Today....

Yah, I like leaving snags for habitat when it makes sense, but the truth is we have so many dead and dying trees in our forest these days there is ZERO shortage around here. Unlike urban areas where there is a lack of dead/decaying trees for habitat, we have an abundance so there just isn't a reason to leave safety hazards around people and buildings. I'm just glad this one had a lean in the right direction and just enough internal fiber (I did a borecut first to test it) to stay under control.
 
27RMT0N said:
Yah, I like leaving snags for habitat when it makes sense, but the truth is we have so many dead and dying trees in our forest these days there is ZERO shortage around here. Unlike urban areas where there is a lack of dead/decaying trees for habitat, we have an abundance so there just isn't a reason to leave safety hazards around people and buildings. I'm just glad this one had a lean in the right direction and just enough internal fiber (I did a borecut first to test it) to stay under control.
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100% on board. It reminds me of a snag I felled near a private utility that ran through the wood. I did a vertical orientation bore at the base as well, then proceeded to kick off 2”~3” of soft punky fiber before the saw dogs would bite.
 
oceans said:
Went to town with the spade today. New England soil is not kind for digging, and to top it off, the trees we moved grew from seed in an old rock dump. At least the weather was perfect for the activity at hand. Each hole ended up being prepped with the excavator by getting close with depth, leaving plenty of width, and sorting out the stones to remove them from the backfill. Only the first plug was brought down to the trees. That nice soil proved too valuable to take away from the trees’ new homes, so we kept it for easier backfill. All the trees ended up requiring a pre-dig just outside the spade diameter with the excavator as welll to relieve the worst of the stones and allow cleaner spading. It was a fight, but one the client was willing to go through and we got 4 gorgeous Oaks from several thousand feet away across the property and off the chopping block for the view-shed. More tomorrow!

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Your so badass
 
A new tool in the kit, finally got my bumper and winch setup and tested yesterday. ARB steel bumper with a Warn 16,500 pound winch and 80' of synthetic line. Between the line on the drum, a big rope and a few redirect pulleys you can apply a huge amount of force in all sorts of ways, from a safe distance. This was pulling a 40' majorly back-leaning alder snag against its lean and into the woods. Worked wonderfully and I'll be using this a lot I'm sure.

Also, headed out for a two week trip rafting through the Grand Canyon. It will be the first time taking a significant break from work in years...

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