The Official Work Pictures Thread

[treebilly]

A few more from today. The guy wanted the wood and asked for 16'6" logs if I could. This was the truck he had me load. Poor thing. I refused to put anymore on with out a release form

 

[MasterBlaster]

Mill it!!!

 

[sotc]

Bounce steering!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Been there, bounced that!

 

[rskybiz]

Some nice pics!
Those lil trucks will hold some weight.
Like the disclaimer though

Sure nice to get back to the residential!
Rather large job of removals and some end weight reductions, place was way overgrown and many a defect. Hung a bunch whole. Saved the hardest and largest till tomorrow with 35+ gusts which will likely help in the room to move .

 

[BIGTWIG]

Nice rigging, Joel!

Nice work and pics Rich!

And Reg I don't envy cutting that stump, nice work!

 

[sawman]

nice work guys!!
rsky Im not the only guy doing ground work in spikes??

 

[Burnham]

Fools, both of you for that...don't make me tell old stories that will give y'all nightmares, now.

 

[Burnham]

I always found them predictably easy in the UK....large or small.
They grow way faster here in the PNW it seems. Wide growth rings, slow taper.....seemingly over extended limbs all end weighted. Snap like carrots s a result. They not nice trees at all. Roger Barnett put a good vid out a little while back of one going sideways.

I was wondering if we might not be seeing different growing conditions and a resulting difference in hinge function. Thanks, Reg.

 

[sawman]

Fools, both of you for that...don't make me tell old stories that will give y'all nightmares, now.

yes sir agreed

 

[Burnham]

So that means you'll never make that dumb as a box of rocks mistake ever again...right???

And don't make me come down there to Florida and smack you, Joel...you likewise, correct???

Unnecessary blood, stitches and all that other crap that follows is a bummer, believe me this old man knows.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Some awesome pictures. Some good sized wood. Just over all good stuff yous guys.. Keep em coming !

 

[Mick!]

Taking trees down whole like that always makes you feel like you know what you're doing! And impresses the hell out of the clients as well.

 

[Bermy]

Ha...Burnham got in before I could! Due to his...words...I no longer walk around on the ground in spikes

Got an estimate in on my busted hung up Lombardy poplar...fingers crossed.

 

[rskybiz]

Noted and I just knew someone would call me out almost left that one out!

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Joel, as applicable, consider a scrap of rope as a double handle at the bottom of those logs. Looks like two guys under a log that don't need to be. A 15' scrap, girth hitched near the middle would m and two good handles.

A friend was just telling me about how he broke his back, nearly a spinal injury. 10 years later, he's 70% recovered. Different industry. A partner carry, with a slip and fall. One guy slipped and pulled the load onto them, rather than throwing it, as was the Plan B.

Everything is fine until it's not.

Work safe. I imagine that you have a lot to focus on with a defect riddled tree. Just a thought, fwiw. This came up recently, elsewhere, here on the TH.

 

[treebilly]

Three small pines to have fun with today. Two down and cleaned up before lunch. Had to top out a couple hemlocks that stuck up higher than the others. Wouldn't be bad except I had to take 15' outta one and 10' outta the other. They're all around 30' tall now.

 

[PCTREE]

rich, I have a field full of logs but still want that log on the right !

 

[Jed]

Unnecessary blood, stitches and all that other crap that follows is a bummer, believe me this old man knows.

Boy does he ever. Busted my right hand yesterday morning on this small Cottonwood, Alder and Willow removal job...



Went up the smallest Scowler Willow you've ever seen, used a routine trick while on spurs and flip of hinging a low-hanging limb over the roof of an industrial complex with the intent of manually pitching the butt away, thereby dragging the little tips off the top. Cut too narrow of a face. The limb popped off pre-maturely and the butt smashed my right hand between my D ring. Four to six weeks light-duty, and probably have to get a hard-cast tomorrow. Can hardly type. Probably won't be around too much for a coupla months. I love you guys. Don't be a dumb-ass.

Rich... Joel... Great work, brothers.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Dayum!

 

[PCTREE]

Jed say it aint so! You were rollin man. Guess that happens when you have been doing too many storm jobs for too long, easy routine job and you get complacent.

Don't be a stranger

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Heal up Jed. Sorry you had an accident man.. Never good
Hang in there,

 

[pantheraba]

Hate to hear that, friend....getting hurt sucks. At least it is recoverable...you telling it helps keep the rest of us on our toes.

 

[treebilly]

Are you serious? I look forward to seeing work pics every night and knew I could count on you. Heal up right brother. Don't push things to early. I know I wouldn't

 

[cory]

Heal up Jed. Its all good, and all things happen for a reason..