Tassie Blues

[Stihlmadd]

two day Tassie blue removal
cheers Ben

 

[Steve Connally]

Was part of that trunk decayed or was that just the bark on the base of the trunk? Do they remain pretty solid with decay? I rarely see you taking down nasty rotten trees. Guess the make them tougher over yonder.

 

[John Uselding]

Awesome rope work, dropping those big tops through the gaps. That's a bunch of wood... and some close calls with the steel

 

[Hoowasat]

Nice work! I see there's tons of clean-up work to do after the video ends ... the non-glamorous stuff typically excluded from tree vids.

 

[Stihlmadd]

Was part of that trunk decayed or was that just the bark on the base of the trunk? Do they remain pretty solid with decay? I rarely see you taking down nasty rotten trees. Guess the make them tougher over yonder.

you seeing it correctly there Steve , the base had started to rot where the shedding bark was trapping all the moisture so was pretty stoked to get through all the scarf and back cut on one sharp chain.
once the heart rot gets going it will convert the heart wood over fairly rapidly with out any major signs in the canopy.
and yes if rot isn't the leading cause of the demise then the timber does set rather solid - you will be able to see that in the next video which will be a dead tassie blue.
Ben

 

[Stihlmadd]

Awesome rope work, dropping those big tops through the gaps. That's a bunch of wood... and some close calls with the steel

Thankyou John , I was trying to maximise my moves the bloody thing had so many branches to deal with versus main timber.
and yes some close calls

 

[Stihlmadd]

Nice work! I see there's tons of clean-up work to do after the video ends ... the non-glamorous stuff typically excluded from tree vids.

thankyou Hoowasat ,
the contractor took my advice and arranged a bobcat and crane truck to roll in the next day but he was still there cutting to the sun set on that trunk

 

[Stihlmadd]

next video?