Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
into the trees to prune them.
This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the gas
engine and the controls.
All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
The rest requires a ladder leaned into the tree.
Yep, things are pretty much up to date in Kansas City to paraphrase
the old song.
Lew
"Mike Marlow" wrote:
>
>
> Ugh-ugh Mike. The beauty of them is that all of the weight is at
> the engine, and you don't hold that weight very high. Nor is it
> that much weight. As an old duffer myself, I really like the "don't
> have to climb the ladder" aspect. Especially with one of my
> chainsaws. Was a time that didn't bother me. Now the damned ladder
> bothers me.
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Left my last ladder(s) on the boat.
These days other people do my ladder work.
Lew
In article <[email protected]>, sails.man1
@verizon.net says...
> Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
>
> The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
> into the trees to prune them.
>
> This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
>
> A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
> aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the gas
> engine and the controls.
>
> All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
>
> The rest requires a ladder leaned into the tree.
>
> Yep, things are pretty much up to date in Kansas City to paraphrase
> the old song.
Sigh...
And now to download the lyrics so I can finish the bloody song and get it out
of my brain.
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 23:23:24 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mike M wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>>> Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
>>>>
>>>> The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
>>>> into the trees to prune them.
>>>>
>>>> This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
>>>>
>>>> A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
>>>> aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the
>>>> gas engine and the controls.
>>>>
>>>> All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
>>>>
>>>
>>> They are great tools. I own one and it is so much better than
>>> climbing up a ladder with a chainsaw.
>>
>> I agree they are great but as an old duffer holding that much weight
>> up in the air gets old fast.
>>
>
>
>Ugh-ugh Mike. The beauty of them is that all of the weight is at the
>engine, and you don't hold that weight very high. Nor is it that much
>weight. As an old duffer myself, I really like the "don't have to climb the
>ladder" aspect. Especially with one of my chainsaws. Was a time that
>didn't bother me. Now the damned ladder bothers me.
Yours might be lighter then mine I've got the Stihl version where you
use the motor for multiple attachments and I have the bigger one. With
one extention and the saw extension I'm good for about 20 minutes then
it's rest the back. Some of it is from my disability injuries. A tree
guy I do some excavator work and hauling for went to using a Japenese
saw on an extension pole instead of the power version. I miss when I
worked being able to bring an 80' boom truck home with a bucket and
top controls.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
>
> The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
> into the trees to prune them.
>
> This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
>
> A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
> aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the gas
> engine and the controls.
>
> All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
>
They are great tools. I own one and it is so much better than climbing up a
ladder with a chainsaw.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Mike M wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>> Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
>>>
>>> The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
>>> into the trees to prune them.
>>>
>>> This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
>>>
>>> A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
>>> aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the
>>> gas engine and the controls.
>>>
>>> All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
>>>
>>
>> They are great tools. I own one and it is so much better than
>> climbing up a ladder with a chainsaw.
>
> I agree they are great but as an old duffer holding that much weight
> up in the air gets old fast.
>
Ugh-ugh Mike. The beauty of them is that all of the weight is at the
engine, and you don't hold that weight very high. Nor is it that much
weight. As an old duffer myself, I really like the "don't have to climb the
ladder" aspect. Especially with one of my chainsaws. Was a time that
didn't bother me. Now the damned ladder bothers me.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Mike M wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>> Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
>>>
>>> The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
>>> into the trees to prune them.
>>>
>>> This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
>>>
>>> A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
>>> aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the
>>> gas engine and the controls.
>>>
>>> All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
>>>
>>
>> They are great tools. I own one and it is so much better than
>> climbing up a ladder with a chainsaw.
>
> I agree they are great but as an old duffer holding that much weight
> up in the air gets old fast.
>
> Mike M
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Mike Marlow" wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ugh-ugh Mike. The beauty of them is that all of the weight is at
>> the engine, and you don't hold that weight very high. Nor is it
>> that much weight. As an old duffer myself, I really like the "don't
>> have to climb the ladder" aspect. Especially with one of my
>> chainsaws. Was a time that didn't bother me. Now the damned ladder
>> bothers me.
> ----------------------------------------------
> Left my last ladder(s) on the boat.
>
> These days other people do my ladder work.
>
No freakin' kiddin'! I own a 24' extension ladder - and it's for other
peope to use on my house!
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Mike M wrote:
>
> Yours might be lighter then mine I've got the Stihl version where you
> use the motor for multiple attachments and I have the bigger one. With
> one extention and the saw extension I'm good for about 20 minutes then
> it's rest the back. Some of it is from my disability injuries. A tree
> guy I do some excavator work and hauling for went to using a Japenese
> saw on an extension pole instead of the power version. I miss when I
> worked being able to bring an 80' boom truck home with a bucket and
> top controls.
I have a Cub Cadet 4 cycle model. Heavier than the two cycle engines, but
I've always found it to be manageable since the weight is at the bottom of
the unit. Mine is like yours - two piece shaft that you can put different
attachements on. I have the tiller attachement - works great to cultivate
the garden, string trimmer, brush trimmer, chainsaw.
