Summer ski bum work. An edit.

[raisingarizona13]

This summer I have been working for a tree service company that does residential and larger gov jobs. This is an edit of one of our most exciting and fun contracts this summer. Jackstraw work can be a bit scary. Post up your pics, vid, or words on how you maintain your winter lifestyle through summer employment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YsW-...ll5uFWFdSGNEag

[ill-advised strategy]

hell yeah

[Buster Highmen]

[raisingarizona13]

Is that one computer? Double dang if it is.

[userA]

gynecology.
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[pipedream]

[userA]

legoland employee?
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[Meadow Skipper]

Really nice...except for widowmakers, and maybe leaners. Great edit too.

Since I retired from the fire game my summer employment currently is a little movie extra work* and some yardwork/landscaping, but I support my winter lifestyle by working in the winter. Here's a short shot of me at work:


* A Million Ways To Die In The West - look for it next summer.

[raisingarizona13]

Really nice...except for widowmakers, and maybe leaners. Great edit too.

Since I retired from the fire game my summer employment currently is a little movie extra work* and some yardwork/landscaping, but I support my winter lifestyle by working in the winter. Here's a short shot of me at work:


* A Million Ways To Die In The West - look for it next summer.

Nice one Meadow Skipper! Where do you patrol?

And yeah, it's complete chaos but I am finding myself strangely addicted and I can't wait for my next day doing jackstraw!

[Meadow Skipper]

Nice one Meadow Skipper! Where do you patrol?

And yeah, it's complete chaos but I am finding myself strangely addicted and I can't wait for my next day doing jackstraw!

Local ski hill in Santa Fe.

You have to have a good widowmaker story by now.

[icelanticskier]

Here's a short shot of me at work:

heh, a fucking whistlepig. hope you don't ski under chairlifts in that coat. you'd owe lots of beers by days end

nice vid RA!

rog

[Shredhead]

What killed the Aspens?
The Emerald Ash Bore's killed 30 my Ash trees in the last year.

[coldfeet]

This summer I have been working for a tree service company that does residential and larger gov jobs. This is an edit of one of our most exciting and fun contracts this summer. Jackstraw work can be a bit scary. Post up your pics, vid, or words on how you maintain your winter lifestyle through summer employment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YsW-...ll5uFWFdSGNEag

interesting video, having never worked on trees. Dumb questions - what happened to the trees, blight? Fire in the crowns? Is that somewhere on the SF Peaks? And how is anyone gonna skip that meadow with all the jackstraws lying around?

[raisingarizona13]

Local ski hill in Santa Fe.

You have to have a good widowmaker story by now.

Too many just from last week! I seriously almost got crushed by a tree that fell the opposite way a coworker planned because of rot, as I ran away and then paused I realized a second 75 foot tree was taken out and was coming my way. It was ridiculous! I did get away unscathed except for a falling branch that hit me in the back bruising me. Jackstrawing is slightly stupid but addicting like fun!

[Meadow Skipper]

interesting video, having never worked on trees. Dumb questions - what happened to the trees, blight? Fire in the crowns?

I'ma say fire. Right RA?

[raisingarizona13]

What killed the Aspens?
The Emerald Ash Bore's killed 30 my Ash trees in the last year.

The Shultz fire back in 2010 burned all of these trees. It was a 15,500 acre fire from a campfire. The jackstraw work is to straw a bunch of dead trees across the slopes to keep the elk from eating all of the aspen saplings.

[raisingarizona13]

Local ski hill in Santa Fe.

You have to have a good widowmaker story by now.

Sweet! I hear you guys have some good back country, if things line up this season I would love to come check it out.

[Meadow Skipper]

Sweet! I hear you guys have some good back country, if things line up this season I would love to come check it out.

Dude, come on.

[raisingarizona13]

Dude, come on.

Thanks man. I would really like to.

[Slaag Master]

great viddy!!!! the second one about gregs 40th was even better!!!!!


my backyard garden was my big summer project!! this was transformed into












at this point no income is produced since everything is consumed. next summer i hope to begin selling various produce items from black seed farms!!!!

[raisingarizona13]

keep watching. More vids fo sho.

[icelanticskier]

way to farm it slaag!

rog

[char]

having see a co worker get hit by a tree that fell out of the planned lay... Stay the fuck out of the other guys falling operation.

Looks like fun.

[Banh Mi]

Edit....

[The Duke of Hurl]

great viddy!!!! the second one about gregs 40th was even better!!!!!


my backyard garden was my big summer project!! this was transformed into












at this point no income is produced since everything is consumed. next summer i hope to begin selling various produce items from black seed farms!!!!

Strong work there Slaag, although I did expect to see a different crop harvested outta there. Did you also raise purple chickens?