Falling pics 11/25/09

[KiwiBro]

A hobby of mine is growing colourful, predominantly or common, Northern species. Red Oaks, Acers, Liquid Ambers, etc (basically any Autumn show off). The seeds almost always spend a few months in the fridge, or sometimes the freezer, in sphagnum moss inside polystyrene trays to germinate. I'm trying to create a little slice of Virginia (well at least what I remember it like from what little I saw of it travelling through many years ago).

 

[bnmc98]

I like bashing on bunny huggers like the rest, but let's get the thread back on topic. Here is another vid from that same fire. The video is of my falling partner Glen taking down two trees. Both of these snags were leaning heavily into each other. The vid is just the back-cut on the second tree, he has already limped up the tree in front.

Suprized there was any fiber pull at all, I would have banked on totally rotten.
wish I could leave stumps that high, I'm jealous
Good vid

 

[northmanlogging]

A hobby of mine is growing colourful, predominantly or common, Northern species. Red Oaks, Acers, Liquid Ambers, etc (basically any Autumn show off). The seeds almost always spend a few months in the fridge, or sometimes the freezer, in sphagnum moss inside polystyrene trays to germinate. I'm trying to create a little slice of Virginia (well at least what I remember it like from what little I saw of it travelling through many years ago).

I have several flavors of Oaks and a bunch of Yews all over the little place here, the war dept planted a metric ton of fancy dead looking bushes so it looks either like fall or all the plants are dying year round.

 

[Gologit]

hey did you get all moved?

Yup. Mostly. Life on the coast is good.

 

[treeslayer2003]

Yup. Mostly. Life on the coast is good.

good thats all done. i hate moving.

 

[KiwiBro]

We hit this arboretum pretty hard the first few years, squirrelling seeds from anything colourful.
http://www.eastwoodhill.org.nz/image-gallery/album/autumn-2012

Staff were great, and didn't mind that we'd walk out of there with pockets, sleeves, gumboots bulging with seeds and samples. We certainly entertained a few visitors in the car park, unloading and cataloguing our inventory. When every other option was taken, we'd have to shove seeds and identifying leaves down our shirts and underpants. The end is only just now starting to justify the means. Another 10 years and it should be something quite special, I hope.

 

[coltont]

Mike no freeze cycle on white oak acorns. They are one of the only oaks that will drop there nuts on the ground and sprout all in the same growing season.

 

[treeslayer2003]

pretty sure he talking about chestnut oak if that makes any difference.

 

[coltont]

No difference. In fact when the mill buys chestnut oak it gets purchased for about %90 the price of white oak and gets sawed and mixed rite with the white oak.

 

[coltont]

. The 661 was eating the wood good enough for my liking. Red oak this size is fun waiting to happen. Wish I had 100 acres of it. Wood is good.

 

[treeslayer2003]

private again Colton

 

[coltont]

**** the bed

 

[coltont]

I think my numb skull might have got it this time Tall red oak:

 

[1270d]

Its working

 

[treeslayer2003]

nice stick, good height. you could do with a long bar.....just sayin

 

[HuskStihl]

Ya got some sort of weird extra-long axe handle

 

[coltont]

I guess all council axes have weird long handles. That one is un molested and rite from the box. That's how it came

 

[northmanlogging]

Order one from the left coast...

Saw shops carry the same head with like 3 different handles, and they have 4-5 different heads as well. Makes choosing an axe a lot like shoe shopping.

 

[gunnusmc03]

Council sells a 5lb'er with a 28" straight handle.

 

[treeslayer2003]

meh, i just buy a straight handle n cut her off.......5 seconds with a sawzall. the scrap makes a half descent file handle or two.