whadja do today?

[treeclimber101]

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

lol

You need to get a old dump truck for the wood , I cannot stand seeing all those little pop dents and scratches that moving wood makes ..You got a nice chip body there don't ruin it with logs ..

 

[TreeTarget]

Three small jobs today, and nothing much to sweat over, aside from the humidity. Can't decide if I want to stand around leaning on things tomorrow and feel guilty for getting paid for it, or if I should put in a good shop-day...leaning towards the shop-day, but like being outside. Doing dishes now, and listening to good ol' Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline. Gonna practice some knots later...look out.

 

[Blakesmaster]

You need to get a old dump truck for the wood , I cannot stand seeing all those little pop dents and scratches that moving wood makes ..You got a nice chip body there don't ruin it with logs ..

Point taken. It's pretty beefy for a chip body though and I had the channel placed 16 inches on center under the bed, then lined with UHMW. I ain't denting that part with those dinky little pine chunks.

 

[treemandan]

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.

They gave me a couple of bottles of water today so the brush pile over there cost 75. Water? What were they thinking?
I could have gotten the job done today but they added this pile. They had cut down some shrubs and small trees then brought out a tow strap which I broke in 1 second trying to yank the stumps. I knew better.
So I left the chipper in the drive and will finish up the last two tommorow. The job consisted of raising the canopy on 12 spruce trees to about head high. Pics to come.

 

[treemandan]

Back in from banging out 50 stumps I think I might chill and tinker the rest of the weekend. I got to repair the Mack The buzzer quit and the compressor is getting oil in tanks, oh boy probably gonna be a few bucks. Then if that don't sound bad enough, insurance decided to go up 40% because of a 800 dollar claim I tried to pay out of pocket and the neighbor thought I did not have insurance, refused to let me pay out of pocket. I gave up getting rich four years ago but I have held on to surviving too long, I think sometimes.

I ask a lot of guys why they do this and get some good answers. The ones that say " cause I want to be rich" sort of crack me up.

 

[ozzy42]

Took down a few cedars today. Nothing worthy of pics ,just 3 cedars abot 30 ft tall 16''-18'' D.B.H. Next to a chicken wire type fence .Hit the fence with a few small ones ,just stretch it back up into place.

Got to take down a few small pines tomorrow ,and call it a week,,,,,,HERE!




Going out to Ar. for a few weeks.
My cousin's climber hurt himself doing a weekend project on some porch construction or something of that nature.
Details are a bit shaky but from what I've heard ,he fell for some distance ,and got a nasty cut [32 stiches] on top of the injury from the fall.
Back and arm injury ,I'm not sure which area was from the fall or the cut.
I know the guy ,so I'll find out when I get out there.
My cousin had left town ,[heading down here for the week] when he got the news.Hence the sketchy details.


Leaving tomorrow night.I don't know if I will have internet access out there or not.

Gonna try to talk the wife out of her laptop for the trip,but that's kinda iffy,seeing as I broke one of her digital cameras awhile back ,and she prefers that I not use electronic devices unsupervised LOL .
ESPECIALLY HERS.

 

[tree md]

Did a big, nasty, dead Cottonwood today. It was around 3' DBH and looked like a piece of driftwood. No climbing, all I had to do was stick a saw in it and drop it. What sucked is that it was on a lake in the marsh grass and covered in poison ivy. Had to cut my way into it while watching out for snakes the whole way. Then I had to cut it up and move it out of the head high marsh grass. It was dirty, hot and nasty. Also had to prune three trees around the house, all were contacting the roof. Had to clear the service drop to the house and the chimney. Got to go back tomorrow. She added 6 more trees. That is after I go bid a commercial job. 10 removals and a few prunes... Cha-ching...

 

[jefflovstrom]

Took down a few cedars today. Nothing worthy of pics ,just 3 cedars abot 30 ft tall 16''-18'' D.B.H. Next to a chicken wire type fence .Hit the fence with a few small ones ,just stretch it back up into place.

Got to take down a few small pines tomorrow ,and call it a week,,,,,,HERE!




Going out to Ar. for a few weeks.
My cousin's climber hurt himself doing a weekend project on some porch construction or something of that nature.
Details are a bit shaky but from what I've heard ,he fell for some distance ,and got a nasty cut [32 stiches] on top of the injury from the fall.
Back and arm injury ,I'm not sure which area was from the fall or the cut.
I know the guy ,so I'll find out when I get out there.
My cousin had left town ,[heading down here for the week] when he got the news.Hence the sketchy details.


Leaving tomorrow night.I don't know if I will have internet access out there or not.

Gonna try to talk the wife out of her laptop for the trip,but that's kinda iffy,seeing as I broke one of her digital cameras awhile back ,and she prefers that I not use electronic devices unsupervised LOL .
ESPECIALLY HERS.

