Fat pin oak, tiny backyard!
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mistahbenn
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Last 2 cuts
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woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
"Thud". Cool job and photos, Ben. Nice work!
treeman75
TreeHouser
Nice job! Oh, you the one pulling the string! Love the pics of the home owner and vid. It was cool watching the plane go by in the vid.
mistahbenn
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I just saw Emily saying about the hinge looking like the NYC skyline! Spooky!
treeman75
TreeHouser
Ya, I seen that and it does after she points it out.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Fine Job.
I've thought about buying the grapple, and still renting the loader. It would be a cheaper first step than buying the loader or loader and grapple. Some point down the line, it'll happen.
I've thought about buying the grapple, and still renting the loader. It would be a cheaper first step than buying the loader or loader and grapple. Some point down the line, it'll happen.
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
Hey Ben,
I assume you gutted that hinge on purpose, so that wasn't an unintentional dutchman that blew the center and left side of that hinge.. If so, good job.. if not you suck LOL.. hey, you guys asked for my two cents, so don't blame me..
Seriously though, that's A LOT of climbing and cutting.. and material to handle with a mini afterwards.. Good JOB! I don't have the patience or stamina for that kind of climbing. I can't even stand to watch a slow climber do a big nasty take down like that, and personally haven't climbed a monster tree since 2010... I did just take out a monster horizontal Norway maple limb from the saddle this week... Over 40' long and 26" at the cut. I haven't seen the video yet, but I'd guess the cut took somewhere near 40-50 seconds.. That I have the patience for!
I assume you gutted that hinge on purpose, so that wasn't an unintentional dutchman that blew the center and left side of that hinge.. If so, good job.. if not you suck LOL.. hey, you guys asked for my two cents, so don't blame me..
Seriously though, that's A LOT of climbing and cutting.. and material to handle with a mini afterwards.. Good JOB! I don't have the patience or stamina for that kind of climbing. I can't even stand to watch a slow climber do a big nasty take down like that, and personally haven't climbed a monster tree since 2010... I did just take out a monster horizontal Norway maple limb from the saddle this week... Over 40' long and 26" at the cut. I haven't seen the video yet, but I'd guess the cut took somewhere near 40-50 seconds.. That I have the patience for!
Marc-Antoine
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3 days for that job ?
Wow! That's awesome.
We can't see it in the pics, what do you use as a lowering device ?
And what is the story about the hinge? I didn't understood.
edit Ok, I get the Newyork skyline thing with its buildings.
Wow! That's awesome.
We can't see it in the pics, what do you use as a lowering device ?
And what is the story about the hinge? I didn't understood.
edit Ok, I get the Newyork skyline thing with its buildings.
mistahbenn
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Yeah Murph of course I put a letterbox in that cut. Makes for pulling the stick over easier. Cutting from the right hand side was really hindered by a, the fence, b, the bushes. Had to use a short bar on the 441 just to finish the backcut on that side. The 36 inch bar was way short!
Marc, used the Stein RC2000 for its first outing on this job. A very well made tool from Reg.
Marc, used the Stein RC2000 for its first outing on this job. A very well made tool from Reg.
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sotc
Dormant hero!!
That is the route I took
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
That is one fat azzed pin oak for sure .Lot'sa work right there ,nice job .
There isn't much pin oak is good for except cribbing and firewood .Firewood it's about like splitting a piece of granite .
In additon to that the brush is a pain in the buttocks because it gets all snarled up .
There isn't much pin oak is good for except cribbing and firewood .Firewood it's about like splitting a piece of granite .
In additon to that the brush is a pain in the buttocks because it gets all snarled up .
Cobleskill
Treehouser
The bar in town is made of a slab of pin oak with the bark still on the edges. He sunk some drywall screws every few inches through the bark so it wouldn't fall off. It is gorgeous.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
That stuff is as tough as any oak but that and burr oak you just don't see much usage of .Speaking of which though I have about a three footer next to my drive way about 65 feet tall .
A pin because of it's nature will atrophy the bottom limbs when they no longer are beneficial to the tree .My lawdy those things get tough as nails dying in place .Damned things will hang on the tree forever .
A pin because of it's nature will atrophy the bottom limbs when they no longer are beneficial to the tree .My lawdy those things get tough as nails dying in place .Damned things will hang on the tree forever .
Cobleskill
Treehouser
Those pin oak sticks make some of the best kindling sticks going around here.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
I've fought those snarly rascals loading a truck with brush more than I care to .The danged things get all wound up .Scratch you like a cat and you about have to pull the load off on one piece .It's probabley about as bad trying to feed into a chipper .
I use the bone dry ash cut off scraps I have from my wood working projects for kindling .
I use the bone dry ash cut off scraps I have from my wood working projects for kindling .
Cobleskill
Treehouser
They are cantankerous. I take a banana box back to the woods and bust them into small pieces. A small handful gets a fire going.
Jed
TreeHouser
Wonderful pics. Man, you east-coast gentlemen get some splayed-out pigs to deal with! Wicked challenge, that one. Good job.
tophopper
The resident asshole
Excellent work! Couldn't have done better myself.
TheTreeWiseMen
Redneck Limey
Top job Ben and crew......got another one for you next week!
High Scale
Trust fund lobbyist.
mistahbenn
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Carl he is from Norfolk.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
What a beautiful tree. Too bad it had to come down.
But for whatever reason.. job well done. nice pics
But for whatever reason.. job well done. nice pics
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
I surely have not seen everything but in the pins I've never seen one that wasn't solid .
The big oaks ,red and white can get hollow and present a hazard but for reasons unknown to me not so the pin oaks .
Another thing a big wind can come along and blow big solid limbs right off the big oaks but those dead atrophied dead limbs on a pin will hang tight as a bulls butt in fly time .Wierd tree to say the least .
The big oaks ,red and white can get hollow and present a hazard but for reasons unknown to me not so the pin oaks .
Another thing a big wind can come along and blow big solid limbs right off the big oaks but those dead atrophied dead limbs on a pin will hang tight as a bulls butt in fly time .Wierd tree to say the least .
mistahbenn
Treehouser
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Thanks Jerry for your words. You can all understand that all neighbors surrounding this tree were all paranoid, for only being human.... The tree was very solid, but very large for its setting. If it was in a field then of course it would continue to grow, but being in such an urban setting, well, you know the score.
