The Official Work Pictures Thread

[lxskllr]

Carpinus caroliniana Is the one I see, or recognize anyway.

 

[Burnham]

Whichever it is ...that was a big beast Mick, taken all together. Lot's bigger than your first pic gave me the impression of. Well done.

 

[BeerGeek]

I discussed the 3 hornbeams in this thread of mine:

Fireplace fuel

So, after my first year in biz, I've managed to collect a couple of different logs in my wood pile that I have questions about burning in my fireplace: Black Locust (I know people who burn this in stoves and firepits, but remember something long ago about a noxious odor/gas for fireplaces)...

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Sean & John id'ed the ones properly. Nutball's response is for the one in his locale, which are known to be smaller.

 

[Mick!]

This one is/was (I believe) a carpinus bétulus fastigiata. An ornamental that grew far beyond its intended size.

The ordinary carpinus betulus has a very different form.

 

[SeanKroll]

Down to 6', and wood loaded/ offloaded.
Good firepit wood...s'mores this weekend!
Some stove wood for the GF's for winter...job was 2 miles from her house.

Took the top in 2' sections, by pole-chsinsaw, tipped into a dropzone tight to the building only 5' from the butt, with electrical and exposed lighting.

Once i could reach with the lift,
it was easy snap-cut-ville


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[pete mctree]

Some pics of a prune from earlier this week. Historically power lines had run in front of the tree and the pruning not always been sympathetic. We reduced it by a couple of meters overall (and a bit more in some bits to reshape it) turned out ok we think. think.

 

[biggun]

Nice work Pete.

Where was that tree?

 

[pete mctree]

Where was that tree?

Hinderwell, which is one of the costal villages between us and Whitby if you don’t know it.

 

[Mick!]

Today’s fun, dead cedar, got it done and gone before the heat.

 

[biggun]

Hinderwell, which is one of the costal villages between us and Whitby if you don’t know it.

For some reason it reminded me of Gt. Ayton.

 

[Patrick A]

Dead but not yet crispy pine. It was a good change from the Ash/Maple/Oak saw dust.

 

[PCTREE]

Only plus side I can see of that pine is that it is light

 

[Patrick A]

Yes indeed, it was a breeze to move sections that were more than 4 ft long.

 

[AndrewJG]

Island cottage job, two white pines. Got meal and a boat ride too !
...I like boats, I like bbq food even more

 

[lxskllr]

Welcome to The House Andrew!

Nice action shot on that first pic :^)

 

[pantheraba]

Tall, skinny boogers! Good shots.

 

[PCTREE]

Ever get that sinking feeling??

 

[ruel]

Yuck, not a nice feeling I bet. Gradual settling or all at once?

 

[PCTREE]

It went slowly over the day, we redid cribbing a couple times. I was surprised it kept sinking as it usually compacts the soil and stops. Sunk about a foot during the course of the day, we were working directly over it , the tree was at 70' over the house.

 

[cory]

 

[Tree09]

Anything close by that would possibly cause it? Or just really soft ground?

 

[SeanKroll]

A hill?

 

[Tree09]

Btw @PCTREE , you really should make up some mats, they work far better and setup far faster. I know wood is outrageous right now, but most I've seen use 2x whatever stacked solid in at least 2 layers 90 degrees apart, with 1 inch plywood on each side, everything glued and nailed. Then nail ropes on for handles. Basically make a giant cribbing sandwich to spread the load, and set those up instead of cribbing with skids. If you build them round you can roll them, but square is easier to build and gives more area and is easy enough to move with a couple guys. I've seen bigger cranes where they actually use the crane to set them on tires first, then they level up with the outriggers. I'll see if i can find some pictures, it's the way to go man.

 

[PCTREE]

Kyle I used mats for a few years. 3x4'x4" oak. Over time we went away from them, as with the setup shown they just wouldn't work. Often times when setting up around houses you don't have the space to put them down . Im digging those white oak 3" x 12" planks we just milled, we have 3' and 5' and can be setup around bushes etc to distribute load

 

[SeanKroll]

Some poor pictures from today's crane job.

Rough shape, 30" dbh x2 dead and dying alder trunks, 2/3s in 2 pieces, in 2 neighboring yards, having failed last week

60-70' radius, 22 ton. Maxed out, to some degree, small pieces, overall. Only good for 3-4k, so we picked conservatively.