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sharkfin12us

Hi therrin .Im here in northern united states east coast new jersey 45 minutes from new york city.I dont advertise in the phone books any more find it to be a waste.Word of mouth does me fine.Getting slow im down to one or 2 jobs ahead.I keep it small me and one person.I have a bucket truck 65 foot and bobcat a300 skid steer.I also have a knuckleboom but engine needs to be rebuilt if i dont have 7 or 8 thousand dollars in front of me not happening hopefully in 2009 i will have that done.I dont come to this site much but i wanted to see other sites again and so thats why im here and noticed your message.Hope your doing good and will check to see if you left me a message.Have a good day sharkfin12us

treevet

Thanks, Guy....but watcha workin on right now?

treevet

Where u from in Jersey Sharkfin? I used to live in Hunterdon and Somerset county about 45 mins. from nyc.

sharkfin12us

North jersey morris county.How do you like ohio and why did you move just curious.

treevet

My brother lives in Morristown. I did some work in that area but my business was based in Flemington. I went thru a divorce (her fault of course I got together with an old high school sweet heart (Cinci) I had not seen in about 15 years at a reunion a couple of friends set up. We fell in love again and married and I moved all my $hit out here. Are you near the lakes?

I love Cinci but miss the beauty of western NJ. My sister lives in Sergeantsville. We get out there occassionally.

pcarborist

Yup, around Labor Day. I've got a neighbor that finished in the Top 10 one yr. I've heard there's a few hard cores that turn around at the finish line and run the entire course again.

I've heard of the Ant Farm but i can't remember if i've rode that trail or not? Sawtooth, are you from the Sawtooths? I climbed the Elephant's Perch yrs ago when I used to rock climb.

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treeseer

Yeah there are some fanatics in that crowd. I bailed at 87, never got back to try again.

Dave, just tree assessment, care, and writing. 4 deadlines this weekend, arrg. You'll see 2 in Feb.

arborjockey

Fraud, rapist, you guys are killing me. 80 year old red oaks broken in half, trees on houses, and the "treeseer" wants me to prune (save your corrective pruning and bark tracing for a different thread) Rapist I may be but my only victims are hazardous trees whose targets are worried home owners. Their fraud is the insurance companies' long battle, but they pay into home owners' insurance for 60 years and what do they get? Nuttn When theirs' is a catastrophic disaster they get a government bail out. Win-win. I'm helping give back...... a little. Don't over analize everyones' pics & videos so much or people are going to stop sending stuff in. A guy will send in a picture of a dude cutting a 4'' palm down and there's 36 posts on how he should of used a bigger saw, chaps, helmet, and a crane. And here all the picture was about was his new hand saw. The last groundman I worked with spiked every tree to the top, tied in, then worked untied the whole time, one handed the saw, blah blah blah. Every day for 40 years, never been hurt, EVER. If I sent video of him working, Querus would put $ on him being dead in a week. Watch ur words.

treevet

You may be over reacting IMO. Just helping you CYA. What you described IS insurance fraud. Some things you do and just shut up about it.

treeseer

/but if you do want to yap about preying on scared old people, be sure to put your mug in your avatar.

Makes it so much easier for arrest and prosecution!



Are there any Darwin awards left?

arborjockey

Scared old people what are talking about? Im the guy who walks away from removals not beause the tree is hazardouse but because its not. When it comes to the nitty gritty and your clinet wants a perfectly healthy tree cut down im the guy who says " cant do it call someone else". not sure if treeseer knows this but ohio got 80 mph winds across the entire state for over an hour in some places. some neighborhoods lost all street trees. Ohio having the largest amount of greenspace between developments in the nation, theirs lots of storm damage. Im a sub contractor, I get paid by the guys who gets paid. nobody knows me

treevet

I know you (a little). Have talked to you on the phone. I think you were telling us that you were HELPING the client with the deductable. I was merely suggesting that you watch what you say on a public, documented forum. Never know what can happen. I was just trying to help ....you were just trying to help......life goes on...


