Streyken's Pics

Streyken · 10th May 2007, 04:36 PM

I was camera man today, so...

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Tying rotten alder stems together

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Going up Douglas-fir to remove a few limbs over the house

Small 20" Douglas-fir removal. Roped top out and fell a log just for you guys.
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Fairfield · 10th May 2007, 05:34 PM

Nice looking job you had there I would love to be able to get into a tree that high, non around here they only go to around 120'.

Sean Freeman · 10th May 2007, 05:41 PM

Good shots of the top coming out of that fir

Make that chipper sweat, work her, work her hard man!!

TrevMcRev · 10th May 2007, 11:43 PM

Those firs look so easy for big trees, just single trunk with LOTS of small branches. Compared to some of the big multi stemmed spreading mongrel Eucs we get here, especially when you take em outta the forest and put them on their own in the open.

In the average customers eyes are they seen as big and worth a lota $$$ to remove anyway or competition keeps things tight?

Streyken · 11th May 2007, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TrevMcRev

Those firs look so easy for big trees, just single trunk with LOTS of small branches. Compared to some of the big multi stemmed spreading mongrel Eucs we get here, especially when you take em outta the forest and put them on their own in the open.

In the average customers eyes are they seen as big and worth a lota $$$ to remove anyway or competition keeps things tight?

There's lots of price shopping here and a ton of competition (60+ companies - 200K population), but there's lots of trees and lots of money. Anyone who can afford to live in a 800K + house can afford to look after their trees. People pay to be listened to and to have the job done right. The fir removal we did today only took 35 minutes - chipped, bucked, done. The whole job (rope down 7 large (10") fir limbs over house, remove alder, remove small fir) took two of us 4.5 hrs I quoted 800.00 and the guy gave us an extra 100.00 tip. I paid the climber 350.00 then went and did a small job for 275.00 on my own. Not a bad day and I was home by 2:00pm.

Ekka · 11th May 2007, 12:40 AM

Gawd

We need a huge price increase here.

Streyken · 11th May 2007, 05:16 PM

I did this fir a few months ago and now wish I had taken my camera then. It was about a 70' higher than where I left it. And to think there are houses above where I was, these houses are huge coin.
Pics from fir tree

mdvaden · 11th May 2007, 06:07 PM

You Australians would probably enjoy working on the conifers between where Streyken and I live.

Plenty of multi-stem trees in the cities, but an awful lot of our biggest trees are the single stem conifers.

Streyken · 13th May 2007, 01:29 AM

A group of pics I took while driving to a job. Except the last two - that is my backyard. Sorry for the similar ones, I batch processed them and uploaded.
Around the North Shore

By the way MD, I love Oregon, except trying to remember which bridge went back to the hotel. I took my arborist exam there in 94.

a_lopa · 13th May 2007, 01:31 AM

Looks like a nice area,lots of color.

JohN Dee · 14th May 2007, 01:28 AM

Great pictures Streyken. Thats a beaut' of a chipper you got there. Connifers arn't my cup of tea' but it's whatever pays the bills and keeps me fed.

Ekka · 14th May 2007, 03:57 AM

Lots of trees and tall ones, didn't see any palms though.

Streyken · 14th May 2007, 04:08 PM

We have small palm trees in our malls. You think they would get mad if I spurred up one of these 20' palms?

Fairfield · 14th May 2007, 05:53 PM

lol I have thought about doing the same thing at my local mall ( in the food court).

Streyken · 14th May 2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fairfield

lol I have thought about doing the same thing at my local mall ( in the food court).

Exactly! Or just firing up a chainsaw and falling all the little indoor ornamentals. Wonder if the police would taser you first or wait till you ran out of gas and then tackle you. Here they would wait. I you fell and cut yourself after being shocked the city would owe you millions. Same thing in the parks, when the tourists are going ooh and ahh at the first growth douglas-firs and red-cedars, I'm thinking how many cuts would it take with a 36" bar and which direction is it leaning? Is that wrong? LOL.

Streyken · 14th May 2007, 06:30 PM

Before someone gets the wrong idea and says I don’t like trees I just want to clarify a few things. I love and appreciate trees. I think about how this magnificent organism interacts with everything around it. I think about what something like this could have been witness to over the hundreds and hundred and hundreds of year it has stood. It has struggled for life through fires and land-slides, disease and insects. How many creatures does it house? How much poorer would the area be without it. Then I think how I would go about falling it.

