land clearing with husqvarna 365sp & 440xtorq

[Gkiesel]

Good to see you still at it. Having a bit of trouble understanding why the land owner would want the land cleared so much. It doesn't seem that there is much woodland in Ireland. I would think you would be more selective in clearing and leave some wooded areas. G

 

[drkstaunton]

Good to see you still at it. Having a bit of trouble understanding why the land owner would want the land cleared so much. It doesn't seem that there is much woodland in Ireland. I would think you would be more selective in clearing and leave some wooded areas. G

i was there two weeks back to take a look and all i can say is the main woodand is huge,he wants it cleared because these trees were never intended to be there for a start off,there is years and years of wood here,the farmer that has it now got it in a will to him so he needs to first be able to get in to the main dwelling aera then i think logger was saying he is going to rebuild the old dwelling aera near the woodland,this place is idle sinse 50's now

keep up logger,good stuff! i must give a shout to you with the 61 saw to take a look,i'm not so happy about the new kit it's dead enough,either that or an air leak

 

[drkstaunton]

28-03-2012

ohh hello all,been a long time sinse i updated here,sort of forgot about taking camera until today! well the weather at the moment is fantastic,it is really sunny and warm,think we could be getting an early summer,the temps are up around 14 degrees and sunny which is good for this time of year here,the land has dryed up dramaticly with us been able to go to a new entrance to get to the BIG WOODLAND faster.
anyway today we cut down a large ASH tree and the day went super! some lovely wood in it.
here in ireland we also sell these to make hurleys (don't know if you have heard of the famous irish game,hurling! ) :msp_biggrin:


here is a slideshow to make things a little faster than uploading tonns of pics.

so far lately we have been cutting sycamore,chestnut,ash,blackthorn,whitethorn and some willow

[video=youtube;_74FOhtT8CQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74FOhtT8CQ[/video]

that tree looks damn big,sounded loud when it hit the canvas

 

[logger 12345]

thanks derek,give me a phonecall when you are around and we will take a look at that saw.

ok so i am clearing the road now to the main woods,this evening i will have a video of the complete road way in and maybe sneak footage of the main woodland,wow some large trees in here. :msp_mellow::cool2:

 

[logger 12345]

some MAJOR UPDATES!!

SOME MAJOR UPDATES!

finally some major updates,the weather was so good so it enabled us to clear the road way up to the dwelling aera,this is the
PLACE i have talked about from the very start,here ahead you will see some pictures of a tree we cut on the way in to the dwelling aera.it's great to be finally here,now the REAL WORK starts


large chestnut tree ready to be taken down.

440xtorq

whats left of it now....

cutting it up with the 365sp

 

[logger 12345]

on the road to the BIG WOODLAND...

 

[logger 12345]

nissan patrol 3.0 dohc turbo diesel powerhouse

could do with a cleaning...

 

[logger 12345]

 

[logger 12345]

And finally made it up to the woodland!!

nice load up of that last tree

so here is the latest news!

 

[logger 12345]

And finally made it up to the woodland!!

some major updates on the way.

 

[logger 12345]

And finally made it up to the woodland!!

AND FINALLY MADE IT UP TO THE WOODLAND!!

so this is what i was talking about from the start,so here is a sneak preview for you,this is it the main woodland which
i have been assigned to clear,it is almost a sin to cut any of them,lot of fantastic ash trees which i will be selling for numerous uses,this woodland is huge,well it is the landowners wish to clear it so if i don't he will just hire somebody else to do it,so chin up and full steam ahead for me and nicola

see in the video the very large douglas fir,or maybe scots pine,they are massive and the 365sp will be taking care of those,if i decie to take them down,i will decide later,i might let them till last,i will see.



so the story went a little like this,we started in late january of this year,it was wet,we worked hard and took home a lot of trees,we then went to the main entrance to the abandoned farm (sinse 50's) and started to clear the long road way in,aprox 2miles in,this is long considering it is a passage way in and very densely overgrown! so we finally cleared a way in,now we can drive in and turn,cut in the main woods,load up and drive home )))))






here is a sneak preview of the old abandoned dwelling aera,i am probably the first soul in here to work since late 50's

[video=youtube;BomerUIvNig]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BomerUIvNig[/video]





SO NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS!!


so stay tuned folks for another video tomorrow of the complete roadway in that we cleared,tedious job indeed!

regards
dan

 

[w8ye]

Those pine trees are pretty big.

You will need to plan carefully with your 365SP

 

[logger 12345]

Those pine trees are pretty big.

You will need to plan carefully with your 365SP

exactly,i will have to take my time,once one of these bad boys comes crashing down there is no time to think!
they look bigger in real life.

i'm debating with the missus about letting them there,but it's a tough call,the landowner wants them gone unfortunatly and i need as much wood as i can use,but it's a real shame to cut them as they are old and very big,i think they will be coming down either way.

 

[logger 12345]

ok i have some updates after today,we worked very hard me and nicola,we basicly didn't even need to enter the woods yet we were taking some trees around the old dwelling house (as seen on the recent video of the place) all i can say is it's great to be finally around some large trees,and it's great too that i am done with the most of the clearing..that brush was hell back there.
the weather is fantastic and really dry so it's great for this work right now,tomorrow is a day for making some deliveries,i got two customers to deliver some wood to so i may now get much work done tomorrow.

work today:
so we had a great day today,we cut some large trees around the old house,i am in the process of doing a new video and some pics so i will let those do the talking.

for those intrested,if you look at the new video coming shortly you will see us driving in to the old farm from the public road on top of the hill straight through all the roadway we cleared right in to the woodlands which was deserted sinse 1947

enjoy the pics and video to come.



i am wrecked after today!!!

dan

 

[logger 12345]

ok before my new video which shows you all the old roadway we cleared of overgrowth to make our way in first some pics of todays work,some very large trees
see these also in video.



ok as i mentioned for those who are intrested in this i am now in the main woodland and will be here for a longgggggg time




first we decided to cut a few outside around near the old building some large ash trees
lovely wood in these.

 

[logger 12345]

and another goes down!

time to get this cut up no problem for MR 365sp

the berries on the ivy which surronds the tree.

 

[logger 12345]

time to sharpen the saws before the next monster tree...

and the first tree of the day all loaded up

 

[logger 12345]

ok the next tree was a biggie...and dangerous degree of lean! you might have to rotate your pc :msp_wink:

and the bigger they are the harder they fall!!

 

[logger 12345]

time to cut this bad boy up!

RESULT:

 

[logger 12345]

second load of the day,very productive day and all this wood is already sold

ok watch out for my special video,it is long but the reason for this is to show you what we had to clear and the long passage way in,it will give you a great idea of where i go here to get to the woodland to do my work.

all the best
dan