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metzler

soar soar soar, its been a long week but its finally over! ahh the weekend, climbed some good stuff this week...pruned a larger acer saccharinum on thursday just to kinda bring in the perimeter branches that reached way out and to give the tree a more symmetrical dripline, cleaned out the canopy of interior interferes, watersprouts ect. spent a half day (5 hours) on it and we still need to come back to complete the other two sections, its one of those big ol sprawling silver maples (5ft dbh) that originates in to four or five main leads down low and it grows on for ever! (i think its wider than it is tall) about 25m. I did the biggest and most vertical section first and left a rope up in it to use if need be later, I think the hardest sections are done and the rest will be easier.....
all in all one of the more challenging climbs 4 me lately.
I had my uncle on the ground helping, hes the guy iv been watching climb for 25 years now, hes a bit of a condescending asshole at times but hes also the best guy I could think of to have on the ground/ropes since he learned how to work in trees at davey 35 plus years ago... they grew up back east in baltimore so he was taught how to get around in a tree without spikes, before ascenders and all that fancy stuff came out.... hes one of those guys that for some reason, no mater what the hell your in, you feel safe with him there, or at least on the ground.

TGCIII

his hourly rate is? and is he willing to travel? i need a light at the end of the my dead ass tree tunnel! i aint stuck a live tree since christmas! i shit u not.

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Steaphany

I just found this forum and this is my first post. I live on my 67 acre ( 22 Hectare ) ranch in North Central Texas where the local trees are on the small side peaking at roughly 10 meters or 30 feet.

I do not consider myself a professional Arborist or Silviculturalist, yet, just a land owner who wants to get some real trees growing.

Since the climate here is close to that of Victoria and Tasmania, I have been interested in getting a crop of blue gum as well as an assortment of other gums growing for wood production, wind break, and natural shade for my Horses. I'd love to see how some Mountain Ash, Eucalyptus Regnans, would do here. ( I'd love to see the reactions of the maintenance workers on the area's 90 meter wind power generating towers watch as my trees grow taller than their towers )

newguy18

I'm just working on relaxing today.

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danschweitzer

Ive bin relaxing today aswell Was in woods for a day last week Ive got a bit to learn but enjoing it and my 026 is a nice screamer with its moded muffler it runs a treat am gonna get a friend to help me resize some fotos of how i did it in the apropriate place. ye cheers for sharing the stuff on here!!

cte539

Hey
I'm working on a tree inventory in a 54 acre county park in northern New Jersey.
Later
Paul

LeifR

Milling!



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Apocalypsse

W000, got a call today comfirming ive got the apprentice I applied for. Start off as a 2nd year apprentice as ive already finished a semester of TAFE!

jrhill

Aha, just the place to mention my problem - I have been given the task of locating about 30+kg of fresh Birch wood/timber - straight off the tree - will email Reno to see if he kept any when he cut down his dead tree and maybe kept some firewood.
Perhaps someone close to Waverley wouldn't mind parting with a limb off an overgrown Birch tree?

Bruce Hopf

Wish you all the best of luck with your apprenticeship. Bruce

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Saw Dust Smoken

I'll try to get some pictures up soon. Darn computer!

Saw Dust Smoken

Removed this mulberry tree yesterday. Trying to get some pictures up. Hope it works!

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Alby

I have just been in the process of trying to get an apprentice on board. If anyone is keen to work in Tas let me know.

sueann

I've just shovelled 4 metres of dirt to make a new garden as I've run out of trees to hang my pots and pans on, so need to plant some more trees.

Bruce Hopf

Yesterday, I was able to finish working on one of my chain saws, and get it running.
It is a Strunk Busy Beaver, from the 1950"s. It has a Tillotson HP carburetor on it, that the diaphragms were obsolete, for over 36 years, when Dad tried to find parts for his chain saw. It too was a Strunk, but I found a guy in the USA, that makes new diaphragms, using the metal part of the diaphragm.
The Busy Beaver is the rear chain saw. The other chain saw is A Strunk, SpeeDemon Special. I also had to rebuild the carburetor for it as well, and I got it running too. Bruce.

