The Official Work Pictures Thread

[woodworkingboy]

Willie went into more detail on his alpine magnum grinder.

 

[cory]

Good info!

The green teeth- they are quick to rotate to a new edge I guess, any other advantages? I guess the new edge should save money, new edge but same tooth.

 

[sotc]

Chip capacity= how many grindings fit under the machine.

I see, more than my smaller stumpers did... When it gets full, I back up and sweep them outta the way. Not as big a deal with hp as with smaller units I suppose.

Willie went into more detail on his alpine magnum grinder.

Good info!

The green teeth- they are quick to rotate to a new edge I guess, any other advantages? I guess the new edge should save money, new edge but same tooth.

Yeah, 3 edges before having to change out a tooth. Cuts fast enough for me. There is some footage on the company Facebook page buttttt.....

 

[Jed]

Ray! Beautiful shots! Beautiful 395!

Rajan: Toast their demise... Nice work, man... however prevalent.

Sean: Thanks tons for the tips. I tried the boring in stuff once... the tree lifted right up. Worked a champ, and then I forgot all about the trick.

Willie: Thanks. I always have the ABS wedges from Madsen's or Bailey's, and they seem to start to crack and break a lot when they start shifting. I got one of those Nylon ones from Double Taper. It mushroomed so bad that I just thought, "These suck." Never even realized that they were probably intended for the very same practice that you just taught me... Thanks.

Scott: Cool shots of you and Bix. Man, I forgot about how those Oaks work you over as a climber. Tough work.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Knocked down 2 maples and an alder, then pieced out two maples growing side by side.

Renting my hydraulic splitter to the homeowners. I took down another handful or two of trees for them before. A lot of wood to cut and split.

Employee Gary may take some of the surplus for his sister, on his own time...win/win.

 

[stig]

Willie, if you get into woodturning, you'll have to stop grinding nice birdeye burl wood like that on the stump!

That was probably too rottten to turn, but it is always something to be alert to.

 

[sotc]

Sure not going to excavate that!

 

[sotc]

Motherfathersisterbrother!

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Eeen-tar-esting!

 

[sotc]

Fee-ass-co! Haven't fought a tree that hard in a long time. Slight back lean, limb weight out back. No biggie... Hahaha! Stood that sucker up, moved it well forward but the limb lock in the western white pine next to it just wouldn't let it go. I cut the sucker clear off hoping it might kick out the back side but no joy. Finally convinced some limbs to let go.

 

[Jed]

Wow... I hate when you realize that the spurs would have been quicker.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Limb-lock sucks, and is surprisingly strong when it prevents any momentum to build when the tree is near tipping.

All's well that fells well.

 

[sotc]

Yeah, just never could create momentum.
Never thought about it cause it was dead and loose but sure could've hooked up and cut some offending limbs

 

[cory]

There is some footage on the company Facebook page buttttt.....

Lol! Ive been on fb plenty, I just don't favor it at all. Ive seen that vid with the old guy grinding, good vid in that it was long and was a big stump. Here in CT it is crazy rocky, so that is almost always a pita factor.

 

[sotc]

Ricky here too

 

[BOTS]

Scott: Cool shots of you and Bix. Man, I forgot about how those Oaks work you over as a climber. Tough work.

Thanks Jedster!

valley oaks with Bixler today...Brian on the crane.... Im deadwooding near by

Big valley oaks

 

[BOTS]

 

[treebilly]

What size crane Scott? Looks like a smaller one. Nice pics by the way. You guys really put out some work.

 

[BOTS]

Hey Rich, I think it was a 23 ton, which is the smallest we use, but gets it done with smaller picks....

 

[Bermy]

So I did some felling yesterday...not my best stumps but the trees are on the ground and nobody's dead.

Elms
First one was straightforward, all weight well forward into the paddock, went quickly hence the fat hinge, but when it came down it hit one of the branches in front and went well sideways and you can see how far the stump came back!

Second one was much bigger, probably 24-26" through with the possibility of a branch getting caught up top so I put a rope up in it and we had the truck on it in case it needed a little pull, I think Bob pulled it when it started to go so the second half of my back cut was not matched up...she was going so I got out of the way! It was wider than my 20bar, the first half of the back cut wandered a bit downwards...as I say, not my best stump.

We cut them all up, firewood for most of the branches and 3m lengths for the trunks for the loader to take away later.
The nice green grass paddock is where the formal garden is going...

Beautiful day, beautiful setting

 

[Bermy]

A few more pics...

 

[Mick!]

Are those bluebells on the ground?

 

[stig]

That last picture is fine.
Everything laid out nice and tidy.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

+1

 

[woodworkingboy]

Nice job, Fiona. Got to love a well done cleanup. It shows dedication. Like my buddy that I sometimes work with, he always does a real good job, but is often telling me how much he hates doing tree work.