It's amazing how "lucky" trees fall sometimes I just cleaned up a big one feel between 3 posts broke a few fence boards within a few feet of posts and a big gate didn't touch one of them
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Shadowscape
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- far north
Should have some good ground in a few years. That's a lot of chips!
It's a bit of an ongoing dance, I've also got 100 pounds of grass seed I need to spread before spring ends in certain areas and it's all about erosion control and building soil health, but some areas will be disturbed or dug up within a year or two, trying to decide what makes sense where and keeping the local gov happy. I also need to spread some topsoil where the exposed surface is basically clay at this point, but don't have time to do that before I need to get the seed out. Cleaning up rocks and sticks too....
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Shadowscape
Been here a while
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- far north
Is that the owner's 200 dollar fence, or the neighbor's 10 thousand dollar fence?
Reach
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- Atglen, PA
Looking good! And if you’re going to tear it back up, and need cheap cover, just plant an Annual Ryegrass, or if it needs to live a little longer, Kentucky 31 Tall Fescue is a good choice too. I believe both will grow well in your area, your climate is a little cooler than ours, but not a lot.
My mill can take up to 57”. Send em!
That's a good sized mill I wouldn't mind having something that size.
Believe it or not, it’s a Woodmizer LT40 Hydraulic. I bought it well used from a gent about an hour from me. He claims that the head rig was modded to run at 2 different widths, and that the work was done by someone that is the “go to” for all Woodmizer mods. I have run this mill at both widths, and can pretty much swear that it’s as close to a factory option as could be.
In factory width mode, I get all the benefits of the hydraulics on the lower frame…dogs, clamps, turner, head and tail toe adjust, and loader arms. I can whiz through dimensional material out of logs close to 30” diameter.
Once the rig is in the wide position, you can pretty much forget about using the turner, and the clamp is basically too narrow. I find myself holding the log in place with the loader arms for the first slab, then use the log truck to roll the log over onto the face and slab out from there.
With a log like @rico ’s, I would likely try to quarter it in wide mode, and then revert to narrow to quarter saw each quarter separately.
This mill is unique as a snowflake for the fact that it was modded so well. It covers all the things I ever wanted to do with a mill. I was eyeing a Cook’s 4449, and almost put a deposit down when I saw the LT40 on Craigslist. Man, I almost did a backflip out of bed and ran up to work out the deal. I feel really lucky to have found this thing.
I would love some lumber from that beast log.
chiselbit
Been here a while
Looks like fun.
Today I woke up an hour before my alarm... then before even getting to my truck, 30' from my front door I noticed an uprooting tree right next to my house, so, had to deal with that first thing in the morning.... Very marginal trees, almost no soil. Then worked felling decent sized firs on a very steep slope. Neighbors downhill invited me in for coffee and we chatted for half an hour though, that was nice.
Today I woke up an hour before my alarm... then before even getting to my truck, 30' from my front door I noticed an uprooting tree right next to my house, so, had to deal with that first thing in the morning.... Very marginal trees, almost no soil. Then worked felling decent sized firs on a very steep slope. Neighbors downhill invited me in for coffee and we chatted for half an hour though, that was nice.
Another day, more tree stuff. Doing some bucking for a local group that donates firewood to low income folks, and the Echo DCS-2500T with battery and charger I got on ebay for the absurdly low price of $330 just arrived.
Basically I'm just trying to find the lightest battery saw to use when I don't need the power of the T540i. Haven't had a chance to use it yet, but it feels pretty good and here are some weight comparisons. The gas 2511 is still a bit lighter than the battery 2500, and while it has a 1/4" conversion that is lighter than stock, even with it's original bar/chain, would be lighter. More to come once I have a few days use on it.
Basically I'm just trying to find the lightest battery saw to use when I don't need the power of the T540i. Haven't had a chance to use it yet, but it feels pretty good and here are some weight comparisons. The gas 2511 is still a bit lighter than the battery 2500, and while it has a 1/4" conversion that is lighter than stock, even with it's original bar/chain, would be lighter. More to come once I have a few days use on it.
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data farm 26
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- Casablanca
Nice boards
That is some beautiful lumber.
Yea. Got some pretty nice vertical grain lumber out of this log. It was the butt log and when dealing with redwood they are generally the worst log in the tree. The next 4 logs (all 20 footers) will be the money logs and I am looking forward to seeing what they offer up.
Woke up to some beautiful views of the mountains at sunrise, got to try out the DCS-2500T for the first time on a small removal and was quite impressed overall, and caught sunset from the deck upon getting home; shining through the newly forming leaves and onto the green moss. Honestly I was frustrated today, underbidding both jobs I did, but looking back at the day and how beautiful it was, I really can't complain. More about the saw to come.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
Last tree being cut up.
current tree...Phellinus pini, red-ring rot, heart rot
Started canopy raising the left one, today. Will canopy raise them both, tomorrow.
Solar panel installation begins tomorrow.
The homeowner climbed the one on the right ad a kid. Her playhouse from childhood. Now, later 60s, early 70s.
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