Thanks
My condolences to others losses.
Point taken, seriously from my perspective.
Only read one page back there from last Thursday morning at my last check in. Still quite lacking on the who and why but got the jest of very bad new. It does travel faster somehow, intentional or not.
Still thirty three pages behind and no plans to play catch-up on this thread anymore. It's just not in my cards now. Sadly, realizing all my time is now going to be consumed because I'm slow and getting slower. The only way to get faster is by moving on to something else besides climbing or start working machines more and more. Still trying to avoid hiring someone and that just seems futile at this point.
Never made any good money just felling without having a climber right there when needed. Have the saws, bars, chains and talent to take down anything. Lacking the stamina to get it done myself SUCKS!! Young mans game to be able to do the complete job start to finish on large removals. Being just an all day climber is out for me now. I'm dead in two six hour days from dragging up the three quarter and one inch bull lines, eighty feet up. Getting old and too broken now imo. Rarely did I ever have a good ground guy who can cover a good climbers needs. The very reason I learned to take apart trees myself. Hauling lines up, sharpening or fueling my saws, running a portawrap, running a saw without rocking the chain every third cut and knowing the climber is number one has never materialize for me. Might be calling it quits this year.
Anyone possibly interested in becoming a climber should look me up. If your not a self starter don't bother. Plenty of work around here and can set you up local with a place to stay reasonable near the city or the pines, your choice where you live not mine. I see this market expanding yearly and showing no signs of slowing down. If you want a full time job you will split firewood, feed chippers and move materials. If not you go on day contract as climber only. Being safe is number one with me. It always was when talking about tree work. Seriously serious business, always on site, unless you need your tomatoes busted
Off now to bust the tomatoes of my machinist, he's fuggin slow like, super fuggin slow. Then more vehicle and equipment repair, updates and fabrication on another trailer. Need more time here allotted for cutting timber frame members.
Carry on hackets
