. This dude can fix anything. His saw skills, rigging knowledge and mechanical ability are second to none. I wish I could work with him everyday. :cheers:
 
LOL. Been having to take a pause for the cause. I'm back in the game for the moment.

Besides getting this one finished up I had to pick up a couple of checks do some banking, make payroll, come home and grind a few chains so I will be good to go for the next one tomorrow. It's around 30" DBH. It's a breeze compared to this last one though. I've got to rope three or four limbs over the house but I can get loose with the rest of it. Will probably block the spar to keep from damaging the lawn, she's a good client and keeps her yard immaculate. Still I figure an hour to put it on the ground. Have to haul the wood and grind the stump though. ;)
 
treevet said:
Keep up the good work md. How do you guys pick up big wood?
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That wood got left. My friend that I met on this site, 046, heats totally with wood so I try to keep him stocked. I plan to help him move this wood on Sunday. We don't have far to go.

I mostly do it the old fashioned way. I don't have a log truck so I either load it out with a trailer or sub someone. You'd be surprised how much I give away as firewood. I really like it when I can load it out with a crane! This is Oklahoma brother. Firewood is like free heat. ;)
 
jefflovstrom said:
25 Phoenix dactylifera's in 4 hours, $2900.00 on a Saturdy with four guys. That is 16 man hours is like $181.00 per man hour. I am salary , so I dont count. Cloudy and gloomy morning turning partly nice day.:)
Jeff
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What type of rolling stock did you have on site; 20 inch chipper, loader 3 trucks...
 

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