Australian skyscrapers in the SoCal desert.

[gf beranek]

I have an 8 pounder I haven't used for quite some time.

The hydraulic splitter wins the race.

 

[davidwyby]

Hefty!

They’re about 6lb. Not bad…8s are a workout.

 

[SeanKroll]

On trail crew, I think our gentle persuader was a 12 or 15# sledge, with smaller hammers on down to 2.5# 'single jacks'.

Those were some workouts.

 

[davidwyby]

Someone was living in an old moho under these and it burnt down.

 

[davidwyby]

‘Scrapers on Maui too. Lot of wood there. Wonder if there’s a sawmill on the island. Seems like it would be cool to rebuild with local recycled wood.

 

[davidwyby]

The Euc forests are beautiful, feels like NorCal or Oz. Nothing like the massive branching messes we have back home. These gotta be 100’ and mostly arrow straight.

 

[davidwyby]

I wanted to hazard mitigate so bad

 

[SeanKroll]

Habitat!

 

[davidwyby]

Habitat for smashing real expensive showboat trucks, trailers, and sand rails going to Glamis! 😆

 

[davidwyby]

Lots of them scattered out in the fields. Always wonder why they end up with some limbs dead. Hawk lookout.

 

[gf beranek]

Definitely worth a stop and pic. She's a real beauty.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Beside old age where the tree tends to decline, I'd say that comes from a drift between bearable climate conditions ( I wouldn't call that "good conditions' in the desert!) to a real problematic environment. The tree finds harder to supply the usually fast growing part of his crown ( but more demanding in energy to reach so far). So he abandons the now unsustainable parts and resumes his growth from a more reasonable location inside the crown. Give him again the proper conditions, like a sufficient water supply for example, and I bet he can grow back to where he was once.

 

[SeanKroll]

Trees can shut down parts during drought, regrowing in better conditions.

 

[davidwyby]

Went to look at removing this one yesterday. Heavily weighted opposite the lay. Probably 5’ dbh, maybe more. Very codom. Not sure if my 6x6 would pull it over if I went to the trouble to rig it to pull evenly on all the stems. So maybe the much less cool method of taking off everything outside the fence from the bucket.




@Trains

 

[SeanKroll]

Is there room to dump it.

Looks like a bent up fence.

What would it take to remove the fence wire and horizontals, and replace a post, if needed?

 

[Kaveman]

View attachment 135321View attachment 135322Went to look at removing this one yesterday. Heavily weighted opposite the lay. Probably 5’ dbh, maybe more. Very codom. Not sure if my 6x6 would pull it over if I went to the trouble to rig it to pull evenly on all the stems. So maybe the much less cool method of taking off everything outside the fence from the bucket.




@Trains

I so wish I could come climb that thing for you... looks like a lovely time in harness.

 

[davidwyby]

I so wish I could come climb that thing for you... looks like a lovely time in harness.

Pm me…

 

[davidwyby]

Is there room to dump it.

Looks like a bent up fence.

What would it take to remove the fence wire and horizontals, and replace a post, if needed?

Lots of room to the inside, opposite where it wants to go. I could maybe deal with the fence but there are also canals, roads, and power line. If I flop it in the yard it can be cut up and left there and they will burn it.

 

[Trains]

Weight in those limbs can be quite deceptive, I would take out the weight over the fence with bucket, and get in a high rope, and cut low, cant see the co dom, or how far down they go, but expect the bark layer to go lower than you would expect.

Ah the other picture finally loaded up.

Truck would most likely have authority over the back weight, but what could let you down with that is the limbs you have the rope set in, they look to be the limiting factor there.

again, hard to decide over the other side of the pond etc etc with pictures compared to being there.
Still going with initial thought, reduce back weight, draw it over, some of those branches to the side look like they will tag the fence anyway, so your going to have some time in the bucket anyway.

 

[SeanKroll]

Sometimes, piecing things down can aid in processing the material without a CF.

 

[davidwyby]

Sometimes, piecing things down can aid in processing the material without a CF.

Cf?

 

[SeanKroll]

Charlie Foxtrot...clusterfuck.

 

[davidwyby]

It’s to be cut up into bonfire/fire wood where it lands. Anything I drop outside the fence I will have to drag around and inside. Not a big deal but quicker easier if it’s all flopped inside.

I know what you mean about processing from the bucket.