VenasNursery
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Looks nice
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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Thank you sir! I have to laugh about how long it took up valuable space in my shop, and how much time I put into picking away at it. Almost makes me think I could have just bought a new one, but I’m just not really built that way.
Treezybreez
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- Lancaster, SC
That oak deck should hold up better than treated pine. Looks great!
Thanks. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how long it lasts, but that Oak likely took away from some payload vs. treated Pine.
Glad you had some remote options there!
Me too, made it relatively easy and comfortable, especially as it was a bit of a gusty morning here following that big storm that worked its way north
Treezybreez
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I think I would have added a couple of ratchet straps around the trunk. Glad it worked out for you.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Serf Life
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I don’t want “a crane,” I want “that crane.”
southsoundtree
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What's left of a veteran maple. 
I poked a rake handle through the rear wall of the canopy. All the green wood is in the arch over the cave.
Poor lighting, sorry.
I poked a rake handle through the rear wall of the canopy. All the green wood is in the arch over the cave.
Poor lighting, sorry.
The trunk had a vertical crack on the Northeast quadrant originating quite long ago, leaving the interior rather punky. Maybe an average of 20% decent wood around the entire trunk.
We just had a stiff wind from the Southeast, and the only tree that could buffer from that direction was deciduous and without leaves. Odd wind direction for this time of year.
The wind pressure initiated some flex which turned into rotation that opened up the crack. When the trunk split, the compression side of the stump stayed put while the tension side of the stump tore away and came up with the trunk until the tension was high enough to part off.
I’ll grab a photo today when I pick up the logs.
I'm curious why you didn't fall it looks like there isn't much to hit on the pictures.
southsoundtree
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@Vicente, where you been?
I've been popping in and checking stuff out haven't had much to say lately, chippers down which has been kinda stressing me out. finally got the parts in yesterday after those asterds at cal line kept screwing it up, ordered the wrong part, didn't ship to me didn't call when it came in, guy went to pick up found it's the wrong part showed them the right part cal-tard said he was ordering it right away never showed up call they were still charging me for the wrong party never ordered the part said he's going to order so I'd have by the end of last week calls 2 days later to make sure I wanted it shipped to my house fing ridiculous. Took over 3 weeks just to order the right part.
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That happened with my hooklift. It’s a Palfinger, so I was pretty surprised thinking it would have gone better. It took quite a while for them to send the wrong part. This was even after several photos of the part that broke due to lack of weld penetration. How they sent the wrong part is beyond me. When I called them back to explain, they determined the correct part and said it would ship right away. Well, that never came to me so I just ended up repairing it myself.
I hope you get around the corner soon here and get back up and running!
