Great, Big A**

Another awesome tree from Hidden Lake Forest Preserve. Fraxinus, probably americana. Celastris and Ganoderma also pictured :)

Mammoth!!

I saw this weird looker at Hidden Lake Forest Preserve, on the Eastern border of the Morton Arboretum. These two dead branches look like giant tusks. Pretty cool.

Hidden Gems

This winter I had the privilege of running the FECON skid steer at Hidden Lake Forest Preserve in DuPage County. The area hasn't been managed for some time and there are a lot of crazy huge trees in there. This photo is of the biggest Prunus serotina I have ever seen. I threw my glove in there for scale.

VersaLift

My friend Ryan took this photo of me in the VersaLift, fully extended!! Just playin' during a hard day of lift truck pruning. I had an awesome time uploading this photo, btw, that's why it looks a lot like my desktop....

Rock Mulching

It's hard to see, but these are two large spruce mulched up about 18" with rock. Shame to mess with mature trees that way. St. Paul, MN

Street Views

City of Chicago

Gator bag on a dead tree. Western, just south of Fullerton. Your tax dollars! At least no one is getting paid to fill it... hopefully.