Sean Freeman · 14th May 2007, 09:34 PM

10th May 2007, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Streyken Fly'n Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 206	Streyken's Pics I was camera man today, so... alder01.jpg Tying rotten alder stems together dfir01.jpg Going up Douglas-fir to remove a few limbs over the house Small 20" Douglas-fir removal. Roped top out and fell a log just for you guys. smfir01.jpg smfir02.jpg smfir03.jpg smfir04.jpg smfir05.jpg smfir06.jpg __________________ Trimmin' bush and caring for flowers is good 'n' all... but sometimes ya gotta let the big wood fly and pound the garden.

10th May 2007, 05:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fairfield Cruisin' Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bucks county Pa USA Posts: 70	Nice looking job you had there I would love to be able to get into a tree that high, non around here they only go to around 120'. __________________ Hi yes you know me I am B.A.M.F nice to meet you

10th May 2007, 05:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,521	Good shots of the top coming out of that fir Make that chipper sweat, work her, work her hard man!! __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

10th May 2007, 11:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
TrevMcRev Astronaut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 672	Those firs look so easy for big trees, just single trunk with LOTS of small branches. Compared to some of the big multi stemmed spreading mongrel Eucs we get here, especially when you take em outta the forest and put them on their own in the open. In the average customers eyes are they seen as big and worth a lota $$$ to remove anyway or competition keeps things tight? __________________ Melbourne Arborist, Total Tree Care, Pruning, Tree and Stump Removal

11th May 2007, 12:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 5,673	Gawd We need a huge price increase here. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

11th May 2007, 05:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
Streyken Fly'n Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 206	From about 70' up I did this fir a few months ago and now wish I had taken my camera then. It was about a 70' higher than where I left it. And to think there are houses above where I was, these houses are huge coin. Pics from fir tree __________________ Trimmin' bush and caring for flowers is good 'n' all... but sometimes ya gotta let the big wood fly and pound the garden.

11th May 2007, 06:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
mdvaden Astronaut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 578	You Australians would probably enjoy working on the conifers between where Streyken and I live. Plenty of multi-stem trees in the cities, but an awful lot of our biggest trees are the single stem conifers. __________________ ____________________________________ Grove of Redwood TITANS Oregon BIGOOT trap

13th May 2007, 01:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
Streyken Fly'n Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 206	Random tree pics while driving A group of pics I took while driving to a job. Except the last two - that is my backyard. Sorry for the similar ones, I batch processed them and uploaded. Around the North Shore By the way MD, I love Oregon, except trying to remember which bridge went back to the hotel. I took my arborist exam there in 94. __________________ Trimmin' bush and caring for flowers is good 'n' all... but sometimes ya gotta let the big wood fly and pound the garden.

13th May 2007, 01:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
a_lopa Astronaut Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Drouin Posts: 837	Looks like a nice area,lots of color. __________________ Free Tree Industry Link Directory Drouin tree lopping, land clearing and stump removals

14th May 2007, 01:28 AM	#11 (permalink)
JohN Dee Astronaut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 679	Great pictures Streyken. Thats a beaut' of a chipper you got there. Connifers arn't my cup of tea' but it's whatever pays the bills and keeps me fed. __________________ Climber with slow climbing speed, must make up with mighty chainsaw roar. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Red : Green : Blue

14th May 2007, 03:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 5,673	Lots of trees and tall ones, didn't see any palms though. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

14th May 2007, 04:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
Streyken Fly'n Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 206	We have small palm trees in our malls. You think they would get mad if I spurred up one of these 20' palms? __________________ Trimmin' bush and caring for flowers is good 'n' all... but sometimes ya gotta let the big wood fly and pound the garden.

14th May 2007, 05:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
Fairfield Cruisin' Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bucks county Pa USA Posts: 70	lol I have thought about doing the same thing at my local mall ( in the food court). __________________ Hi yes you know me I am B.A.M.F nice to meet you

14th May 2007, 06:30 PM	#16 (permalink)
Streyken Fly'n Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 206	Before someone gets the wrong idea and says I don’t like trees I just want to clarify a few things. I love and appreciate trees. I think about how this magnificent organism interacts with everything around it. I think about what something like this could have been witness to over the hundreds and hundred and hundreds of year it has stood. It has struggled for life through fires and land-slides, disease and insects. How many creatures does it house? How much poorer would the area be without it. Then I think how I would go about falling it. __________________ Trimmin' bush and caring for flowers is good 'n' all... but sometimes ya gotta let the big wood fly and pound the garden. Last edited by Streyken : 14th May 2007 at 08:37 PM. Reason: for subtlety

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Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,521	__________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

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