Ok. That was easy. Last Saturday when I went to the Boy Scout camp to asses fire done by the Basin Complex fire I forgot the camera and said so in the Worthless Thread thread. Yesterday I brought the camera and my daughter.
The first image is the area I considered the biggest hazard. It was a redwood stump on the cut above the only road in and out. Between last Saturday and yesterday it slid down and blocked the road. I had to cut off a sucker and dice up a very dirty stump. It is a beautiful and solid second growth stump that would be great to slab. My friend has a slabber for his Lucas mill but the stump will probably be pushed over the side just to save time.
My first task when we got to camp was to cut a redwood about 4' Dbh out of the road to the water tanks. The fire destroyed nearly a mile of pipe in various locations, this run of 1000' has to be replaced to bring in drinking water.
The redwood shattered because it fell down the hill and had heart rot. I had to cut a small block out and remove pieces as I went along because the saw would continually get bound up.
My daughter helped me remove the tree. I cut an 18" round off the butt log that had a red ant nest in it. She did not like that!
The next four pictures are typical trees that have sustained major damage during the fire by debris and duff burning around stumps. These need to come down soon. I have my hands full. The first tree is 50' up hill. On the low side, from the ground the where the tree becomes round is nearly 10 feet! I will need a few spring boards.
The first image is the area I considered the biggest hazard. It was a redwood stump on the cut above the only road in and out. Between last Saturday and yesterday it slid down and blocked the road. I had to cut off a sucker and dice up a very dirty stump. It is a beautiful and solid second growth stump that would be great to slab. My friend has a slabber for his Lucas mill but the stump will probably be pushed over the side just to save time.
My first task when we got to camp was to cut a redwood about 4' Dbh out of the road to the water tanks. The fire destroyed nearly a mile of pipe in various locations, this run of 1000' has to be replaced to bring in drinking water.
The redwood shattered because it fell down the hill and had heart rot. I had to cut a small block out and remove pieces as I went along because the saw would continually get bound up.
My daughter helped me remove the tree. I cut an 18" round off the butt log that had a red ant nest in it. She did not like that!
The next four pictures are typical trees that have sustained major damage during the fire by debris and duff burning around stumps. These need to come down soon. I have my hands full. The first tree is 50' up hill. On the low side, from the ground the where the tree becomes round is nearly 10 feet! I will need a few spring boards.
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