Unregistered how's it going?

gawd

HEY GUYS -GIRLS have just shut down 4 xmas huge ammount of maintenance to do to - saws-chipper -truck -climbing kits -how about u guys this is the time of year to catch up on maintenance -the 1st 2 weeks of jan always slow might as well use them to my best adantage ?

tilligerry habitat

Hi, just a bit about me. I manage native nursery that was originally set up to provide for the revegetation of a sand mining site at Tanilba Bay, NSW. It is now a home for koalas, echidnas, Blue wrens, sugar gliders etc.
Current probs are the altering of micro climates to meet Fire Regulations by planting (gradually) these areas with more rainforest species. Native provenance is high on the list of rrequirements, a great challenge and all run by volunteers. More needed!
Natives from seed, through propagation and plant rescues from development sites have kept me on my toes for the last 2 months in particular.
Looking forward to my holiday to Biloela, QLD but I am sure I will return with more seeds to grow. Oh dear, I can hear my other half groaning now! On a recent visit to McDonalds for a coffee I collected 300 Tuckeroo seeds from the car park and an order for 100 from McDonalds Australia, Luckily I had my seed collecting license up to date.
But there is always time for a bit of a band, bbq and bottle of wine.

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Tree Prodigy

Thing are good snow,ice & wind not the best climbing conditions bot thats ok took the week off for Xmas

Stihl-Going

Hi Ekka, Thanks for the thought, I believe the bible has the neatest on this idea - before you were born - I knew you!

I don't pretend to be that knowledgable on IT matters as my knowledge and degrees on it are pretty old now but presume you could have a standard intro message linked to all future new members!

I did my programming in coble and pascal!

I do own an elderly Stihl 029 but just having taken early retirement due to a heart attack I now only have a disabled persons bungalow with no room to swing a cat (sorry cat lovers) so I get my pleasure from stripping it and rebuilding it and then annoying the neighbours running it to cut firewood!

A fire would help though as the pile is getting bigger and bigger!

My engineering background runs from building my own house to rebuilding classic cars and servicing televisions and computers. Thats why I have accumulated loads of manuals. I would love to advertise my site with you but funds do not stretch to $30 just yet out of my disability pension. I've just got it up and running in a basic fashion and in process of uploading all my files to a host so next step is to offer automated download.

This is all a bit of a steep learning curve but its good fun and its good to be able to help others in this way. I have already started building a rappour with treepeople in USA.

Keeps me busy and feeling wanted.....aaaaagh!

We are currently snowed in so my wood cutting will have to wait a bit.

Seasons greetings to you.

PS I am gonna have to do some research on forums as all these options are mind-blowing - more to it than I thought for sure! Give me a circuit diagram any day!

Apocalypsse

Great, its 8:30pm and I discovered I left the headlights on for the last 4 hours. Now im stuck at home with 2 dead cars and no food.

Eric Frei

LOL, why you got lights on in daylight?

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Apocalypsse

Was driving home on the highway from zee bush today.

Apocalypsse

Hmm, fast response from RACV, the guy even told me to put a 308 Windsor in my Bundera.

jtrouse

yeah been good just been relaxing and enjoying the xmas new years break and looking forward to doing some big trees with total tree care later this week in the mt dandenongs!!! other than that just flat out still contract climbing around melbourne.

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Jim

http://www.arborclimb.com.au
CONTRACT CLIMBER

CERT IV HORT(ARB) NMIT
CERT III HORT (NMIT)

Swiss

Hi

How can I post on the overal forum?

Thanks

Jake

eastviewfarm

we just purchased a load of logs to cut and split for our wood furnace. How do you safely tackle the pile without the logs rolling and slipping?? We do have a pee vee hook and a pulp hook. Any other tools needed??

Sez1965

Hi, new here, work in the tree industry in the UK, just keen to be in touch with what's going on out there. Doing prof dip (huuuuge exam) and so good to have chats with those in the know. happy to share!
thanks for having me,
Sez

neil

OK. I'm about finished with the pruning of a large, badly-neglected fruitless mulberry tree. It appears that, several years ago, two branches, each about six-to-eight inches in diameter, broke off the tree, starting rot that goes into the main trunk, perhaps four to six inches. I have explained to the owners that it is difficult to know how well the tree will compartmentalize the wounds, and, since the tree is the main feature in their front yard, I have advised (and done) some thinning of the branches, to reduce weight and then "watchful waiting. Any advice on the "waiting"? Thanks.

Therrin

The log hook w/stand works well. Lets you snag a log and get it up off the ground for cutting and such.

Also..


A log carrier! The handle swivels sideways so a log can be carried/dragged between two people.

(or you could go find a Kanga or a bobcat w/ log attatchments! )

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Therrin

Not good! You happen to have a picture of the tree and any closeups of the damanged sections?

I've worked on several fruitless mulberries in California, they tend to rot to the inside relatively quickly. It'd be interesting to see a picture to see what the proximity is between the tree and the house.
Also, fruitless mulberries are really hell on landscape and concrete. How old/big is this tree?

