So whadya get up to today.

OutofMytree · 19th September 2008, 05:53 AM

Did this a couple of days ago and I'm so proud of myself! Client wanted to lop this Yellow Box one metre inside the fence and we all know what happens to box trees when you lop them....... Anyway sent him an emailed report with a link to this site and to the ansi standard. He was suitably impressed and gave me the green light for a couple of hours of fun work.

Before the job with cuts marked for customer to see.Viva Cut Plan compressed.JPG

After the job. Note the groundie in standard reclined postion....

Viva Complete looking south compressed.JPG

OutofMytree · 19th September 2008, 06:39 AM

Got a little excited about a cut I saw film of so I decided to have a go myself. Just so you know, I only use a standard scarf and a hauling rope on sticks. Anything I cannot control like that gets climbed and blocked. But I just had to give it a go.........
Cypress Cut Vertical.JPG

Cypress log and stump.JPG

Now I know the bore cut was out of level but fair go, it was my first time and was a little excited! Still I like the result and other than my groundie ending up on his backside when the stick let go it was a great success. Come to think of it, my groundie spends a lot of time lying down anyway.....

Just think, I read about a safer cutting technique in a thread and apply it the next day. That speaks volumes to the education process that occurs when you get open minded professionals together in a public forum.

Knotahippie · 19th September 2008, 03:50 PM

Heck and heck yeah!

Ekka · 21st September 2008, 02:11 AM

Good on you OutofMytree,

I send clients here all the time.

TrevMcRev · 21st September 2008, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OutofMytree

Did this a couple of days ago and I'm so proud of myself! Client wanted to lop this Yellow Box one metre inside the fence and we all know what happens to box trees when you lop them....... Anyway sent him an emailed report with a link to this site and to the ansi standard. He was suitably impressed and gave me the green light for a couple of hours of fun work.

Before the job with cuts marked for customer to see.Attachment 7442

After the job. Note the groundie in standard reclined postion....

Attachment 7443

Hey OOMT, you should put the proposed pic next to an actual finished works pic from the same direction as a before and after to present to clients. That gives a real clear picture to them what you can do. And also find a badly lopped to fenceline example with stubs everywhere, put a big red "X" through it to show them what to beware of! A good marketing tool for ya right there!

OutofMytree · 21st September 2008, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrevMcRev

Hey OOMT, you should put the proposed pic next to an actual finished works pic from the same direction as a before and after to present to clients. That gives a real clear picture to them what you can do. And also find a badly lopped to fenceline example with stubs everywhere, put a big red "X" through it to show them what to beware of! A good marketing tool for ya right there!

Hehe, funny you should say that Trev. I have a growing selection of before and after photo's and on the way home today took a great "hatrack" photo for the file. I got a nice jacaranda pruning job a fornight ago using the photo's of a previous jacci' as a demonstration tool. Pictures really do tell a thousand words.

JayD · 30th September 2008, 07:09 PM

Hey who's going to enter the picture competition? Think about it there's around $300 worth of prizes,for 5 mins it takes to post a couple of pictures...Good value

Get your photo's in..Have a go!

Here's a link to the thread for you's
Picture Competition| $300 of prizes to be won

TrevMcRev · 1st October 2008, 04:16 AM

Thats right JayD!

Fellas it's not an auction on ebay, you dont win by bidding in the closing seconds!

Get em on and win some kit

Quintrex · 3rd October 2008, 01:55 AM

[b]Daylight saving[/B]

Hey Ekka, we get to turn our clocks forward here 1 hour on saturday night.

No more 4 am magpies!

Cheers mate.

TrevMcRev · 3rd October 2008, 04:28 AM

Brain fizzleing day of research for me but the day ended well with a BBQ and a

with the crew

Ekka · 3rd October 2008, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quintrex

[b]Daylight saving[/B]

Hey Ekka, we get to turn our clocks forward here 1 hour on saturday night.

No more 4 am magpies!

Cheers mate.

5.30am I was up today coz the damned sun was waking up everything that lives out there ... and it was hot!

But hence, this is the clever state.

Quintrex · 3rd October 2008, 05:30 AM

Best time of the day, isn't it mate!

Therrin · 12th November 2008, 01:06 AM

Hey all, I havent been online much.

Been doing lots of palms lately. YUCK! F'ing things. I have lots of pictures to post of palm work but need to wait till my internet is back up cuz I'm on a friend's computer.

