Raj
TreeHouser
Working good. I need to tighten some bolts and screws, oil and air filter change.
The Official Work Pictures Thread
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Oh, that's terrible, Peter, terrible!
What? No Baby Ruth prop?
What? No Baby Ruth prop?
nice
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
You are a dirty birdie Peter!
EDIT!
Oh, crap. Maybe I am the dirty birdie!!??
EDIT!
Oh, crap. Maybe I am the dirty birdie!!??
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Looks like yous guys have been busy while I was gone. Had a job up around 7000 ft. of some uglies at cabins and creek. No internet, phone or electricity. Started up there where it was cool and came down around 3000. More uglies. No pictures from up higher yet. HO is supposed to send a couple. Some lodge pole and white fir. Quite dead. This is close to the cabin... https://www.sierranevadageotourism.org/content/jones-store-at-beasore-meadow/sie76eb8c581159269ab
Ones at 3000 were spilling termites and carpenter ants. Tight places and all out of favor. Tons of fun. Guy at the last job brought us in and had his own dingo. So glad he has to deal with the mess. Rob helped buck it after I dropped them and set the next one up. Was a good team. I sub the guy we worked with in from time to time and he does us as well.
These were on a spring fed pond with a spring fed out door shower. Had two DZs we could use after we made one. Tight canopy, limb locked. Tall stump was where the shower plumbing goes back to. Had to cut it high to jump it through a crotch in the oaks anyway. 10 trees from the pond area plus a couple on the driveway so far. We'll go back and do another week of felling on the place proceeding up the drive to the house.
Ones at 3000 were spilling termites and carpenter ants. Tight places and all out of favor. Tons of fun. Guy at the last job brought us in and had his own dingo. So glad he has to deal with the mess. Rob helped buck it after I dropped them and set the next one up. Was a good team. I sub the guy we worked with in from time to time and he does us as well.
These were on a spring fed pond with a spring fed out door shower. Had two DZs we could use after we made one. Tight canopy, limb locked. Tall stump was where the shower plumbing goes back to. Had to cut it high to jump it through a crotch in the oaks anyway. 10 trees from the pond area plus a couple on the driveway so far. We'll go back and do another week of felling on the place proceeding up the drive to the house.
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MasterBlaster
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Crispy critters!!!
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Busy worksite...lots happening there. Cool pond.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
You're a mighty nice feller, Stephen!
Chill day off solo tree work... Well the Ogre came for some fun.
Dropped D off at camp, fueled up, scoped a construction company job backed right up to a touchy City buffer/ Wetland. 4 decent sized red maples, one over primaries.
Stripped/ topped the remaining 30' of #2, popped two logs, descended, set up a crash pad, took the ms461 up, as double-cutting isn't really what a 2511t is for. Popped another pair, loaded logs, got to D's summer camp performance, dropped trailer of logs, picked up another trailer for a log from dumping the spar, and gravelly rakings. Customers grandkids got a show. Still didn't notice the ground vibration that people mention.
Just talking to a guy I am acquainted with, a mile away, has a dump trailer with an arch/ winch, and 42" bandsaw, needing fine tuning.
Sue-happy Neighbors' power box.
Chill day off solo tree work... Well the Ogre came for some fun.
Dropped D off at camp, fueled up, scoped a construction company job backed right up to a touchy City buffer/ Wetland. 4 decent sized red maples, one over primaries.
Stripped/ topped the remaining 30' of #2, popped two logs, descended, set up a crash pad, took the ms461 up, as double-cutting isn't really what a 2511t is for. Popped another pair, loaded logs, got to D's summer camp performance, dropped trailer of logs, picked up another trailer for a log from dumping the spar, and gravelly rakings. Customers grandkids got a show. Still didn't notice the ground vibration that people mention.
Just talking to a guy I am acquainted with, a mile away, has a dump trailer with an arch/ winch, and 42" bandsaw, needing fine tuning.
