whadja do today?

[TreeClimber57]

Ever sinse I gave up on getting rich at this gig. lol.

Gee.. how long did it take you to figure that one out

 

[ropensaddle]

Lol sitting here chillin husky commercial came on while watching the unforgiven. Taming the wild husky kicks

 

[Jumper]

Sat in the back yard applying for jobs. Tomorrow fast as a colonoscopy scheduled for Monday-so looking forward to that. The joys of being 50.

 

[treevet]

Sat in the back yard applying for jobs. Tomorrow fast as a colonoscopy scheduled for Monday-so looking forward to that. The joys of being 50.

good thoughts going out your way

 

[Jumper]

good thoughts going out your way

Thanks, a clean bill of health from that will be a big relief!

 

[TrillPhil]

Took some trees of house roofs (ash and maple), limbs leaning on houses and hanging in trees (maples), took out 24" cherry one lead through a fence, all storm damage, it was ####n hot out... Took out a little 40' pine I used to piss on at soccer practice... (Ironic? I wanted to piss on it one last time but they turned the place into a medical center and the road was pretty busy)

Didnt climb much but bucketwork and spiked up the cherry wasn't over 50' at the top. Filled up two chip truck loads and a pickup full of neatly stacked wood with some piececs in the back of the bucket. Nice 8 hour day with 30 min lunch. All storm damage...

 

[treeman82]

Got a call this morning around 10:30 to go look at a stump grinding job, scheduled the appointment for 2PM. Around 12:30 the lady calls to cancel the appointment because she found somebody else to do it who will take credit cards. This was a first for me, certainly won't be the last though I'm sure.

 

[ropensaddle]

Took some trees of house roofs (ash and maple), limbs leaning on houses and hanging in trees (maples), took out 24" cherry one lead through a fence, all storm damage, it was ####n hot out... Took out a little 40' pine I used to piss on at soccer practice... (Ironic? I wanted to piss on it one last time but they turned the place into a medical center and the road was pretty busy)

Didnt climb much but bucketwork and spiked up the cherry wasn't over 50' at the top. Filled up two chip truck loads and a pickup full of neatly stacked wood with some piececs in the back of the bucket. Nice 8 hour day with 30 min lunch. All storm damage...

You do know piss is a natural herbicide right ? You may have killed that tree just saying :monkey:

 

[TrillPhil]

Hahaha... Maybe if so, a whole soccer team killed it, but actually it was alot of high winds and it wasn't rotted or anything...


And treeman82, paypal can help you to take credit cards but they basically suck and will find a way to get atleast 10% of what goes through them. I'm sure there's a competing service thats not too expensive because the people I work for have a little portable cc machine and theyre cheap bastards.

 

[treeclimber101]

What I did last night

I had a dream that I was running a crane and had climber on the hook , having absolutely no experience with operating somehow I got this poor bastard spinning around in the air like a yo-yo , and finally lowering him onto 3-phase . He never screamed once just took like a man.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Scored me some good firewood today!

Can you believe it? They were just GIVING this stuff away!

lol

 

[tree MDS]

Can you believe it? They were just GIVING this stuff away!

lol

Good for all those campfires anyway.. get splitting!

 

[Blakesmaster]

Good for all those campfires anyway.. get splitting!

Get splitting my ass! Trucked it all to a local nursery that has a tub grinder. 40 bucks a load to get rid of this ####. Not bad when you consider the tonnage we was pulling in on the truck and trailer combined.

I really am impressed with that Dingo though, bud. A lotta power for it's size. It could set it's forks level about 15 inches above our dump bed.

 

[STLfirewood]

Man that thing sure beats the DR Cart I have. I need one of those. I think I will just have to rent one when I need it. I don't do enough tree work to justify it. Looks like a good job.

Scott

 

[tree md]

Get splitting my ass! Trucked it all to a local nursery that has a tub grinder. 40 bucks a load to get rid of this ####. Not bad when you consider the tonnage we was pulling in on the truck and trailer combined.

I really am impressed with that Dingo though, bud. A lotta power for it's size. It could set it's forks level about 15 inches above our dump bed.

Yep, I'll give it away like that all day long... And do so on a pretty regular basis. Pretty good score for a firewood guy but I surely don't make my money dealing with that stuff. Believe me, I've got firewood coming out of my ears...

 

[tree md]

OK, so today I pruned a very large White Oak. I had it in my mind that it was a Pin Oak for some reason but it turned out to be a very mature, nice White oak. It had a good central lead for a tie in and just an all around fun tree to climb and work in. Great canopy, lots of shade (had it made in the shade today) big beautiful laterals that were easy to walk out on. I Ddrt'd it with a foot and hand ascender along with my VT. The more I do the rope climbing the more I love it. This tree was prolly 80' and it took me about 5 -7 minutes to ascend it while removing an old dead hanger and some water sprouts to clear my path along the way. Very enjoyable tree to work on. I took one limb off to a main leader because it was making contact with the shingles, one storm damaged hanger and the rest was deadwood. I only bid it for 4 or 5 dead limbs but when I got up there the tree was so nice to climb in and so fun that I ended up taking about 10 dead limbs out. I don't mind doing that for people at all when they pay me a fair price and are cool. Hassle me about the tree and try to direct me how to prune it and it will either cost you extra or I will do what I have written down in black and white and no more. This lady was very cool and loved her tree. It was a joy to work for her. Besides, I'm kind of a perfectionist like that. I pruned a Saucer magnolia in the back for her as well as a few ornamentals. She is a realtor and told me that from now on I'm her guy.

Also talked to another client this evening about starting her job tomorrow. Had to check it out and see if it is dry enough to get in there. It's in the flood plane.

Also talked to another shiester. A property owner who lives near me. I'll tell that story later. He has one that needs to come off of the service drop and he wants the whole property done he said (about an acre and a half). And "he had some Mexicans do his trees during the last ice storm that gave him a really good price"...

 

[Blakesmaster]

Man that thing sure beats the DR Cart I have. I need one of those. I think I will just have to rent one when I need it. I don't do enough tree work to justify it. Looks like a good job.

Scott

The 525 is a real nice machine, but pricey. The little 420's are going pretty cheap used and that's probably what I'll end up with. Anything's better than doing it manually at this point.

 

[Blakesmaster]

I only bid it for 4 or 5 dead limbs but when I got up there the tree was so nice to climb in and so fun that I ended up taking about 10 dead limbs out. I don't mind doing that for people at all when they pay me a fair price and are cool. Hassle me about the tree and try to direct me how to prune it and it will either cost you extra or I will do what I have written down in black and white and no more. This lady was very cool and loved her tree. It was a joy to work for her. :

That's how I do it too, md. If you want me to pick up that little brush pile over there it's best to ask me while I'm drinking a glass of your fresh homemade lemonade.

 

[tree md]

That's how I do it too, md. If you want me to pick up that little brush pile over there it's best to ask me while I'm drinking a glass of your fresh homemade lemonade.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, I try to do a good job for everyone. My name is on it and I want them all to have a positive experience with me. I just get tired of the ones that want you to do stuff for free. I had one finagle me into doing an extra tree on my last large prune job and it left a bad taste in my mouth. That is after I deadwooded two trees for him that were not even in the contract and cut firewood for him.

Anyway, most days I love my job.

 

[jefflovstrom]

It just turned 8 o clock! I gotta get up early. Going to a seminar in Burbank! Coming from down here, I think it will be a long day. Go "CEU's".
Jeff
Really though, a good one. Bringing ANSI and BMP to the jobsite for the busy Arborist. Probably take me more than 2 hours to get there and 3 to get home. P.S. Dont say nothing TV!
Jeff