whadja do today?

[treemandan]

Had to start the day by making another dump. Since I haven't been able to get in to my regular dump I have been having to deal with the city Green Waste and the bankers house they work (3:45 is last call at gate and they are closed Sunday).

Anyway, I was in the tree by 10 AM after making my dump and fighting traffic through all the road construction. Had to lower every piece of this Sivler maple over the house. Lots of block work. I took some good sized pieces. Took about a 20' section of one fork that was around 2 foot. I tip tied it and hung it out of a natural fork in the other side. I figured it at just under 3000#. I also butt hitched a 16 foot piece that was around 18". Is that what they call negative blocking??? I'm not sure about all the terminology, I just know how to do it. I figured that one at just under 1300 but it took me for a pretty good ride. Been awhile since I have taken a ride like that. It didn't slam me or anything but it was a pretty good ride. I also butt hitched a 6 footer that was right around 30". Not much of a ride on that one because I was into the big wood at that point. I figured that one a just over 1300. I dropped about a 15' pole just perfect in the postage stamp drop zone. Landed it on two logs to absorb the shock and I could saw the lags easier with minimal rolling. One of those days where everything goes perfect...

Hey! Yer Back!

I don't know what you were dumping but I for chips the hardest part of finding a place is deciding who gets em. Logs too. Sometimes I can sell the logs right off the truck for gas money. CL, its actually good for something. That should be the CL motto. I say " chips" they say " over here!" I even find people to take pine logs and such. What works for me is a quick dump with no strings attached.

 

[tree md]

Hey! Yer Back!

I don't know what you were dumping but I for chips the hardest part of finding a place is deciding who gets em. Logs too. Sometimes I can sell the logs right off the truck for gas money. CL, its actually good for something. That should be the CL motto. I say " chips" they say " over here!" I even find people to take pine logs and such. What works for me is a quick dump with no strings attached.

LOL, yep. I had to take a pause for the cause. They put me in Timeout for my filthy mouth... Err keyboard. They used to mash my mouth out with soap and make me stand in a corner when I was in school...

Anyway, Was really planing on making these dumps. I had the wood given away to the guy across the street. I had already loaded his wagon from another job next door. It just got to be too much wood for him so I ended up having to take three more trailer loads of logs than I had planned on. Not a problem, I charged accordingly and the HO had no problem with it. He even gave me a $25 tip. Yeah, chips are no problem but Maple logs can be hard to get rid of. Oak is no problem.

 

[treemandan]

What did I do today? I finally went and knocked on the ladies door who owes me 1300 for over a month and she gave me 700. I feel so much better, I'm sure you all can relate.
My wife wanted me to just sell the ticket to the lawyer but I know the lady will pay. Widow, mid 40's, kids, expensive house...
Just a little knowledge:
If you look around you might find a collections type lawyer who will pay you face value of whatever the invoice is for. That means you get paid in full. The lawyer pays you then adds on his fee then goes to work leaving you free and clear. They just buy it from you. I know a few but never had to use them.
I'll get the rest sooner or later from the lady and what is hard about things like this is the confrontation. What do I say? " Look, I know you are broke, I am trying to help you out and be nice but this is embarassing"
But there are some ####ers out there.

 

[oldirty]

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[treemandan]

LOL, yep. I had to take a pause for the cause. They put me in Timeout for my filthy mouth... Err keyboard. They used to mash my mouth out with soap and make me stand in a corner when I was in school...

Anyway, Was really planing on making these dumps. I had the wood given away to the guy across the street. I had already loaded his wagon from another job next door. It just got to be too much wood for him so I ended up having to take three more trailer loads of logs than I had planned on. Not a problem, I charged accordingly and the HO had no problem with it. He even gave me a $25 tip. Yeah, chips are no problem but Maple logs can be hard to get rid of. Oak is no problem.

Just type the word as it is, we will get it and the censor will bleep it out no problem. They don't like when you try to circumnavigate the curse words by spelling it differently but if you type it normal all is fine. Watch.

yeah I feel guilty as #### unloading all that ####ing maple myself. See?

 

[tree md]

Just type the word as it is, we will get it and the censor will bleep it out no problem. They don't like when you try to circumnavigate the curse words by spelling it differently but if you type it normal all is fine. Watch.

yeah I feel guilty as #### unloading all that ####ing maple myself. See?

LOL, I have been typing it out for the filter but my dumbass mispelled the curse word by accident and it showed up. LOL.

 

[TreeTarget]

What did I do today? I finally went and knocked on the ladies door who owes me 1300 for over a month and she gave me 700. I feel so much better, I'm sure you all can relate.
My wife wanted me to just sell the ticket to the lawyer but I know the lady will pay. Widow, mid 40's, kids, expensive house...
Just a little knowledge:
If you look around you might find a collections type lawyer who will pay you face value of whatever the invoice is for. That means you get paid in full. The lawyer pays you then adds on his fee then goes to work leaving you free and clear. They just buy it from you. I know a few but never had to use them.
I'll get the rest sooner or later from the lady and what is hard about things like this is the confrontation. What do I say? " Look, I know you are broke, I am trying to help you out and be nice but this is embarassing"
But there are some ####ers out there.

