The Official Work Pictures Thread

[Burnham]

Gorgeous. Some days are like that, for us USFS folk.

 

[stikine]

I should mention that this glacier has receded over 2 miles in the 36 years since I started working here. Sign of the times I guess.

 

[SeanKroll]

Port Orford cedar seems to have been slowly buckling, as my best guess, having moved well out of position, without cracks or soil movement.

A topped hedge let go, I think.

 

[Burnham]

Had some fun gaffing that one, I see .

 

[Maximalist]

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[lxskllr]

Nice shot Andrey. That looked like a ballsy move. Were those wires farther than they appeared on video?

 

[Patrick A]

More work on the ledge. Zip line up the hill helped.

 

[Maximalist]

Nice shot Andrey. That looked like a ballsy move. Were those wires farther than they appeared on video?

I sawed above the level of the upper wire by 30 cm.

 

[Maximalist]

Today was the most ordinary working day. I removed a maple, two pines and a few carina bushes. This is the tallest pine that was today -
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[SkwerI]

Today was the most ordinary working day. I removed a maple, two pines and a few carina bushes. This is the tallest pine that was today -
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Nice.

 

[Eric H-L]

Today was the most ordinary working day. I removed a maple, two pines and a few carina bushes. This is the tallest pine that was today -
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I appreciate whoever you had on camera. Reasonablely steady for a handheld. Showed the whole height, then watched you cut, then panned down to follow the falling top.

 

[Treeaddict]

John and I got to work together again today. Climbed a dying American elm, took both tops and flopped the stem. First time in that species. Hard, heavy, and stringy.

We actually ripped a top out of a long dead red oak. No cuts, no nothin. Sapwood completely punky. Heartwood had a massive wasp nest inside so you know it’s hollow and weak. It was the safest way to get it down. Tundra has no problem snapping good 1/2” Arborplex- found that out. Kinda figured but now I know.

Pulled a stem over against a maybe 10* lean (lean over a public road) bored the back cut as it was part of an included bark codom (or separate tree acting like a codom) very little room for wedges. Set it right between the driveway and a nice white oak while miraculously not damaging the white pine it had to push past.

Even though all the trees I’ve dropped whole as well as all the spars go pretty much where intended (swear I’m not being prideful), I still hate to send something that large into motion. Much rather climb high and cut small. Little pieces = little troubles in my mind.

 

[Maximalist]

I cut down quite a lot of trees today. These two dry trees were the most difficult -
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[treebilly]

Reduction pruning of a river birch this morning. I so despise this type of pruning. A tedious blend of making the home owners happy and keeping to standards. Getting better at it, but still don’t like it
Edit: not finished but I had to walk away for a few to think

 

[lxskllr]

Is that the river birch right behind the truck? I don't think I've ever seen one so thick.

 

[Maximalist]

Today I sawed down a pretty powerful poplar -
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[treebilly]

Is that the river birch right behind the truck? I don't think I've ever seen one so thick.

Yes that is it. I hadn’t bothered to thin it yet at that point. The top was fairly thin though. Helps to hide my cuts nicely. I didn’t bother with a completed photo. I was agitated by then.
Went on to a quick crane removal.
Ended up being short on stick (story of my life) and had to break out the porty and rig a few of the fat pieces down into the neighbors lawn. I think I was at an 83’ radius in this picture. The guys were left with a 6 foot tall 6 foot wide stub to cookie up and haul out with the mini when I left. It was to oddly shaped to sling up for two picks and would’ve been over chart for my radius if we did it in one. Plus I had a Dr’s appointment I had to get to.

 

[Maximalist]

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[Bodean]

Rad. You can see your love for the trees and the work through the photos.

 

[Treeaddict]

John and I took down 8 long long dead spruce trees. No damage except for one 1/8” arborvitae branch. I took a fall to my elbow in the morning coming out of my new trailer (which worked well). Pretty bloody. Ripped open multiple layers of skin on the diamond plate ramp. 12 hour day. We is beat. Gotta go back next week for one more trailer full of limbs.

 

[lxskllr]

Mike's a working machine. Today really kicked my ass, but Mike kept on going. He did a bit of everything; climbing, pulling rope, carrying wood... No way I can keep up :^D

 

[Treeaddict]

Mike's a working machine. Today really kicked my ass, but Mike kept on going. He did a bit of everything; climbing, pulling rope, carrying wood... No way I can keep up :^D

Yes but I’m 44 and you have almost 10 years on me, no?

 

[lxskllr]

That's a bit of it I'm sure, but not all of it. You have impressive stamina. I doubt I'd be keeping up even if I could go back to 44.

 

[Treeaddict]

I don’t have too much else so I’ll take stamina! 🤣

 

[Maximalist]

Today I cut down 12 pine trees. These two are the most interesting -