How'd it go today?

[Treeaddict]

The black oak I’m doing will look that way as well. Only the central leader is intact. It didn’t look that bad from the ground. Even the very top of that has some die back. We’ll see how long it lives.

 

[flushcut]

This one looks bad from every angle, in the tree, out of the tree, and four blocks away it’s ugly.

 

[treebilly]

@flushcut
It was breezy but not really to windy. I think we topped out around 15 mph sustained. Monday and Tuesday were worse.

 

[flushcut]

Monday and Tuesday were brutal.

 

[treebilly]

Yeah. Still never got above 25 mph though. Maybe a few gusts. Hoping for no wind today and no more rain is forecast for a week.

 

[flushcut]

We were blowing steady at 25-30 .

 

[Treeaddict]

Worked on a well and boiler today in the neighborhood. These 2 things I don’t do often.

Decided to try my manual pole saw out. Went up 85’ pulled the saw up and cut (2) 5” black oak branches. I HATE manual pole saws. I’m gonna spur in the canopy for safety. The tree is dying anyway. May not even leaf out next year.

 

[lxskllr]

What didn't you like about the saw?

 

[Dave Shepard]

I can verify that this road is 1.5 Prius's wide.

 

[lxskllr]

Definitely a pretty road.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Like a Robert Frost road.

 

[Treeaddict]

What didn't you like about the saw?

It wore me out!!!! It took 110 strokes to get through each limb- not really, but close! I’d rather footlock or hip thrust up the tree than use the pole saw.

 

[lxskllr]

Was it really 110 per? I'd be angry too. I forgot what saw you got, but maybe a silky blade would improve performance.

 

[Treeaddict]

I’m going to try my silky next to my pole blade and count the strokes. If significant, I’ll fork out the money, assuming it’ll fit. Just contacted a guy about a power pruner.

 

[lxskllr]

Laid out pile today, and did a house stakeout later. Nothing exciting.



Found out my girl cat knows she's 'the sister'. I was asking the boy where his sister was, and she came running over from the stairwell. I was fairly impressed.

 

[Cobleskill]

Cats can be pretty intelligent at times. Mostly just aloof.

 

[Treeaddict]

69 strokes for the Chinesium
68 strokes for the Silky.
12 month old cut holly.
Maybe my silky has been getting dull over the past 14 mo. It ripped through 4” cottonwood is 5 strokes just 2 months ago though. Not like it’s been out of my possession or I cut cement, soil, or metal with it. (I reserve those materials for my chainsaw)

 

[lxskllr]

So, about the same. Maybe it just doesn't bother me as much, and I'm cutting more than I think. My background is manual saws, and I've used some nasty ones as far as sharpness goes, so a good silky is like heaven.

 

[Treeaddict]

I would have loved for the Silky to eat it for lunch. That would mean a new blade would be smokin! The silky has a slightly smaller kerf and is a little easier to start. Oh well, The gas powered pole pruner will be here tomorrow. Haha

 

[Treeaddict]

Didja ever walk in the house with mud up in your boot tread and keep you’re ankles stiff by waking with your knees so the sole doesn’t bend and release the mud/dirt because you don’t want to take your boots off and on just to do something quick inside?

 

[lxskllr]

Kinda penguin wobbling through the house :^D

 

[flushcut]

An air compressor with a blow gun does miracles on muddy boots and cloths.

 

[Treeaddict]

Kinda penguin wobbling through the house :^D

Yup! You dun it!!

 

[Treeaddict]

Never thought to use high pressure air. When I was young, my parents always handed me a flat head screwdriver and I was on the porch cleaning the mud that way

 

[Treeaddict]

Played in the dying black oak again since work let me out early. First time I’ve built a temporary structure to protect something. The fire pit was safe. Glad I didn’t have to use the structure.
First time I set up a pulley to raise the pole saw (or anything for that matter) using my climb line tail. It worked great! It was worth the setup time as I was up about 85’.