pantheraba
More biners!!!
Mein Gott!!! I could have done THAT!
Glad they got lucky...thanks for taking the time to mollify our curiosity.
Glad they got lucky...thanks for taking the time to mollify our curiosity.
The Official Work Pictures Thread
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treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Heavy iron can make up for lack of skill a lot of times. Sooner or later it's gonna bite them in the ass.
Raj
TreeHouser
ye-ouch. Which way was the "intended" direction of fall in the pic?
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Looking at the pic, to the left. Kinda FUBAR.
Raj
TreeHouser
Glad no one got hurt. Sounds like damages were minimal? Or best that could be expected? I don't know if I missed it, but what was the diameter?
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Excellent pictures Fi.
I had a shot in the wesspur calendar in 2014. Still got about 5 copies of the calendar of that year.
I had a shot in the wesspur calendar in 2014. Still got about 5 copies of the calendar of that year.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
I have posted it before. Job was in 2013.
Rich
Rich
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Deadwooded 3 oaks today and dismantled a small ash tree. Pic deadwooding one of the oak.
Rich
Rich
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Damn... that's a lot of work on a Saturday.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Always hated deadwooding Rich, too much like hard work.
What're you using for that? Silky/150...
What're you using for that? Silky/150...
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Haha. I enjoy deadwooding, especially just major.
I have my ported 150 on the deadwood and a Silky (bigfucka). In the shot though was using a polesaw as I couldn't be arsed to scramble out on that horizontal lead for two bit I could snap with a Pole saw.
Had a heavy climb yesterday. Very large mature Oak had shed a few limbs in the past and they had resistographed the tree and the consultant had recommended a reduction to 14m. That size if it failed it would have minimised damage to property... we met the tree officer on site and discussed the spec. We decided to leave it about few metres higher as the 14 metre mark was a less than 50% the height of the tree... pruning cuts would have been with a 660 ffs!
By that reckoning it would have been about 28m
As I said we left it a bit higher to at least leave a bit of green on the poor thing. Suppose it is marginally better than a fell from the habitat standpoint. Well time will tell, it will either flush up or die. Then I will go back and fell it.
You will all probably condemn me for doing the job. But please remember it isn't my spec. I just try and do the best by the job description.
Let the slating begin. Please be gentle its been a tough week
I have my ported 150 on the deadwood and a Silky (bigfucka). In the shot though was using a polesaw as I couldn't be arsed to scramble out on that horizontal lead for two bit I could snap with a Pole saw.
Had a heavy climb yesterday. Very large mature Oak had shed a few limbs in the past and they had resistographed the tree and the consultant had recommended a reduction to 14m. That size if it failed it would have minimised damage to property... we met the tree officer on site and discussed the spec. We decided to leave it about few metres higher as the 14 metre mark was a less than 50% the height of the tree... pruning cuts would have been with a 660 ffs!
By that reckoning it would have been about 28m
As I said we left it a bit higher to at least leave a bit of green on the poor thing. Suppose it is marginally better than a fell from the habitat standpoint. Well time will tell, it will either flush up or die. Then I will go back and fell it.
You will all probably condemn me for doing the job. But please remember it isn't my spec. I just try and do the best by the job description.
Let the slating begin. Please be gentle its been a tough week
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Before and after.
Rich
Rich
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Just buying it time is how I try to look at it. Looks like the tree should fill in over a few years.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
A couple of silver maples to remove today.
Had them both down to spars and chipped up by lunch time. We blew a brake line in the f-550 on the way back from the dump so we had to run beck to get the one ton dump. Turned the chipper brakes up a bit to limp the chip truck home. The mini really earned its keep today getting all the wood out.
Had them both down to spars and chipped up by lunch time. We blew a brake line in the f-550 on the way back from the dump so we had to run beck to get the one ton dump. Turned the chipper brakes up a bit to limp the chip truck home. The mini really earned its keep today getting all the wood out.
Limbrat
TreeHouser
gf beranek
Old Schooler
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pantheraba
More biners!!!
Rich, somebody was gonna do it. Looks like you did the best could be done. I have been watching one similar near me that was done that way years ago...leafs out every year, looks fine so far.
Mick!
TreeHouser
"Managing the decline" is a phrase I've used in these circumstances.
Looks fine to me.
I'll try to remember to take some pictures of the old oak I fracture pruned with a skidder winch back in 2011.
That thing has filled in wonderfully , my estimate is it'll be good for another 200 years.
I'll try to remember to take some pictures of the old oak I fracture pruned with a skidder winch back in 2011.
That thing has filled in wonderfully , my estimate is it'll be good for another 200 years.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Shoot Rich, if the land owner wants to hold onto the tree and the tree is becoming a hazard, so be it. There's a lot of emphasis being put on wildlife habitat these days, some people dig it, some hate it, i swing both ways on that.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Not so much the landowner, more the Local Authority as the tree is in a conservation area.
Thanks for the lack of beasting. I honestly thought I was in for it but decided to give a bit of back story rather than just "hey, look at this tree I just frigged up".
Sometimes that sort of work has to be done. Unfortunately it is all too often here in the UK.
Thanks for the lack of beasting. I honestly thought I was in for it but decided to give a bit of back story rather than just "hey, look at this tree I just frigged up".
Sometimes that sort of work has to be done. Unfortunately it is all too often here in the UK.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Rich, I cannot understand your angst on this one.
I know I'm an unprincipled hack, but if the only other option was removal then the job was fine.
Dry your eyes mate
I know I'm an unprincipled hack, but if the only other option was removal then the job was fine.
Dry your eyes mate