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Farawaytree

Hey there Therrin,
I missed this thread from you!!!!
(Back in Nov)
I took 4 weeks Holiday in January this year which was great.
I am now gearing up for the 2010 Winter Pruning season.
I have a really good Client base now for Rose and Fruit Tree pruning.
I love this part of my work!
I am also undertaking a Master Pruning course this year which will be ace!
Any news from you?
Cheers,
Farawaytree

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"BIG HELLO"
to all of you out there in Tree World.
Cant tell you how much I love EVERYONES input.
From the Small (like me) to the Great!!!
The richness and value of experience and wisdom at Tree World
here, should never be underestimated!
Keep up being in communicado everyone!
We shall live to fight another day!

Farawaytree.

djbohn

lol lol. right now im showing a girl this forum. im laying up and mostly getting drunk. im in metro detroit; the work mostly happens up north. last big one was about 80 ft shit-pine (easy). ill get back to you guys later.

Apocalypsse

Hooray finally finished and into my week off before the new job. Should be all nice and quiet after Monday, gogo aerial rescue assessment.

sueann

I've been up since 5am working horses and planting out mini agapanthus's as a border for my new garden. 100 of them!!!

Getting ready for a 40th birthday bash tonight. WOO HOO!

jmcg.insight.gardens

Hello Faraway tree, you haven't been on the forum for a while, welcome back...

Like your new avatar Sueann.............

Working on some community projects gardens and have just been asked to be project officer for our local Landcare group. That is keeping me out of mischief, as well as the normal study and work.

how's all you guy's?............. good I hope.

Regards Julie

JayD

Dont drink to much, look what happened last time you flew straight into a tree...lol

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mac801

HI Tree World Ninja Monkey. Whats up? I just finished up a job on Mackinac Island clearing trees that were to high for the runway approach. Mostly spruce and maple with some ironwood and Beach. Speaking of Beach, Mackinac Island has been hit with Beach bark disease( Fagus grandifolia) it is in it's fifth year and the trees are being decimated. We have been clearing them from roads and trails because of Beach snap and the danger of someone being injured. It is a very sad sight to see such glorious trees falling victim to an invader such as this.

Bruce Hopf

Welcome to Tree World. When I used to be a trucker, I crossed the Mackinac bridge, a few times. Different times, the toll both people told me to be careful up on top, as it was pretty windy.
It was at times, but hauling a tanker, wind just blew around it. It was pretty high up there, and the view was very nice.
Beach is going like the Elm trees did, and still once they get so big, they die off, from the Dutch Elm disease. Bruce.

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1- Pro Mac 60, 1- Pro Mac 700, 2- Mac 10-10 Automatic's, 2- Mini Mac 30's, 2- Mac 110's,
2- Mini Mac 35's, 1- Mac 140 with Automatic Chain Sharpener,
1- Pro Mac 10-10, 1- Mac Cat, 2- Eager Beaver
2.0's, 1- Mac 1-10
Stihl chain saws
2- 044's, 2- 034's, 2- 024's, 1- 064, 1- 084,
Strunk chain saws
1- Busy Beaver, 1- SpeeDemon Special
Stand Back, I Have A Very Extreme Case of CAD (Chain Saw Addiction Disorder).

djbohn

sueann
happy bday. i wish i was there.

sueann

Thank you Bj- but it wasn't actually my birthday, but thanks anyway A mate of my husbands.
It was a good night.

Haha Julie, she is pretty cute, Ekka has promised to send me some warts, so kind! XOXO

We're off uptown, they have this Nostalgia weekend here once a year and there are bands in the streets, market stalls and Elvis's running around everywhere (very unkool but whatever, re the Elvis's)

Best of all, hundreds of old fashioned cars are on display like old cadillacs, old holdens and fords and all sorts of weird old cars. They are seriously KOOL!

They do rocknroll dancing in the park and that's ok as well.

JayD

Good on you, it sounds like you had a blast. live life while you can cause you never know whats around the corner...

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jmcg.insight.gardens

Wart's huh, haha, Eric is multi-talented isn't he?.................I didn't know that he could do voodoo as well,

must be that chum of his Crowhorse thingamajiggy rubbing off on him.

Don't you worry about him, he's all bluff.

regards Julie

sueann

Yep! I reckon he's crunchy and tastes like chicken.

DanInPhilly

I still haven't made my next big climbing attempt. Had a cold for a while, then did conventional garden work, and now the East Coast is in the middle of a three-day rainstorm.

In a minute I'll post another question in the Climbing section; just trying to work through my phobias in advance.