Thats a dang long drive,Oz. Or are you flying?
Jeff

 

[jefflovstrom]

Did a big, nasty, dead Cottonwood today. It was around 3' DBH and looked like a piece of driftwood. No climbing, all I had to do was stick a saw in it and drop it. What sucked is that it was on a lake in the marsh grass and covered in poison ivy. Had to cut my way into it while watching out for snakes the whole way. Then I had to cut it up and move it out of the head high marsh grass. It was dirty, hot and nasty. Also had to prune three trees around the house, all were contacting the roof. Had to clear the service drop to the house and the chimney. Got to go back tomorrow. She added 6 more trees. That is after I go bid a commercial job. 10 removals and a few prunes... Cha-ching...

And just imagine- you will be in a desert tomorow! An Oklahoman desert. Really? Watch out for cows!
Jeff

 

[tree md]

And just imagine- you will be in a desert tomorow! An Oklahoman desert. Really? Watch out for cows!
Jeff

No shade... It sure feels like a desert. All of the trees I have to do tomorrow but one are in the marsh grass. Only these are further out. Looks like I'm going to be in at least 6 inches of water out there. I'm doing the large tree on dry land first then I'm changing into my 16" snake boots to do the rest. I'm telling you, there are water moccasins as long as a man's leg out there!!!

 

[jefflovstrom]

That sucks, can you rig it and pull it? Guess if you could it would not suck.
Jeff

 

[tree md]

That sucks, can you rig it and pull it? Guess if you could it would not suck.
Jeff

Actually, it's not too bad. All I have to do is raise the canopy on a small grove of trees so she has a nice view of the lake. Maybe a half our of work out there. The tallest tree is around 40'. It's all pole saw work.

I had planned to skid the logs of the cottonwood out to dry land today but it was so rotten and wet it exploded when it hit the ground. It wasn't as far out. Not much water, just mucky mud. Anyway, I just decided to cut it into rounds and roll them out of there. It still sucked.

 

[ozzy42]

Thats a dang long drive,Oz. Or are you flying?
Jeff

Driving my pickemup out there.It' just under 1000 mi from my house.Pc of cake[I was an OTR driver for 6 years}

Taking my oldest son with me ,gonna make it a working vacation.

Wife agreed to let me take the laptop. I don't think they have wi fi at the house ,but sure I can find a signal in town somewhere.

 

[TreeTarget]

Went to work and came back home half an hour later due to a lack of work. Boss seems to think it's ok for me to stand around, thumb up rectum, leaning on a polesaw, and getting paid for said leaning and thumbing.
Afterwards, took 2 years of can gathering with the brat to the recycling center, drove around town for two hours to get two $2.00 parts to build a circular sander, finished cutting on a rustic mirror frame, and got my butt whooped at cards by my boy at the pub down the street. Almost 9 and I can't beat him at cards...looking dangerous. I just took my lumps and watched the boy flirt with the waitress, as usual.
Tomorrow looks like work, so heading to bed to get my four.

 

[tree MDS]

Went to work and came back home half an hour later due to a lack of work. Boss seems to think it's ok for me to stand around, thumb up rectum, leaning on a polesaw, and getting paid for said leaning and thumbing.
Afterwards, took 2 years of can gathering with the brat to the recycling center, drove around town for two hours to get two $2.00 parts to build a circular sander, finished cutting on a rustic mirror frame, and got my butt whooped at cards by my boy at the pub down the street. Almost 9 and I can't beat him at cards...looking dangerous. I just took my lumps and watched the boy flirt with the waitress, as usual.
Tomorrow looks like work, so heading to bed to get my four.

Sounds like you have some pretty boring days.. thanks for that though.

 

[Sunrise Guy]

Business has been good---

We got very busy to the point where I was looking forward to a lull. The thing is, on my off days, I found so much to do around my house that I got more tired than on work days. In the last two days I dug 100' of trench, laid 10-2 UF cable for a 30 Amp line, did all of the wiring, weeded the garden, pruned two of my own trees, took apart a sump pump in my empty pool and fixed it, etc., etc. I'm glad I'm working today so I can rest up. LOL!

-Miles Lefler

 

[tree MDS]

Off to finish taking down the silver maple I got down to bucket height yesterday.. then I get to play tractor queen and finish stuffing the 30 yard dumpster I have at this place. Gonna have to run a couple loads in the one ton too probably.

Starting to wish it would rain one of these days.. I gotta go shopping for a big chip truck.

 

[treevet]

We have so much work I could run 3 or 4 crews easily. Don't need the headache tho. Just finished a nice fat job on an estate with a mansion.

No rest for the wicked mds.opcorn:

 

[Blakesmaster]

No rest for the wicked

Eric and I have been saying that for the past two weeks. It's starting to get old now. lol. The two of us put out another 17 yards of chips today from a storm damaged boxelder and a decent sized silver maple. Put another half load of wood on the truck from the maple. Whittled and chipped all the boxelder. Both had to be rigged because they were over driveways and houses, I should just go buy a damned bucket truck one of these days. Coulda cut and chucked most of those trees and been home by noon. Oh well, gotta go run a few bids in a minute.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Ain't no rest for the wicked.

I don't know jack about this band but this song's been in my head a bit. Good tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U631FGnXDXY