Goodbye Old Friend

Goodbye Old Friend, tree leaning against my house has to come down.

Apparently the guys taking down my tree weren't as professional or safe as they should be from what I have read in the comments. I had no idea, they were bonded and in the phone book...

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• tree
• removal
• saw
• cut
• goodbye
• chainsaw
• stump

[1GTSEric]

if there was no damage to the house, and no one was hurt, I'd call that a successful job!! Not everyone can be an arborist.

[TheKwaikwai]

Gotta get me a pair of those chainsaw khakis. They look comforatable. To think all these years I`ve been wearing maximum protection head gear, glasses, muffs and pants. Just shows you any Jimmy with a saw can get paid as an arborist....sick. Oh yeah, and rigging out of the carabiner,...classic. Backpack blower guy on the roof was funny too. Oh! and to top it off....the one handed final cut with one hand on the corner of the house,....those guys are bums....bad name for us all.

[francisco61261]

this is a good combination of safety, knoledge and experience

[carlmilo89]

i see nothing wrong with this tree removal, ive been an arborist for 6 years. and you sir been climbing for 6 weeks. go back to the books.

[powerwagon383]

yeah they could have done a better job, and that bar was definitly a bit to long. Didn't look to terrible sharp either.

[powerwagon383]

Alot of these people sound like union arborists. Now that's a joke

[SunnyMoon2010]

How much did it cost you ?

[thecincinnatiboss]

good job! everyones safe and happy cant ask for anything more

[Plumbtrees]

Safety and professionalism aside, the biggest concern for the home owner here is the fact that if any of the workers gets hurt or falls off the roof, if they are not working to industry standards then the insurance companies they hold policies with may refuse claims. this would leave the home owner open to civil claims from the injured parties being that you would now be deemed the Principle contractor. This is a big problem in our industry. you were all lucky this time round.

[elmarcianodenny]

I think they did a preety decent job... I would leave the tree 2 or 3 feet as a seat to remember that it was there and have a natural chair.

[thekettle2]

@TheKwaikwai hahaah, im an arb student, iv been climbing for 6 weeks, i could have done a safer job!

And at the end, cutting with the 880, bar wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to long for the timber they were cutting hahaha

[aidanlego]

that sad