Jonny
Treehouser
I would never come back. There’s tree work too, I wouldn’t go hungry or homeless. Probably.
The Official Work Pictures Thread
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I'm back from the first week of logging Beech on Island Møn in the worst heat wave this country has ever experienced......................not fun!
We had 2 over large trees and since we had 2 apprentices down there, we decided to let them fall them.
The owner said: " under close supervision, I hope?"
Yep, I was on them every step.
The first one turned out to be infected by Kretzschmaria deusta and had hardly any sound wood at all.
So we set as thich a hinge as possible and put a relief cut into it ( See: triple hinge)
Second one was co dominant, so had to land squarely on both tops in order not to split the extremely valuable log.
So 2 tricky falls, where the trees had to hit a small lay or ruin a lot of other, smaller trees.
They both pulled it off perfectly...........100 points out of 100 possible.
So we had 2 apprentices walking VERY tall when they set off for weekend.
The pictures will make their class mates green with envy when they go back to the forestry school.
We had 2 over large trees and since we had 2 apprentices down there, we decided to let them fall them.
The owner said: " under close supervision, I hope?"
Yep, I was on them every step.
The first one turned out to be infected by Kretzschmaria deusta and had hardly any sound wood at all.
So we set as thich a hinge as possible and put a relief cut into it ( See: triple hinge)
Second one was co dominant, so had to land squarely on both tops in order not to split the extremely valuable log.
So 2 tricky falls, where the trees had to hit a small lay or ruin a lot of other, smaller trees.
They both pulled it off perfectly...........100 points out of 100 possible.
So we had 2 apprentices walking VERY tall when they set off for weekend.
The pictures will make their class mates green with envy when they go back to the forestry school.
High Scale
Trust fund lobbyist.
Excellent stuff
Burnham
Woods walker
Excellent!
Did I spy some steel wedges in there?
Did I spy some steel wedges in there?
pete mctree
Treehouser
Some good accurate cutting there - the boys did well
HUGE fan!
It has worked wonders for me.
Took a side leaning Beech out with it wednesday.
Didn't go quite where I would have liked it to, but also nowhere where it wanted to go.
Tore the root flare and root completely out of the ground.
Sorry about no pics.
It was the hottest day ever recorded in Denmark, we were literally dead on our feet.
It has worked wonders for me.
Took a side leaning Beech out with it wednesday.
Didn't go quite where I would have liked it to, but also nowhere where it wanted to go.
Tore the root flare and root completely out of the ground.
Sorry about no pics.
It was the hottest day ever recorded in Denmark, we were literally dead on our feet.
Magnesium or Aluminum.
I have another small outfit subbing for me on this job.
The Hardheads were mine.
After their apprentice felled that tree under my close supervision and with complete success, he came up to me and said I was a great teacher, and he wished, he was apprenticing with me.
Warms the heart, that doses.
I have another outfit subbing for me up North in the State forest.
Lots of irons in the fire right now.
Had a new apprentice pass the usual 40 meter high job interview friday.
He'll start with me shortly.
He is apprenticed to a private forest, that apparently couldn't find a Polack or Romanian to do all the shit work for almost free, so they took on an apprentice instead.
After meeting my apprentice at school and hearing about and seeing pictures of what my apprentices get to do, he called me and asked if he could switch over.
Burnham
Woods walker
The right most wedge looks to have a lot of lift in it's shape. Is that normal for some of those alu/mag wedges y'all use? I've never seen one here shaped like that. A difficult shape to drive.
After the fall, I showed the kid how his wedge had compressed the wood instead of lifting it, by being too narrow and with way too much lift.
Worthless in my opinion.
At least for big trees.
I think his company will switch to hardhead .
They have already adopted my nylon shims and praised me for inventing them.
I gave 3 to the owner this winter after he had asked about them, seeing my crew using them.
Of course I should have called them "X-shims" and charged a fortune.
Worthless in my opinion.
At least for big trees.
I think his company will switch to hardhead .
They have already adopted my nylon shims and praised me for inventing them.
I gave 3 to the owner this winter after he had asked about them, seeing my crew using them.
Of course I should have called them "X-shims" and charged a fortune.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
I just learned heard about the “shark gill cut” aka “triple hinge” …. Sweet action field pics,
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SkwerI
Treehouser
Today I bought a used trailer for hauling my loader. I bought the 6x12 dump trailer before the loader was delivered, thinking I was going to haul it with my pickup and the dump trailer would allow me to haul debris as well. That lasted all of 3 weeks before I bought the F350 dump truck. Now after almost a year the 6x12 dump trailer is too small, too heavy and too tall. I picked up this 7x16 car carrier trailer for $2200 and will put another $5-600 into it. I have $9000 in the dump trailer plus modifications for loader attachments, thinking I can get $7500 out of it.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Great set up.
edit….
i mean, that trailer just isn’t right….
edit….
i mean, that trailer just isn’t right….
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flushcut
TreeHouser
I am sure you can get 7500 all day long.
Maximalist
Treehouser
flushcut
TreeHouser
Looked like a good tree for a speedline.
Maximalist
Treehouser
St. Petersburg is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, and therefore hurricanes happen quite often here. This hurricane happened yesterday.
Maximalist
Treehouser
Speedline is a good option, but I worked on this tree without it.
SkwerI
Treehouser
I never really utilized a speedline in my climbing days, either. Seemed like it was always faster just to piece it out and throw the pieces. By the time you spend 20 minutes setting it up and explaining to the ground crew what to do, I could have had it on the ground by myself without their help.
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
Around me, speedline opportunities are few and far netween (work in too many tree-crowded and/or obstacle filled yards).
