Cranes castle Tree Removal

Wow!


Your crew really moves FAST!

When I see estates like this my curiousity is piqued so I head off to Google to find out their history. Here's what I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Hill_%28Ipswich,_Massachusetts%29

'Witches of Eastwick' was filmed their amongst others.

You have the opportunity to capture some interesting data on tree volume/weight if you continue to remove the rest of the allee.

YOu could take some diameter measurments, height, weight and volume of chips produced.

It wouldn't take long to gather the info and have it available later to get better data for a 'rule of thumb'.

Is any of the material going to be recycled or reused for anything more than mulch? Sawlogs? Fuel? Fiber for pulp/flakeboard?
 
I am NOT the videographer or editor, that title belongs to one of our lead groundman, Dave Walsh.

Yes we are removing the whole alley. All material is 100% recycled. The sawlogs are going to a local small scale sawmill, non sawlogs will be made into pulp/fiber/chips, and all the chips and stump grindings will be locally composted and reused on the estate at a later time.

This is a really cool project to be a part of. We had Arborday there a few years ago, and we are donating a crew this year for our local Arborday contribution.

If you are ver in the area, Castle hill, and Hog Island are definitely worth checking out!
 
Ah, the folly of the rich! What more can I say? No offense to Mayer Tree, but I can't help but ponder the colossal waste of resources for the sake of 'art.' There isn't and clearly never was any reverence for the trees themselves, they were always just a design element, which to me is kind of sad. I'll think of it as a pre-planned timber project. I guess it's better than building condominiums.

-Tom
 
When it comes time to replant I sure hope that they have better success than they have at Biltmore in Asheville NC.

A beautiful alee of trees that were designed with Gifford Pinchot and Frederick Law Olmsted. The original trees were dug out of the woods and had wonderful root structure. Ed Gilman has pictures of the pathetic mass of girdling and encircling roots on their replacements. The original trees had lived many years and had some decline. The replacements will decline before their crowns can decline into any danger to tourist.
 
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Ah, the folly of the rich! What more can I say? No offense to Mayer Tree, but I can't help but ponder the colossal waste of resources for the sake of 'art.' There isn't and clearly never was any reverence for the trees themselves, they were always just a design element, which to me is kind of sad. I'll think of it as a pre-planned timber project. I guess it's better than building condominiums.

-Tom

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This property was donated to the Trustees of Reservations ( http://www.thetrustees.org/ ) years ago. No rich folk, all non profit and donated time. We are glad to be a part of the project and happy to donate what time we can to help this property see itself back to its original design and grandeur.
 
How many chip truck loads (cubic yards were created)?

How many trees removed? How long did the job take?

Amazing production of tree work.
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How many chip truck loads (cubic yards were created)?

How many trees removed? How long did the job take?

Amazing production of tree work.
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Ill ask the guys.

You can count the chip truck coming and going in the video, 30yds each time. Im sure there are more that werent captured on video.
 
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Ah, the folly of the rich! What more can I say? No offense to Mayer Tree, but I can't help but ponder the colossal waste of resources for the sake of 'art.' There isn't and clearly never was any reverence for the trees themselves, they were always just a design element, which to me is kind of sad. I'll think of it as a pre-planned timber project. I guess it's better than building condominiums.

-Tom

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This property was donated to the Trustees of Reservations ( http://www.thetrustees.org/ ) years ago. No rich folk, all non profit and donated time. We are glad to be a part of the project and happy to donate what time we can to help this property see itself back to its original design and grandeur.

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You guys are awfully altruistic, man! Wow. I would still contend that anyone that 'owns' that piece of property is 'rich,' but I guess that's just semantics. Maybe they should reconsider the species so they don't get 'too big.' I can't help but think that maybe planting a smaller or narrower species in the first place could have saved all that work!

-Tom

PS - Don't get pissed, I'm just playing Devil's Advocate! You might know a little something about that! ;-)
 
The original design had the species as a 15' tall MAINTAINED hedge. After WWII funds were tight and certain areas of the property fell to disreapir, the alee was one of them.

Hog Island is BEAUTIFUL the original barn is still there, where the crucible was filmed.
 
That was really cool vid. My daughter came in at one piont and thought it was bob the builder vid with the fast frame work
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. Besides haveing a good laugh at that monent that was reaaly cool.Congrats to the guys job well done.
 
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You can count the chip truck coming and going in the video, 30yds each time. Im sure there are more that werent captured on video.

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What kind of truck, roll off or what? That's a great capacity for a chip truck.

Very cool vid mang.

I like how the statues were covered while grinding. Wish I could do that with houses
 
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You can count the chip truck coming and going in the video, 30yds each time. Im sure there are more that werent captured on video.

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What kind of truck, roll off or what? That's a great capacity for a chip truck.

Very cool vid mang.

I like how the statues were covered while grinding. Wish I could do that with houses

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Just a standard 2WD, 30yd, 6 wheel chip body, mounted on an International 4300 chassis. We do have a 50 yd rolloff mounted on a Peterbilt as well for the larger jobs.
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