Nice before/after shots that really show the difference. Slight difference in light but same vantage. Looks beautiful out there!
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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At least she's not playing tug-o-war with the chipper.
Serf Life
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Maine Island
Pugilist is down for the count!
I love seeing your chipper. I know I’ve said it before, but it always reminds of the good old days of my career, and also of a time when Vermeer parts weren’t overly proprietary. I love seeing older equipment still running strong and wel cared for.
Outside of one or two very minor and easy to fix issues it's my only piece of equipment that hasn't given me any real problems. Ol' faithful.
I also deleted the muffler on it (out of necessity) so it sounds like a bat out of hell when chewing wood. I'm not sure how I'll ever convince myself to part with it.
Reminds me of how when the utility removes a tree growing up into the power lines and then the municipality comes along and plants another tree in the same spot.
Job security for everyone I suppose.
AdkEric
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- Adirondacks
Joining @27RMT0N and probably many others in the MMWS club. My trusty 14 year old 576XP AT will now be living the semi-retired easy life as I put this 572 into service.
Had a good one yesterday. The forecast was terrible so I was home by the fire when I got a call about a tree that had fallen on the neighboring island from a previous customer. The said it just crushed a fence so I wasn't worried, but an hour later they sent me photos, said the other stem was leaning towards a travel trailer, shed, and was actively leaning lower and lower.
So I got dressed, caught the ferry to the other island, and in the pouring rain what I came across was this about 90' tall, 3.5' two stem big leaf maple that already had the one huge failure uphill, taking out yet another tree, and the other about to fall at any time. They had already moved the trailer out of the way, but I told them to start moving everything else ASAP. We got a telehandler to show up within an hour, literally picked up the shed and moved it out of the way, then ended up using the telehandler (28,000 pounds) with a big line to just pull the tree over, no cutting at all. It failed with hardly any force, landing right where we wanted avoiding the only remaining target below, a circuit panel that had been powering the trailer. It was an old tree with a lot of visible decay in the trunks, doing what old maples do, but I was pretty shocked there literally wasn't a solid, healthy root in this entire massive and full canopy tree.
Cleanup tomorrow.
So I got dressed, caught the ferry to the other island, and in the pouring rain what I came across was this about 90' tall, 3.5' two stem big leaf maple that already had the one huge failure uphill, taking out yet another tree, and the other about to fall at any time. They had already moved the trailer out of the way, but I told them to start moving everything else ASAP. We got a telehandler to show up within an hour, literally picked up the shed and moved it out of the way, then ended up using the telehandler (28,000 pounds) with a big line to just pull the tree over, no cutting at all. It failed with hardly any force, landing right where we wanted avoiding the only remaining target below, a circuit panel that had been powering the trailer. It was an old tree with a lot of visible decay in the trunks, doing what old maples do, but I was pretty shocked there literally wasn't a solid, healthy root in this entire massive and full canopy tree.
Cleanup tomorrow.
ClimbingTN
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- Columbia
Here’s yesterday and today’s work. Yesterday is the big widow-maker. I climbed above to be safe and I tied it off. Then I sliced several pieces ground up. Small drop zone with a brand new fence under it. Today was the pine on the roof. Nothing exciting except the slippery roof. Yes, harness and tied off.
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Returned to the failed big-leaf maple today under sunny skies. Just me and my employee working on the hillside made about 32 yards of chips cleaning it up but leaving big wood on the slope. That stem on the second photo is... half of the tree. Came home to a new rolling tool chest (left, to match the top chest I already had) for my shop. Good day.
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
That tree had enjoyed a few good summers; chonky
Honestly before it failed, it was one of the most beautiful big leaf maples in the entire county I knew of. Really sad to see it go and they are one of my favorite trees.
But it was so far past it's prime that this structural failure was inevitable, and obvious it would happen with just a quick inspection, had one been done. I will be in the same neighborhood tomorrow and maybe I'll do it for a laugh if I have time, but you can literally climb inside of the rot cavities this tree had. And there is a difference between a 'healthy' tree and a 'strong' tree once you start to see certain types of root rot.
But it was so far past it's prime that this structural failure was inevitable, and obvious it would happen with just a quick inspection, had one been done. I will be in the same neighborhood tomorrow and maybe I'll do it for a laugh if I have time, but you can literally climb inside of the rot cavities this tree had. And there is a difference between a 'healthy' tree and a 'strong' tree once you start to see certain types of root rot.
Looks like a mass of vine in a Hickory? Couldn’t have been too fun to navigate…
flyingmosstreen
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- Location
- Rochester
Caught the Covid (from my 95 yr old grandma!) had a couple days to recoup. Feeling much better. As is she thankfully.
Finnnnally got the gumption to carve a spoon. It’s been too long. I was on a streak of a spoon a day for a while! So this feels right to get back at it with some new inspiration to carve.
Spalted birch eating spoon. Axe, and knife. No power tools no sandy paper
Finnnnally got the gumption to carve a spoon. It’s been too long. I was on a streak of a spoon a day for a while! So this feels right to get back at it with some new inspiration to carve.
Spalted birch eating spoon. Axe, and knife. No power tools no sandy paper
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ClimbingTN
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- Location
- Columbia
Yes it has dead vines, thankfully not poison ivy. It was crusty so I had to watch my footing. It is a Hackberry Celtis occidentalis.
We have a few Hackberry trees dappled around our area. Seldom seen, but I definitely learned to ID them by the irregular patches of lumps on the bark. Actually got to climb some very large ones out in Ohio about 10 years ago. They can get large and fun.
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