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Therrin · 12th January 2009, 11:34 AM

Eeeek! Funeral's been bumped up to Wednesday! I'm leaving for Iowa ....tonight I guess! looks to be a red-eye run... 30 some odd hrs straight

See you all later!!!!

treevet · 12th January 2009, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Therrin

Eeeek! Funeral's been bumped up to Wednesday! I'm leaving for Iowa ....tonight I guess! looks to be a red-eye run... 30 some odd hrs straight

See you all later!!!!

safe trip!

newguy18 · 12th January 2009, 01:22 PM

Take care Ken,drive safe.

newguy18 · 12th January 2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Therrin

The people who own the ranch where I live want the weeds taken care of. That'd be a TON of pulling...

So, I'm thinking about finding a living lawnmower.

What's better for eating down weeds, a sheep or a goat?

Why pull them?why not just mow them or use a weedeater?

Goat,try and get a boar goat if you can,they WILL eat anything.

sawn crazy · 12th January 2009, 05:53 PM

well Therrin, the inlaws are out of wood so I kicked into firewood gear and gottem 3 cords or so and I broke the throtle linkage on my old husky 480 you dont have one in your spare parts pile do ya??????

MrDiesel · 12th January 2009, 06:21 PM

Thank everyone. Missus is going good now but she she did knock back a few bourbons on the first and second night and yes about 15 blokes did get the chance to put the boot in before the cops stopped them. Oddly enough the coppers didnt see anyone touch him

The guy who held up the missus used a pen torch under his jumper. In hindsight sounds dumb to have let him behind the tellers but you never know so they didnt risk it. His sentencing is in feb but because he attempted kidnapping he get min 20 years the copper rekons.

For a blue collar/housing commission area they guys who caught the bank robber returned every cent of the money (about $50K). I take my hat off to them

Therrin · 12th January 2009, 09:28 PM

Sorry, no spare husky parts. I'd have had to have owned some first. I've got some Stihl parts?

I hand-grenaded an 011 from 80ft out of a pine tree. And there's various other miscellaneous bits lying around.

First thing in the morning gotta go and get my drivers liscence renewed (it expired back in Oct

), then gotta go get the tires rotated, check and make sure I've got everything, and hit the road! I did the oil change earlier tonight.
I've got an entire box of stuff "just incase", cuz I'm wonky like that. Hopefully it'll all be cool though. It's supposed to be socked in with snow in Iowa though, so somewhere south of there I'm gonna pick up about 10 bags of 90lb concrete to put a lil weight across my rear axle, and I've got some bitchin chains.

olyman · 13th January 2009, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Therrin

Hey what's up? How's work goin? Let us know what you've been up to lately. Has work been good/bad? Heavy or slow? Is there a big project going right now or any other ones you've completed and haven't mentioned yet?

Lets hear it.

im healing up---this is the fifth week, after slipping on a ice frozen deck of a semi trailer--bruised everything fom my hip center on to the left knee--much physical therapy--and chiro treatments--should be near full recov by end of this week---sucks big time--and hurt like h#$%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a good fist fight would have hurt less!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eric Frei · 13th January 2009, 10:33 PM

That dang ice claims a few!

You got pretty banged up. People flamin die slipping over and banging their heads, you guys get some special shoes for winter, maybe got little spikes or suction cups?

olyman · 14th January 2009, 12:57 AM

they have ice straps you can put on any shoe--i just dont have any--and hadnt anticipated falling!!!!!!!!!!

got right back up--it was three days later i couldnt hardly walk!!!! like the delayed reaction from auto accidents---

rbtree · 15th January 2009, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by arborjockey

how do i downsize my photos to 1000x1000.. everytime i try it the photo only crops and stays the same size.

Get the free photo editor Picasa 3: Free download from Google easy to resize shots....they end up in "picasa downloads" folder all resized, you choose the size. You can also alter exposure, color, crop, and do more simple editing tasks.

hanging from a rope · 2nd February 2009, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Therrin

Hey what's up? How's work goin? Let us know what you've been up to lately. Has work been good/bad? Heavy or slow? Is there a big project going right now or any other ones you've completed and haven't mentioned yet?