We have removed loads of unsalvageable trees blown apart and have triaged into repairing the ones that can be left.

Jason Axe

kinda slow right now but still have some fire wood to split. have a small river birch that needs cabled. it hast tree leaders so i was just going to try using Rig Guy wire stop system to do it. worth a try. do you guys like the rig guy system? or are you old school? also im asuming a comealong is the best way to get the tree brougt in enough that the cables are tight when the comealong is removed? or do any of you have a trick up your sleeve?
dont mind me im new to this

newguy18

I'm still kinda jealous of you guys,i wish we would have a big stor come through live oak,i can think of many trees that would blow apart.

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treeseer

I stand corrected. Thank you!

But re deductible etc, some details better left between the lines.

Eric Frei

There's a real BIG thread about it here.

Rigguy Wirestop fasteners for cable

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sharkfin12us

Yes i live very close to hopatcong largest lake in new jersey 12 miles around.Good for you as long as you are happy.

Oldtimer

Hello EKKA;
Nice Reports and Video on your site as usual. This site is more professional looking every time I come by. We always learn something from these reports. It is cold here today ( by our Standards) around 31-F. Degrees this morning. I have been home sick with sinus problems and taking medicines and this is the first day back to work this week.

I wish you, your Personal Family and Extended Tree Climbing Work Family a great holiday Season, Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year 2009.

Desi "Oldtimer" Mora.
Climbing Trees in Austin.

willem

Yesterday I did some field work. Research with a PICUS-machine. This machine can make an image of the inside of a tree with soundwaves. I had to do two trees each under attack by a different Ganoderma species




Example of image received by the machine

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sawtooth ID

PCarborist,

Yes, I've been living in Southern Idaho for a while, Denver is just a diversion until I can get back. Hard to make a living around Sun Valley. The Elephant's Perch? That's a big league climb. Bummer all the storms have split around you recently.

Willem,

What does the image mean? I have never used or seen that equipment before. I use the unscientific method of pounding on the trunk with a mallet to determine if the tree is still sound.

fatdog

Well things have been really slow right now. About two weeks ago had a job removing some big limb off five good size oaks. H/owner wasn't getting enough sun in that part of his yard and also some for the limb were starting to sag down on a 8' tall fence along the side of his yard. But it was a good job.
The only problem was it was cold and the wind was blowing. Of course the last day was sunny and warm.

newguy18

Cool,so is that an experimental machine?how acurate is it?is there a color code so yuo can tell whats decayed?Something like that would be a very worthwhile investment for me,i could use it to determine the amount of decay in trees before i climb them.

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Knotahippie

Bank roll...

Therrin

Lol yeah really. You have a few extra G's lying around you arent using NG?


Oldtimer, I'm in Comanche, Tx at the moment, not far from Brownwood, but I flew into and will be flying out of Austin. How close are you to the airport?

(hmm...maybe I'll send him a PM too...)

newguy18

nah not right now,if i did theres a few things on my list that are slightly more important.With all the traveling yuo do it seems theres good money in palms over there in your area.

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Therrin

Why do you want to know what rent where I live is like? you arent seriously thinking of moving in and competing with me are you? LOL try a little farther north buddy! No seriously though, there's very little work in the area I'm in.

I thought you were supposed to work with that one guy up north anyway? Something about climbing redwoods and stuff?

newguy18

Just climbing the redwoods for fun,who knows i might get in with Jerry.The reason i'm asking is to get an idea,randymac said it averages about450-850 in his area.Great now we derailed the thread,thanks Ken.

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treevet

Interesting stuff Willem....Chapters 12 and 13 of Francis Schwarze's new book, Diagnosis and Prognosis of the Development of Wood Decay in Urban Trees discusses this.

newguy18

What does the book say about these machines Treevet?A piece of equipment that actually intrests me[besides chainsaws]for treecare and i can't seem to find any info on them.

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treevet

It is cutting edge non invasive decay detection (acoustical).