Davey Tree Ad 1959

[frans]

These pictures and experiences that Sohner is sharing are pictures from the actual company which started commercial tree work in California.

 

How lucky are we to have this privilege?

 

We are lucky to have this person share these photos and be able to put forth a verbal history for us.

 

I hear historians talk about how they wish they had better information about different segments of history which has changed our society.

 

Well, here we have it!

[skyhuck]

These pictures and experiences that Sohner is sharing are pictures from the actual company which started commercial tree work in California.

 

How lucky are we to have this privilege?

 

We are lucky to have this person share these photos and be able to put forth a verbal history for us.

 

I hear historians talk about how they wish they had better information about different segments of history which has changed our society.

 

Well, here we have it!

 

:congrats:

[Log-ologist]

Sohner, those are real gems. Thanks for sharing you pictures.

[sohner]

Roger Sohner on the left and his first and only partner Dwight Bailey on the right. Right around 1931.

[sohner]

Aerial lift trucks were crude in the early days. The truck was so heavy that it didn't have outriggers. Gas mileage was not so good either!

These rigs were used for line clearance in the forties and fifties. We owned them right up until the eighties. Got a little expensive to operate after a while. A bit heavy on the road tax.

[scotspine1]

Amazing to see those old photos, do you have any tree removal pics from the 60s/70s?

[sohner]

Not all of the trucks were the same. This beauty was a real gem.

[scotspine1]

Is that a Monterey Cypress hedge being trimmed, and would he get shocked if he contacted the powerlines?

[sohner]

Yes it was a Monterey Cypress hedge. The lines that the operator is working close to are phone lines. The picture was taken across the street from where we lived and the picture was just a demonstration photo.

I'm working on the photos from the 60's and 70's but with little luck at this time. My brother may have the collection from that era. I'll ask him when I see him next. Could be a while don't see him much.

[frans]

I really like the photos you post