Lets hear it.

well ken ive been slow except for fire wood thats been hott,hopefully spring get things going, im bidding work though but it's alot of we gotta hold off until spring, doug peterkin owner operator 4-seasons outdoor services....ny

AnnetteR · 2nd February 2009, 10:07 PM

Hello everyone, I know you all missed me. The cast is off and I am dancing again, (sort of). The dog had puppies, we scored a goat, the cows wont come home. It is raining, the dams are empty, hm, still, but all is just great mate. Does anyone know if we are sliding into some kind of serious economic disaster or will it just blow over. I need to know because I cant make up my mind wether to buy a bigger TV or pay off the credit card, just kidding. Seriously though, is it doom and gloom ahead, I dont even see the news any more, (the kids wont let me have the small tv), sorry to talk politics, they are so boring but then again there is nothing much else happening here to talk about. Does anyone want my address to send me an anominous valantines card, ha ha, pretty bad when you have to ask for one. Ok seriously, all is good. Annette

Dano · 2nd February 2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Therrin

What's better for eating down weeds, a sheep or a goat?

They'll both eat all the grass first but the goats will then move onto anything else providing the fences are good enough to keep them in.

("know" in the biblical sense.) That's Kiwi's, small Islands to the East, we've got to much land for them to get away in..

Good luck,

Dano

Q.Q. · 2nd February 2009, 11:29 PM

Just do what I do Therrin, get down on your hands and knee's and pull them out. Just did three day's of weeding garden bed's, but don't tell anyone

I don't want the word to get out. Although I have another three day's next week as well

.

AnnetteR, pay the card out and wait about another 5-6 months for that TV I think. I waiting for a few things myself, wait till you see what people are going to be getting rid of to lower there det.

Well I'm off two Dirranbandi tomorrow for two day's, tree work. Large heritage Bottle tree to remove at a school, full of internal rot and very unsafe.And mabie a 30meter gum tree that's been topped before, hmm will have to see what to advise.

newguy18 · 3rd February 2009, 02:58 AM

Right now,i'm about to take the rear brakes apart on my truck,they locked on me yesterday and almost rolled my truck on me.After that,i'm pulling the head on my welder,and later bondoing the gas tank for my motorcycle.After the tank is bondoed and painted,all i need is to have a key made and i can drive it to test the tranny and see how it looks.Oh and i'm going back to the duplex i tore down to salvage some wood.

newguy18 · 5th February 2009, 05:38 PM

Truck is fixed,brake line was loose,about 3 turns to tighten it.Still doesn't explaing the rear brakes locking up but everything seems to be working now.Welder is back togther.Gonna end up cleaning up the debris from the duplex,gotta go get a take away bin first.I'm gonna pick up a key for my bike tommorow.

Damn truck,now i don't have enough to go visit Dave,not yet anyway.

tom macdonald · 6th February 2009, 07:06 AM

fixin is fun aint it . injector on my massey 265 pumping fuel into oilpan . tore it off and sent to ijection repair in ottawa.best get fixed before snowfall.

Victor Lindsay · 6th February 2009, 08:04 AM

Cleaned 14 palms today. Strongest winds I've ever worked in. Wind chill was 33. Back yard stuff, no lift. I was swingin ! Nice profit margin though.

Therrin · 6th February 2009, 08:28 AM

Well I've got a nice new (used) fifth wheel RV now... its sooooo great. And I can stand up in it, that's a HUGE bonus

So I've got 3 trailers now, and just been told that I've got 30 days to move out cuz of ....ranch politics. They're probably selling or something.

I'm gonna get rid of the medium sized one so that I'll just have the two.

Maybe I'll go live in the desert or something. Not enough work around here to keep a rent payment going. Noone's hiring now, people are laying off all over the place.

hanging from a rope · 6th February 2009, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by treevet

We're still busy working on storm damage. Like Ekka said people have neglected trees for decades and bought frivilous (sp?) things and this year we had 2 major storms and a hurricane. Still having fond memories of jobs completed/checks cashed/extravagant things bought. Best year ever. Trees are on everyone's minds as it is not the storm itself that defines the devastation but rather the trees falling on things that is the issue.