Ended up going out to a previous client's house at 11pm the other night. Edison was called out to do line work. Some deadwood fell and knocked out the lines across the clients yard and the neib's yard.
We donned headlamps, talked to the edison crew first, then made sure we had our procedures down including yelling out "clear" everytime I dropped anything from the tree.
(Edison is the power co out here)
They were in to do the job that night, and arranged for me to show up so they could drop the remaining lines, let me go up and remove all the other deadwood, and then they'd string up new lines. Apparently they didnt want to string up new lines under a bunch of deadwood that was still left. Go figure.

So that was kinda fun. Got the foreman's celly number and we got on pretty well just chatting and such. He said if I ever have a job with lines under it, give him a call and schedule a time and he'd come out with his crew and drop everything before the job, then restring it afterwards.
PRETTY COOL!!!! woohoo for making contacts!

Therrin · 12th November 2008, 01:15 AM

And there's MORE! But that page was getting long.

Been doing lots and lots of FIREWOOD lately. Ugh.
I'm selling in 1/2 cord increments right now (4'x4'x4').
I made a box for the back of my truck and it'll take a half cord pretty nicely but an entire cord is too much weight/volume for my little truck.

I've got rates all set up for self pickup, and for delivery, but 99% of the work now has been delilvery. Some of them out to 50 miles.
I do $20 for delivery of 1/2 cord within 5 miles + 50 cents a mile outside of that.

I've got another 3 or 4 cords split so far, and another...oh, maybe 9 cords of wood that is waiting to be processed.
Borrowed a splitter from a friend of mine. The thing is homebuilt and its MASSIVE. 4" diameter ram on it, it goes through just about anything. We were putting rounds over 5 foot in diameter under it and it just plowed right through them.

I built a couple half-cord boxes so that I can fill them and I know what's what as far as pickup and delivery goes, and it helps for sorting out mixed softwood and mixed hardwood loads.

All in all I've been putting in a ton of work lately, and have a fulltime employee goin at it as well. It's good work though and deliveries have been regular and more orders are coming in.
We just started it up 2 weeks ago, so all is going well.

How about you guys? Lots of firewood stuff goin on?

Done it · 12th November 2008, 02:38 AM

Glad to see you're busy,

Now maybe we'll get The Bandit back, instead of that dxxxhead pool guy.

treevet · 12th November 2008, 05:12 AM

How much you gettin for firewood Therrin?

19th September 2008, 05:53 AM	#1276 (permalink)
OutofMytree Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth Posts: 317	Re: So whadya get up to today. Did this a couple of days ago and I'm so proud of myself! Client wanted to lop this Yellow Box one metre inside the fence and we all know what happens to box trees when you lop them....... Anyway sent him an emailed report with a link to this site and to the ansi standard. He was suitably impressed and gave me the green light for a couple of hours of fun work. Before the job with cuts marked for customer to see.Viva Cut Plan compressed.JPG After the job. Note the groundie in standard reclined postion....Viva Complete looking south compressed.JPG

19th September 2008, 06:39 AM	#1277 (permalink)
OutofMytree Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth Posts: 317	Re: So whadya get up to today. Got a little excited about a cut I saw film of so I decided to have a go myself. Just so you know, I only use a standard scarf and a hauling rope on sticks. Anything I cannot control like that gets climbed and blocked. But I just had to give it a go......... Cypress Cut Vertical.JPG Cypress log and stump.JPG Now I know the bore cut was out of level but fair go, it was my first time and was a little excited! Still I like the result and other than my groundie ending up on his backside when the stick let go it was a great success. Come to think of it, my groundie spends a lot of time lying down anyway..... Just think, I read about a safer cutting technique in a thread and apply it the next day. That speaks volumes to the education process that occurs when you get open minded professionals together in a public forum.

19th September 2008, 03:50 PM	#1278 (permalink)
Knotahippie Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bay Area Ca. Posts: 322	Re: So whadya get up to today. Heck and heck yeah!

