15 years since i was doing this last

It is hard to believe it has been 1 and 1/2 years since my surgery. Thing are great. Thing I have wanted to do are happening. I recently had a chance of doing some tree take downs at the school system i work for. A large Apen tree that was damaged during The ice storm had some large broken lims over hanging a walk way that kids use as a cut threw from a side street. The neigbor was concerned. My boss called the tree serice that we use to come and drop it. They told him it would be 4 weeks.
SO i metioned to him That I had been practicing climbing trees that I could spike up it. drop the broken leader then drop the trunk.
Well it has been 15 years since i had been that far up in a tree especially on spikes. I had to go up about 25-30 feet up drop the leader then put up a pull line to drop the trunk. Good thing I had my camera that day. I am also glad I I kept my tree climbing gear from college.So now maybe in a couple of years my dream of BURT AND FAMILY TREE CARE will happen
Not Bad for a guy who was 522 lbs and now down to about 300 lbs.

http://s582.photobucket.com/albums/ss264/treeworker13/?albumview=grid

Great job!  Sounds like you are doing very well.  Keep it up and ENJOY!!!

 

Lou

Super job.

Be sure to post the pics on Manly Monday next week.  That is what it is for.  Chainsaws and tree climbing  real men do this.

Doing great!!  Isn't it cool to take on projects that you had to pass on only a year ago...get er' done!!  One of my biggest FART moments was taking a flight of stairs (upward) two at a time.  For most people that isn't a big deal.  For a guy 300 pounds it is...(plus you can't do it too well and you look pretty stupid doing it).  But at around 200 it just became a normal thing...But the head rush from taking on something like that just blew me away.  Brian

WOW!!! Congrats. We would definitely like to see pictures of that for Manly Monday. I have an antenna tower in my back yard beckoning me to repair my ham radio antenna rotor at the top. I think now I have no excuse not to strap on my harness and tackle that job. If you can climb and fall an old aspen I guess I better get off of my butt and fix it as soon as my back heals.
Nick

Congrats, nothing like a chainsaw to kick off the day.  Like the smell of woodchips/gas in the morning.  Lets kick some tree ass. Did some of that on the farm.  My son the ex EOD guy had a better way.  1 stick 10sec fuse and may get the stump to.  He over shot one tree 2 stks 15sec fuse.  Wood chips, limbs everywhere.  Talk about hitting the dirt.  I was slower in my fat days got clipped in a couple places.  We went back to the Husqvarna method.