Weather has predictably slowed our production somewhat and within a week it went from 70 degrees to 30 degrees f working temps. Clothes piled up everywhere......in the trucks on the floors on the stairs etc., as they are put on and taken off as the day warms up and the body warms up. Been selling firewood slowly as last year it sold out in Nov. Figured I was selling it too cheap. Will sell it all over the winter but this year will make much more on about the same amount of wood. None of that small quantity sale that just is annoying and not profitable. We planted a whole $hitload of trees last week with the Dingo and stumpgrinder cutting the holes that made some big bucks.

Trying to think of what to do different next year to be more profitable while trying to read as much as time permits to "do the right thing" whenever possible.

Cheers

hay next to the a frame,is that a vermeer 630a stump grinder? if so i had the same machine with a air cooled wisconsin engine 4 cylinder,it was a great machine.....

hanging from a rope · 6th February 2009, 08:44 AM

same old stuff, sold otta fire wood now im gearing up for a new company venture,an getting busy again the sleeping giant has awoken

treevet · 6th February 2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by hanging from a rope

hay next to the a frame,is that a vermeer 630a stump grinder? if so i had the same machine with a air cooled wisconsin engine 4 cylinder,it was a great machine.....

Yeah, 630 A with pro teeth and Wisc. and next to it 665B with newly rebuilt 65 hp Wisc, pro teeth and remote control. They both still run great, we take real good care of our stuff. Whatcha runnin now?

sherwood · 6th February 2009, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Therrin

Hey what's up? How's work goin? Let us know what you've been up to lately. Has work been good/bad? Heavy or slow? Is there a big project going right now or any other ones you've completed and haven't mentioned yet?

Lets hear it.

Work is going well. Lots of crane work lately. My company has city contracts in colorado so I have been doing a lot of pretty bad dead hybrid cottonwood removals. Don't know if you guys know cottonwoods but they are very brittle and a real pain when they are dead. Besides that just enjoying life working in the trees and hope everyone else is too.

Dano · 6th February 2009, 09:39 PM

My excavator buddy finally found time for me and cleared about an acre of dead blackberry so I could get to 8 dead trees (Black wattle & eucalypt) on the back of a clients dam. I dropped and cut them up a little with him following me and pushing them into burn piles for April.

Easy..

Dano

treevet · 6th February 2009, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sherwood

Work is going well. Lots of crane work lately. My company has city contracts in colorado so I have been doing a lot of pretty bad dead hybrid cottonwood removals. Don't know if you guys know cottonwoods but they are very brittle and a real pain when they are dead. Besides that just enjoying life working in the trees and hope everyone else is too.

Lots of us have to deal with the big dead, or live cottonwood poplar. Pain in the ... even if alive. Very brittle and if alive you drop a limb on one below and the whole mess is filled with water and leaves...well it all goes down at once. You gotta watch where you put your weight and rigging. Lucky you have a crane to assist.

Joris · 6th February 2009, 11:58 PM

I've been bussy making VTA reports and visiting new clients. Further more I've started to make a maintenance plan for a Parksite nearby of 17 ha large together with a friend of mine who's also a treeworker.
In a few weeks all this will be posted on my website that I'm building as we speek.

treevet · 7th February 2009, 12:19 AM

Welcome Joris and keep up the good work. Talk to Ekka about linking your website, or even building it for you.

s.kerrone · 7th February 2009, 02:02 PM

Hi everybody,not much happening on Vancouver Is. right now,winter is slowly but surely leaving us.hopefully the better wheather will get people to be thinking of spring pruning,topping,etc.

newguy18 · 7th February 2009, 02:41 PM

topping?

12th January 2009, 11:34 AM	#271
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,512	Re: Therrin, whatcha workin on right now? Eeeek! Funeral's been bumped up to Wednesday! I'm leaving for Iowa ....tonight I guess! looks to be a red-eye run... 30 some odd hrs straight See you all later!!!!

