whadja do today?

[ropensaddle]

I'm kind of amazed at what stump grinding pays. I have a friend that just grinds stumops for a living. He has several big tree outfits and lots of lawn jockeys he grinds for. I work for him when he's out of town or when he getts really busy. He pays me 1/3 when I grind for him. He usually has $720-1200 of work set up for me on busy days. Not bad for a spot day here and there. He charges $2.50-$3.00 and inch with a $60 min. If you want it hauled and dirt added it's double. He has work everyday weather allows.

Scott

Lol I grind a hundred at 12 per stump if they are mixed sizes and yes I can do it in one day

 

[ropensaddle]

Due to the type, form and location of the trees the weather woulda had to be perfect to work those trees without a crane. And as it happened, had we turned up on that particular day to do the job I'd of had to say no, because it was just too dam windy....and what then for the rest of the day?

No I dont own a crane, i'm just a freelance climber/cutter. As it was Gary had the cost of the crane well covered in the bid. Its a popular misconception that you need a huge tree to warrant a crane, not true at all. You can knock of half a dozen smaller removal jobs in a day with the crane following you round, in a fraction of the time and effort....with good planning of course. Thats how we sell it to the client....safer, low impact, better cleanup and in and out before you know it. Minimum disruption to their lives....lots of clients bite when you put it to them that way.

If however you didn't have much work lined up for the forseeable future, then, it probably wouldn't be too smart.

I have been up lombards in the wind it is gonna look like this for me to rent crane lol btw i done this without one

 

[tree MDS]

I have been up lombards in the wind it is gonna look like this for me to rent crane lol btw i done this without one

You should've just flopped that piece from the get go! lol.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I have been up lombards in the wind it is gonna look like this for me to rent crane lol btw i done this without one

How many times you gonna post that pic? Or the one thru the roof?
Just curious.
Jeff :msp_tongue:

 

[tree MDS]

How many times you gonna post that pic? Or the one thru the roof?
Just curious.
Jeff :msp_tongue:

Ouch.

 

[jefflovstrom]

OOP'S!!!!!
Jeff :msp_mellow:

 

[tree MDS]

you fix the bucket control yet?

Think I nailed it this time. Flew it around for quite a while, and there's no sign of that hitch I was getting now. Put a new control that I already had on that function too.

Sweet!

 

[treevet]

How many times you gonna post that pic? Or the one thru the roof?
Just curious.
Jeff :msp_tongue:

sound the viking horn lol

YouTube - Viking Horn Sound

 

[jefflovstrom]

ouch!

 

[ropensaddle]

How many times you gonna post that pic? Or the one thru the roof?
Just curious.
Jeff :msp_tongue:

Well Jethro when you got em you flaunt them loloke:

 

[ropensaddle]

You should've just flopped that piece from the get go! lol.

Ehhh see the monkey puzzle tree it would of fubared it if I done that!

 

[tree MDS]

Ehhh see the monkey puzzle tree it would of fubared it if I done that!

Oh stop. Just had to get her tippin' the right way is all.

 

[ropensaddle]

Oh stop. Just had to get her tippin' the right way is all.

Ok twenty percent lean to house lol. I could not imagine living one night there ya know:monkey:

 

[tree MDS]

Ok twenty percent lean to house lol. I could not imagine living one night there ya know:monkey:

I hear ya there! I was just teasing a little is all. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[ropensaddle]

I don't know reg much lol so reg if you think jeffy meant a tree went through house here is what he meant also done no crane

 

[jefflovstrom]

Well Jethro when you got em you flaunt them loloke:

So true Rope, Funny you called me Jethro, my climber's call me that. I do like you pic's and was just being ornery.
Jeff

 

[Reg]

I have been up lombards in the wind it is gonna look like this for me to rent crane lol btw i done this without one

Thats not really the point I was making....lots of trees are still safe to climb in the wind, but its the diminished options - mainly loss of directional control where lies the problem....and none more so than lombardy's. Things can end up taking a whole lot longer where there are targets down below....and at least over here where margins are so tight the job will rarely afford a hit like that!

 

[ropensaddle]

Thats not really the point I was making....lots of trees are still safe to climb in the wind, but its the diminished options - mainly loss of directional control where lies the problem....and none more so than lombardy's. Things can end up taking a whole lot longer where there are targets down below....and at least over here where margins are so tight the job will rarely afford a hit like that!

Lol tight I don't know nothing about tight I mean I had nine foot room to the power line and all roof below me on that big pine bro! Use em if you can though but don't think it can't be done without a crane because I have done much worse than these pics show and never had one!

 

[Reg]

Lol tight I don't know nothing about tight I mean I had nine foot room to the power line and all roof below me on that big pine bro! Use em if you can though but don't think it can't be done without a crane because I have done much worse than these pics show and never had one!

Rope, with respect I know a little about conventional rigging of trees in tight spots, take my word for it.

When I said tight margins I wasn't refering to marginal space....I meant profit margins....we are making out by the skin of our teeth here since the recession kicked in, you follow:hmm3grin2orange:?

 

[treevet]

Very interesting story by MtnArb on Buzz.....

I been in some massive tuliptrees over the decades but now know just how big they are capable of getting....191 ft plus

Eastern Native Tree Society BBS • View topic - Fork Ridge Tuliptree- new eastern height record!!!