No trade, no compromise? Babysitting, gardening...something to ensure your means but that can meet her ends as well? Has to be something that might be arranged...your wife might be pleased with some of the relief another person around the house might provide, on occasion.
Just thinking...

 

[ropensaddle]

LOL, I have been typing it out for the filter but my dumbass mispelled the curse word by accident and it showed up. LOL.

:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[treemandan]

No trade, no compromise? Babysitting, gardening...something to ensure your means but that can meet her ends as well? Has to be something that might be arranged...your wife might be pleased with some of the relief another person around the house might provide, on occasion.
Just thinking...

No man No! Will work for food!

 

[ropensaddle]

So far I have two 40 inch oaks cut came to get the grapple see ya!

 

[treemandan]

I am doing the MDS shuffle. That's trying to find some help.

 

[outofmytree]

Busy as we can possibly be at the moment. I have had to give work away to other guys that I simply could not cover in the time the HO needed. Added another groundie to the crew and have an ad running for 1 more. After that I think its time to put the hourly rate up and winnow out the chaff.

Had a very productive day today. Priced all 3 jobs well and got a vid of the simple crane removal coming as soon as I have time to edit so it will be out by Christmas.... (2015?)

I am really proud of the team. We took this nasty lil Phoenix out in 2 hours and 10 minutes. Thats felled, chipped and stump ground. Oh and my 660 was in the shop so it was all 440 with standard bar (26" ?).

 

[outofmytree]

Almost forgot. Re the TCC photographs.
1. I aint sasquatch. With my shirt off I am so white I can blind the unwary onlooker. That and my hairy back would make me The Abominable Snowman.
2. I was 11th out of 16. Yes I know, a long way back but at least I can now say I am ranked as one of the top 20 climbers in the state!

All joking aside, I really enjoyed the comp and boy was it hard work. I got a lot of very useful insights watching the other guys and girls climb. Switched prussiks again after my Schwabisch bound up twice in the work climb and cost me valuable points. (I could have been 10th!!!!) Also got some nice photographs of the comp winner footlocking with a really smooth action well worth copying. It looked almost effortless.

Best of all was hanging out with about 150 of my climbing peers and hearing nothing but good tree talk all day from people who have the runs on the board. Man I love my trade!

 

[ropensaddle]

So far I have two 40 inch oaks cut came to get the grapple see ya!

Back first load! 10:40

 

[Tree Pig]

Back first load! 10:40

Nice pic Rope, best part about it you dont even have to take that read junk out of the back when you dump the logs

 

[tree md]

I've got to go dump a load of logs myself. As well as follow up on a tree I bid yesterday then do some maintenance. Getting a slow start today. I'm a little tired. Been hard at it lately. Looking like rain so it's a good day for me to hang out in the shop and work on all the things I been putting off.

Going fishing for the next two days. Gonna camp Wednesday night. Have to take a load of firewood up and drop it off at my dad's camp.

 

[treevet]

Busy as we can possibly be at the moment. I have had to give work away to other guys that I simply could not cover in the time the HO needed. Added another groundie to the crew and have an ad running for 1 more. After that I think its time to put the hourly rate up and winnow out the chaff.

Had a very productive day today. Priced all 3 jobs well and got a vid of the simple crane removal coming as soon as I have time to edit so it will be out by Christmas.... (2015?)

I am really proud of the team. We took this nasty lil Phoenix out in 2 hours and 10 minutes. Thats felled, chipped and stump ground. Oh and my 660 was in the shop so it was all 440 with standard bar (26" ?).

that thang's awful perty Doc. Why the erasure?

 

[treevet]

Just got back from a 3 day trip and an all night flight from the Left Coast (Caliphony) and saw my daughter get her Masters in Psychology. Lord knows I can now use some of that help and for free yet (I think).

Saw some beautiful sights and trees, took some picts and may fire up a few up sometime.

Looked up Jeffy in the phone book and no listing (San Diego?). Maybe he is an undercover arb? Quit hidin' behind that stache Jeffy lol.

 

[ropensaddle]

Second and last load ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 1:30 cut two large 40 inch oaks and loaded hauled and chillin under air baby lol.

load a bit heavy lmfao

Job site stumps were cut lower before leaving will grind later this week!

 

[Groundman One]

Today?

Got good coffeee, then did two estimates, then went and did a small job we were supossed to do last week. Then home and into a cold shower. Stupid hot here today. 32c degrees. (That's 90f for y'all who don't speak metric.) I know a lot of you love the heat, it just makes me want to barf and pass out.