whos watching earl?

[Scottscape]

anyone thinking about earl? think it will get close enough? we're ready incase

 

[ebrooks83]

i am a ground man in ct that is willing to travel, please pm me if interested, looks like the cape may get hit hard

 

[treemandan]

anyone thinking about earl? think it will get close enough? we're ready incase

really? Central Ohio?
I never really got into any of these stoem chasing threads but coming that far doesn't make sense to me.

 

[capetrees]

We're watching alright. From what I see in the maps, the storm should nail the Cape Friday afternoon and night leaving a three day weekend for cleanup. Sweet! Only problem is I hope my own house doesn't get damaged. It's never been through a hurricane, built after the last hurricane, BOB, went through in 91. Should be lots of downed trees and blocked roads. Only wish I had two more chippers, three more trucks and 5 more guys! I'll take whatever comes my way I guess. Cleanups go on for a while after the storms. Haven't bought ny new equipment due to the storm yet. I did that last time and ended up eating a good sized investment in saws, oil and extra parts. I'll probably be buying some stuff tommorow though.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

Im watching, I think he has to ditch randy, hes holding him back, he will get his list done faster that way.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Don't worry about chippers or trucks. FEMA picks it up at the curb.

 

[ripplerider]

So there would be absolutely no reason to bring a chipper? Suits me, I'd rather make a mess than clean it up. Course Earl will make most of the mess. I'm seriously considering going to this one. Work here is pretty slow and I love a good storm. However this would be my first trip without a major company backing me (lodging,meals,mechanicing, etc.) It would be a gamble for sure. I don't have a bucket so all I would be bringing would be a bunch of rigging and climbing gear, 7 or 8 saws,and a 4wd pickup.

 

[capetrees]

I don't recall FEMA picking up anything ever around here. We had a major blow come through here in 09 and the only help to residents was the towns picked up the debris, brought it to local beach parking lots and chipped it or ground it up. No FEMA money from that, even back to the towns. And even if FEMA is ionvolved, don't thionk that check is coming anytime soon.

 

[dellwas]

Most definity thinking about it. I live in Nova Scotia, on the South Shore, right where it's supposed to hit....

Got all three saws ready to go, and the generator is full of gas with another 20L to keep fueling it.

anyone thinking about earl? think it will get close enough? we're ready incase

 

[murphy4trees]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

Not looking good fof the coast.
This could be a bad one.. we'll have to see if it is more flooding than wind.. either way, its gonna be bad for a lot of folks..

Keep us posted if you can.. need big trees down and big$$ to make it worth traveling for..

 

[lone wolf]

anyone thinking about earl? think it will get close enough? we're ready incase

I am, been trying to get everything ready . you can never be fully prepared . Make sure your trucks are good to go.

 

[ozzy42]

Im watching, I think he has to ditch randy, hes holding him back, he will get his list done faster that way.

:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[ducaticorse]

We're watching alright. From what I see in the maps, the storm should nail the Cape Friday afternoon and night leaving a three day weekend for cleanup. Sweet! Only problem is I hope my own house doesn't get damaged. It's never been through a hurricane, built after the last hurricane, BOB, went through in 91. Should be lots of downed trees and blocked roads. Only wish I had two more chippers, three more trucks and 5 more guys! I'll take whatever comes my way I guess. Cleanups go on for a while after the storms. Haven't bought ny new equipment due to the storm yet. I did that last time and ended up eating a good sized investment in saws, oil and extra parts. I'll probably be buying some stuff tommorow though.

I had family cancel the weekend out on ACK. Its looking better and better every hour. I'm pumped so are my guys. Wish he could've waited another week until I had my new grapple truck here, but oh well!

 

[tree md]

I don't recall FEMA picking up anything ever around here. We had a major blow come through here in 09 and the only help to residents was the towns picked up the debris, brought it to local beach parking lots and chipped it or ground it up. No FEMA money from that, even back to the towns. And even if FEMA is ionvolved, don't thionk that check is coming anytime soon.

On a major catastrophe, when the area is declared a disaster area, FEMA will pay for cleanup of the debris. That is a major portion of the money to be made doing storm work. Large companies will bid on the contracts to haul the debris and smaller companies will work for them. When we had our big ice storm here a few years back the outfit John Paul Sanborn was with got the contract for one of the local school districts. Believe me, on a major one it would take too long for just your average local tree services to clean it up.

In a disaster situation all you got to do is get it to the curb. Hazard mitigation is priority in the beginning. Some high end clients will pay big for cleanup though. They don't want to set around and look at the mess on their cub for a month while they wait for the FEMA contractors to show up.

If it's a real bad one I may take my groundie and my gear and see about contract climbing for someone local.

Good luck to all along the coast. I hope you all fare well.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

I'm still doing Ike cleanup. Down here FEMA did heavy trash haul off for about 12 weeks. Each neighborhood got three sweeps. If you've never done hurricane clean up before think twice. We still have about ten storm chasers down here. I'm going to go by their campsite and (hopefully) wish them a fond farewell.

 

[beowulf343]

Thankfully, NO. Storm chasing lost all its appeal for me a couple years back. We'll probably sub out a few of our cranes, but that's about it. The old man feels the effort isn't worth it unless it's less than five hours away or there is some seriously huge wood down, and he hates having to compete with these guys:

So there would be absolutely no reason to bring a chipper? Suits me, I'd rather make a mess than clean it up. Course Earl will make most of the mess. I'm seriously considering going to this one. Work here is pretty slow and I love a good storm. However this would be my first trip without a major company backing me (lodging,meals,mechanicing, etc.) It would be a gamble for sure. I don't have a bucket so all I would be bringing would be a bunch of rigging and climbing gear, 7 or 8 saws,and a 4wd pickup.

 

[tree md]

Thankfully, NO. Storm chasing lost all its appeal for me a couple years back. We'll probably sub out a few of our cranes, but that's about it. The old man feels the effort isn't worth it unless it's less than five hours away or there is some seriously huge wood down, and he hates having to compete with these guys:

What, you mean you don't like to be crammed into a hotel room with three other guys or be camped out in one of the local camp sites with no power and no water while you worry about every outlaw tree company in the land stealing your equipment???

What's not to love about that???

 

[beowulf343]

What, you mean you don't like to be crammed into a hotel room with three other guys or be camped out in one of the local camp sites with no power and no water while you worry about every outlaw tree company in the land stealing your equipment???

What's not to love about that???

Lol, you forgot mother nature. I've probably been on at least thirty real storms over my career and only one had good weather to work in (Poughkeepsie, 97 i think, 70's and sunny for a week after a freak ice storm.) It's either hotter than hell, or colder than hell, or wetter than hell, mud up to your knees, or water up to your waist, or snow up to your chest. I think i'm wussing out in my middle age.

That, and i'm tired of going to sleep to the smell of wet socks. That smell to this day brings back storm memories-not all bad, but it's definitely a younger man's game.

 

[tree md]

Try being crammed into a room with two guys and a German Shepard... After a couple of weeks the smell gets quite righteous...

 

[treeslayer]

I'll be there, planning it out right now. Be hurricane 2o for me.