techdave
ArboristSite Operative
dead tree hinges
Hi guys, the trees I am cutting are almost all fire kills. A few were beetle or drought kills before the fire. They have sat 1 year. I always pound the trunk to test for soundness, and clear the bark before starting. I figure I still got to look up, as some of these limbs are weak!!! One tree threw a 10 foot long 6 inch limb 30 feet when it landed. Would have felt great hitting my head from 40 feet up LOL!!
I always have wedged unless an obvious leaner...even going back to 12 inch maple I cut as a 13 year old kid under grandads direction. Looking bakc, he probably didnt know that much about timber either, as he was a Ranchero (cowhand), not a forest person.
Sometime in the next month I will move from the shadowed North side of the mountain into the southWest face!!!!! It will be weird to see teh difference in felling behavior, but I think the trees will be about 12 inches bigger on average, and lots more Quercus kellogii.
I dont have much experince felling trees with broad crowns.
Most of what i have done is either Pines or Eucalyptus/BlueGum. Sorry AussieLopa, I dont know the different classifications, we just call them all Eucalyptus!!!
Hi guys, the trees I am cutting are almost all fire kills. A few were beetle or drought kills before the fire. They have sat 1 year. I always pound the trunk to test for soundness, and clear the bark before starting. I figure I still got to look up, as some of these limbs are weak!!! One tree threw a 10 foot long 6 inch limb 30 feet when it landed. Would have felt great hitting my head from 40 feet up LOL!!
I always have wedged unless an obvious leaner...even going back to 12 inch maple I cut as a 13 year old kid under grandads direction. Looking bakc, he probably didnt know that much about timber either, as he was a Ranchero (cowhand), not a forest person.
Sometime in the next month I will move from the shadowed North side of the mountain into the southWest face!!!!! It will be weird to see teh difference in felling behavior, but I think the trees will be about 12 inches bigger on average, and lots more Quercus kellogii.
I dont have much experince felling trees with broad crowns.
Most of what i have done is either Pines or Eucalyptus/BlueGum. Sorry AussieLopa, I dont know the different classifications, we just call them all Eucalyptus!!!
blue gums are PITA they grow too quik
