SeanKroll
Treehouser
It's been going. Not much use out of it this summer and fall.
Lots of pruning, no clean-up.
Ready when needed...8xx hours on it, 11 years old.
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Lots of pruning, no clean-up.
Ready when needed...8xx hours on it, 11 years old.
Kaveman
Treehouser
A mess.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
The two leaning towards the wall are dying off.
Serveral horizontal limbs would have needed hands or rope on the branch to keep it off the retaining wall
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A sizwheel and double- hinge in the tension wood also steered lines better than a standard face...again skipping rigging.
It's surprising how the right cut and final release timing can swing maple and alder limbs 180⁰ to their original position without rigging. This limb hung right over the wall.
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Heavy hauling of a roadside,dead tree's trunk from the HOA. I 'hid' the bit of brush in the edge of the greenbelt. The trunk wood would have shown.
A dead willow, I think. Idk the fungus. Anyone?
A dead willow, I think. Idk the fungus. Anyone?
flushcut
TreeHouser
That looks a lot like an EAB kill. I don’t miss ash removals one bit.
Mick!
TreeHouser
I think I can flop all the limbs, how’s it hinge? Need to swing a couple iirc
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flushcut
TreeHouser
Green and healthy: it hinges pretty well for swinging limbs. Dead or dying: not so much, they can be brittle or punky. For swinging limbs away from targets I’d use a pull line or even a polesaw to push or pull in the right direction.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
Good around here.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
A lot less I would say. Never cut one, but branches break off a lot. Good sized branches. Seems to be quite brittle.
This ash held and swung like crazy compared to what I’m used to. So much easier to work with.
The limb in the foreground was over the flowerbed on the right. Walked it right down and over.
Worked it down to this lollipop and then high stumped it. Towards the camera. Brushed the neighbor’s tree and got in the flowerbeds a little. Left the hinge kinda thick and wedged it like crazy, power wedges, until the back was starting to split out. Had to sneak the bar back in and gut the hinge.
34” 2175
Most of the sibs tomorrow are pull trees.
The limb in the foreground was over the flowerbed on the right. Walked it right down and over.
Worked it down to this lollipop and then high stumped it. Towards the camera. Brushed the neighbor’s tree and got in the flowerbeds a little. Left the hinge kinda thick and wedged it like crazy, power wedges, until the back was starting to split out. Had to sneak the bar back in and gut the hinge.
34” 2175
Most of the sibs tomorrow are pull trees.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
This hard leaning alder was hovering over the fence. It broke in the recent wind. The crown of the alder was being supported by the crown of the fir that became the rigging block tree to hang the alder whole.
I faced the tree toward the block a bit. After back cutting, once settled a bit, I cut the alder off the stump close to the ground. Short chunks from the butt, keeping weight partial in the rope and partially on the ground got it down and around the corner of the fence, lowering a 50' top.
I faced the tree toward the block a bit. After back cutting, once settled a bit, I cut the alder off the stump close to the ground. Short chunks from the butt, keeping weight partial in the rope and partially on the ground got it down and around the corner of the fence, lowering a 50' top.
I no faced some of the leads to keep them stomping holes in the yard. Worked well. Hunicke trick.
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