Unregistered, whatcha workin on right now?

Treeson

Working on finding work over the next couple of weeks before going over to Dublin for a few days to catch up with a friend, before she flies to Canada to go to uni.
Thought I had a job on Wednesday but the rain came in so thick and fast we had no option but to put it on hold. Who would go for a Scottish summer!!

jtrouse

Yeah been good still contract climbing in melbourne which is going great.

Just bought a Stihl MS 361 and its and awesome saw for climbing and on the ground highly recommended.

Hope everyone is doing well.

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Jim

http://www.arborclimb.com.au
CONTRACT CLIMBER

CERT IV HORT(ARB) NMIT
CERT III HORT (NMIT)

djbohn

I''m quiting. I'm tired. Goobye.

Apocalypsse

Some people are just soo stupid it hurts. Driving between jobs today and see a tree thats obviously been hit by a car and is covering the footpath, root ball and everything is out of the ground, dirt everywhere. I pull over to cut it up and call it in and this guy goes to me, 'Why did you cut the tree down?'. I was just thinking 'wtf... serioiusly!? Do you not see the fkn roots ripped out of the ground?!Q'.

Dano

Nice big job, all going well, clear old radiata wind breaks and reforest with natives. First section of three down and everyone still alive!

Working with various authorities to get client reimbursed as they are in water catchment area. Learning heaps!

Love this job!

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Dano

http://www.treelove.com.au

thacker

hi guys
things are slow at the moment and am currently not working much at all am having to do farm blocks and groundsman work to pay the bills. mite be time to upgrade the education

serialtreekiller

hi not to much just a big sea of green looking for a wood chipper

Saw Dust Smoken

Finished large hackberry removal this morning. Dumped wood at neighbors. This afternoon picked up large storm limb. Cleaned up stub and one more limb removed. Customer commited to whole tree remval. 4.5-5ft DBH. Get some pic if I can. September scheduled.

Therrin

Not working on a whole lot right now. Been vacationing alot though. Seems like in the last couple months and the upcoming month I will / have been gone far more than I will be / have been at home.

Interestingly though... my old boss from when I was a ropes and rock climbing instructor, he's working for a different camp/conference center now, and they just had a high ropes course installed by Bonsai Designs. He mentioned me to them and they emailed me some info. Apparently they're currently hiring for the position of "installers". I've been considering the idea of submitting a resume to go work for them for a while. They do allllll kinds of things from climbing towers, high and low ropes courses, zip lines, canopy tours, etc.
I thought with my current all around experience it might be an interesting job opportunity.

treeshaveneeds

Sounds like a great opportunity for you THerrin. Good luck!

Eric Frei

I have been working on our new portal.

Arboriculture in Australia - With Arborists online and available

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CaityR

It does have another name I think - Cupania - and I just looked up its real name: Cupaniopsis anacardioides which I will practice until it rolls off the tongue. It is just about the only tree newcastle City Council plants at the moment. I went to a council meeting where they said they'd just bought 500 of them. One of our suburbs lost almost all its trees a few years ago, NZ Christmas bush because they caught some disease. I hope the same doesn't happen to tuckeroos. Probably 10 per cent of them on our foreshore have black leaves which I presume is some sort of mildew/mould

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dov

Doing a little job clearing most of a cramped garden away. It's jam packed with scented plants from different scented Pelargoniums through to Lemon Verbena, Thyme, Daphnes, Gardenias and many others - that are ending up in my garden! As are all the silverbeet seedlings from the vege patch!

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Drouin Tree Service

Looks really good,be nice if some of the orgs could spend there time helping out with it!!!

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Drouin Tree Services | Excavator Hire - Drouin and SE Gippsland | Landclearing Melbourne

sueann

That is a really beautiful page.

jmcg.insight.gardens

I like it, I like the name, keep up the good work Eric..............

Julie

sharkey

Well lets see, today it will be~tick tick tick, ding, an Echo 8000. Going to make a new racer.

second-gen_monkey

i've been reduced to yard work! stupid economy, work is really slow. stupid weedeater crapped out today too and cost me a couple yards today. maybe i can catch up tomorrow.

i wanna climb! i wanna play with a saw!

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"I love my job, if you can't fix it, cut it down!"- Heard while watching a certain tree company with big orange trucks work.

6 years exp as a "ground work technician" specializing in "debris removal and placement"

3 years climbing training

1 year diesel mechanics school

22 years doing this --->

treeshaveneeds

Great work Ekka!! How will you decide which articles to post? I am amazed you find time to do all this stuff, and still stay employed.

Tree Specialist had a great nugget of info on burls. If he had a link, I noticed he didn't tell us. Pity....

Apocalypsse

Got me some new toys to play with. Footlock prussic, figure 8 descender, carabiner and chainsaw lanyard. Can't wait to have some fun.

Eric Frei

I'm trying to get content that is mainly Australian onto that page, and use that page as a portal to the threads here at Treeworld.

It's a different way of presenting the same content, and it works!

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z18turbo

Hi everyone,

I'm currently looking for info on ground penetrating radar reliability issues. We use hydro excavation to establish TPZ's on our street tree's when required by a developer and i recently said no thanks to a consultant who was pushing ground penetrating radar for the following reasons.

1. Average cost of $220 for Hydro V's $2200 for radar.

(Try telling a developer that they need to pay $2200 and if substantial roots are found then they can not proceed with construction)

2. Radar can pick up old root systems as well as other underground debris.

3. Result accuracy is based on the operator/translator.

4. If issues end up in dispute it is good to have photos that show the actual roots in question, especially if you are talking to people with no plant knowledge.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Jarrod Knight.

This is an example of what we end up with.

Eric Frei

In this picutre, the roots have been stripped of their bark .... correct?



I think so, and that is because hyrovac uses a high pressure wand to blast away soil (and bark) to make the hole then sucks the muck up.



You also want to see and read the story of this thread from post 108 to 111

Large tree transplants

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z18turbo

In this picutre, the roots have been stripped of their bark .... correct?

Not correct in this case, the off colour in the photo is due to the roots being sprayed with marking paint to show up in the photo's (Not sure if the paint would have an effect thou). The company that we use in melbourne is focused only on tree root excavation, not commercial pipes etc. They have worked out a pressure mix that does not effect the bark on roots. As far as I am aware they are the only company in Melbourne that has. They do hydro-aeration also which has worked on several euc's that we had done.

Cheers for the link to the other post, good info.

caseys

What I am working on is searching treeworld for advice on buying safety equipment... chaps, boots, helmet/ears and such. (Stihl MS361)

jeffswede

Get a Sherrill catalog.
Jeff

caseys

Jeff,

Sherrill catalog ordered...website is bookmarked.

Thanks
Casey

jeffswede

You got it, Dude!
Jeff

caseys

...now I am thinking about getting the Labonville chaps with the 10 layer. I am a homeowner, family man and appreciate the extra layers. Getting hot is not a concern since not cutting for a living, however, I am used to the heavy kevlar body armor worn every day all year around no matter the weather due to my occupation. Kevlar is my friend.

caseys

Gonna quote myself... might as well since my wife suggest I do this at home.

Anyway, I just ordered myself a pair of the Labonville chaps... the 10 ply ones, and what is nice is that they still have 20% off through tomorrow, at least it covered a little more than the shipping.

Want to get the best protection, accidents do happen and fast. Had a heavy duty drill get away and wrapped up my Mr Johnson around the bit like a ribbon around a May pole. Few lacerations that needed surgery in the OR to sew up. I was very lucky and will be fine. Anyway, too much protection is a good thing.

Casey