land clearing with husqvarna 365sp & 440xtorq

[logger 12345]

ok sorry not updated here in a while,i have been very busy,firstly the weather has been great up until now,raining heavy
here,land is very muddy and wet,BUT..some good news,for who ever was keeping track of this thread along the way i was explaining i started off here in this land at the top of the mountain,now i have moved to the bottom where it is all level,i will come back in on top at a later time,or in between working at the bottom,there are lots of trees to be taken on top yet,
anyway-
there are hundreads of trees to be felled here at the bottom where i have now started,i have already started this evening clearing a path way in with the small 440xtorq saw,the old road way in is all overgrown with bushes,so i had my work cut out today clearing a path for my nissan patrol to drive in,the place is huge inside,it would be called a ranch in america,a family lived in here once many years ago,maybe early 1800's,deep in to the land there is a rundown remains of a house and outhouses and sheds,i will be clearing my way in there in the future,first i am working at the entrance where an old river runs down the side of the mountain through the valley,i am working my way up along near the river,this is a nice distance away from the main location of the house,that won't be touched until i have all the surrounding trees taken away first,that location around the old house would be the "cream" location for trees here in this land,i have made a deal with the land owner to take away the first 30trees anyway now where i have started, what i saw today was all LARGE ASH and the smaller are whitethorn,so i am going to clear a way in further tomorrow and hopefully will get some pics of the first large ash falling.

as for the OAK i updated about above,i have not heard back yet after giving my quotation to do the work so nothing to
say about that for now.


will try to update as much as i can when i get the change.

hope you all are well and good!

dan

 

[PLMCRZY]

You really took pics of refueling......


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[logger 12345]

You really took pics of refueling......


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yes why not? some people like to see the fuels and oils customers use in other parts of the world

well now when you mention it it probably looked a little sad,i guess i added those pics just to show the progress and how
i fuel my saws,with an empty coffee cup


why does it bother you,mmm you look through the whole thread and have nothing usefull to add only
about my refueling,ahhh i see......

 

[logger 12345]

New begining

NEW BEGINING..

so we have made a start here today,we managed to get in to the farm at the bottom and clear out a place to turn,the area is beautiful,a swiftly moving river moving down across the valley greets us as we enter the farm,it passes under the gate in the entrance in to the farm,the farm has some huge woodlands which have been neglected and overgrown for maybe 70+ years,now it is my task to clear the place,all the trees are mine,i want to start off here cutting some trees which are worthy for firewood at the entrance of this massive farmland,the land as you travel in deeper is home to very fine trees and some rare,it gives home to douglas FIR, ASH white & black,whitethorn & blackthorn,silver birtch,multiple conifer types,and some OAK,we walked the farm yesterday and the road to the barns and old ruins of a house is all overgrown,it will require some imence time and work to prepare the roadway to work in the land,(which i will do myself) on the road up towards the main building ruins it is nicely sheltered with wood land at both sides all which will be felled and taken away in the course of time.

i havn't taken pictures of the biggest section of this woodland yet,i will do so in due course to keep some surprises,trees like the RARE extremly LARGE douglas FIR will come in due time with many pictures and videos of felling and limbing.

if there is a heaven on this earth i'm pretty sure this place is it.




heading down to the farmland.

some scrap which was blocking entrance had to be moved to get in.this place hasn't been used in over 50 years :msp_ohmy:

the woodland inside

see peeping up in the woods the TWO massive douglas fir or maybe scots pine,i must look in to them
more,they are extremly wide and high.

making a way down,i have already cleared all the bushes and overgrowth down this old road,it may not have been used in over 50years now.

 

[logger 12345]

moving down....

gate in to the farm

wet passage in

took some saw dust with me for part of the roadway which is slippy,i use it for grip in very slippy places.
it done the trick anyway

 

[logger 12345]

wet passage way in,as i say maybe more than 50years sinse the last veichle passed here,might have even
been a horse and cart

land is wet and muddy

this is the direction to the main FARM and old ruins,it is far up there and that will require a lot of clearing
to make our way up in time.

 

[logger 12345]

ok so these are the trees we decided to start with near the entrance near the little river.


i presume they are either ASH or silver birtch,either way the 440XTORQ performed flawlessly!

 

[logger 12345]

time to get to work with the husky 440xtorq

 

[logger 12345]

felling and limbing this large ash tree,i must check the leaves tomorrow it's either ash or a silver birtch.

large stumps for the 365special tomorrow morning

 

[logger 12345]

the 440 more than capable!

taking a tea break now....

and the MASK,keeping myself coverd with the industrial mask! these trees
have a lot of dust coming from them,a man needs to look after himself.

 

[logger 12345]

after one hour.....

extremly happy with the quality of this wood,as i say this is just the entrance to the farm,the main woodland
is a nice journey from here,the farm has maybe 200acres!

 

[logger 12345]

as i move along i will tidy up the river and streams,some people just dump rubbish and it flows down the rivers in to
other peoples land,some people don't care about nature or the beauty of the country side.

 

[aadoublea]

I must say this is quite the post. I love all the pictures and videos. Thanks for taking the time to upload them all. The wood you are clearing is so much different looking that the wood I cut for firewood here in Michigan.

In one of your posts(I believe either page six or seven) you stated that you paid the farmer. Are you paying him for the wood you take. I thought you were getting paid in all the wood you could take.

What do you do with all the brush? Do you have to haul the brush away or leave it there in piles or what? Will you have to burn the piles or chip them?

