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[ScotO]

Nice job S.O., it looks like a tough job that was handled real well.

Thanks brother.......

Just got back from dropping two pines at my one buddy's place out in the country.....one was a big 'un.
The big white in the picture (I'm guessing around 60' or so), 24" diameter at the base...the smaller one can be seen just to the right of the big one. both came down nicely. We still rigged them with cables just for an insurance policy so his sister's 1850's farmhouse wouldn't be jeopardized.....we got three really nice saw logs for the mill. Gonna be a big milling party this fall!




Picture of my favorite saw, my ported Stihl 041AV Super. Notice the signature Scotty Overkill dual port muffler on the side of her!

 

[ScotO]

As always, great job Scotty! Stay safe. Don't forget to post the Locust porn.

Don't worry, I will! You know how I love that locust! Only one problem, the homeowners may keep it!!
I told her I'd give her a break on the total if she let me take it....I'll be praying that is the case!

 

[ScotO]

Nice work....something tells me you've cut a couple trees down before....just a wild guess, but I'm pretty sure I'm right.

Just a few......

 

[ScotO]

Good job my friend...stay safe.

I will my friend.....you too,when you're out there...

 

[blujacket]

Don't worry, I will! You know how I love that locust! Only one problem, the homeowners may keep it!!
I told her I'd give her a break on the total if she let me take it....I'll be praying that is the case!

I can't blame them for wanting the wood.

 

[ScotO]

I can't blame them for wanting the wood.

Maybe I just won't do the job at all!! I'm gonna have a really hard time not taking that wood home with me....it's gonna make me sick.

 

[Locust Post]

Maybe I just won't do the job at all!! I'm gonna have a really hard time not taking that wood home with me....it's gonna make me sick.

I think you might be ok without that load of locust Scotty. But it would be hard.

 

[ScotO]

I think you might be ok without that load of locust Scotty. But it would be hard.

Its not that I really need the wood....it's just the PRINCIPLE of it.....

 

[chvymn99]

Thanks for sharing the pics. Great job well done...

 

[basod]

Looks good bud.
That pine log might be a bit knotty being on an open edge, unless you're looking for the character...was wondering how the heck you moved it until I noticed some heavy equipment in the background.
I'd just pushed it over with that tractor - that's me though maybe too steep on the hill

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Several months back a good friend I went to school with called me up and said that her and her husband had a very large tree that needed removed from their yard, and asked if I would come and look at it. So I did....


we then rigged our cantilever trunk, it was time to drop the one main. Went perfectly. Didn't get many pics as by this point it was close to 6:00pm and we were frazzled. High heat and humidity coupled with no lunch, and we were ready to wrap it up for the day...

I have to drop two pines tomorrow morning, one is a DANDY too....covered in poison ivy!! On my way home from that job, I'll pick up my large pile of rounds.

All told, the homeowner ended up with close to a cord of wood, my partner in crime ended up with around a cord and a half, and I ended up with around a cord and a half......of that wonderful chestnut oak!!

Scott, I have very high regard for you and your skills and you did an awesome job on a very technical tree.

However, you know better than to work like you did and I hope you reflect back on this more than once. High heat and humidity is tough enough to work in but then no lunch and it was then close to 6:00..... Dang it Scott, never, never, never forget that doing things like this is an open invitation to accidents.

Trouble is, it is easy sometimes to go over our limits and even do some things we know we should not be doing. But, we get away with it. Thank God! But now the real trouble come in because the next time we may think, "Well, we did this a couple times and turned out okay so...." Yes, it gets easier to do things we should not be doing.

Always remember that it is easier to look back now when it went okay but what if it had not gone okay. What would you be thinking then when reflecting back?

Sermon over. Glad that one is done. Amen. Now for the poison ivy thing....

 

[ScotO]

Scott, I have very high regard for you and your skills and you did an awesome job on a very technical tree.

However, you know better than to work like you did and I hope you reflect back on this more than once. High heat and humidity is tough enough to work in but then no lunch and it was then close to 6:00..... Dang it Scott, never, never, never forget that doing things like this is an open invitation to accidents.

Trouble is, it is easy sometimes to go over our limits and even do some things we know we should not be doing. But, we get away with it. Thank God! But now the real trouble come in because the next time we may think, "Well, we did this a couple times and turned out okay so...." Yes, it gets easier to do things we should not be doing.

Always remember that it is easier to look back now when it went okay but what if it had not gone okay. What would you be thinking then when reflecting back?

Sermon over. Glad that one is done. Amen. Now for the poison ivy thing....

Thanks for the compliments AND the sermon, Dennis. I respect you and hold you in very high regards, you're the kind of guy that should be looked up to.

did I overdo it? absolutely. I hate to admit it but I work like a dog til the job is done.....BUT, that being said, I have been stepping back as I get a little older and looking at it from the 'third person' perspective, and I try to take care of myself.

We did drink plenty of water, and some sweet tea throughout the day, but I hate eating a lunch or dinner if I'm going to be up in the tree. Its a lot of wrestling around and I hate having food in my stomach when I'm climbing. I will look into taking a couple of energy bars up the tree with me from now on.....

Again, I don't look at what your saying as preaching, but more like good, fatherly advice. And I appreciate it more than you know....

