Removal of two large poplar, plus a few "sprouts", which ranged from 10 inches in diameter to 20 and up to 70 feet tall or so. Day one produced two full loads of chips--about 36 yards... We will have Marilyn's Recycle pick the junky wood with their grapple truck.. and they can grab the butts, so...
Thought I'd posted the above this morning...Got the beasts down, save for the wood.... could be a while, but I'll get pics, vid and time lapse uploaded....
I've been taking lots of trips lately, so am working today. We're halfway through a removal of more damned Lombardy Poplar weed trees.... Produced 36 yards of chips from the first group yesterday, and doing the rest today...will leave the lower sticks up for the grapple truck to grab while we...
JAMBO was beyond awesome! I've uploaded over 300 images to my facebook page facebook.com/roger.barnett.96... and am adding them, as time allows, to my flickr... which is linked in my siggy. Check em out!
Craning of a cedar, tall but small fir, and a behemoth--150 feet tall, which produced over 2600 board feet! About 1000 board feet more than I guessed. We dropped the butt log, with the self loader nudging it, to save crane time and due to the weight, which had to have been close to 10000 lb. It...
Sounds exactly like what I'd expect from someone in tune with yourself and nature as you are, Ryan......
I've also not had any disastrous run ins with bald faced hornets.... the ground based little whirling dervishes are worse, however...not only are they extremely pissed when disturbed, but...
I'll be there!!! As official trouble making geezer...err camera-dude.....thanks to Nick....and Steve for agreeing to share your hotel!
Here's a sample of what to expect... from the 4th Annual Bainbridge Is Comp https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/albums/72157652203800561
It appears I...
Guy, It's hard to say, because the tree has been in decline for centuries, but I think the formations in question were simply remnants of a once intact core...and not the start of adventitious roots.
Also, I spotted, then forgot to photograph, a large tree in downtown Tofino (Vancouver...
I go back with Sherrill longer than anyone here save for Dave, I'm sure. Back when they did far more than any other supplier at the time in end user education, via tips for new or improved tree climbing techniques, much of it made possible by innovative new products which Sherril would promote...
I read something about this sad but imminent event (but the poster didn't identify the tree as the Quinault cedar--for sure that is) on facebook a couple weeks ago, but was busy trying to get a lot of work done before leaving on a 10 day photo safari around Vancouver Island--- visiting Reg...
The Lake Quinault Redcedar, the world's largest, and the largest tree outside of California, has fallen. I visited it June 5 and it appears to have failed--to a 20 foot tall stump, sometime after July 7. See http://northcoastnews.com/…/quinault-big-cedar-has-fallen-t…
It's failure has been...
Thanks, Oroboros....I think and hope I'll have time to hit the north and south sections of the SS Coast.... have an old college classmate to visit there, and would like to find Gord, who used to post here now and then. He, and his family company, are very competent climbers and loggers.
Ryan, you have it going on--fit as a fiddle fo sho. I'm just like you, except I don't sleep enough.... shooting thousands of images a month lately, and then editing... and preparing for another photo safari, this time to Van Is west coast and more...Sunshine Coast --Powell River if I get that...
That is so sad, Mark! I try to be always aware of that exact scenario coming into play. Watch like a hawk, avoid it if at all possible, slack lifeline during the critical rigging time, inspect......as has been discussed above by many good people.
Let's all stay healthy and come home to your...
CBach, nice shot--paulownia and golden robinia...shot from above I-90. You're in my hood, not Denver, eh?
I don't believe we know each other? Come to the July 27 Wa TCC in Volunteer Park..or contact Justina (Champion Tree Care) to volunteer. I'll be there as the photographer.
Working all...
I have many more images of Acer Palmatums and a few of the other Jap species.....These are mostly closeup of leaves and macro. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/albums/72157660063620358
In my small yard, I have an upright green, that is approaching 40 feet in crown spread and 35' in height...