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Resize that there picture BigJohn. It only comes up half way.
Guy Meilleur
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Big John, Why did the owner want that big healthy tree removed? Looks like quite an asset to lose, unless the wood was going to the mill.
Looks like quite an asset to lose, unless the wood was going to the mill.
Koa Man
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Here is one from last week. This is after we took 40 ft. off the top of this ironwood tree. Tree was on a slope above the house and the owner did not like the way the top was leaning over. Everything had to be roped off. Even large branches would slide down the slope toward the house!
What's the genus of that ironwood? Anything like the Brazilian, with specific gravity way above 1.0?
I've only done one tree with very heavy wood, a madrona, that required wood lowering. I know of two trees that grow in the continental US, parrotia and hornbeam, that are sometimes called ironwood. The tree looks as though it was rather slender in shape.....how tall, over 100?
I've only done one tree with very heavy wood, a madrona, that required wood lowering. I know of two trees that grow in the continental US, parrotia and hornbeam, that are sometimes called ironwood. The tree looks as though it was rather slender in shape.....how tall, over 100?
Lenny Anderson
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This is a Douglas-fir we removed Friday. The tree was topped around fifteen years ago. One of the co-dominant tops ended on her roof during a recent windstorm.
Lumberjack
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Shoot on a tree that small, I cut it at the bottom andlet my groundie finish the cut while I lift the piece straight off the stump. Then I casually throw it over my shoulder and go put it on the trailer.
Koa Man
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What we call ironwood here is Casuarina equisetifolia. It is a very heavy wood, but I don't know the specific gravity offhand.
The tree top was approx. 150 ft., judging by the length of rope that we used. There is about 20 ft. more trunk below the bottom of the picture. It was a very slender tree and had to make the topping cut about 30 ft. below the top, tree was about 4 inches in diameter at that point. The tall slender tree in the background just to the left of the spar is also a Casuarina equisetifolia.
I guess the biggest reason the homeown wanted it down was to satisfy his wife. With all the recent storms and bad weather we've a lot of trees comeing down. This guy was too close to the house. I did find a lightning strike around 80 feet up in a crotch that was about 2 or 3 years old. I woulkd gladly resize the pictures if you all could give me some tips on how to do so.
Guy Meilleur
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here in the Se, both Carpinus and Ostrya sps. are called ironwood.
re Parrottia, the greatest fall color I ever saw was one at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, WA. Ever see it, rb? right on the lakeshore, it's awesome.
Re reasons to cut trees, people's fear of trees close to the house is really stupid if you think about it. It's the ones FAR from the house that do damage, as they have more velocity when they hit. The ones close to the house just lean on it.
But paranoia does not help folks' vision or thinking ability. Pruning those 2 pines near the house would have lessened lean; now the ones behind them are "edge" trees, newly exposed to the wind and more likely to hit the house in Isabel II. Better cut those down now too, guys!!
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Guy Meilleur
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Depends on the house.
Most important for the customer's safety, removing trees near the house without considering the effect on trees futher from the house can leave the homeowner in a more dangerous situation than before.
Good points Guy!
Remember I told ya that I've yet to visit Bloedel?
Gotta get my act together, eh?
Jon, that's a biggie!! DBH and height? Distance to crane centerpin? Crane size? Board footage? How long a piece could you pick? $ for job?
Only a few tulip trees out west. The largest I've done was about 6.5 foot dbh, co-dom trunks, 105 feet tall, in a tiny front yard, over house and primary. $2000 to prune and cable it.
Need a big saw? I know where you can get a Dan Henry tuned 3120 for $700!! Sweet saw! My Greffardized one pulls a 60 inch bar easily and asks for more!
Remember I told ya that I've yet to visit Bloedel?
Gotta get my act together, eh?
Jon, that's a biggie!! DBH and height? Distance to crane centerpin? Crane size? Board footage? How long a piece could you pick? $ for job?
Only a few tulip trees out west. The largest I've done was about 6.5 foot dbh, co-dom trunks, 105 feet tall, in a tiny front yard, over house and primary. $2000 to prune and cable it.
Need a big saw? I know where you can get a Dan Henry tuned 3120 for $700!! Sweet saw! My Greffardized one pulls a 60 inch bar easily and asks for more!
I am guessing the height was at about 120. I never measured the base and couldn't put a guess on that just cant remember they all kind of run together. The crane was a 30 ton and the tree was only about 20 feet at most to the center of the crane. There were a couple pieces out the back that were a stretch. Poplar like these are most common around here. There was time in my career that was all I did and maybe three days out of the week they were crane removals for about three years. As for the price on the job who knows. I don't get that kind of info on the jobs. My price for the day as a sub would be $400.
