...when ya turn up to mill a tree, the tree is still vertical and the tree lopper is still up in the top of it...?
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This is my second job where I've been called in and waiting on tree loppers - so not too bad over 10 years. but on top of 1h,15min drive each way it was a bit annoying.
The customer wanted me to mill it in his back yard after the tree was dropped. This is his back yard...
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just no way I was able to get in there and mill in all this bush. After lengthy consultation, I figure I can come back on saturday (now my daughter lives with me, I book mobile jobs for her weekends at her Mums, so I really didn't want to do it, but had already booked up next two 'free' weekends for other jobs) made the difficult decision to get it sorted for the customer - this guy has had the worst run!! He's been ordered to take the tree down after a 10 year battle with his neighbour, but to add insult to injury, the only vehicle access to the tree is via the neighbours driveway so there is a fairly lengthy negotiation period to sort out the tree loppers getting in and also me getting in. The neighbour seems cordial enough with us workers.
After arranging with the customer and neighbour to be back on Saturday morning with bobcat in tow and then take the logs back to the yard to mill them, I go home with nothing done for the day. Once home I get a call from the neighbour, the long and short of it is he won't give me access to get the logs out unless the customer agrees to grind the stump of the tree! The tree is in the customers yard!!and the tree loppers don't believe the court order dictates the customer has to grind the stump, so its just vindictive on the neighbours part - more negotiation.
Finally agreements re-made and Saturday arrives, first load...
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Second load...
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I did two tanks of fuel driving the bobcat and logs back and forth, plus had a very challenging day being mediator between customer and neighbour for 10 hours, I was so drained by the end of the day, I just had to go fishing the next day ;)
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Was a great day for the missus, she scored 1 silver perch, 1 spangled perch, 2 bass, 3 fork tailed catfish and 7 Tilapia. Myself just two of those Tilapia on the string and 3 catfish, but it was just what the doctor ordered before getting back into it Monday.
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My boss and number 1 helper did the slabbing while I sharpened chains, took slabs and stacked them, but also had to spray each slab with an anti-fungal spray as the timber (Queensland Kauri Pine) is prone to blue stain - very time consuming and tedious.
Customer also wanted some biscuits from two of the logs I had to dock to fit them up the neighbours driveway, So I chucked them on top of an opened log and went nice and steady....
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Checkout the difference in sawdust when crosscutting using the slabber rather than ripping with it...
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Finally we had everything cut, sprayed, stickered, stacked and strapped...
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Husqvarna 395xp with 24" bar for scale - couple of nice big logs.
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Hopefully you guys have had better jobs than this lately ;)
WP_001757.jpg
This is my second job where I've been called in and waiting on tree loppers - so not too bad over 10 years. but on top of 1h,15min drive each way it was a bit annoying.
The customer wanted me to mill it in his back yard after the tree was dropped. This is his back yard...
WP_001759.jpg WP_001756.jpg
just no way I was able to get in there and mill in all this bush. After lengthy consultation, I figure I can come back on saturday (now my daughter lives with me, I book mobile jobs for her weekends at her Mums, so I really didn't want to do it, but had already booked up next two 'free' weekends for other jobs) made the difficult decision to get it sorted for the customer - this guy has had the worst run!! He's been ordered to take the tree down after a 10 year battle with his neighbour, but to add insult to injury, the only vehicle access to the tree is via the neighbours driveway so there is a fairly lengthy negotiation period to sort out the tree loppers getting in and also me getting in. The neighbour seems cordial enough with us workers.
After arranging with the customer and neighbour to be back on Saturday morning with bobcat in tow and then take the logs back to the yard to mill them, I go home with nothing done for the day. Once home I get a call from the neighbour, the long and short of it is he won't give me access to get the logs out unless the customer agrees to grind the stump of the tree! The tree is in the customers yard!!and the tree loppers don't believe the court order dictates the customer has to grind the stump, so its just vindictive on the neighbours part - more negotiation.
Finally agreements re-made and Saturday arrives, first load...
WP_001765.jpg WP_001766.jpg
Second load...
WP_001768.jpg WP_001769.jpg
I did two tanks of fuel driving the bobcat and logs back and forth, plus had a very challenging day being mediator between customer and neighbour for 10 hours, I was so drained by the end of the day, I just had to go fishing the next day ;)
WP_001777.jpg
Was a great day for the missus, she scored 1 silver perch, 1 spangled perch, 2 bass, 3 fork tailed catfish and 7 Tilapia. Myself just two of those Tilapia on the string and 3 catfish, but it was just what the doctor ordered before getting back into it Monday.
WP_001778.jpg
My boss and number 1 helper did the slabbing while I sharpened chains, took slabs and stacked them, but also had to spray each slab with an anti-fungal spray as the timber (Queensland Kauri Pine) is prone to blue stain - very time consuming and tedious.
Customer also wanted some biscuits from two of the logs I had to dock to fit them up the neighbours driveway, So I chucked them on top of an opened log and went nice and steady....
WP_001781.jpg WP_001782.jpg
Checkout the difference in sawdust when crosscutting using the slabber rather than ripping with it...
WP_001783.jpg
Finally we had everything cut, sprayed, stickered, stacked and strapped...
WP_001784.jpg WP_001785.jpg
Husqvarna 395xp with 24" bar for scale - couple of nice big logs.
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Hopefully you guys have had better jobs than this lately ;)
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