Dead fir log

[carlos]

great shots reg, bet there was no time for a 20min roadside monologue about T shirts or wee stains on the way home!

glad it came down for you in the end.

carl

[Steve Bullman]

That didn't look fun at all Reg! Thanks for sharing

[Rich Rule]

Top banana.

 

A bad tree done well.

[RC0]

That's actually a Stein Shirt Carl. Had it near 10 years now.

 

Steve, the climbing and cutting wasn't so bad. It's all work at the end if the day. It was the realization of how rotten the tree was....and that the strategy would have to change, take twice as long for the same money. And then near the end when it wouldn't go over, I'm pounding wedges which aren't moving, boiling hot, dehydrated, eyes full of sawdust and I catch a glimpse of the homeowners in the green house behind me....completely oblivious to the seriousness of the situation. If any of the rigging had broke at that moment....and there they were, heads down within falling distance. Thankfully Joe lives only a short distance away and was able to bring his truck. After it was down I just wanted to be away from that site. Both 3/4 inch ropes were stuck....would've taken me 30 mins saw them free, but I just cut them off with a knife. Same as the ratchet strap, I just left it. The home owners were following me back and forth to the truck as I'm trying to pack up, asking me about cutting the stump lower, and a branch on a walnut tree etc The neighbors also joined in now mithering about his trees. I'm going, I said.

[Mark Bolam]

I feel your pain mate.

I had a pretty similar situation today doing an annual trim on a 10' conny hedge when we were told we had to leave the section above the hedgehog house.

That was a game changer.

Mrs. Mortley got the teas in half way through, and that gave us the chance to reassess.

We left the section above the hedgehog house.

Still a fairly intense couple of hours.

We both walked away with no damage mate, that's the main thing.[emoji106]

 

 

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[Chippy]

Mark Did you have anything to do with the fork handles sketch?

[silky fox]

Incredible Pictures Reg! Sounds like you had to pull together literally all your Tree Work puzzle solving skills to get it done and get home safely.....Great Job.

[RC0]

I feel your pain mate.

I had a pretty similar situation today doing an annual trim on a 10' conny hedge when we were told we had to leave the section above the hedgehog house.

That was a game changer.

Mrs. Mortley got the teas in half way through, and that gave us the chance to reassess.

We left the section above the hedgehog house.

Still a fairly intense couple of hours.

We both walked away with no damage mate, that's the main thing.[emoji106]

 

 

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Thanks Mark. Glad I wasn't the only one

[RC0]

Incredible Pictures Reg! Sounds like you had to pull together literally all your Tree Work puzzle solving skills to get it done and get home safely.....Great Job.

 

Cheers. Wasn't that bad really. Just one of them jobs where time flys, and you don't feel like you're getting anywhere. Going backwards even.

[WesD]

Any vids Reg? Looked a great job for all the wrong reasons!