So whadya get up to today.

newguy18 · 20th July 2007, 09:16 AM

Finished up the siding and facial and I got framing to do all afternoon.

Ekka · 23rd July 2007, 10:59 PM

I cut down an antenna tree today, I'll start a new thread after dinner ... boy I'm stuffed, fall asleep after a few beers tonight I reckon.

Pssst, going to the pub for dinner tonight, take the little kids, but it's just a short walk down the road ... gonna get a rib eye steak char grilled M/R with pepper sauce.

Sean Freeman · 23rd July 2007, 11:08 PM

Mmmm...sounds good Ekka, spent the day assessing trees near buildings, same tomorrow..head hurts, need medicine

Ekka · 23rd July 2007, 11:24 PM

Near buildings eh ... subsidence?

What's the soil profile? Just kidding, you'd also have to know the foundation spec of the building and if it's appropriate ... not our job really.

Sean Freeman · 23rd July 2007, 11:38 PM

Well subsidence is part of it I quess though extremely unlikely this is at the local Uni, these buildings were built with massive foundations don't believe there's a tree alive that could influence the sub grade under these suckers!!

No its mostly aimed at providing them with a 5yr management plan for the trees near their buildings to allow them to budget for current and future works as well as eliminate any immediate problems esp self sown trees whilst they are small.
It just all takes time and after about 300 trees your mind starts going numb...so I'm trying to assist that process

JayD · 24th July 2007, 04:17 AM

Dinner sounds good,rib eye pepper sauce, Yummy..Well today we droped one tree into a vacant block straight forward a couple of hours and we were home, but not for long the phone started ringing and we quoted all arvo.dinner is served....Post ya's later.

newguy18 · 24th July 2007, 07:30 PM

We are redoing the office at frier's.They want 9 foot celings.It would work but the bosses already had us build the new roof on top of the old one and they don't want to take the risk of collapsing the new roof in by tearing out the old roof from inside.I think they should have remembered the six p's.

newguy18 · 25th July 2007, 02:28 PM

Fixed the problems so we are gonna build the new roof and then tear out the old one from the inside.then build the nine foot celings if i stay that long.

newguy18 · 25th July 2007, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

I cut down an antenna tree today, I'll start a new thread after dinner ... boy I'm stuffed, fall asleep after a few beers tonight I reckon.

Pssst, going to the pub for dinner tonight, take the little kids, but it's just a short walk down the road ... gonna get a rib eye steak char grilled M/R with pepper sauce.

Sounds good i gotta visit you some time.

It might take a few years.

Ekka · 25th July 2007, 10:53 PM

Cut down every tree on a guys block today, all of them.

Some gums (ironbark and stringybark), frangipani, paperbarks etc ... the whole shabang and stuffed it into an 18" chipper. Got about 20m3 of mulch.

Reason, subsidence, engineers recommendations, house is cracking up and on clay pan.

Sean Freeman · 25th July 2007, 11:47 PM

Felled and chipped 3 coconuts, 4 small washingtonias a fig and a wattle in a car park being redeveloped for yes more units we just can't have enough units in our town (so it would seem!

)

The we drove out to the edge of town to fell some scary gums with major termite activity and fungal cankers, wished I'd taken some shots to show you, pretty scary felling so left it to Tim...watched from a bunker

JayD · 26th July 2007, 01:18 AM

Well we stumped our butts off all day,I tell ya it was a bloody good work out John and I went tag team on the stump grinder, But hey it pays the bills!

Ekka · 26th July 2007, 02:29 AM

Yeah, a big day on my stump grinder gives you calluses on the thumb from toggling the joystick!

JayD · 26th July 2007, 04:24 AM

LOL..Ekka,
You earnt your callused thumbs,it's ours and it does a good job,John keeps makeing googley eyes at the new remote control stumper Marriot's is selling,he keeps going on about sitting in the cab grinding the stump out,once we get one we'll get calluses on our thumbs and our bums,

....LOL.

All The Best
JayD

Ekka · 26th July 2007, 04:28 AM

LOL

I wrestled a Dosko 20hp for many years, but mate, for around the same price as a stump grinder you can get a miniloader too and that does way more work than the stump grinder alone.