 

[WellSeasoned]

If we know Scotty, im sure he was munching on some edible leaves and nuts, maybe even a squirrel and a crow while up high. I think ill blow up the pics to further investigate

 

[ScotO]

If we know Scotty, im sure he was munching on some edible leaves and nuts, maybe even a squirrel and a crow while up high. I think ill blow up the pics to further investigate

roasted white oak acorns aren't all that bad, in a pinch...never tried the chestnut oak acorns though!

 

[bogydave]

Great pictures.
Keep them coming,
We love it.

I was 15' up a birch tree yesterday setting up my moose stand,
got scared so I put on a safety rope to tie me in when up that high.

 

[ScotO]

Well, hauled the big oak rounds from the second main trunk home Monday evening, and when I got home from work last night started splitting them. Still have the biggest rounds to split this evening, the upper rounds from that trunk yielded an average of 18 splits each.....

 

[NortheastAl]

Well, hauled the big oak rounds from the second main trunk home Monday evening, and when I got home from work last night started splitting them. Still have the biggest rounds to split this evening, the upper rounds from that trunk yielded an average of 18 splits each.....

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Nice wood, Scott.

I see you are splitting vertical, but where's the milk crate?

 

[charly]

you wouldn't want to see my laundry from the last two days, BB!

Love those sweat soaked saw dust embedded tee shirts! I had many of those! I also learned to buy tee's with no pockets.. I use to love being that dust dirty at the end of the day,, only reason,, you felt great when your were done and I was in the best shape of my life back it my climbing days.. I remember being so hot climbing I'd stop sweating,, that's when you need water! Send the water up on the rope... I use to rig with a bowline left in my lower line, just use a loop runner around the limb with a biner, no tying or untying for you or the ground man, plus made it fast to send up a saw, water etc... Sometimes I add a marl and then hook onto the loop runner if it was a very critical hold on the wood coming down... Used the Loop runners for false crotches as well, then you could take the wood from the spot you chose to lower it from.. Nice job, the lines are up and your safe! And no property damage... That's what it's all about... That gets you another job! Friend of mine took a job years ago , big tall pines, 4, right in back of a house, a real pain to get the brush out, no one wanted the job.... He took it,,, he ran a speed line over the house out to his chipper and ran all the limbs over the house out to the chipper.. Had a second pulley set up so he could pull the main pulley back up to him in the tree.. He was all about rigging, smart guy..

 

[blujacket]

I bet those are heavy. I have yet to score any Oak since joining this site. I bet it smells nice too.

 

[clemsonfor]

Late to the game but yep chestnut oak is a white oak.

 

[charly]

Thanks for the compliments AND the sermon, Dennis. I respect you and hold you in very high regards, you're the kind of guy that should be looked up to.

did I overdo it? absolutely. I hate to admit it but I work like a dog til the job is done.....BUT, that being said, I have been stepping back as I get a little older and looking at it from the 'third person' perspective, and I try to take care of myself.

We did drink plenty of water, and some sweet tea throughout the day, but I hate eating a lunch or dinner if I'm going to be up in the tree. Its a lot of wrestling around and I hate having food in my stomach when I'm climbing. I will look into taking a couple of energy bars up the tree with me from now on.....

Again, I don't look at what your saying as preaching, but more like good, fatherly advice. And I appreciate it more than you know....

I agree, you want to eat fruit or something that can digest easy , otherwise you rob your body of climbing energy.. I' d have a V8 and a banana... Sandwich your screwed! I actually would never wanted to climb back up once I'm working a tree, so I hear what your saying Scotty. Your adrenalin kicks in and the next thing your focused on smart moves and the work at hand.. Food is the last thing on your mind..

 

[ScotO]

I agree, you want to eat fruit or something that can digest easy , otherwise you rob your body of climbing energy.. I' d have a V8 and a banana... Sandwich your screwed! I actually would never wanted to climb back up once I'm working a tree, so I hear what your saying Scotty. Your adrenalin kicks in and the next thing your focused on smart moves and the work at hand.. Food is the last thing on your mind..

you know this from experience, and you nailed it......
that said, due to the multiple sub-trunks on this tree, I ended up having to climb up and down almost 14 times, give or take!!

 

[charly]

Scotty, First part of the video you can see the loop runners and biners I was talking about .. They're handy! You can even make two anchor points to lower something if you need more overhead support to lower something.. I use to go to the Arborist Expo's, they would have some great rigging seminars and ideas! I use to use the blake hitch instead of the tauntline hitch.. Blake hitch always ran smooth climbing, never bound up with pine pitch.. Just had to watch coming down , you could fly down.., yet the not held instantly.. Real good climbing knot. Now they use a split tail system , so you can replace the short tail when it gets friction warn...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=F8OkghIn9L8

 

[charly]

you know this from experience, and you nailed it......
that said, due to the multiple sub-trunks on this tree, I ended up having to climb up and down almost 14 times, give or take!!

People who never used climbing gear thinks it looks easy until you let them strap on some climbing spurs,,, a whole different story then...especially when your just working down a trunk, your tired and that's the end part of the job...I've been so tired that my arms would lock up if I brought them into towards my chest... Those forearms are telling you it's about over then! No one knows unless the climb..Nice to have a someone on the ground that's a climber too, helps you out them knowing when to let things run so they don't swing into you..

 

[charly]

Scotty I use to buy a lot of my rigging stuff the Sherrill Supply Company. Great people!