I did a job similar to this. It was about a 50 acre plot of forest that a farmer wanted thinned out for his cows to be able to walk around and eventually get grass to grow. It took me a few months to complete, working around 10 hours a week on it. There was no brushy/viny stuff like you have to deal with. I can't imagine having to clear all that land. It looks like you could work for 30 years on this job.

I'm curious what you do with all the brush because it sure seems like a lot of work for the wood you are taking out. I know you said your clients prefer smaller wood but I think I would rather deal with big wood and split it small. Hey you take what you get though right.

Also you said you go back and recut the wood to firewood length once you get it home. Seems like an unnecessary step. Couldn't you cut it to length as you go? I notice in your videos that you weren't always cutting it into the correct length the first time. Just seems like a waste of time to have to go back and re-cut it. I'm sure I just don't know all the details though.

I really like this post. Keep posting pictures and videos. Especially when you are cutting up the big stuff.

Have a good one,
Aaron

 

[logger 12345]

I must say this is quite the post. I love all the pictures and videos. Thanks for taking the time to upload them all. The wood you are clearing is so much different looking that the wood I cut for firewood here in Michigan.

thank you,i will answer some questions now

In one of your posts(I believe either page six or seven) you stated that you paid the farmer. Are you paying him for the wood you take. I thought you were getting paid in all the wood you could take.

yes i am paying for so many trees at the time and clearing the land also,the price per tree is at a minimum
i insisted i paid as there were other people intrested in all the trees so i couldn't let him be out of pocket.


What do you do with all the brush? Do you have to haul the brush away or leave it there in piles or what? Will you have to burn the piles or chip them?


this here is just the entrance,you will see in time,when i clear all the brush away through the roadway up to the
old dwelling area to the main woodlands where all the large trees are then you will then see the main woodland,it is very tidy up there actually and easily accessable and level for working,this paticular location here where i am at the moment is just the entrance & is messy and very overgrown,but this is just the start of the job & i can't let these fine trees here, i got these ones free,i know the farmer well for a long time and sometimes he just lets me take away many trees for nothing.then maybe when we come to a large cluster of trees we make a deal,like when i arrive to the main woods then we will make a deal per so many trees

I did a job similar to this. It was about a 50 acre plot of forest that a farmer wanted thinned out for his cows to be able to walk around and eventually get grass to grow. It took me a few months to complete, working around 10 hours a week on it. There was no brushy/viny stuff like you have to deal with. I can't imagine having to clear all that land. It looks like you could work for 30 years on this job.


yes,very true i agree with you! to make my way up to the main woodland will take a while,but no panic really!

I'm curious what you do with all the brush because it sure seems like a lot of work for the wood you are taking out. I know you said your clients prefer smaller wood but I think I would rather deal with big wood and split it small. Hey you take what you get though right.



the farmer will probably most likely set it on fire some time during summer.



Also you said you go back and recut the wood to firewood length once you get it home. Seems like an unnecessary step. Couldn't you cut it to length as you go? I notice in your videos that you weren't always cutting it into the correct length the first time. Just seems like a waste of time to have to go back and re-cut it. I'm sure I just don't know all the details though.


for me it's easiest this way for simple reason there requires some walking to load up the logs so far,we need to walk with the logs to the loading spot,i can't take veichle in any further where i am cutting here near the river,but when i am going to the main woods then i may do as you say and cut the lot there because i will have a lot of room.


I really like this post. Keep posting pictures and videos. Especially when you are cutting up the big stuff.


thanks,good to see some intrest from you!

best of luck with your own wood!

Have a good one,
Aaron

thanks,regards-dan

 

[Gkiesel]

I find the cultural differences very interesting. Why not brush Hog the small brushy stuff when the weather permits? If those two conifers are really large and somewhat rare in your area, why would you cut them down?, it took a few generations to get that big. Leave em for your kids to marvel at.

 

[logger 12345]

yes intresting points you have stated there,but it's not for me to decide about the trees,i get the feeling in time
the land owner may rebuild where the ruins of the old house is up at the farm,so all the trees are in the way really.

the bushes are the landowners concern,all i was told to do was take them out of my way,only where i need to then
he will look after them later on.


cheers!

 

[Applehead]

Strange , yet interesting thread. Thanks for posting & good luck with your work.

 

[logger 12345]

New begining- day-2

new begining day 2..


ok so today was another great productive day,at same location as yesterday but i had some dangerous work to do
i needed to fell a LARGE willow tree on the river bank,it was wide maybe 30inches or so,i used a deep hinge cut which worked out very well,see video here also which shows everything in very good detail (working on video now) should be up in hour or so.

trees we cut today was a medium FIR tree,this large willow tree here are some pics first then the video will be up too.



me with my two sons today at work :msp_wink:

first felling of the day,nice FIR

ok so i have done a video of the next tree we done today,it is the one i mentioned above a very large dangerous
tree,you will see pics here and a video of it falling.

 

[logger 12345]

before i post the video of the felling i will show some pics of this tree.


making a start on it

it's very large.

and it's down

my prize!!

big beast!!

 

[logger 12345]

i used a deep hinge cut which worked extremly well,see in the video here in a minute of how perfect the cut worked,i had loads of time to get well out of the way before it started to crack the hinge and fall.

some pics of limbing the tree with 440torq,the 365 performed awesome with the larger base too.

big beast cut up and limbed!