The Official Work Pictures Thread

[MasterBlaster]

Who's that kid?

 

[RegC]

Been looking for some files on a still-is windows xp laptop. God its slow. about ready to give up.

 

[RegC]

Who's that kid?

Who knows. With a face only a mother could love

 

[woodworkingboy]

Big Leaf Maple, by any chance?

 

[RegC]

Beech. Back in the homeland.

 

[RegC]

Same tree. I have hundreds of pics saved and scattered all over. I need to sort them out before they get lost or damaged....one of these days.

 

[cory]

Who's that kid?

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

"So when you cut down a tree, do you start at the top and work you way down?

Usually




Before


After popping the top, first main cut

Catching a log


After

Moved for firewood pickers and chip haulers from the residents of this 55+ park






Working top down, none of the limbs broke, or not much, when the top and 2 logs with limb sections rolled down the crown. The branches tangled a lot, so it was using the tree to rig itself, with a 5/8" line on the butt through Rig and Rings, to keep the falling section from rolling off the remaining tree, and stop it before it potentially punched a hole in the asphalt if the end hit.

I meant to cut the ~5' face, then build the crash pad, but forgot and built the pad (plywood, then lots of brush, the topping cut log on top crosswise) before the face. I had to re-cut it a little to hit the pad. No damage to the asphalt or concrete sidewalk.

I used some side and back limbs to build the pad. The trunk went in 4 pieces. About a 30' x 12" top, then two 10' logs, and a butt log flop. I crippled the butt log limbs by undercutting them on the way down until my bar was almost pinched. They broke away without leaving a big protruding stub that could have pierce the asphalt.


Used the mini to move all the brush to the chipper in the shade, rather than backing up to the full sun asphalt. The butt logs had to be cut to about 4' sections and bulldozed across the parking lot.

 

[treebilly]

Isn't there a couple videos of that beech wreck Reg? That was a monster of a tree and it dates back to the pre-hair days of your career.

Nice stuff Sean. Good call on using the machine to drag to the shade.

 

[Bermy]

Now THAT'S a big tree Reg!!

 

[BOTS]

How old were you Reg in that pic?...big trees u were in

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Damn big beech Reg! Some nice pictures there mang.

Sean? Why Start at the top? Why not limb it out on the way up?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Too many limbs!!!

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

I could take it in 4 big pieces, the biggest was under 20". The tangling limbs slowed the descent as much as the rope greatly reducing the forces. I didn't want to catch big logs that fall quickly. I wanted to use the low limbs breaking as shock absorbers. Don't know if that was wise, or if I got lucky. The butt log fell pretty hard, but no marks in the asphalt at all.

 

[treebilly]

Sean are those thick like a spruce tree? I can see why it is easier to chunk it like that.
Willard just wondering the size and dry wieght of your camper. I thought I had the wife talked into a pop up but she believes they aren't secure enough now. I was trying not to have to buy a camper and a newish truck just yet.

 

[RegC]

Thanks. Probably that removal was 7, 8 years ago tops. There is some vid somewhere. Thats a 390 Willard. Great saw. Sold it only a year ago

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Or just flop it whole and no worries about asphalt. Back your chipper up to the top and start limbing blocking and feeding.

Have you dropped that size tree on a driveway with 6-8" limbs at the butt? That is not built to road specs, I'm guessing. Even road specs would be questionable, IMO.

 

[treebilly]

Road specs should hold up but why take the risk.
And I guess if I can't talk her into a pop up I guess I'll have to upgrade from the Tahoe. Probably means we're camping in the tent again this year. Doesn't bother me. I sleep in a chair by the fire most nights anyhow

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's it.

 

[Burnham]

I think so too, Butch. Has to be.

 

[Mick!]

Just kick a bit of loose asphalt into the hole, no one cares if it's in the street. On a clients drive it's different, obvs.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Yup, just puss on our asphalt here in Cali and it erodes. I shit you knot

 

[Jed]

I even included a couple of stump pics for Jed.

And I thank you heartily for them, sir. Personally... I don't even know what it is... I absolutely LOVE seing the curvature of the profile of the bar in the hinge shots. I should probably see a psychologist. Beautiful stuff though, man: The hinges, the timber, the countryside. Amazing post.

Sean: Intresting outside the box, pig removal. Personally, I've never had any kind of trouble with Sequoia limbs on blacktop. The stuff's so soft, ya know? I have taken a few fairly monster Firs onto asphalt (which even had some nasty pig-ear stubs on the front) with only very minor pitting for damage, and nothing ever came of it.

Reg: Just plain awesome. I'm sure you miss England from time to time. Personally, I'm in love with evergreen forests, but man... those monster Beeches are amazing.

 

[August Hunicke]

I've made divots in streets with big fir. . . And oak 😬

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

I felled hundreds of conifers like that Sean on streets, asphalt driveway. Lands like a big sponge. Never had to repair any asphalt ever.
You guys down in the U.S. must have soft asphalt or something unless it's melting in your hot climate

90-100' tall redwood with 6' limb butts? 5' across the cut? Didn't know you have them up there.

55+ mobile home park/ golf retirement community, where everyone will be out to inspect for any damage. Old, old, old folks with their canes and walkers...a small divot can mean a fall. Old people falling can mean a broken hip or worse. Its a bit of PITA to have to get every last chip up, but I sleep well knowing there won't be a problem that I could get sued over.


I don't know how expensive asphalt repair is. I don't want to know.