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Good protein...the worms--out of the can!! Tell that to the Fear Factor TV show guests......uggh
Yeah MB, rumor is you run and hide from tough jobs.....
Yeah MB, rumor is you run and hide from tough jobs.....
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One post of the poplars failed to show, here it is:
In the foreground is a 4 foot dbh old black cottonwood that has had lots of branch failure--typical. No evidence of any work being done to it.. but about 10 yrs ago, I gave the city a bid to remove or prune it....
In the foreground is a 4 foot dbh old black cottonwood that has had lots of branch failure--typical. No evidence of any work being done to it.. but about 10 yrs ago, I gave the city a bid to remove or prune it....
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Heres a lil one I couldn't seem to run fast enough away from...
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
End of the day!
Here's a 96 foot 44 inch doug fir stick ( about 1600 board feet) that I felled. The video is too large to post (till I learn how to crop and compress vids) but it shows mud being flung a good 80 feet to either side--all over our cars and the neighbor's house. The women on the deck ducked just in time to miss the mud bath! Phew!!
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
This was a nice snag!
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
This is my kind of party!
Ahhhhhhh-eeeee, ya mon!
Ahhhhhhh-eeeee, ya mon!
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
I've had the cops called on me before from the concussion from a 54 footer hitting the ground.
The lady across the street thought a bomb went off. No $hit!
Lots of big trees down your way, Butch!! I'm sure they grow even faster than up our way, due to the warm, wet climate you have.
I've cut a 120 foot poplar that was about 25 yrs old, a 30 yr poplar that was close to 4 foot dbh, and a 50 yr black cottonwood that had 2500 board feet in its bottom 50 feet. The butt was 5 feet and over 6 at the dirt level. The "baby" giant sequoia that hosted the '02 ITCC speed climb is 140 feet tall, 100 foot crown spread, and 11 feet in diameter at ground level, over 9 feet dbh. At most it is 120 yrs old! Some urban doug firs are under 80 yrs old, pushing 140 feet and 4 feet dbh.
How about some examples of big trees in your bailiwick... fast growth, young or old.....growth ring size etc (I've seen well over 1 inch annual growth on some.
I've cut a 120 foot poplar that was about 25 yrs old, a 30 yr poplar that was close to 4 foot dbh, and a 50 yr black cottonwood that had 2500 board feet in its bottom 50 feet. The butt was 5 feet and over 6 at the dirt level. The "baby" giant sequoia that hosted the '02 ITCC speed climb is 140 feet tall, 100 foot crown spread, and 11 feet in diameter at ground level, over 9 feet dbh. At most it is 120 yrs old! Some urban doug firs are under 80 yrs old, pushing 140 feet and 4 feet dbh.
How about some examples of big trees in your bailiwick... fast growth, young or old.....growth ring size etc (I've seen well over 1 inch annual growth on some.
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MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
One like this...
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Whats a baliwick?
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Well, this cottenwood used to hang out in my baliwick!
Remember this thread?--http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5336&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
Here's a link to the 5.8 mb file of the tree felling
http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/ssa/ucn/roger.htm
Here's a link to the 5.8 mb file of the tree felling
http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/ssa/ucn/roger.htm
pfffsst
This is the second time I've used the 3120 with 42 inch bar, off the ground. Ugggh.
This is the second time I've used the 3120 with 42 inch bar, off the ground. Ugggh.
Butt cut, used the 60 inch bar and then some.
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Sweet looking rig!
Lumberjack
Banned
Here is a pic of the other 2 trees down. I left the two limbs on the pine, to miss the oak under it, when it fell. Someone managed to delete the pics of the job before i started
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Anywho, we started at 8:00 this morning. By 9:00 the middle tree was limbed and topped, 10:15 the biggest was limbed and topped out. By 10:45 the smaller pine was ready to be thown. We were making good time, we woulda been done by 1:00 but the log truck got stuck (we told him, but he wouldn't listen)(didnt matter too much, they are gonna plow up the yard anyway).
I did the first tree (the middle one) top down on a rope and lanyard. The other two I did, climbing with spikes, mostly for variety I guess. That and my whole body is sore from trimmin all week (thats cool tho) the army's PT test (2 mile run pushups and situps) and the football coach wanted to see what I could dead lift (but I dont play, and havent played). Sore to say the least. The spikes where easier to climb on today for sure.
. Anywho, we started at 8:00 this morning. By 9:00 the middle tree was limbed and topped, 10:15 the biggest was limbed and topped out. By 10:45 the smaller pine was ready to be thown. We were making good time, we woulda been done by 1:00 but the log truck got stuck (we told him, but he wouldn't listen)(didnt matter too much, they are gonna plow up the yard anyway).
I did the first tree (the middle one) top down on a rope and lanyard. The other two I did, climbing with spikes, mostly for variety I guess. That and my whole body is sore from trimmin all week (thats cool tho) the army's PT test (2 mile run pushups and situps) and the football coach wanted to see what I could dead lift (but I dont play, and havent played). Sore to say the least. The spikes where easier to climb on today for sure.
Lumberjack
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Posing to show off my safety gear.
Lumberjack
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Here is the log truck. Got a full load. Not exactly the most professional lookin peice of equipement, but it gets the job done.
The name on the door says "Bubba and Boo-boo logging company.
This guy needs to paint it or something.
The name on the door says "Bubba and Boo-boo logging company.
This guy needs to paint it or something.
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