Today....

Yesterday…craned down seven crispy 80’ Hornbeams, decked the logs and staged the tops. Site contains the hand holes for the underground utilities near the outrigger, a garage off to the left, a contractor working on a house beneath the lean of over half the trees, and the driveway for the next house down.
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Today…retrenched one large Hornbeam near the garage and gently pruned the dead tops out of the only 2 salvageable trees left. Chipper party with @DBH, then load out! I’ll grab the logs tomorrow.
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Yesterday…craned down seven crispy 80’ Hornbeams, decked the logs and staged the tops. Site contains the hand holes for the underground utilities near the outrigger, a garage off to the left, a contractor working on a house beneath the lean of over half the trees, and the driveway for the next house down.
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Today…retrenched one large Hornbeam near the garage and gently pruned the dead tops out of the only 2 salvageable trees left. Chipper party with @DBH, then load out! I’ll grab the logs tomorrow.
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Is that Brad......
 
Yesterday…craned down seven crispy 80’ Hornbeams, decked the logs and staged the tops. Site contains the hand holes for the underground utilities near the outrigger, a garage off to the left, a contractor working on a house beneath the lean of over half the trees, and the driveway for the next house down.
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Today…retrenched one large Hornbeam near the garage and gently pruned the dead tops out of the only 2 salvageable trees left. Chipper party with @DBH, then load out! I’ll grab the logs tomorrow.
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Is that one of those mini cranes on a spider lift platform?
 
Is that one of those mini cranes on a spider lift platform?
Pretty much, yep. It’s the Hoeflon C10. Presently the only one in North America, but not for long. They’re finally starting to catch on. I made a thread about mine here on the Buzz in the Crane Use forum.
 
3 days of maple wrecking. One fully brushed out, second partially brushed out, and third, and largest, partially brushed out. View attachment 86496View attachment 86497View attachment 86498View attachment 86499View attachment 86500

Coulda used tree gaffs instead of pole gaffs... the thickest moss was 6" on top of some horizontal wood. Crazy moss!
Man, that’s some thick mat. We get ivy like that here, and you often can’t even spike where you choose. You just kinda have to let your foot slide down under as much control as you can until it hits something solid.
 
Pretty much, yep. It’s the Hoeflon C10. Presently the only one in North America, but not for long. They’re finally starting to catch on. I made a thread about mine here on the Buzz in the Crane Use forum.
Pretty cool. I saw a guy was using a mini tracked crane for some pretty cool indoor applications in a city somewhere in US. Always wondered about tree applications
 
Pretty cool. I saw a guy was using a mini tracked crane for some pretty cool indoor applications in a city somewhere in US. Always wondered about tree applications
I’ve done a few indoor applications as well. Helped out an old friend create some retrofit clear span sections in his house. We boomed in several thousand pounds of steel. Some down stairs and some up top. On occasion, I can use it inside my shop for truck upfitting, building the mezzanine, etc. It can set up almost anywhere.
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Sort of interesting tree situation the other day. About 20 years ago, a house burned down and naturally fried the surrounding trees pretty badly in the process. The owner rebuilt in the same footprint, keeping all but the very worst of the burned trees.

Amazingly, nearly everything they kept was able to bounce back and keep on living, though at least a dozen had a totally fried side towards the house that started both the process of core-rot as well as newly grown reaction wood on that side. By this point a few of them were too far gone due to leaning and advanced core-rot, but still alive. All things considered, I was pretty impressed with the trees ability to bounce back from such an event, having been around housefires and seeing their power and intensity.

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We did some cleanup yesterday using my buddy who does land managements track chipper, the homeowners brother dropped a big grey pine for him but did absolutely no pre-cutting or cleanup of everything in the way it was a huge mess. Chipper ran out of fuel right and the end of the day didn't get out until almost 6. I got to drop that big damaged/dying cedar on the right.

Second picture is from a different property one of my kids school friends homes, massive oak that's incredibly well shaped. the homeowner was told it's the oldest one in auburn which I believe is definitely possible.
 

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We did some cleanup yesterday using my buddy who does land managements track chipper, the homeowners brother dropped a big grey pine for him but did absolutely no pre-cutting or cleanup of everything in the way it was a huge mess. Chipper ran out of fuel right and the end of the day didn't get out until almost 6. I got to drop that big damaged/dying cedar on the right.

Second picture is from a different property one of my kids school friends homes, massive oak that's incredibly well shaped. the homeowner was told it's the oldest one in auburn which I believe is definitely possible.
That chipper is a animal
 
We did some cleanup yesterday using my buddy who does land managements track chipper, the homeowners brother dropped a big grey pine for him but did absolutely no pre-cutting or cleanup of everything in the way it was a huge mess. Chipper ran out of fuel right and the end of the day didn't get out until almost 6. I got to drop that big damaged/dying cedar on the right.

Second picture is from a different property one of my kids school friends homes, massive oak that's incredibly well shaped. the homeowner was told it's the oldest one in auburn which I believe is definitely possible.
Bro, that Oak is unreal! Or at least you have a secret way of photographing otherwise unimpressive trees. Wow. Nature was using all the grace on that one.
 

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