Mike Islander
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- Location
- Lowcountry of South Carolina
68! I want to be like you when I grow up!
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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Easy to do. Stay in reasonable shape, watch your health(cholesterol, blood sugar etc, and learn from your family tree as to specific health issues to watch for. I messed up earlier in life and I'm paying for it now. I was smart enough to start with a cardiologist before i became a statistic and we warded off some major issues although i still have 4 stents. Take care of your body, it is the only one we get.
Mike Islander
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- Location
- Lowcountry of South Carolina
59 and holding. But not sure for how much longer! Won't ever again ride without a helmet. Caught this on my security camera. Would have denied it ever happened till I saw this, as I try to mitigate risk while enjoying challenging hobnies. I think I was tuning my carb.
Wish I'd been able to make time for firewood processing a bit earlier in the year instead of starting just now when my access road is totally saturated.... At least I've got 4x4 and traction mats, otherwise access (and escape) would be impossible.
(It's much more of a slope than it looks like in the photos)
(It's much more of a slope than it looks like in the photos)
RogerM
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Louisville,KY USA
- Location
- Chardon, OH
Very pretty Roger !
Reach
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Gingko trees are probably my favorites to look at in the Fall. Just don’t ask me to pick up those leaves, they’re heavy!
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
I left my long wedges at the truck. After popping in a face cut slightly wider than my 32" bar in this dead white fir, I got the word a delivery was approaching the driveway in 20 minutes, so I worked with what I had in my pouch.
The broken wedges work well in short back cuts, and under a chain to tighten against a barberchair, so I keep them. Spacially efficient.
Time to clean up some wedges with a bandsaw and/ or pounding into a kerf and back-chaining the rough edges.
Rotten alder co-dom wrapped around a dead cedar.
The broken wedges work well in short back cuts, and under a chain to tighten against a barberchair, so I keep them. Spacially efficient.
Time to clean up some wedges with a bandsaw and/ or pounding into a kerf and back-chaining the rough edges.
Rotten alder co-dom wrapped around a dead cedar.
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Geeze, and I thought my wedges looked beat up!
I'll occasionally strap up a hard-leaning alder, cedar with core-rot, etc, but in all my years I've never had one, or even seen someone else barberchair one. Have you?
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
I've popped one, maybe two.
I usually employee anti- bc cuts or binding with chain tightened with wedges or a ratchet strap.
I usually employee anti- bc cuts or binding with chain tightened with wedges or a ratchet strap.
I guess that's my question, doing a bore-cut and creating a trigger verses going through the extra steps of strapping/chaining up a tree. It's not super uncommon for me to do a bore-cut on a leaner to avoid the tree splitting, but in the last year I can literally count on one hand how many times I've strapped up a tree to prevent barber chair. In general, I just think our trees don't have that problem as much as other species/areas do.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Really?
I thought (some) alders were notoriously dangerous. Some maple pop like crazy when chunking.
What species are you thinking of, and where?
Some are too small to bore.
I agree that bore-cuts can do a lot.
I thought (some) alders were notoriously dangerous. Some maple pop like crazy when chunking.
What species are you thinking of, and where?
Some are too small to bore.
I agree that bore-cuts can do a lot.
TreeVB
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- Boise, Idaho
A couple unusual cottonwood removals. They were very almost “columnar” which made for easy crane picks. So nice to still get excited about crane work, almost like a childish excitement.
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VenasNursery
Been here much more than a while
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- Michigan
Awesome shots
Treezybreez
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Lancaster, SC
Looks like Hackberry...
I thought so too but perhaps decay is adding texture to the lower butt?
Treezybreez
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Lancaster, SC
The bark first made me think Hackberry, plus the wood of beech has a slightly orangish hue to it and a much thicker crown.
