Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
- Start date
samsquatch
Participating member
- Location
- SE MN
Rico, how much would you have to charge a fellow buzzer for milling a few doug firs and loading them on a trailer destined for the midwest?
As I said I am seriously behind the 8 ball. On top of all my other obligations, my lovely bride is expecting me to get started on building her dream house this summer. Yes dear. If you could come up with a rough material list I could see if its even an option. If it looks doable we can go from there.
Jehinten
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Evansville
Today was a blown over maple, roots had rotted out. 67" diameter trunk, today's goal was just to get the brush out of the fenced in portion of the yard and to get the trunk to where it was safe for the homeowner's son-in-law to cut firewood. This tree stood 5 feet from the back deck and fell away from the house, landing 10 feet short of the fence. It did fall across a retaining wall, but did not touch it. All in all it couldn't have fallen any better as far as property damage is concerned. I'll come back next week after arborfest to haul away the big pieces and chip the brush, if its dry enough to get down the hill
RBJtree
Branched out member
- Location
- Pittsburgh
RyTheTreeGuy
Branched out member
- Location
- Canada
Wrecked out a Ailanthus in the beaches of Toronto. Very snappy, brittle stuff to work with. Multiple rings to distribute forces and friction. Even set up a re-direct for my climb line once I spurred up to TiP. Very small drop zone and street parking(no where to park the truck and unload gear)...something I have taken for granted until now.
RyTheTreeGuy
Branched out member
- Location
- Canada
Trying to post pics but for some reason they are not attaching
RyTheTreeGuy
Branched out member
- Location
- Canada
- Location
- Home of the New Jersey Devils
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
RyTheTreeGuy
Branched out member
- Location
- Canada
I started off putting a reply in the box at the bottom. My pictures would load, but there would be a strike through the upload and it wouldnt appear in my reply. Even restarted my phone. The only way I could attach a photo was to click reply on my own post...then it worked??
Been happening to me too
RyTheTreeGuy
Branched out member
- Location
- Canada
Beautiful....what would the age of those be approx?
treebilly
Branched out member
- Location
- N. Lawrence
Sorry @JD3000 , as much as I love the fragrance and look of viburnum, I still hate dealing with it. Makes me itch just looking at your pics. Also I want to talk to you about permeable paved areas
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Osceola, Nebraska
I have both Korean Spice and Cayuga viburnums that we've been planting over the last 12 years. I absolutely love those things. Very hardy, fairly fast growing, and there's nothing like the smell when they flower. We even planted a couple of the non-aromatic ones for variety. Birds love the berries in the fall and early winter. Those ones are a bit more shrubby and even faster growing... so need a little more attention to keep them from growing into monsters.
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Osceola, Nebraska
Lately, I've been keeping busy whacking tree lines back so the landowners/farmers can get their equipment through there.
This 80-acre field, the saplings were getting the upper hand and encroaching the field, so had to get pretty harsh with the cutting.... most of it with a pole saw. The larger trees send limbs out over the field, which the combine can't get past, so the "pruning" gets pretty brutal and lots of smaller stuff and outermost trees I have to take out. Some of the older, dying trees I will take out in fall, and new, better trees will get planted close to the fence line.
All of the brush and most of the larger wood is being left for habitat. With some management, I'm hoping to improve this small corridor for wildlife, while still not losing production land, because that would just result in the whole tree line getting bulldozed.
The farmer who is currently leasing the land was happy to get about ten or twelve feet back that was lost to encroachment and inaccessibility. He went over it a couple times with a disc, and is ready to plant. I've gotten about half of the line done, the other half can wait until fall.
This 80-acre field, the saplings were getting the upper hand and encroaching the field, so had to get pretty harsh with the cutting.... most of it with a pole saw. The larger trees send limbs out over the field, which the combine can't get past, so the "pruning" gets pretty brutal and lots of smaller stuff and outermost trees I have to take out. Some of the older, dying trees I will take out in fall, and new, better trees will get planted close to the fence line.
All of the brush and most of the larger wood is being left for habitat. With some management, I'm hoping to improve this small corridor for wildlife, while still not losing production land, because that would just result in the whole tree line getting bulldozed.
The farmer who is currently leasing the land was happy to get about ten or twelve feet back that was lost to encroachment and inaccessibility. He went over it a couple times with a disc, and is ready to plant. I've gotten about half of the line done, the other half can wait until fall.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
@JeffGu
Considering...that looks decent. Much better than when amateurs start whacking.
I found that any sort of fence line work was brutal!
Considering...that looks decent. Much better than when amateurs start whacking.
I found that any sort of fence line work was brutal!
