Today....

[davidwyby]

 

[Friedrich]

storm damaged willow that we sawed down to a habitat-pole to resprout, i‘m so glad to have the intrepid/knikmops.

 

[southsoundtree]

storm damaged willow that we sawed down to a habitat-pole to resprout, i‘m so glad to have the intrepid/knikmops.

What's happening with that rope redirected over your loaded climb line?

 

[southsoundtree]

Hammer time.

(I was able to knock that piece out with a maul, which dropped the 'deck' piece down. It was too tight and too heavy to lift the section up through the deck)

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How did the top round land when the lower round came out?

Was it difficult?

 

[oceans]

Where’s wyby?

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What species is that? The tree, not the human…

 

[RogerM]

look

Doing some hardscape work in a little seaside village-

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looks a little like a Japanese torii gate...very nice work

 

[davidwyby]

What species is that? The tree, not the human…

I think coast live oak

The fauna is a whackamenno

 

[Matias]

I think coast live oak

The fauna is a whackamenno

With what I can see of the structure and the old bark, and the living one behind it, I am getting interior live oak vibes, Q. wislizeni, but Q. alternifolia do make it deep inland as well, so it could be. Was that down by your neck of the woods?

 

[27RMT0N]

How did the top round land when the lower round came out?

Was it difficult?

I knocked it out using an 8 pound maul, and the upper piece actually landed and stayed on the stump. A little luck was involved, but the technique is very workable on trees through decks, where trunk-flare won't allow the piece to go upwards.

 

[davidwyby]

I knocked it out using an 8 pound maul, and the upper piece actually landed and stayed on the stump. A little luck was involved, but the technique is very workable on trees through decks, where trunk-flare won't allow the piece to go upwards.

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I have a trick for preventing pinch where I shove sticks in the kerf. They also work for rollers.

 

[davidwyby]

With what I can see of the structure and the old bark, and the living one behind it, I am getting interior live oak vibes, Q. wislizeni, but Q. alternifolia do make it deep inland as well, so it could be. Was that down by your neck of the woods?

Couple hours west towards the coast, 3,000 ft ish.

 

[Matias]

Could hours west towards the coast, 3,000 ft ish.

At that elevation and latitude, it's even more likely the interior live oak. Can't say for sure, but they also fall apart more slowly than the coast live oak; denser and harder wood.

 

[Friedrich]

What's happening with that rope redirected over your loaded climb line?

good eye that is the control side of a doublewhip with a downrigger and ring that i had already setup for the next piece. in the picture we were just picking stuff up with the loader and cutting without rigging.
for the rigged piece i was in a position where the lines were not crossing.

 

[southsoundtree]

Dense branches!

Pruned large branches overhanging the shop.


My favorite self-lowering device