21st September 2008, 02:11 AM	#1279 (permalink)
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30th September 2008, 07:09 PM	#1282 (permalink)
JayD Moderator - Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,166	Re: So whadya get up to today. Hey who's going to enter the picture competition? Think about it there's around $300 worth of prizes,for 5 mins it takes to post a couple of pictures...Good valueGet your photo's in..Have a go! Here's a link to the thread for you's Picture Competition\| $300 of prizes to be won __________________ Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory

1st October 2008, 04:16 AM	#1283 (permalink)
TrevMcRev Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 973	Re: So whadya get up to today. Thats right JayD! Fellas it's not an auction on ebay, you dont win by bidding in the closing seconds! Get em on and win some kit __________________ Total Tree Care - Melbourne Arborist Reports & Consulting,Tree Pruning & Removal www.treegear.com.au - Australia's Best Value Arborist Supplies

3rd October 2008, 01:55 AM	#1284 (permalink)
Quintrex Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 560	Re: So whadya get up to today. [b]Daylight saving[/B] Hey Ekka, we get to turn our clocks forward here 1 hour on saturday night. No more 4 am magpies! Cheers mate. __________________ Heightmaster Last edited by Quintrex : 3rd October 2008 at 01:55 AM. Reason: Spelling (again)

3rd October 2008, 04:28 AM	#1285 (permalink)
TrevMcRev Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 973	Re: So whadya get up to today. Brain fizzleing day of research for me but the day ended well with a BBQ and a with the crew __________________ Total Tree Care - Melbourne Arborist Reports & Consulting,Tree Pruning & Removal www.treegear.com.au - Australia's Best Value Arborist Supplies

3rd October 2008, 05:30 AM	#1287 (permalink)
Quintrex Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 560	Re: So whadya get up to today. Best time of the day, isn't it mate! __________________ Heightmaster

12th November 2008, 01:06 AM	#1288 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,424	Re: So whadya get up to today. Hey all, I havent been online much. Been doing lots of palms lately. YUCK! F'ing things. I have lots of pictures to post of palm work but need to wait till my internet is back up cuz I'm on a friend's computer. Ended up going out to a previous client's house at 11pm the other night. Edison was called out to do line work. Some deadwood fell and knocked out the lines across the clients yard and the neib's yard. We donned headlamps, talked to the edison crew first, then made sure we had our procedures down including yelling out "clear" everytime I dropped anything from the tree. (Edison is the power co out here) They were in to do the job that night, and arranged for me to show up so they could drop the remaining lines, let me go up and remove all the other deadwood, and then they'd string up new lines. Apparently they didnt want to string up new lines under a bunch of deadwood that was still left. Go figure. So that was kinda fun. Got the foreman's celly number and we got on pretty well just chatting and such. He said if I ever have a job with lines under it, give him a call and schedule a time and he'd come out with his crew and drop everything before the job, then restring it afterwards. PRETTY COOL!!!! woohoo for making contacts! __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703

12th November 2008, 01:15 AM	#1289 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,424	Re: So whadya get up to today. And there's MORE! But that page was getting long. Been doing lots and lots of FIREWOOD lately. Ugh. I'm selling in 1/2 cord increments right now (4'x4'x4'). I made a box for the back of my truck and it'll take a half cord pretty nicely but an entire cord is too much weight/volume for my little truck. I've got rates all set up for self pickup, and for delivery, but 99% of the work now has been delilvery. Some of them out to 50 miles. I do $20 for delivery of 1/2 cord within 5 miles + 50 cents a mile outside of that. I've got another 3 or 4 cords split so far, and another...oh, maybe 9 cords of wood that is waiting to be processed. Borrowed a splitter from a friend of mine. The thing is homebuilt and its MASSIVE. 4" diameter ram on it, it goes through just about anything. We were putting rounds over 5 foot in diameter under it and it just plowed right through them. I built a couple half-cord boxes so that I can fill them and I know what's what as far as pickup and delivery goes, and it helps for sorting out mixed softwood and mixed hardwood loads. All in all I've been putting in a ton of work lately, and have a fulltime employee goin at it as well. It's good work though and deliveries have been regular and more orders are coming in. We just started it up 2 weeks ago, so all is going well. How about you guys? Lots of firewood stuff goin on? __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703

12th November 2008, 02:38 AM	#1290 (permalink)
Done it Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Parramatta. nsw. Australia. Posts: 376	Re: So whadya get up to today. Glad to see you're busy, Now maybe we'll get The Bandit back, instead of that dxxxhead pool guy.

12th November 2008, 05:12 AM	#1291 (permalink)
treevet Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 1,522	Re: So whadya get up to today. How much you gettin for firewood Therrin?