Sue-happy Neighbors' power box.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Kids and logs like ice cream and Apple pie. Nice work Sean.
pete mctree
Treehouser
Those trees look nasty Stephen - good work managing that level of decay.
Nice work & pics too Sean
Nice work & pics too Sean
MasterBlaster
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Hella deep underbed!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
I bring gravity and friction to every job. Free, ready, and predictable. The butt log had a bit of sweep to it, back toward the house, so a deeper undercut to let gravity work more to my advantage than disadvantage.
Almost no drag. Blowing chips where they're needed. The 'micro-skidder rake' on my bucket moved chips around very effectively, without filling the bucket everytime. A lot of drought-stress prone cedars left, which will benefit from the mulch and two large trees being gone.
Wouldn't have minded using the Wraptor, but didn't bother to set-up a controlled speedline to lower it out. My legs did the work climbing.
Might haul the logs tomorrow, when the guy with the big bandsaw and trailer is available. I won't mind not having to chainsaw mill it down for loading/ milling!! I'm going to knock down 2 maples, piece one out, and fell an ash, today along the length of the driveway.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Almost no drag. Blowing chips where they're needed. The 'micro-skidder rake' on my bucket moved chips around very effectively, without filling the bucket everytime. A lot of drought-stress prone cedars left, which will benefit from the mulch and two large trees being gone.
Wouldn't have minded using the Wraptor, but didn't bother to set-up a controlled speedline to lower it out. My legs did the work climbing.
Might haul the logs tomorrow, when the guy with the big bandsaw and trailer is available. I won't mind not having to chainsaw mill it down for loading/ milling!! I'm going to knock down 2 maples, piece one out, and fell an ash, today along the length of the driveway.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Mellow
BCMA
Deep? yes.
Wide? Not so much.
More open face means more control.
Wide? Not so much.
More open face means more control.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Enough control to land where it needed. More open face means less board-feet of mill logs.
I thought of opening that up more, but got that face-cut perfect on the first shot, with the 461/ 28", as my 42" wouldn't have reached/ would have barely reached, and was on the mill with a ripping chain. Long bars are heavy, and hard to work at that height (head-high/overhead on the far side). Rather than getting out my springboard, I had the ladder on hand to finish the far side of the face and clean it out.
I thought of opening that up more, but got that face-cut perfect on the first shot, with the 461/ 28", as my 42" wouldn't have reached/ would have barely reached, and was on the mill with a ripping chain. Long bars are heavy, and hard to work at that height (head-high/overhead on the far side). Rather than getting out my springboard, I had the ladder on hand to finish the far side of the face and clean it out.
MasterBlaster
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I know how underbeds work - I was just commenting.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Do ya, now? 
Just explaining the sweep, as so many conifer are close to neutral, and that I had the control I needed. I built a chip-bed up to the side toward the stairs and shed to avoid a bounce.
Just explaining the sweep, as so many conifer are close to neutral, and that I had the control I needed. I built a chip-bed up to the side toward the stairs and shed to avoid a bounce.
MasterBlaster
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Mellow
BCMA
If you're trying to maximize board-feet, why cut it four feet above grade?
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Per customer's request. Two stumps, clearly at different heights that she chose.
Her grandkids love, love, love a big, tall maple stump that was taken down previously, with steps cut into it. She likes to decorate and put stuff on top, and let the kids on top.
Big, old cedar stumps are a part of the landscape. There is a lot of butt-swell, so the grain is not great, like a few feet higher. Springboard notches are visible in old-growth cedar stumps that have aged and softened.
Her grandkids love, love, love a big, tall maple stump that was taken down previously, with steps cut into it. She likes to decorate and put stuff on top, and let the kids on top.
Big, old cedar stumps are a part of the landscape. There is a lot of butt-swell, so the grain is not great, like a few feet higher. Springboard notches are visible in old-growth cedar stumps that have aged and softened.
Mellow
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SeanKroll
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MasterBlaster
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Block it down!!!
