Why am I an antinatalist? GoogleIsEvil 2021-07-04 | This is my submission to the: "Why am I an antinatalist?" contest for 2021.
Home Made Stump Grinder Testing GoogleIsEvil 2016-04-01 | I am testing my home made stump grinder auger attachment. It works OK but gets stuck about 4 inches in. It should be working better, so I will be increasing the knife angles and moving them further down the screw cone.
Homemade mini skid steer stump grinder auger attachment assembly GoogleIsEvil 2016-03-26 | I am building a stump grinder attachment for the auger drive on my Thomas 25g mini skid steer. This was the final assembly.
Box Elder Removal Ground View GoogleIsEvil 2013-10-24 | My friend does some climbing on this job and I work ground crew. He is a master at rigging for sure.
Big box elder drops GoogleIsEvil 2013-10-22 | This was a big Acer negundo, commonly known around here as a box elder. This is one of the softest of the soft maples and the last one I removed was in 1997 in Laramie, Wyoming. I was trying to snap cut some pieces away from the house and into a safe drop zone. I got some oyster mushrooms from the center of this tree which I ate tonight, more delicious than morrels in my opinion. There was also at least one full colony of carpenter ants including a queen which I dislodged according to Jenkins. I plan to post some other aspects of this removal soon, though as of this post, the biggest part of the trunk is still standing.
Big Aspen and Tiny Drop Zone GoogleIsEvil 2013-10-10 | Performing a tree removal very near structures and delicate landscaping is a challenging part of urban arboriculture. This removal highlights patience, control, redundant rigging points, and most importantly: good communication with my ground crew. The first part of this removal has been sped up to 2x normal pace. What you hear in my Alvin the Chipmunk voice is "cutting", "coming down", and "clear" in that order when I cut so that I don't drop limbs on the ground crew. This aspen was thin and tall at about 10 inch DBH and 45 feet and represents as challenging of a removal as others I've posted on this channel.
How to fell a rotten cottonwood leaning towards a house GoogleIsEvil 2013-10-07 | Easy steps felling a cottonwood away from a house.1. Tie a line into the cottonwood, I am using some 3/4 inch arborplex.2. Attach a come-along to an anchor in the general fall direction.3. Cut a face cut in the tree facing the fell direction4. Tighten the come-along to 500 pounds or so of pull5. Barely start cutting the back cut when the whole thing falls right over because the holding wood is rotten.
Big Rotten Cottonwood GoogleIsEvil 2013-09-23 | Cutting out the dead trunk of a cottonwood earlier today. I don't like to do this big of a drop into as small a drop zone, but the alternative was to climb higher into the dead top. My ground crew and I both ended up with ants all over us.
Drop Top Burnt Doug Fir GoogleIsEvil 2013-09-12 | Dropping a top out of a big (for Colorado) Douglas Fir that had its canopy burnt out in a structure fire. That's I70 out of Idaho Springs in the background. It was a beautiful windy day. Running a Tachyon XC helmet cam.
