Didn't have a lot of time today but we got around 3 hrs in. The trimming crew doing their thing and I'm sawing up the bigger stuff. Friend is using his Stihl 009 I got running for him with a new solid state coil. He said he had to get a file to sharpen the chain and I told him to give it to me and I'd do it. After doing so and contouring the rakers as well I asked him how it was. He said it cuts better than it ever did before. Mission accomplished. Did get most all of it cut up on this side as he is saving the logs to saw up for lumber. Said he wants to make wood baseboard covers for his heating system. I got the far 2 trees all cut up before the "limb crew" came. Couple of slackers they are! Hah. Hope I can still do what they do when I'm their age. Should get a full day in tomorrow and would think the cutting should be done. Then the fun of cleanup!
Actually, our friends brother is why Dad and I decided to go on the halves and get the lift. Our friends brother, who graduated with Dad, was helping his son on a barn roof, He fell off and passed away from his injuries. We have barns to paint, roofs to repair and all kinds of maintenance stuff to do and we have used it all the time. Worth it to me.
Kevin in Ohio Didn't mean anything negative. Sorry to hear about your friend and that does explain why you have that piece of equipment. It makes your work much safer.
Nothing taken from you like that, just wanted to explain. I got it a the height of the recession and did extremely well on the price as the dealer could not move them at the time with construction at a standstill. Could make money on it now for sure but it's a keeper. Diesel 4x4
I have a lot of respect for ladder climbers. I was a Lineman for 40+ years climbing poles up 110' without any problems. Put me on a 20' ladder and I was scared to death.
I doubt I will be carrying a ladder into the woods to put a rope on a tree. I am lucky most of the wood I end up cutting is already down thanks to Mother Nature.
Went back over today and made short work of what was left in the back yard. It's all bucked up except for a few logs he keeping for lumber as mentioned before. I think he'll have enough wood for this Winter! Took a break to get some pics of this tree for you guys. It's just beyond his driveway and it's a big boy. I'd feel real sorry for the car that ran into this one! Root base is just massive and perfect spot as it has all the water it wants. Here is some scale for you. I'm 6'5". It measures 20' 6" four foot up so that puts the diameter at over 6 1/2 foot. Too bad it's cottonwood. Some limbs all ready fell on that guardrail but I pity the township crew if it falls on the road. Some serious weight there. Heading back our friend decided he wanted to let these go for awhile and drag them up later. They'll be some logs on those too. May have to drag in several pulls as some of these are pretty big.
Started on the front and cut some log lengths and started dragging them up off front hill They'll be about 5 or 6 logs out here till we're done. That's a MS660 with a 3ft bar for scale. We're cutting the logs 17 ft long. Good bit of wood out here as well. All bucked up here as well now. A couple logs rolled down the hill just out of view so he'll get them from the road. Going to leave these for now as well as they are easy pickens. He said he will drag them towards his wood shed and cut as they are needed, saving a handling if you will. I went back through and flush cut all his stumps for him as well. He was tickled that he got all of that cut up and wants to burn the wood up in his woodshed before moving this stuff in so I guess we are done for a while. I'll go back over when he's ready to do that. Good times with a good friend.
