Ky. Coffee

[Riggs]

Coming home from a day of mass pruning in my bucket at a Golf Course and I get this call. Besides the fact that preventive actions long before could've helped this tree , it's almost dark , and I don't need this headache. I only had so much gear with me , since I have different trucks and I was only out pruning . One ratched strap , I secure my plywood with , a twenty foot section of dblbraid 5/8 , and some 1/2 inch true blue. I did what I could do , wish I had more gear , but I was in the city. The tree was cracking while I was there , could watch the split opening up as I was talking with the contractor and lady. The house side was cracked to the ground.
Crane was set up for the first thing in the morning . Than the lady asks the magic question ? Is it safe now ? now . I'm not going anywhere , I cut about a ton of brush off the lean side , but how much can you do with the full moon coming up and the sun going down . I felt like saying , " Lady , that tree's never been safe " Now, because my gear is in the tree I'm it's owner for the night. I took some real good shots of the split but don't have the film back. here is some camera shots .

 

[Riggs]

Lunch time on tuesday , now it's safe. This log weighed five and a half tons , it was the but cut .

 

[RogerM]

Good old Gymnocladus. Funny, it used to be our state tree(imagine that) now the Tulip Poplar is... That was a whopper! good job on making it safe on such short notice. Looking forward to the rest of the pics.

 

[treesandsurf]

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Same here!

Looks like quite a big job... do you have any pics from the takedown..?

jp

 

[Riggs]

I took a whole roll , I'll post some later this week. The logger picked up the wood and said it peeled right in half when he was loading the base log. How could you live with a split like that on your tree over your house and not even spend a few hundred bucks to cable it ? All splits like that will open someday . This is a pretty big log for a Ky. Coffee , and the tree was about 110 feet tall .

 

[Riggs]

I posted the pics on some free site I'm checking out , see how this works out ... Click here

 

[Peter McS]

works well, nice pics

 

[Kevin]

Nice pictures but I'd rather not see those two guys working under that load in case something failed.

 

[Riggs]

The aviator makes you paranoid ? The three ground men are above the average trained groundmen ( don't ask). The tree allready failed , so what should we do ? Kevin up to bat ... don't swing at the first pitch . No really Kevin , whats your point ?

 

[TreeCo]

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I posted the pics on some free site I'm checking out , see how this works out ... Click here

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You have a great collection of photos.

 

[allmark]

Great job and pics. I would rather not see plaid jackets though. People will think we are loggers.

 

[Kevin]

Riggs;
I wouldn't dispute that your crew are experienced professionals.
Isn't there another method of controlling the bottom of that log without having two men stand under the weight of it?
Those are the bad habits that can get good people hurt or worse.

 

[Colin]

Where do you see someone "standing under" a log?

 

[MikePoor]

Good job Riggs, It takes a pro w/ lots of experience to "make do" in those situations! Looking forward to the rest of the photos. (maybe it's just the photo, but the bark on that Gymnocladus doesn't curl as much as the ones here?)

 

[Kevin]

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