Jed
TreeHouser
The long-sleeves and gloves guys are peverted weirdos in my humble opinion. I work with a dude (And I wouldn't be worthy to untie his boots, in heaven) who sews (yes, I said "sews") an extra flap onto the bottom of his sweatshirts in the winter time (he's probably 55 yrs. now) to prevent any possible chance of DougFir saw-chips getting down his pants. Perverted weirdo, imho.
The "authority" question is--for me--a deeply interesting one. For me, at any rate, Butch's, "Does HE wear chaps?", perfectly echo's Jesus's condemnation of the Pharisees... "And woe to you Pharisees, for you tie up heavy burdons for men to bear, but are not willing to lift a finger to help them carry them." At Davey... we've got chaps (all puns intended) who will drive around in air-conditioned trucks all day long, only popping out of the truck long enough to write you a SPVN, (or, Safe-Practice Working Violation, to the uninitiate) for not wearing your chaps. Big companies still suck even if I still make a decent living off of them. Small companies should suck a great deal less, imho. Someone will say that power-saw cuts suck worse, and I'd be hard-pressed to argue with them... we've all seen some disgusting internet images. I've seen one guy's arm... I won't go into it, but... this guy was a really good pro-faller... knew exactly what he was doing, and still dang-near cut his arm off. All the same, I agree with Reg... till we're chipped... they can't do a dang thing. It's up to you in the moment to decide whether the heat or the saw-chain poses the greater danger. Let them "write you up". They'd have fired you long before now if they'd really wanted to.
Just tons of pruning and some small-removal stuff for me, as of late. Four little Birches like this one today. So... there was this neat, little boxwood under the trees that I didn't want to smash... went with the Block-out Face... huge one... ripped down the "face," a good 12"... worked a charm. Here's what she looked like...
The "authority" question is--for me--a deeply interesting one. For me, at any rate, Butch's, "Does HE wear chaps?", perfectly echo's Jesus's condemnation of the Pharisees... "And woe to you Pharisees, for you tie up heavy burdons for men to bear, but are not willing to lift a finger to help them carry them." At Davey... we've got chaps (all puns intended) who will drive around in air-conditioned trucks all day long, only popping out of the truck long enough to write you a SPVN, (or, Safe-Practice Working Violation, to the uninitiate) for not wearing your chaps. Big companies still suck even if I still make a decent living off of them. Small companies should suck a great deal less, imho. Someone will say that power-saw cuts suck worse, and I'd be hard-pressed to argue with them... we've all seen some disgusting internet images. I've seen one guy's arm... I won't go into it, but... this guy was a really good pro-faller... knew exactly what he was doing, and still dang-near cut his arm off. All the same, I agree with Reg... till we're chipped... they can't do a dang thing. It's up to you in the moment to decide whether the heat or the saw-chain poses the greater danger. Let them "write you up". They'd have fired you long before now if they'd really wanted to.
Just tons of pruning and some small-removal stuff for me, as of late. Four little Birches like this one today. So... there was this neat, little boxwood under the trees that I didn't want to smash... went with the Block-out Face... huge one... ripped down the "face," a good 12"... worked a charm. Here's what she looked like...
One of the funniest scenes ever.
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