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Sad day. Last night my brother’s 400+ year old white oak snapped and blew over in a storm. It has been in decline for awhile. We have treated and fed it but clearly it’s been rotting on the inside for quite some time

I asked my buddy if he had an extra burn barrel. He makes me this thing. Burn barre/grill/smoker/sap cooker/forge

I couldn’t find my old post about this so here’s another. I had showed pics of a gantry I was hoping to pick up. Finally got around to it today. It’s in a temporary position until I get to wiring it up and then it will turn 90 degrees and centered over the mill. That way I can use it to turn...

I made a chair the other day out of an oak log. I think when the crane put it in my truck it was about 2000 lbs or so. I probably shaved off 1000 lbs. I can barely lift it with the dingo. I did most of the carving with a stump grinder. A bit with a chainsaw and then some finish work with an...

I had a big crane job the other day. 2 day job with bad weather coming. The second day was looking like we were gonna be in the freezing rain all day. To my surprise a friend of mine from a local tree company showed up at my job in the morning with 3 of his trucks and some equipment and all of...

Made my Christmas tree today

I ordered nuts and bolts for my 04 bandit 250xp back in March. Still no idea when they will come in. I’ve ordered from a couple different places and even called bandit in Michigan. They also have no idea. They say you should swap out the bolts every 3 blade changes. I’m on 5 now. Anyone have...

Today I was working near some electric lines doing clearance. It was triple phase to the pole where it dropped to what looked like a normal house drop line and then back to triple phase. Had not seen it like that before. My bucket is insulated so I wasn’t worried but then again I don’t know much...

One of the new guys snapped the key of in the ignition of the chipper yesterday. I was able to drill a small whole in it and pull out the broken bit. I couldn’t find any places locally that have that key so I made one 🤣

I do all my firewood on a large processor. I can put up to 22” in it I believe. Maybe a bit bigger. However if I want to do a pace of 4 cords an hour, I have to use only choice logs. 16” and straight. I’ve considered using that cone screw to break up the bigger chunks but I only have the dingo...

I’ve been paying for adds for the last couple years now trying to find employees. What a joke. I can’t get guys to show up for an interview. I’ll pay anywhere from $18-$35 depending on experience. I’ve got plenty of equipment to make life easy ( or at least easy as far as tree work goes ) I...

The new baby has arrived

Anyone going to Pittsburgh this year? We just booked a place on the incline the other week. I’ve only ever driven around Pittsburgh. Looks like an interesting city

Suddenly my pics won’t upload anymore. Anyone else having this problem?

I’m looking for a grinder, rg50 or bigger or something comparable. Also looking for a bucket. Under cdl, chip box, diesel. Looking for quality on both. Been seeing a lot of crap out there.

After doing years of tree work I feel like I need to write up something to educate home owners who are having tree work done. Mainly that I can’t float the f*ing tree out to an abandoned lot where we process it. Sometimes even when you rig things down and use mats and try to be as easy on the...

I don’t work on my saws (yet) . I take them to a local saw shop but I’m beginning to get aggravated with them. It seems like saws last about 2 years before I end up putting so much money into them ( and lost time) that it’s more worth it to just buy a new saw. I’ve talked to several other...

We did a job the other week and the home owner made this sweet video. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z_mNd265WQU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I got to hang with my neighbor the other day. He’s got a little 5 horse bandsaw mill. We did a few black walnut logs and a couple cherry. Now in a year or two I might be able to use it.

A client of mine has a beautiful dawn redwood about 19’ from his house. The tree is 36”dbh or so and maybe 60’ tall. He is of course worried about roots busting up the foundation. I may have convinced him not to remove the tree and instead install a root barrier. I have never installed one...