210 ft Redwood Removal

[rico11764]

210-215 Ft Redwood Removal

Its been a while but I thought some of you might enjoy these. A fun removal me and my good buddy Marcus ( best groupie and friend ever) did on Friday. She's all bucked and ready for skidding and milling. Zero heart rot and 20 rings and inch kinda goodness. 5500-6000 board feet of perfection!



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[No_Bivy]

why did they want to take it down.....looks huge!

 

[rico11764]

why did they want to take it down.....looks huge!

Homeowners wanted it removed because it had a huge hollow burn hole underneath it from an old fire, plus a back-lean towards the house. I did the job for the wood!

 

[No_Bivy]

makes sense.....

what kinda of money will those logs fetch?

 

[rico11764]

makes sense.....

what kinda of money will those logs fetch?

Lets just say I made some good $ for a few hours of work!

 

[pantheraba]

Back lean....did you overcome that with wedges or a jack?

2nd picture is excellent.

 

[pantheraba]

And how do you move logs like that in a residential setting?

 

[SeanKroll]

Cool.

 

[rico11764]

And how do you move logs like that in a residential setting?

Logs will be moved with my 518 Skidder. Tree had a tagline in it and it was also pounded over with wedges.

 

[SeanKroll]

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[rico11764]

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Thanks brother i just added some vids to my original post.

 

[Mick!]

Great vid of the top coming off.

 

[RegC]

Thanks for posting Rico

 

[rico11764]

Thanks for posting Rico

Thanks Reg. It case you didn't know, Im a big fan of your work! You are a genuine, humble badd ass and an inspiration to us all. Keep doing what your doing Brother.

 

[stig]

On that last video it looks like you were lucky not to bust it over that slight swale in the ground.

Good stuff.

I bet there is a mill owner who'll love to get his hands on that log.

 

[RegC]

Thanks Reg. It case you didn't know, Im a big fan of your work! You are a genuine, humble badd ass and an inspiration to us all. Keep doing what your doing Brother.

Trust me Rico, I have more than my share of haters out there....people I've never met mostly. But that's a nice thing for you to say, thanks. How old are you and how long doing tree work ? What got you started too ? Thanks

 

[rico11764]

Trust me Rico, I have more than my share of haters out there....people I've never met mostly. But that's a nice thing for you to say, thanks. How old are you and how long doing tree work ? What got you started too ? Thanks

Im gonna be 55 soon and I spurred up my first tree when I was 13. I was raised in the Redwoods of California, but poor parenting skills forced me to drop out of school before my 16th B-Day and get a job Yarder logging in southeast Alaska. Been loving this life ever since!

 

[stig]

Wish I didn't live so far away from you.
I'd love to buy a stack of those boards to put up as panelling in my bed room.

 

[rico11764]

On that last video it looks like you were lucky not to bust it over that slight swale in the ground.

Good stuff.

I bet there is a mill owner who'll love to get his hands on that log.

The GoPro made the Swale look way worse than it was, but she saved out perfect. As the lucky mill owner I can tell ya I'm looking forward to sinking into these logs. Might just keep them for myself!

 

[rico11764]

Wish I didn't live so far away from you.
I'd love to buy a stack of those boards to put up as panelling in my bed room.

As you are clearly a fellow "Cranky Old Logger" I say frig the $. Come on over with your truck and will load you up free of charge, and enjoy a frosty beverage!

 

[cory]

that is a purty pic of the lumber stacked.

Nice job, great pics.

Doing the job for the wood...just curious, who cleans up the brush etc?

 

[rico11764]

Brush? Cleanup? Just kidding. It was a love em and run job, so not my responsibility.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice shot of the top coming off. Nice when you can score the log like that.our wood here in my vacinity, is about worthless with the oak being the exception. Mill our fair share of pine though.
Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[treebilly]

Thanks for sharing Rico it's gonna be awful hard for Stig to load up his pickup unless it's got one hell of an inboard motor on it

 

[stig]

Thanks for sharing Rico it's gonna be awful hard for Stig to load up his pickup unless it's got one hell of an inboard motor on it

I'm fitting wings and a propeller to it.
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