The Official Work Pictures Thread

[woodworkingboy]

Majestic tree!

 

[sotc]

Neat gig

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'd completely remove that center stub...

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Great pics.

Cobra 2t sounds lightweight. Excluded bark crotches?

 

[Mick!]

I'd completely remove that center stub...

Different attitudes in Europe I reckon B, woodpeckers, invertebrates etc. very desirable things in urban settings, so to an extent dead wood is encouraged.
There was a pic on AT a while back where the tree officer had organised dead trunks of trees to be winched up and strapped to existing heathy trees in a London park. "Standing" dead wood is a specialised and rare environment it would seem.

 

[biggun]

The cobra bracing was on different trees, Mature Lime trees. Suspect unions, included bark. A combination of end weight reduction plus cobra seems to be the norm here. I don't make the specs, as a contract climber, I just do the recommended work.

The Black Poplar had 2 or 3 different types of bracing. Static rods, drilled lower down in the tree. (Sorry I am not too familiar with this sort of bracing as I have never done it.) There was also some steel cabling in there.

The cobra bracing is generally done 2 thirds of the way up past the suspect union. We do use 4t Cobra systems here swell but that tends to be on some heavy trees.

 

[biggun]

A picture of the old bracing.




Rich

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Right, Rich. I figured that mature Lime/ Linden were big.

Here, included bark calls for static cabling. In some cases, particularly non-actively cracked, it seems to ME that not limiting movement as much as static systems limit, would benefit the tree by causing medium strain on the crotch, but limiting it for extreme strain, causing more wood to be packed on, then the low strain effect of static.

Different methods in different areas.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Different attitudes in Europe I reckon B, woodpeckers, invertebrates etc. very desirable things in urban settings, so to an extent dead wood is encouraged.
There was a pic on AT a while back where the tree officer had organised dead trunks of trees to be winched up and strapped to existing heathy trees in a London park. "Standing" dead wood is a specialised and rare environment it would seem.

I do some "habitat snags" but never thought about it with trees that aren't fully dead or being killed. An idea in a no-target area. F'ing liability in the US.


Any fencing around that park tree? Hope the funding stays in place for maintenance.

 

[Mick!]

Can't remember, prolly no, was securely held in iirc.

 

[Mick!]

I do some "habitat snags" but never thought about it with trees that aren't fully dead or being killed. An idea in a no-target area. F'ing liability in the US.


Any fencing around that park tree? Hope the funding stays in place for maintenance.

I was looking for those pictures and came across this thread, coronet cuts et al, even Butch is involved.
It's 7 years old now, have attitudes changed? I dunno.

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/440-coronet-not-coronet-now-question.html

 

[cory]

Different attitudes in Europe I reckon B, woodpeckers, invertebrates etc. very desirable things in urban settings, so to an extent dead wood is encouraged.
There was a pic on AT a while back where the tree officer had organised dead trunks of trees to be winched up and strapped to existing heathy trees in a London park. "Standing" dead wood is a specialised and rare environment it would seem.

Interesting, Mick. Here, I always encourage habitat preservation within a tree where feasible, but it is definitely not on the radar of most people.

 

[stig]

Cheers Stig,

Intrigued. Do you remember his name?

I'm bad with names.
I'll ask Richard, he was sitting up half the night shooting the bull with him in english.

Jed: Farm work and killing some trees.

 

[Limbrat]

Pretty basic pine takedown this morning. Pretty grainy phone pics too. Some back lean over the house and a few vines but everything went smooth although a mite sticky.

 

[Jed]

Nice Ray! Awesome stump shot... literally and figuratively. (Stump shot=raised back-cut, vs. Stump shot=photo.) Idiots shouldn't drink. Sorry gents.

Stig: What in the world can you farm way the heck up there?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Last bit of clean up on the 45 tree job as far as duff, mill dust and wood is done. Now down to the gravel on the driveway and a cable and bolt job on an oak I smacked with a stem. My bad
I just really want to get on with different work
Not that I have not done anything else. But 3 weeks of this is getting old....
Of course someone that was supposed to pick up some of the milled wood did not.. Sooo I had to find a home for that today.. Just one more trip right?
Anyway....
Still going through all the pictures and such. Rendering video. Probably start a thread soon. Still have to see if I can get some pictures from the custy. She was out taking a great deal of them. I paid Katy to as well.

 

[sotc]

I do some "habitat snags" but never thought about it with trees that aren't fully dead or being killed. An idea in a no-target area. F'ing liability in the US.


Any fencing around that park tree? Hope the funding stays in place for maintenance.

I've done loads of wildlife snags in public parks...

 

[stig]

Hay, Jed.
Plus the occasional potato.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Looking forward to it Stephen.

 

[BIGTWIG]

Kind of an incomplete set of pictures. We removed two cottonwoods a few weeks ago with 70T crane at 70-80' radius. Primaries on each side of the trees. No cleanup, but we had to keep the road clear.

 

[cory]

Nice crane. Id like to see pics of your big chipper working

 

[BIGTWIG]

Here you go, Cory!







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[cory]

Nice!!

How many HP's? Is that an 18" chipper? Is lodgepole tough wood like our black/austrian pines or is it soft like a white pine?

 

[BIGTWIG]

200HP, 8.1liter... They rate the 1890HD's at 19" I think.. the crush lever can persuade a little bigger sometimes, but not always.
I would consider Lodgepole pine as soft, much more like a White pine than an Austrian. Very thin bark and not many limbs/knots. Splits great though.

 

[cory]

Cool. I have a 170 hp tier 3 perkins in a 1590, nice engine and crazy-good on fuel. The 18" capacity is good (though don't try putting in 18.5", it won't go!), but I wish the infeed chute was a little wider for taking extra bushy stuff or especially when feeding in big brush piles backwards/tips-first. I see that cottonwood piece going in backwards in your pic, when ya gotta do it that way it's nice if the machine will take it.