Pine Takedown Pics

[Mikecutstrees]

We spent the morning removing this White Pine. I did the climbing and my two groundies handled all the heavy work. It was too muddy to get the truck in so we will have to chip on monday. The Afternoon was spent brushing out a hemlock. The Pine was about 27" in diameter. Everything was lowered. Used the 361 up in the tree to block it down and the 660 mag to fell it. Used a 3/4" stablebraid and 3/4" CMI block for the big lowering. Cut two 10 1/2 foot sections for saw logs out of the butt log for the owner. Ripped the smaller stuff to be chipped later.Took about 5 hours start to finish. All in all a good day. Mike

 

[appalachianarbo]

Good work. Looks sappy. I hate gumming my ropes up in a pine removal...

 

[TKO-KID]

it didn't look that big in the first pic. But as you went on looks like fun.

 

[Mikecutstrees]

yeah I know I looked at the first pic and laughed. Looks like a sapling.... pictures can be deceiving. Resizing is a PITA

 

[gr8scott72]

yeah I know I looked at the first pic and laughed. Looks like a sapling.... pictures can be deceiving. Resizing is a PITA

Go get you a free photobucket account. Then all your pictures will be the same size no matter what they start as. This also, is a user adjustable setting in photobucket. Then just post the

 

[Burvol]

That Eastern Pine is hard isn't it? Like our Lodge Pole out West? It looks hard. Ponderosa is really, really soft.

 

[Thillmaine]

Soft

White pine is soft...

 

[Blakesmaster]

Looks good Mike. Gotta love that 361 when the big wood starts hittin'.

 

[Mikecutstrees]

yes white pine is soft. Softer than red pine. I swear some of the branches on that pine, I just pulled out my silky zubat handsaw and they snapped just from fright. Very brittle. Even the groundies noticed. Mike

 

[JTinaTree]

Nice work! I agree White Pines are a sappy mess I spend a hour cleaning everything after doing those.. They are very brittle when cutting the branches, did you notice after making the release cut, and as soon as your saw starts to cut the top of the branch it pops and releases before you can hardly cut into it..

 

[Mike Van]

White pine does make some nice lumber though, the sapwood boards have a little weight to them, after that though, they are pretty light. Here's some 22" wide I cut on my bandmill.

 

[tree MDS]

Small world mike, youre about 30 mins from me. I lived in cornwall bridge for about 5 years. I love that metal sculpting on rt. 7 near the 45 junction.