Well worth it, just do the mods on the grinder or better still, buy it less the motor and clutch and stick a 27hp Kohler direct drive on .... WHOOOHOOOOOOO

newguy18 · 26th July 2007, 02:53 PM

same chit different day.

20th July 2007, 09:16 AM	#301 (permalink)
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23rd July 2007, 10:59 PM	#302 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,846	I cut down an antenna tree today, I'll start a new thread after dinner ... boy I'm stuffed, fall asleep after a few beers tonight I reckon. Pssst, going to the pub for dinner tonight, take the little kids, but it's just a short walk down the road ... gonna get a rib eye steak char grilled M/R with pepper sauce. __________________ 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

23rd July 2007, 11:08 PM	#303 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,643	Mmmm...sounds good Ekka, spent the day assessing trees near buildings, same tomorrow..head hurts, need medicine __________________ 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

23rd July 2007, 11:24 PM	#304 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,846	Near buildings eh ... subsidence? What's the soil profile? Just kidding, you'd also have to know the foundation spec of the building and if it's appropriate ... not our job really. __________________ 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

23rd July 2007, 11:38 PM	#305 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,643	Well subsidence is part of it I quess though extremely unlikely this is at the local Uni, these buildings were built with massive foundations don't believe there's a tree alive that could influence the sub grade under these suckers!! No its mostly aimed at providing them with a 5yr management plan for the trees near their buildings to allow them to budget for current and future works as well as eliminate any immediate problems esp self sown trees whilst they are small. It just all takes time and after about 300 trees your mind starts going numb...so I'm trying to assist that process __________________ 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

24th July 2007, 04:17 AM	#306 (permalink)
JayD Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 885	Dinner sounds good,rib eye pepper sauce, Yummy..Well today we droped one tree into a vacant block straight forward a couple of hours and we were home, but not for long the phone started ringing and we quoted all arvo.dinner is served....Post ya's later. __________________ Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory

24th July 2007, 07:30 PM	#307 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,611	We are redoing the office at frier's.They want 9 foot celings.It would work but the bosses already had us build the new roof on top of the old one and they don't want to take the risk of collapsing the new roof in by tearing out the old roof from inside.I think they should have remembered the six p's. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

25th July 2007, 02:28 PM	#308 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,611	Fixed the problems so we are gonna build the new roof and then tear out the old one from the inside.then build the nine foot celings if i stay that long. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

25th July 2007, 10:53 PM	#310 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,846	Cut down every tree on a guys block today, all of them. Some gums (ironbark and stringybark), frangipani, paperbarks etc ... the whole shabang and stuffed it into an 18" chipper. Got about 20m3 of mulch. Reason, subsidence, engineers recommendations, house is cracking up and on clay pan. __________________ 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

25th July 2007, 11:47 PM	#311 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,643	Felled and chipped 3 coconuts, 4 small washingtonias a fig and a wattle in a car park being redeveloped for yes more units we just can't have enough units in our town (so it would seem!) The we drove out to the edge of town to fell some scary gums with major termite activity and fungal cankers, wished I'd taken some shots to show you, pretty scary felling so left it to Tim...watched from a bunker __________________ 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

26th July 2007, 01:18 AM	#312 (permalink)
JayD Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 885	Well we stumped our butts off all day,I tell ya it was a bloody good work out John and I went tag team on the stump grinder, But hey it pays the bills! __________________ Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory

26th July 2007, 02:29 AM	#313 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,846	Yeah, a big day on my stump grinder gives you calluses on the thumb from toggling the joystick! __________________ 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

26th July 2007, 04:24 AM	#314 (permalink)
JayD Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 885	LOL..Ekka, You earnt your callused thumbs,it's ours and it does a good job,John keeps makeing googley eyes at the new remote control stumper Marriot's is selling,he keeps going on about sitting in the cab grinding the stump out,once we get one we'll get calluses on our thumbs and our bums,....LOL. All The Best JayD __________________ Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory

26th July 2007, 04:28 AM	#315 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,846	LOL I wrestled a Dosko 20hp for many years, but mate, for around the same price as a stump grinder you can get a miniloader too and that does way more work than the stump grinder alone. Well worth it, just do the mods on the grinder or better still, buy it less the motor and clutch and stick a 27hp Kohler direct drive on .... WHOOOHOOOOOOO __________________ 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

26th July 2007, 02:53 PM	#316 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,611	same chit different day. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related