Falling pics 11/25/09

[slowp]

These are now restricted too. Nothing but Brocolli for the likes of you.

 

[Spotted Owl]

Damn no pie and now no cookies. Wow. I didn't know that when Bob shot himself in the foot that he was standing one foot on top of the other as he pulled the trigger.

What ever jurisdiction this falls under, Washington or California, with two on the books I hope it isn't a three strike state. OOPS. I just saw the broccoli thing which ever it is, it must be a two strike state.

Go get'um Slowp.

Gologit you're already siwashed might as well toss up the rest of them photos. Once the hole is dugout, you've jumped in and had it filled back in, whats one or two more shovels full?

I'd rep ya both but it won't let me.



Owl

 

[forestryworks]

Lots of rot in this thing from the ground up to about head high. Put some boards in it. Still rot where the cut was. Didn't feel confident enough to go any higher.

Hard to see in the picture but there is a cat face on the uphill side of the tree, (springboard side).

This tree sat on a slope between a set of powerlines and the end of a road where a multi-use trail starts. Had a ditch I could drop it into.

 

[056kid]

Fun! You back cut first? Good job!

 

[Rounder]

Goin' old school on the boards, nice pics Jameson

More beetle kill removal for me, seems like the story of my life.

-Little bit different crummy this morning
-Big Boss cutting little pecker poles
-Slick gravity feed water tower
-You can see the pitch tubes, hammered by the little bastards
-Looking over to where we worked, the larch are nice this time of year

Have a good weekend - Sam

 

[forestryworks]

Goin' old school on the boards, nice pics Jameson

More beetle kill removal for me, seems like the story of my life.

-Little bit different crummy this morning
-Big Boss cutting little pecker poles
-Slick gravity feed water tower
-You can see the pitch tubes, hammered by the little bastards
-Looking over to where we worked, the larch are nice this time of year

Have a good weekend - Sam

That sure is pretty country up there. Hope they continue to put that beetle kill to use.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[madhatte]

Ah, Larch in the fall. I was in the Blues last week and it was GORGEOUS up there!

 

[056kid]

Yea, the larch is a pretty tree. You notice how they tower over the rest of the forest?

 

[slowp]

The larch is about peaked out now over where I go once or twice a week. Left here in a rain, got over the top of the pass, and into the dust.

I used to collect and pack the pitch tubes. They make excellent emergency fire starter.

Are you doing a fuels reduction/salvage around those cabins?

 

[Rounder]

The larch is about peaked out now over where I go once or twice a week. Left here in a rain, got over the top of the pass, and into the dust.

I used to collect and pack the pitch tubes. They make excellent emergency fire starter.

Are you doing a fuels reduction/salvage around those cabins?

Fuels reduction, yes, salvage, no. The only access to these cabins is by boat or crossing the ice in winter. Kind of a shame. Either way, the market for beetle kill is in the toilet, way too much of it right now ($125-$225 a thousand bf right now, depending on blue stain and check- if you can even find a mill that'll take it)

Anyways, the larch are great, just had the 3 year wedding anniversary this week- we got married on the bank of the Blackfoot River so we could have the larch in full color as a backdrop - Sam

 

[Metals406]

Fuels reduction, yes, salvage, no. The only access to these cabins is by boat or crossing the ice in winter. Kind of a shame. Either way, the market for beetle kill is in the toilet, way too much of it right now ($125-$225 a thousand bf right now, depending on blue stain and check- if you can even find a mill that'll take it)

Anyways, the larch are great, just had the 3 year wedding anniversary this week- we got married on the bank of the Blackfoot River so we could have the larch in full color as a backdrop - Sam

Well Happy Anniversary Sam!! Ya should'a been dropping that Larch in this pic. . . She's a pumpkin.

 

[Rounder]

Thanks Nate. Got one by the boss's cabin that needs to go that makes the one you're lookin' at seem small....there will be pics of that. PM me your #, I don't know what I did with it, but I may be sending my 394 your way soon......F-ing Ebay.......... - Sam

 

[Metals406]

Thanks Nate. Got one by the boss's cabin that needs to go that makes the one you're lookin' at seem small....there will be pics of that. PM me your #, I don't know what I did with it, but I may be sending my 394 your way soon......F-ing Ebay.......... - Sam

Well, if that Larch of yours is a Mega-Larch, pics are kinda insufficient. . . A tree like that calls for video.

I take it you didn't get them parts then? You can fill me in on the phone.

I'll PM ya my #.

 

[Rounder]

Well, if that Larch of yours is a Mega-Larch, pics are kinda insufficient. . . A tree like that calls for video.

I take it you didn't get them parts then? You can fill me in on the phone.

I'll PM ya my #.

Sounds like a plan, I'll skip the Ebay rant here, lol - Sam

 

[Rounder]

Lots of rot in this thing from the ground up to about head high. Put some boards in it. Still rot where the cut was. Didn't feel confident enough to go any higher.

This tree sat on a slope between a set of powerlines and the end of a road where a multi-use trail starts. Had a ditch I could drop it into.

What kinda pine ya got there? Hard to tell with my blind eyes, but I know that you have some different variations in your neck of the woods. Once again, great pics/job - Sam

-PS- nice looking saw ya got there -

 

[forestryworks]

What kinda pine ya got there? Hard to tell with my blind eyes, but I know that you have some different variations in your neck of the woods. Once again, great pics/job - Sam

-PS- nice looking saw ya got there -

Shortleaf Pine - Pinus echinata. One of the Big 4 of the Southern pines.

 

[RandyMac]

Could you please educate this coastlander on what a Larch is?

 

[Metals406]

Could you please educate this coastlander on what a Larch is?

Western Larch in these parts Randy. . . Looses it's needles like a deciduous tree in the fall. . . To the untrained eye they would look dead once the needles are gone.

Similar to Tamarack, but different. . . Although, they are referred by that name up here as well. One of the best firewood trees we get -- that and DF.

Summer

Fall

As you can see, they can get rather large:

Those pictures are up near Seely Lake. . . Sam was logging near there (Swan area). . . And it's about an hour and a half drive from me.

 

[forestryworks]

WL is interesting in that the foliage is borne on spur shoots.

 

[Metals406]

It's common for them to have a top like this one below, especially the nice old pumpkin Larch.

Larch is used along side DF for structural studs and other dimensional lumber. It's tough wood, and can handle a load.

The big dead larch usually will become limbless, and appear as a great monolith. If the bark is gone, it's referred to as "buckskin Larch", and is a prized firewood find.

Larch usually has very little taper, and is commonly very straight from butt to top.