Nor Cal & North SF Bay GTG (November 11-14, 2022)

[ckelp]

Having a new baby will do that to you. Your world goes from trucks, saws, and guns to diapers, formula, and naps.

actually now i'm thinking i need more guns.. but your right, i've alredey got so good a changeing a diaper i can do it in less then 1:30 including powdering and a non leak seal..:msp_unsure:


i'm gunna try to talk the wife into doing a family afternoon trip over..
and i'll try to sneak the dolkita into the wife's car

 

[singinwoodwackr]

So I talked to Ranger Jones about this yesterday. She is good with you'all coming and IF the campground is full, we'll put you in Day Use spaces or in Group Camp. We just won't know until the weekend starts shaping up better for the "regular" visitors.

We still have 4 or 5 hazard trees (HTs) that have to come down. And due to work schedules, we have not been able to finish the boom truck. So if there is a climber coming (?), we sure can use the help. It'll mostl likely be be on a big old oak down at the Day Use Turn Around that is tangled in a couple of other canopies and has a heart rotted trunk near the base. If we can get that one on the ground safely in chunks, we are golden.

OBTW - the fire wood sales program has transitioned from the co-op association to the Forest Practices Group (FPG) so all this work will be in furtherance of our goals as discussed at the fall GTG. Whatever we fall and buck will be fire wood for sale during the summer months. It gives us a working budget to keep up the equipment, slowly acquire more, maybe rent the odd piece that we can't acquire through donation or cheap purchase, etc.

Those that will be coming to help on on the HT drops, will be finishing your paperwork as Napa County Open Space volunteers and will become members of the FPG. Guess we'll have to actually have a newsletter or something come spring ...

Ranger Jones is very apologetic about not getting your Tee shirts done, but her Mom's last weeks and passing ate up all the time and she was out of the area. We'll get that sorted eventually.

This is all shaping up to be a good informal working unit. We're very appreciative of all the thought and work you'all have done and are considering.

See you all when you get here

sounds good. so, still thinking 2nd week of Feb?
I've gotten a lot of odd hazard tree/hang-ups on the ground with my rig over the years (Cloverdale property)View attachment 276458...any pics might give us a heads up on what might be needed.

 

[slowp]

If the weather is dry and warmer than here, I will be down early too. Now, the pie is the problem. Are there any ovens handy for baking one or two? Or shall I bring cookies, which I know will keep if I don't think about them?

And if it helps, I am an officially certified B class bucker for the PCTA and Forest Service approved. :msp_ohmy:

I don't fall trees.

 

[Eccentric]

Ahh, Madrone. Had some memorable events falling that stuff. My brother and I went for a big one using a misery whip with predictable results, it was a good thing it was steep and we were standing to the side of it.

All the Madrones I've seen on this property are 24" or less DBH and tall/'lanky'. Nothing 'girthy'. There's a good sized Doug Fir Hazard Tree up on the back of the property (along the access road) that has your name on it. Not sure if we'll get to it on this visit however. It's tall, but still only somewhere between 36-48" DBH if I remember right. Haven't looked at it in several months...

sounds good. so, still thinking 2nd week of Feb?
I've gotten a lot of odd hazard tree/hang-ups on the ground with my rig over the years (Cloverdale property)View attachment 276458...any pics might give us a heads up on what might be needed.

We're still aiming for the second weekend of Feb. My memory sez you're a climber with gear. Am I correct? The oak that Bruce mentioned is still almost vertical, leaning over about 10-15deg and hung in the canopy and upper limbs. Tangled up with a few other Oaks and a Madrone IIRC.

Many of the Haz trees there are like that. Everything is competing for sunlight, so it grows tall and fast and then throws limbs every which way up in the canopy. The roots and soil don't do a good job of holding after a while. We've already taken down several root pulled trees that were leaning on and/or hung up with other standing trees.

I had to delete all the PM's from back before the GTG (for space).........and I can't remember your first name. Would you please refresh my memory? I'd like to know what to say when I'm greeting you next week.

If the weather is dry and warmer than here, I will be down early too. Now, the pie is the problem. Are there any ovens handy for baking one or two? Or shall I bring cookies, which I know will keep if I don't think about them?

And if it helps, I am an officially certified B class bucker for the PCTA and Forest Service approved. :msp_ohmy:

I don't fall trees.

I don't know if there are any ovens available at the park. Bruce lives about 5 minutes away and I'd wager that his oven could be used if it means Huckleberry Pie.

