Cool Tree Pics!

TreeGuy · #1 06-21-2007, 10:23 PM

These are some pics from an Elm removal at the Holy Cross Hospital/Center here in Calgary. Enjoy!

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#2 06-21-2007, 10:37 PM

Great pics Tree.. ever heard the word timber while yer hangin from a thread? WOW... how many feet are ya up there? One more... STHIL ... all the way, eh?

Brady · #3 06-21-2007, 10:57 PM

Great pics Tree, thanx fer sharin.

TreeGuy · #4 06-21-2007, 11:35 PM

Doc...STHIL, period! Why anyone uses anything different is beyond me. The pics are a bit decieving. I was only 35' up, but about 18' from the stump, so it was a bit tricky. Actually, it was one of the most miserable removals I've ever done. Enjoy the pics!

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Ishpah · #5 06-22-2007, 09:47 PM

That tree looks rotten enough that one good jump and you wouldn't have to cut it down. Nice pics though.

#6 06-23-2007, 08:09 AM

you must be faster than most getting to your treestand

JohninAB · #7 06-23-2007, 09:44 AM

Treeguy, cool pics, but I see why you have to go through all that extra work, darn Stihl, not enough power to take it at the stump so ya got to cut the branches off with the Stihl before the guy with the Husky shows up and does the major cutting. Always said Stihl's are good for pruning and thats it!

#8 06-23-2007, 05:03 PM

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TreeGuy · #9 06-23-2007, 06:34 PM

NDN, I don't like to mix work and play!

I stick to the ground 'cause I do not have the ability to sit still any longer than 20 freakin' minutes!

JohninAB. The trunk was indeed finished off with a Husky. It's a great saw and (here we go again...) it's the ONLY good Husky I've had the chance to meet!

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TreeGuy · #10 06-24-2007, 10:41 PM

This is another cool pic but of very crappy quality as it was downloaded from my cell phone. It is the final stump cut of a big Poplar I took out just before last Christmas. I think it kinda looks like one of those 'Ferby' toys that were all the rage a couple of years ago!

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WCTHEMI · #11 06-24-2007, 10:46 PM

Cool pics, thanks for sharing.

JohninAB · #12 06-25-2007, 08:20 AM

Geesh that is a good looking saw, that Husky!

Just curious Treeguy, did you go to a forestry school and if so where? My Alma Mater is the U of A, class of 87.

TreeGuy · #13 06-26-2007, 09:49 PM

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Actually, I have an honors degree in economics with a double minor in sociology and information systems from Saint Francis Xavier University ('95).

I did this as a summer job during those years, and when I moved to Calgary I couldn't find work with my degree right away so I went back to what I knew best and have been here ever since.

I am NO LONGER a certified arborist. Long ago I let my membership lapse as nearly anyone can get it so long as you can pass grade 10 biology!

I have hired on so many ISA guys over the years and they are consistantly useless in the field. Hell, two of them were scared of heights for Christssakes!

I personally know three women over the age of 50 (one's 85) who have their certification and couldn't start a saw if their lives depended on it! One is a 'high-up' at the UofC and couldn't ID a stupid pear tree! I gave up.

Stay tuned, there will be some VERY good pics tomorrow or the next day!

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TreeGuy · #14 06-27-2007, 10:51 PM

Ok. Bear with me on this one as it will take three posts to do it.

This was my project of the day. This first series is of a 75' Spruce tree that had split itself into 4 individual tops. The pics were taken by Brock P. from the roof of the house, with many thanks.

It did get a bit sketchy as the wind was howling, and Spruce that split up like that are never structurally sound. Enjoy.

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TreeGuy · #15 06-27-2007, 10:58 PM

Here's part 1 of tree number 2.

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TreeGuy · #16 06-27-2007, 11:02 PM

Here's part 2 of tree number 2. God, I CANNOT GET the 'Sturdy Danny McGee' song out of my head!

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TreeGuy · #17 06-30-2007, 01:06 AM

Reeves1 · #18 06-30-2007, 05:30 AM

I see they are just tame ole city trees.

Ever cut a real (wild) one down ?

Reeves1 · #19 06-30-2007, 06:30 AM

What a wild Cedar looks like:

TreeGuy · #20 06-30-2007, 08:37 PM

Yeah, they were pretty tame for sure. The wind was the only complicating factor as it was howling at the time!

Nice cedar pic although I might question the placing of his notch. He could be in a pretty ackward position for a while.

Yep, I've knocked some big ones down. We did a trail clearance job this spring with some Engleman spruce over 140'. That was fun. Any we worked in Canmore a couple of years back after a bad 'blow-down' up in Silver Tip. That was VERY fun, and by times VERY scary as by times I had my spikes set at the 100' mark on a six inch chunk of wood, all the while swaying in the wind, looking down at the hundreds of trees blown over!

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Reeves1 · #21 06-30-2007, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Nice cedar pic although I might question the placing of his notch. He could be in a pretty ackward position for a while.

Opps ! Good eye there !
His saw got stuck & his partner had to cut him out of it.
Keep in mind that the Cedars along Quesnel Lake are over mature & are rotten. Just a shell. Even the small 8-10" dia have ring rot.
Those big ones "blow up" when they hit the ground !

Just the same. it was fun trying to give you a hard time !

TreeGuy · #22 06-30-2007, 11:21 PM

HaHaHa! I though so.

The 'blow ups' are awesome to watch, and awful to clean up!

Where the new Alberta Children's Hospital now sits, there was once a stand of stone dead Poplars. Since it was an open area and we really didn't have to clean up after ourselves.....game on!

Have you ever played the 'domino' game? That's where you notch and partially backcut several trees and finally drop that last one into the line? Holy crap! What a hoot! We did one line of nearly a dozen big dead trees!

Sh*t was flying everywhere!

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Reeves1 · #23 07-01-2007, 06:28 AM

I haven't done it, but seen the domino thing when the lads were clearing roads/landings. They used that often with those big rotten Cedars along the lake.
What surprised me was some of the massive Fir that would break up into firewood pieces ! Just over mature I guess.

Miss working in the big timber. Maybe when I retire I'll move to Valemount & join the old times logging club ! (now there is an interesting group of old timers !)

TreeGuy · #24 07-01-2007, 12:44 PM

Miss working in the big timber. Maybe when I retire I'll move to Valemount & join the lod times logging club ! (now there is an interesting group of old timers !)

No doubt there are some pretty wild stories to be told there over a couple of cold ones!

Honestly, I haven't spent very much time with the big stuff. What I specilize in is taking out large trees that are growing over houses, fences, gardens, power lines, etc, etc. Felling is not something we do alot of, as 9 times out of ten when an opportunity to try presents itself, the risk far outweighs the rewards.

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