Probably be best to have a certified arborist out to take a look but it really doesnt sound good.

Whereabout are you in Cali? Get your post count up so I can PM you!

eastviewfarm

Thanks so much for responding!! We do have the first tool you pictured......will check into the second. One of our concerns is how to avoid a log roll. The pile is about 6 feet high. The diameter of the trees range between 10 to 18 inches and the length is approx. 18'

David Bradley

Looking foward to making some good contacts here with fellow "Wood Chucks"....

Bruce Hopf

The safest way (if you don't have access a tractor with a loader), to roll a log off of the pile, is to have two people, one at each end of the log, using crow bars, working away from the direction that you want the log to roll.
Take the crow bar, one at each end of the log, and working it in between a couple of logs, then pushing on the handle of the crow bar, away from the direction of the way you want the log to roll.
Once the log starts to roll, let it roll, and keeping yourselves clear of the log as it rolls. Best thing to do, is have the log roll onto something like 4" X 4"'s, that way you will be able to keep it off of the ground, and won't hit the ground with your chain saw chain.
What Therrin has pictured, the first picture is a Cant Hook, you could use a pair of those, if you don't have crow bars, but do not hook the log prior to rolling it, because that will put you in a world of problems.
If you have access to a tractor with a loader, that would be your best bet, and easiest as well. I use my loader tractor to hold the logs up off the ground, a nice working height, for blocking, and I don't have to bend over, to do the cutting of the logs. Hope this helps a bit. Bruce.

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McCulloch chain saws
1- Pro Mac 60, 1- Pro Mac 700, 2- Mac 10-10 Automatic's, 2- Mini Mac 30's, 2- Mac 110's,
2- Mini Mac 35's, 1- Mac 140 with Automatic Chain Sharpener,
1- Pro Mac 10-10, 1- Mac Cat, 2- Eager Beaver
2.0's, 1- Mac 1-10
Stihl chain saws
2- 044's, 2- 034's, 2- 024's, 1- 064, 1- 084,
Strunk chain saws
1- Busy Beaver, 1- SpeeDemon Special
Stand Back, I Have A Very Extreme Case of CAD (Chain Saw Addiction Disorder).

vl2007

I'm COLD !

Apocalypsse

Best moment on my lunch break today. Doing my casual run up some stairs to get into a supermarket, of course I trip on the last step but thankfully didnt do a faceplant, hands stopped me.

jtrouse

I did my first 240 footer today with trev from Total Tree Care up in belgrave which was lots of fun but very exhausting, deadwooding and pruning mountain ash and other very large trees!!!!

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Jim

http://www.arborclimb.com.au
CONTRACT CLIMBER

CERT IV HORT(ARB) NMIT
CERT III HORT (NMIT)

TrevMcRev

Yeah good work Jim

I'll put together a thread with some pics n video on this job when it's all done.
5 days down and about 7 to go i think.

barryg

Thanks for the heart felt welcome I have just been named the osha manager for a small tree service in east tenneessee and am looking for a safety checklist to keep the guys safe can anyone help me find this

Ratruder

G'day Ekka. I posted a reply on the welcome thread or thought I did but am now confused as to how to find it

Bluey

Hi Ekka, just sitting around trying to get motivated for the week ahead. Heaps of quotes to do and January is already full. Hopefully it cools down a little so l can have a productive start to the year. Truck needs a new floor but haven't got the time to take it off the road, maybe a quick patch job will see me through to the quieter winter months. The kids are good (all 4 of them) and l enjoy having my eldest, Trent, come to work with me while on school holiday. He can rope down using the friction drum which frees up the foreman to trim and lay down the branches. Some sad news, my beautiful Blue Heeler X Jack Russel named Diesel had to be put down just before Xmas after a sudden down turn to his health. I named my Business after him, l don't have red hair. He was a few days off being 15 and will be missed by us all.
Hope all is well with you, maybe when l next go to Brisbane you will have time for a beer.
Cheers, Paul.

Brodie

Ekka you asked how I was and what im up to well it been a rough 2009 for me started business and then late 09 i tore my shoulder putting the business on the back burners as i am the only climber. 2010 has been big for me, so far the truck only stops at night but other than that its all go go go.

All the best for 2010

susie

Very well, stressing about Ficus hillii! Some may have to come down:

Husky man

My favourite drink would have 2 be Beer mainly XXXX Gold i also dont mind Bundy Rum And Jim Beam

glenn woollard

good there are always tree to remove or trim lol

maccall

Fine, fine, thanks for asking. And you?

Cool surprise this thread, took me a few seconds to get it...

Anyway, I just posted on another thread and realised that it was my first post ever here, although I registered in April 2007... That's embarrassing, have to up my post count quick!

Anyway, it's winter in Sweden, and it has been a real winter with lots of snow and rather cold (down to -20C, should be like -4F I think) since the beginning of December. As I live in south-east Sweden we usually have just a few degrees below, and snow is usually coming and going every other day.