Bucking, dragging brush, and such is the lion's share of the work on most of these jobs. Your help will be greatly appreciated Ms P, as will your experiance/input and company.:msp_thumbup:

 

[ft. churchill]

Dates and location info please. Maybe the wife and I could come over the hill and hang out with you folks. It would be in the middle of the week as we both work on weekend schedules.:msp_tongue:

 

[Gologit]

Dates and location info please. Maybe the wife and I could come over the hill and hang out with you folks. It would be in the middle of the week as we both work on weekend schedules.:msp_tongue:

I think they're figuring on the 2nd weekend in February. Napa-Bothe Park is just south of Calistoga on Hwy 12. Hope you can make it.

 

[roberte]

The poison oak should be lots of fun when mucking that brush. B.Y.O.P.P
Bring Your Own Prednisone Prescription.

 

[roberte]

i'm gunna try to talk the wife into doing a family afternoon trip over..
and i'll try to sneak the dolkita into the wife's car

Bring the saw, its easier to say im sorry than ask for permission

 

[slowp]

The poison oak should be lots of fun when mucking that brush. B.Y.O.P.P
Bring Your Own Prednisone Prescription.

I shall look for Technu and hope that I am still poison oak resistant. I did the stocking surveys in the head deep poison oak plantations. My work partner developed a bad reaction. The leaves should still be off.

 

[roberte]

I shall look for Technu and hope that I am still poison oak resistant. I did the stocking surveys in the head deep poison oak plantations. My work partner developed a bad reaction. The leaves should still be off.

I lived in Napa for about 10 years. Leaves, no leaves, it dont matter. I know guys that got it from the roots. I have been lucky, only one time for me, but it was this time of year. Still should be a good time anyway.

 

[Gologit]

Broc Luno and Eccentric

If it's okay I'll probably roll in on Wednesday the 6th or Thursday the 7th. If Rob or Sandy has something I can do for a couple of days I'll get started on it. If not, I'll just camp.

With this good weather my phone is starting to ring and that doesn't mesh well with my retirement plans. :biggrin:

 

[Eccentric]

If it's okay I'll probably roll in on Wednesday the 6th or Thursday the 7th. If Rob or Sandy has something I can do for a couple of days I'll get started on it. If not, I'll just camp.

With this good weather my phone is starting to ring and that doesn't mesh well with my retirement plans. :biggrin:

I'm sure you're most welcome to come out on Wednesday or Thursday. Rob, Bruce, Sandy, Tyler, and the rest of the folks there are a friendly lot. You can do some exploring and eyeball the hazard trees ahead of time methinks. I plan to be out there on Friday. May be able to get there Thursday, but that's still up in the air at the moment.

 

[RandyMac]

The plan is to be there on Friday, depending on how things go, it could be sooner.

 

[Eccentric]

I shall look for Technu and hope that I am still poison oak resistant. I did the stocking surveys in the head deep poison oak plantations. My work partner developed a bad reaction. The leaves should still be off.

I lived in Napa for about 10 years. Leaves, no leaves, it dont matter. I know guys that got it from the roots. I have been lucky, only one time for me, but it was this time of year. Still should be a good time anyway.

We've encountered quite a bit of poison oak while working at the park. One nasty windfall/hung up maple had vines of the stuff wrapped around the trunk at least 30' up. I've been most fortunate in that I don't seem to get it much at all. That day, when I was wading through the stuff and cutting/handling wood wrapped in it I made sure to THOROUGHLY wash with Technu. I have a bottle at home, and the folks at the park have a LARGE bottle of it there. Bruce seemed to enjoy spraying COLD water on Dave and I as we washed ourselves (from the waist up) with Technu....

There's an oak just to the right of the trail (leaning left) and a spindly madrone on the left leaning right. The large, forked maple was leaning on the oak near the trail (you can see some of it to the right of and above the oak), with limbs intertwined with the oak, the madrone, and a couple other nearby trees....

Here Tyler (with his earmuffs up) is working on that big damn Maple that had PO vines mixed in with the moss.

The aftermath. You can see a piece of poison oak vine laying accross the wood. That vine was over my head when cutting earlier.

I was knee deep in the stuff (intermixed with the ferns) while while going up the hill and working on this oak.

 

[ckelp]

that tree was a peach

 

[slowp]

I have the same plans as Randy. I'm not sure how long it takes to go the coastal route. That is, if my little trailer passes the were the water pipes drained good enough test.

 

[slowp]

OMG! The forecast is for a heat wave there. Temps in the 60s and the sun decal is shown. I WILL pack my shorts. I'll shed the longjohns. Maybe I should throw all my clothes in and air them out. We are in mildew city right now here in the Wetside of Warshington.

 

[Gologit]

Thanks for the heads-up on the poison oak. I break out in a rash just thinking about that stuff.

 

[roberte]

Thanks for the heads-up on the poison oak. I break out in a rash just thinking about that stuff.

Well you all deserve a heads up.
If your reading this, you cant say you werent advised.

 

[Gologit]

Well you all deserve a heads up.
If your reading this, you cant say you werent advised.

Thanks for explaining that to me.