12th January 2009, 01:22 PM	#273
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: newguy18, whatcha workin on right now? Take care Ken,drive safe. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

12th January 2009, 05:53 PM	#275
sawn crazy I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: montana Posts: 4	Re: sawn crazy, whatcha workin on right now? well Therrin, the inlaws are out of wood so I kicked into firewood gear and gottem 3 cords or so and I broke the throtle linkage on my old husky 480 you dont have one in your spare parts pile do ya??????

12th January 2009, 06:21 PM	#276
MrDiesel Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: here Posts: 196	Re: MrDiesel, whatcha workin on right now? Thank everyone. Missus is going good now but she she did knock back a few bourbons on the first and second night and yes about 15 blokes did get the chance to put the boot in before the cops stopped them. Oddly enough the coppers didnt see anyone touch him The guy who held up the missus used a pen torch under his jumper. In hindsight sounds dumb to have let him behind the tellers but you never know so they didnt risk it. His sentencing is in feb but because he attempted kidnapping he get min 20 years the copper rekons. For a blue collar/housing commission area they guys who caught the bank robber returned every cent of the money (about $50K). I take my hat off to them

12th January 2009, 09:28 PM	#277
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,512	Re: Therrin, whatcha workin on right now? Sorry, no spare husky parts. I'd have had to have owned some first. I've got some Stihl parts? I hand-grenaded an 011 from 80ft out of a pine tree. And there's various other miscellaneous bits lying around. First thing in the morning gotta go and get my drivers liscence renewed (it expired back in Oct ), then gotta go get the tires rotated, check and make sure I've got everything, and hit the road! I did the oil change earlier tonight. I've got an entire box of stuff "just incase", cuz I'm wonky like that. Hopefully it'll all be cool though. It's supposed to be socked in with snow in Iowa though, so somewhere south of there I'm gonna pick up about 10 bags of 90lb concrete to put a lil weight across my rear axle, and I've got some bitchin chains.

13th January 2009, 10:33 PM	#279
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,820	Re: Ekka, whatcha workin on right now? That dang ice claims a few! You got pretty banged up. People flamin die slipping over and banging their heads, you guys get some special shoes for winter, maybe got little spikes or suction cups? __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

14th January 2009, 12:57 AM	#280
olyman Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: iowa--usa Posts: 125	Re: olyman, whatcha workin on right now? they have ice straps you can put on any shoe--i just dont have any--and hadnt anticipated falling!!!!!!!!!! got right back up--it was three days later i couldnt hardly walk!!!! like the delayed reaction from auto accidents---

2nd February 2009, 10:07 PM	#283
AnnetteR Sappling Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Queensland Australia Posts: 28	Re: AnnetteR, whatcha workin on right now? Hello everyone, I know you all missed me. The cast is off and I am dancing again, (sort of). The dog had puppies, we scored a goat, the cows wont come home. It is raining, the dams are empty, hm, still, but all is just great mate. Does anyone know if we are sliding into some kind of serious economic disaster or will it just blow over. I need to know because I cant make up my mind wether to buy a bigger TV or pay off the credit card, just kidding. Seriously though, is it doom and gloom ahead, I dont even see the news any more, (the kids wont let me have the small tv), sorry to talk politics, they are so boring but then again there is nothing much else happening here to talk about. Does anyone want my address to send me an anominous valantines card, ha ha, pretty bad when you have to ask for one. Ok seriously, all is good. Annette

2nd February 2009, 11:29 PM	#285
Q.Q. Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia Posts: 282	Re: Q.Q., whatcha workin on right now? Just do what I do Therrin, get down on your hands and knee's and pull them out. Just did three day's of weeding garden bed's, but don't tell anyone I don't want the word to get out. Although I have another three day's next week as well . AnnetteR, pay the card out and wait about another 5-6 months for that TV I think. I waiting for a few things myself, wait till you see what people are going to be getting rid of to lower there det. Well I'm off two Dirranbandi tomorrow for two day's, tree work. Large heritage Bottle tree to remove at a school, full of internal rot and very unsafe.And mabie a 30meter gum tree that's been topped before, hmm will have to see what to advise. __________________ Q,Q's Tree & Garden Maintenance FAMILARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

