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Nahhhhh they were paid for lol.
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Nahhhhh they were paid for lol.
treevet
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today we are standing in the woods at 8 30 am looking at a thousand pound branch up maybe 60 feet still attached to a sugar maple and laying on the steep high roof of a contemporary house (built around an organ). Yesterday we worked 10 1/2 hours of non stop hard stuff in 90 degree humidity. Not feeling this at all. We were supposed to do this yesterday.
But wait.....we got the Wraptor set up. One bean bag shot right above the breakage out of the cube with the slick green line. Put on the 200, tie on the micro bull line and lash a mini porty to a nearby tree. Within seconds, literally, I am standing on the branch above the big hanger. Not even a breath of energy expended. It is still boggling....probably because I have been doing this the hard way so long.
I yell down to Kyle...."this is just amazing isn't it?" "yeah" he says.
Sent down the magic machine and attached the 1/4 inch line and cut the butt loose. Still hanging on the roof. But with a little kick or 2 and Kyle pulling on the throw line I tossed in the canopy of the part on the roof before I went up...now it is hanging by this little thread straight down. Little boggling in itself.
Cleaned up after lowering, collected a nice bone, then went on to the hard stuff in the next town from ours for the rest of the day.
But wait.....we got the Wraptor set up. One bean bag shot right above the breakage out of the cube with the slick green line. Put on the 200, tie on the micro bull line and lash a mini porty to a nearby tree. Within seconds, literally, I am standing on the branch above the big hanger. Not even a breath of energy expended. It is still boggling....probably because I have been doing this the hard way so long.
I yell down to Kyle...."this is just amazing isn't it?" "yeah" he says.
Sent down the magic machine and attached the 1/4 inch line and cut the butt loose. Still hanging on the roof. But with a little kick or 2 and Kyle pulling on the throw line I tossed in the canopy of the part on the roof before I went up...now it is hanging by this little thread straight down. Little boggling in itself.
Cleaned up after lowering, collected a nice bone, then went on to the hard stuff in the next town from ours for the rest of the day.
oldirty
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one of the last old growth sugar maples left in town. well it was. 16k.
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edit: this leader fell into the neighbors yard and all the cuts were from the town guys effort to clean up the area.......made more of a mess they did than help.
edit: this leader fell into the neighbors yard and all the cuts were from the town guys effort to clean up the area.......made more of a mess they did than help.
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ropensaddle
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16k wow I am so jealous of market difference I can't get more than 3k for any tree here. They are worth it but you won't get it. I did bid one at 10k because I did not want the job without a crane, never heard back, two years ago lol.
treevet
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surprised the boss tells you what he got on jobs.....that can lead to some jealousy.
oldirty
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lol. sorry rope, i meant 16k as in thousand pounds. i have no idea how much that big donkey went for but it was for the town. we do their nasties.
ropensaddle
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oldirty
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no no lbs not cash.
i am privy to alot of info at the company and sometimes the monetary side too. they got nothing to worry about when it comes to that **** though. the only thing i want to do is work. i know about how much is coming in and i just love the fact they riding me to earn it. feels good to pitch in and earn for the boss. as long as i get my hours i am not going worry about what they get for the job......
but i was referring to the weight. lol
oldirty
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I feel like a dumb arse that was a lot of tree on the hook fo sho bro
no worries man!
treevet
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Got it OD...but you should be leaving the lot at night in a brand new Super Duty while the boss drives his Porche home....No?
ropensaddle
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Oldirty thats the right ethic and what it means to be a man bro. I always work twice as hard if I am subbing for someone else cause I know they gotta come out too. I don't ever want to be a burden!
oldirty
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maybe one day that would be nice. but that means i am not working in the field with the boys.......can't have that just yet.
oldirty
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rope if i could ever get my personal life in line with my work life i could probably take over the world. lol.
thank you.
oldirty
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we 3 parted the line to pick it.
treevet
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not if you're top dog in the field OD. I worked for a number of big companies back in the day and the gen foreman did real well.
oldirty
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they getting ready for me to run that crane, tv. i'll be a foreman then. but for now i am just the number 2 on our crew. the days the number one isn't in then yes i get moved up but not daily. besides the crane op is the operations manager for our company. do i want his job? lol.......no. what a pain in the stick that is. his phone never stops ringing.
too soon enough though.....soon enough.
treevet
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if you're ok with how they treat you...that's all that matters.
Blakesmaster
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Nice shots, OD, keep 'em comin'.
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