MasterBlaster
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Holy shit! My only problem today was... nothing like that!
Crikey!
Crikey!
Wow that's a shallow footing by Wisco standards. Usually that is at the bottom of a full basement.
Sean, I recently had a HO that did not really want me to limb them out prior to felling and was amazed yesterday when I did two up 100 feet and then felled them. I was just trying to save some trees from being whacked by large spreading limbs. I had two side by side stripped out in less than a hour. HOs don't realise how much easier it is for some trees just to be already cleaned off before they hit the ground. I have a pondo up the street, wide open area to fell the tree, but I am going to strip it out anyway due to the size of the ponderosa's limbs. It would tripod 4-6 feet up in the air and them we would have to deal with that mess. HO just wanted it felled. I told him flat, I would not leave my worst enemy with a dangerous bucking situation like that. This mentality has actually landed up more work.
I like that. I get a lot of those " just get them down" jobs. I won't leave them with something that'll get them hurt. Even when I strip them out I try not to make to much of a twisted mess. Ussually they work at cleaning it up for week and then call me to finish it any way.
Just trying the GoPro out
Footing thickness runs about 12", +/- all below grade. We had a few spots where we went a bit deeper due to the excavator gouging or mud/soft spot.