3rd February 2009, 02:58 AM	#286
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: newguy18, whatcha workin on right now? Right now,i'm about to take the rear brakes apart on my truck,they locked on me yesterday and almost rolled my truck on me.After that,i'm pulling the head on my welder,and later bondoing the gas tank for my motorcycle.After the tank is bondoed and painted,all i need is to have a key made and i can drive it to test the tranny and see how it looks.Oh and i'm going back to the duplex i tore down to salvage some wood. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

5th February 2009, 05:38 PM	#287
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: newguy18, whatcha workin on right now? Truck is fixed,brake line was loose,about 3 turns to tighten it.Still doesn't explaing the rear brakes locking up but everything seems to be working now.Welder is back togther.Gonna end up cleaning up the debris from the duplex,gotta go get a take away bin first.I'm gonna pick up a key for my bike tommorow.Damn truck,now i don't have enough to go visit Dave,not yet anyway. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

6th February 2009, 07:06 AM	#288
tom macdonald Sappling Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: cornwall ont. can. Posts: 10	Re: tom macdonald, whatcha workin on right now? fixin is fun aint it . injector on my massey 265 pumping fuel into oilpan . tore it off and sent to ijection repair in ottawa.best get fixed before snowfall.

6th February 2009, 08:04 AM	#289
Victor Lindsay Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 421	Re: vl2007, whatcha workin on right now? Cleaned 14 palms today. Strongest winds I've ever worked in. Wind chill was 33. Back yard stuff, no lift. I was swingin ! Nice profit margin though.

6th February 2009, 08:28 AM	#290
Therrin Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca Posts: 2,512	Re: Therrin, whatcha workin on right now? Well I've got a nice new (used) fifth wheel RV now... its sooooo great. And I can stand up in it, that's a HUGE bonus So I've got 3 trailers now, and just been told that I've got 30 days to move out cuz of ....ranch politics. They're probably selling or something. I'm gonna get rid of the medium sized one so that I'll just have the two. Maybe I'll go live in the desert or something. Not enough work around here to keep a rent payment going. Noone's hiring now, people are laying off all over the place.

6th February 2009, 08:44 AM	#292
hanging from a rope Sappling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: new york Posts: 26	Re: hanging from a rope, whatcha workin on right now? same old stuff, sold otta fire wood now im gearing up for a new company venture,an getting busy again the sleeping giant has awoken

6th February 2009, 09:39 PM	#295
Dano Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NSW Posts: 101	Re: Dano, whatcha workin on right now? My excavator buddy finally found time for me and cleared about an acre of dead blackberry so I could get to 8 dead trees (Black wattle & eucalypt) on the back of a clients dam. I dropped and cut them up a little with him following me and pushing them into burn piles for April. Easy.. Dano

6th February 2009, 11:58 PM	#297
Joris Sappling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SKW Belgium Posts: 6	Re: Joris, whatcha workin on right now? I've been bussy making VTA reports and visiting new clients. Further more I've started to make a maintenance plan for a Parksite nearby of 17 ha large together with a friend of mine who's also a treeworker. In a few weeks all this will be posted on my website that I'm building as we speek.

7th February 2009, 12:19 AM	#298
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: treevet, whatcha workin on right now? Welcome Joris and keep up the good work. Talk to Ekka about linking your website, or even building it for you.

7th February 2009, 02:02 PM	#299
s.kerrone Sappling Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: duncan b.c. Posts: 24	Re: s.kerrone, whatcha workin on right now? Hi everybody,not much happening on Vancouver Is. right now,winter is slowly but surely leaving us.hopefully the better wheather will get people to be thinking of spring pruning,topping,etc.

7th February 2009, 02:41 PM	#300
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: newguy18, whatcha workin on right now? topping? __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

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