The Official Work Pictures Thread

[rico]

Thanks for catching that Burnham. What I meant to says was 2 thousand tons. I think thats what they call fuzzy math. Thank god Im not an accountant.
We have 2 old redwood bridges here that are a bottleneck when it comes to getting material or heavy equipment in. I had my buddies Super dump pulling in 18-20 tons at a time, and dumping in our communal farm, which is just outside the hood. From there we had 3-4 Bobtails bringing in 4-7 ton at a time non-stop. It was a lot of work, but we just finisher it up this afternoon!

 

[flushcut]

Lotta rock!

 

[Burnham]

Hard to pull one on stuff like that with an old road maintenance guy. Numbers that don't easily make sense ring my chime.

Even 2k tons is significant rock, and a lot of work for sure. Well done, sir.

 

[pantheraba]

Great looking road...satisfied you should be.

 

[Mick!]

Nice work Eric, you seem to keep busy!

 

[rico]

Hard to pull one on stuff like that with an old road maintenance guy. Numbers that don't easily make sense ring my chime.

Even 2k tons is significant rock, and a lot of work for sure. Well done, sir.

It was a few mile of rough roads and we were laying in on pretty thick, but I was shocked when the quarry tickets showed we had gone through a few million pounds of rock. It was an ongoing project that took over 6 weeks of on/off work, but I am sure glad its done. Now I can get back to my own life. My wife is gonna kill me if I don't finishing milling the lumber for her new cabin this summer!

 

[SeanKroll]

Any idea how redwood compares in strength to doug-fir? For a 2x-whatever fir joist, as an example, would you use larger or the same dimension of redwood?

 

[rico]

Fir definitely has more structural strength than Redwood. You can find charts online which will tell you what dimension are acceptable when using Redwood for structural stuff.

 

[SeanKroll]

I thought as much. Do people frame whole building with redwood?

 

[cory]

Good question. I gotta believe they do because folks naturally use what is plentiful at hand.

Or maybe frame with the fir and use loads of redwood everywhere else.

Hey, I wonder why there is no redwood plywood.

 

[rico]

I thought as much. Do people frame whole building with redwood?

I do, but its frowned upon by building codes and inspectors here. Its also extremely expensive to do, but I don't have to worry about that!

Nice work Eric, you seem to keep busy!

Thanks Mick. This is what you get when you add a few kickass cups of coffee to an already hyperactive body/mind!

 

[cory]

Rico, what about redwood peelers?

 

[rico]

Peelers?

 

[cory]

Making plywood out of good redwood logs.

 

[rico]

I know you could get redwood plywood way back in the day, but not sure about now. Again it would be big $.

 

[cory]

Makes sense that would be the main reason.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I wonder if it makes good wood for a guitar - haven't seen one yet.

 

[rico]

We have a lot of guitar builders out here, and I have heard and seen a few acoustic guitars with beautiful redwood tops that rang like bells. . The good old stuff can be very similar to good spruce which as you know makes a killer top on an acoustic.
Just did a google search, and apparently you can still get Redwood plywood.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Excellent!

 

[cory]

Just did a google search, and apparently you can still get Redwood plywood.

I shoulda done that!

 

[forestkeepers]

Let Me Google That For You
https://lmgtfy.com

I've got some friends who have made guitars, mandolins, and mandolas. I'm on the lookout for a rock elm for them, as with its slow growth and super tight grain, it makes excellent instrument wood (also used to be used in ship building).

 

[Grendel]

Lazy little Jack Pine that they've been after me for a week to get rid of. . . "I'm not puttin my boat in till it's gone". There, it's gone.


Little bit in it, little bit on it.








Crazy webbed feet. . . I think he's a Plott hound.

 

[Burnham]

Plott hound? No way. Says this old boy with deep North Carolina roots .

Nice business with the winch...I continue to marvel that so few tree work outfits operate without one. I place that tool up there right behind a chainsaw as necessary .

 

[Grendel]

Couldn't agree more Mr. B.

There's a bunch of Plott hounds over in Wisconsin. They use them to hunt bear. I'm just curious, going to get him DNA tested here pretty soon

 

[Burnham]

Never saw a brindle Plott. But of course they have been a mightily mixed breed from their beginnings. Bear, 'coon, bobcat. Look forward to the dna report, if you do so.