Work Photos

[Winchman]

Removed some unwanted low hanging limbs.

The gnats were so bad I left the cleanup for early tomorrow.

 

[27RMT0N]

An interesting one last week. A single-stem madrone on a steep slope, that had been hanging lower and lower over the years as evidenced by the major rub-damage on the big fir tree. Given that it was reaching out like 45+ feet, at some point it was going to uproot and crush a number of other nice trees below it on the shoreline.

Went up the big fir, set my climb-line, GRCS line (tied to the madrone from the ground first) to support it while I climbed WAY out on the thing, and lowering line. We lowered all the brush and then trunk-wood back to the GRCS line using a porta-wrap. With that much weight/leverage off, I felt good on the tree itself without a guy-line and we switched to the GRCS to lower a bunch of trunk wood off. Eventually it was 'small' enough to use the GRCS to upright the stem, the chipper winch up on the driveway with a redirect pulley on the other end, and float the log uphill.

Two guys, half a day. Not too bad.

 

[evo]

An interesting one last week. A single-stem madrone on a steep slope, that had been hanging lower and lower over the years as evidenced by the major rub-damage on the big fir tree. Given that it was reaching out like 45+ feet, at some point it was going to uproot and crush a number of other nice trees below it on the shoreline.

Went up the big fir, set my climb-line, GRCS line (tied to the madrone from the ground first) to support it while I climbed WAY out on the thing, and lowering line. We lowered all the brush and then trunk-wood back to the GRCS line using a porta-wrap. With that much weight/leverage off, I felt good on the tree itself without a guy-line and we switched to the GRCS to lower a bunch of trunk wood off. Eventually it was 'small' enough to use the GRCS to upright the stem, the chipper winch up on the driveway with a redirect pulley on the other end, and float the log uphill.

Two guys, half a day. Not too bad.

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Look at that spiral rib of wood! Got any photos of a cross cut?

I’ll send you a paper I dug up on spiral grain from the 50’s it’s actually fascinating. Coupled with how a individual xylem cell has multiple cell walls some with a clockwise spiral, some counter etc.. weird fractal stuff!

 

[27RMT0N]

Look at that spiral rib of wood! Got any photos of a cross cut?

I’ll send you a paper I dug up on spiral grain from the 50’s it’s actually fascinating. Coupled with how a individual xylem cell has multiple cell walls some with a clockwise spiral, some counter etc.. weird fractal stuff!

Cool, I know we've talked about the phenomenon of spiral madrones in the past (tree oddities thread I think) and this particular property has a few. Its actually one that stays on my mind when thinking about the issue.

I don't have any photos of the cross section of that part of the trunk, but I did firewood it (well, employee did) and if it's still sitting there in a week or two maybe I could drop in and see what I can see.

 

[Matias]

The last stage of the Camp Fire cleanup began this week. Today my buddy and I got sent down into this canyon to cut the last of the standing dead. The Feather River is down at the bottom. I hear we have another lot on that road, so I may try to sneak in a 15 minute swim break if we get close enough.

 

[data farm 26]

An interesting one last week. A single-stem madrone on a steep slope, that had been hanging lower and lower over the years as evidenced by the major rub-damage on the big fir tree. Given that it was reaching out like 45+ feet, at some point it was going to uproot and crush a number of other nice trees below it on the shoreline.

Went up the big fir, set my climb-line, GRCS line (tied to the madrone from the ground first) to support it while I climbed WAY out on the thing, and lowering line. We lowered all the brush and then trunk-wood back to the GRCS line using a porta-wrap. With that much weight/leverage off, I felt good on the tree itself without a guy-line and we switched to the GRCS to lower a bunch of trunk wood off. Eventually it was 'small' enough to use the GRCS to upright the stem, the chipper winch up on the driveway with a redirect pulley on the other end, and float the log uphill.

Two guys, half a day. Not too bad.

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Insane! Great work, that's some rad climbing and rigging

 

[data farm 26]

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The last stage of the Camp Fire cleanup began this week. Today my buddy and I got sent down into this canyon to cut the last of the standing dead. The Feather River is down at the bottom. I hear we have another lot on that road, so I may try to sneak in a 15 minute swim break if we get close enough.

Before you mentioned the river I was thinking damn that looks hot! I've been dipping in the creek occasionally after work this summer, getting in that glacial runoff water is good feelings.

 

[chiselbit]

Big cat faced Cedar, not much hinge diameter to work with

 

[chiselbit]

Try again. Ok. Server error. Treebuzz, I love ya but,, I always have to battle to put up a photo. And lately the site won’t load more often than not. So I’ll try one more time and then say fuckit like I usually end up doing.

 

[chiselbit]

Try again. Ok. Server error. Treebuzz, I love ya but,, I always have to battle to put up a photo. And lately the site won’t load more often than not. So I’ll try one more time and then say fuckit like I usually end up doing. Yep. Fuckit

 

[chiselbit]

Huh. So now it’s working. Ok maybe I’ll get lucky and can put up another pic

 

[Treetopflyer]

Try again. Ok. Server error. Treebuzz, I love ya but,, I always have to battle to put up a photo. And lately the site won’t load more often than not. So I’ll try one more time and then say fuckit like I usually end up doing.

many times the order gets mixed for me or mostly doubles or missing , won’t upload issues .

 

[Daniel]

We're on day three of this tree and stump

 

[Daniel]

3 days later

 

[Daniel]

Beautiful white oak log going to the mill

 

[Treetopflyer]

New homeowner purchase on this job. Very brittle & dry sassafrass leaning over the house
Declining white oak and some smaller back yard sassafrass and oaks along fenceline removed with my best rendition of a “backyard crane”

 

[Bendroctanus]

New homeowner purchase on this job. Very brittle & dry sassafrass leaning over the house
Declining white oak and some smaller back yard sassafrass and oaks along fenceline removed with my best rendition of a “backyard crane”

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Oh my gosh, that log……

 

[Treetopflyer]

pure Atlantic white oak

 

[Serf Life]

Standing dead skinny rotten birch led to 2nd repair in 10 yrs, hate that sinking feeling with any fuckup. Color match technology in paint stores is pretty impressive.

 

[data farm 26]

Great fix up!

hate that sinking feeling with any fuckup

Same, thankfully no one got hurt! I had a bad run last year, dented a car with an errant branch then bounced a log into my truck door a few weeks later. I was like damn, no accidents for years now this!? Really had me questioning my abilities...

Made me think of the "experience middle zone" of danger people talk about.