80' boom truck? Tell me you just brought it home and parked it in the yard
to look cool. Tell me you didn't really get up in that sucker...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Mike M wrote:
> I drove 6 hours and only worked 2 for
> electricians pay.
Oh Mike - that just isn't right.
>It was fun most of the time but I should of thanked
> the guy who ran into the back of thruck and shattered both my femurs.
> I sure don't miss that job now.
I sure don't blame you!
> I've even a ridden one over in of all
> things a certification test. The testor said we had to test in all
> positions as I remember it as 150% of bucket rating. I told him the
> manual said not to extend over 50% to the side but he claimed it had
> to be the full range. Turns out I was right, the manual suppercedes
> ANSI. We were only up 30' went it started tipping. The reality is we
> both walked away as we were almost to the ground before the truck
> really started tipping over. We got a free truck repair out of it.
>
All the more proof for my belief in keeping one's feet as close to the
damned ground as possible!
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:48:38 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mike M wrote:
>
>> I drove 6 hours and only worked 2 for
>> electricians pay.
>
>Oh Mike - that just isn't right.
For Clarification all 8 hours were for electricians pay. And I used
to get 16 hour days sometimes on long one day jobs so I never
complained with the overtime mixed in.
>
>>It was fun most of the time but I should of thanked
>> the guy who ran into the back of thruck and shattered both my femurs.
>> I sure don't miss that job now.
>
>I sure don't blame you!
>
>> I've even a ridden one over in of all
>> things a certification test. The testor said we had to test in all
>> positions as I remember it as 150% of bucket rating. I told him the
>> manual said not to extend over 50% to the side but he claimed it had
>> to be the full range. Turns out I was right, the manual suppercedes
>> ANSI. We were only up 30' went it started tipping. The reality is we
>> both walked away as we were almost to the ground before the truck
>> really started tipping over. We got a free truck repair out of it.
>>
>
>All the more proof for my belief in keeping one's feet as close to the
>damned ground as possible!
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
>>
>> The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
>> into the trees to prune them.
>>
>> This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
>>
>> A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
>> aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the gas
>> engine and the controls.
>>
>> All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
>>
>
>They are great tools. I own one and it is so much better than climbing up a
>ladder with a chainsaw.
Mine is an 8 inch electric on a fiberglass pole. Great worksaver.
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:29:24 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mike M wrote:
>
>>
>> Yours might be lighter then mine I've got the Stihl version where you
>> use the motor for multiple attachments and I have the bigger one. With
>> one extention and the saw extension I'm good for about 20 minutes then
>> it's rest the back. Some of it is from my disability injuries. A tree
>> guy I do some excavator work and hauling for went to using a Japenese
>> saw on an extension pole instead of the power version. I miss when I
>> worked being able to bring an 80' boom truck home with a bucket and
>> top controls.
>
>I have a Cub Cadet 4 cycle model. Heavier than the two cycle engines, but
>I've always found it to be manageable since the weight is at the bottom of
>the unit. Mine is like yours - two piece shaft that you can put different
>attachements on. I have the tiller attachement - works great to cultivate
>the garden, string trimmer, brush trimmer, chainsaw.
>
>80' boom truck? Tell me you just brought it home and parked it in the yard
>to look cool. Tell me you didn't really get up in that sucker...
I use to spend 5 days a week with the thing traveling all of western
Wa. We did commercial lighting systems. I ran boom trucks and other
equipment working for and as an electrical contractor. I've worked in
conditions you would like, like snow blowing sideways where as you
work the boom, the truck wants to slide, or winds high enough to
rotate the boom. Thank God we were allowed to stop for lightening. On
the other hand some days I drove 6 hours and only worked 2 for
electricians pay. It was fun most of the time but I should of thanked
the guy who ran into the back of thruck and shattered both my femurs.
I sure don't miss that job now. I've even a ridden one over in of all
things a certification test. The testor said we had to test in all
positions as I remember it as 150% of bucket rating. I told him the
manual said not to extend over 50% to the side but he claimed it had
to be the full range. Turns out I was right, the manual suppercedes
ANSI. We were only up 30' went it started tipping. The reality is we
both walked away as we were almost to the ground before the truck
really started tipping over. We got a free truck repair out of it.
Mike M
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> Today is the day when they prune the olive trees outside my window.
>>
>> The trees are 20'-25' tall and in year's past, that meant climbing
>> into the trees to prune them.
>>
>> This year a new toy for the tree trimmers.
>>
>> A baby chain saw with maybe 12"-15" cutting length attached to an
>> aluminum tube maybe 12'-15' ft long which is next connected to the gas
>> engine and the controls.
>>
>> All most all the pruning is done from the ground.
>>
>
>They are great tools. I own one and it is so much better than climbing up a
>ladder with a chainsaw.
I agree they are great but as an old duffer holding that much weight
up in the air gets old fast.
Mike M