whadja do today?

[ropensaddle]

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.

Not too bad yet but then its getting hotter right now so prolly 93 by 3m
Hot Springs, Memorial Field Airport
Lat: 34.48 Lon: -93.1 Elev: 554
Last Update on May 25, 12:53 pm CDT

Fair

88 °F
(31 °C)
Humidity: 57 %
Wind Speed: Vrbl 6 MPH
Barometer: 30.01" (1015.4 mb)
Dewpoint: 71 °F (22 °C)
Heat Index: 94 °F (34 °C)
Visibility: 10.00 mi.

 

[tree md]

90 is OK it's the 110 weather that really eats my lunch. Anything under a hundred is gravy. Was 86 here yesterday. A little warm but still in my perfect working weather range. Anything from 60-90 is ideal to me..

I just tuned up and sharpened the chain on my 192. I had been neglecting it. It had been relegated to ground use. I had been using my handsaw on anything up to what I needed the 200 for when I bought it a few years ago. After I bought the 200 the 192 has stayed on the ground. 200 still runs like a top but I might have to take my 192 back for a climb saw now...

 

[ropensaddle]

90 is OK it's the 110 weather that really eats my lunch. Anything under a hundred is gravy. Was 86 here yesterday. A little warm but still in my perfect working weather range. Anything from 60-90 is ideal to me..

I just tuned up and sharpened the chain on my 192. I had been neglecting it. It had been relegated to ground use. I had been using my handsaw on anything up to what I needed the 200 for when I bought it a few years ago. After I bought the 200 the 192 has stayed on the ground. 200 still runs like a top but I might have to take my 192 back for a climb saw now...

Yeah its coming fast to pard 100 plus will soon be here but sometimes muggy is bad too.

 

[ropensaddle]

Well I guess break is over Think I will go grind ten stumps!

 

[treevet]

I like that truck! Very masculine!

 

[ropensaddle]

I like that truck! Very masculine!

I thought so too but it told me today it liked Jeffy :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[treevet]

glad to see you get on him Rope. That takes some of the heat off me from him pickin on me all the time

 

[tree MDS]

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

I could send el gay over your way man.. seriously!

Please??

 

[Groundman One]

90 is OK it's the 110 weather that really eats my lunch. Anything under a hundred is gravy. Was 86 here yesterday. A little warm but still in my perfect working weather range. Anything from 60-90 is ideal to me..

I don't know how you guys do it when it gets that hot. I have to go under the hose every fifteen-minutes if I'm hauling stuff and soak my head and shirt or I'll actually barf all over the client's lawn.

As far as Fahrenheit goes, anything from 0 to 70 is good work weather. More than that, bleah.

 

[tree md]

I don't know how you guys do it when it gets that hot. I have to go under the hose every fifteen-minutes if I'm hauling stuff and soak my head and shirt or I'll actually barf all over the client's lawn.

As far as Fahrenheit goes, anything from 0 to 70 is good work weather. More than that, bleah.

I don't know how you guys do it up there. Anything below 35 and I'm ready to get back in the truck and turn up some heat. I'm like a camel in the heat here but I've lived with it my whole life.

Anyway, Here's a pic of the fat boy in the tree yesterday. The piece I am on was my next piece to block. I set my block on the lower stub, choked it with my running bowline just above the stub below my foot in this pic and made my cut just under the stub below my foot in the pic. Pretty good sized piece for the block. Couldn't get too many pics cause we were all busy working but did manage to get this one:

 

[tree md]

And for the hard hat police, I did wear one while I was brushing it out and lowering big wood above me but took it off when I started blocking chunks below me. It was warm and since I am a helmet law sucks type of guy, I wear one when I choose. I'm the boss and that's my prerogative.

 

[treevet]

timber hitch on the block?

 

[jefflovstrom]

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.

North county San Diego, San Marcos. No hiding here!
Jeff

 

[tree md]

Yeah, not my favorite knot for blocking but the wood got too big for a cow hitch on that piece. I made due on that one (never had a TH fail while blocking wood). I switched out to my bigger double braid sling after that cut and used a cow hitch.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I thought so too but it told me today it liked Jeffy :hmm3grin2orange:

HA HA Ha!
Jeff

 

[treevet]

North county San Diego, San Marcos. No hiding here!
Jeff

I was kidding but thought I might find you in the greater San Diego book. Didn't have much spare time as family came from all over and it was sort of a whirlwind trip. I will look you up next time I am out there and have more time. Prior to this trip my wife would not fly as we had a near death flight a few years ago and I am not exaggerating. She got a little help in the form of a pill.

I have some fam in Cardiff by the Sea.

 

[treevet]

Yeah, not my favorite knot for blocking but the wood got too big for a cow hitch on that piece. I made due on that one (never had a TH fail while blocking wood). I switched out to my bigger double braid sling after that cut and used a cow hitch.

I use the Timber Hitch a lot. Never had one fail either and I have tested the hell out of it over the years.

 

[Groundman One]

I don't know how you guys do it up there. Anything below 35 and I'm ready to get back in the truck and turn up some heat. I'm like a camel in the heat here but I've lived with it my whole life.

Great pic!

I'll send a truck for you next winter when we're shovelling roofs in -30. That'll wake ya up. Or kill ya. Something anyway.

Two-years back I did one roof at an honest -40. At night no less. Low slope, not high at all, about three-hours work. It was actually a lot of fun. I was dressed up like an astronaut.

 

[tree md]

I use the Timber Hitch a lot. Never had one fail either and I have tested the hell out of it over the years.

I have used it a lot over the years too. It is the first hitch I learned to set my slings. I have never had one fail in the tree either. I did have one fail when I was trying to use it as a snatch block and pull over a stump onetime but I had it set at the wrong angle and was loading it wrong (side loading). As long as you are loading it vertically it is fail safe IMO. I have still come to prefer the cow hitch for big wood. It does take twice the length of sling though.

 

[tree md]

Great pic!

I'll send a truck for you next winter when we're shovelling roofs in -30. That'll wake ya up. Or kill ya. Something anyway.

Two-years back I did one roof at an honest -40. At night no less. Low slope, not high at all, about three-hours work. It was actually a lot of fun. I was dressed up like an astronaut.

You can have all of that -30, -40 and shoveling snow off of roofs bud. Just keep it up there. I'll stick to my fun in the sun.