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

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-

"phorbin" wrote:

Sigh...

And now to download the lyrics so I can finish the bloody song and
get it out
of my brain.
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http://tinyurl.com/652zat3

As you wish.G

Lew

On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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.

In article om, 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 Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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

Mike M wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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-

Mike M wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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

"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.

Lew

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-

On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 23:23:24 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Mike M wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:32:42 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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.

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-

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:29:24 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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

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-

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:48:38 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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!