Vid's & Pic's from the Redwoods

[Mick Dempsey]

21 minutes ago, carlos said:

seen a few mega redwoods round the limousan region of france, is that near you?

Not far, Charente.

 

[Erik]

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Great vid, precision work.

 

Do you measure the chunks on the way down to reduce wastage, or are you guesstimating?

[Erik]

The Fir has to be pretty exceptional for me to bother milling, and this tree was subpar. I was simply getting this thing on the ground, so was quest-a-mating the log lengths to get them to lay relatively flat. If I am getting wood on the ground for lumber I always tape off my logs, so as to minimize waste.

[Pete Mctree]

Tidy work - how long does a tree like that take? Large single stemmed trees are very uncommon around here so I have little experience of them.

[Mark Bolam]

Good stuff Erik.

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[htb]

11 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Great vid, precision work.

 

Do you measure the chunks on the way down to reduce wastage, or are you guesstimating?

Have done it in the past loggers tape from base and mark on the way up, ready for chog chog on the way down

[Mick Dempsey]

So have I, but measuring on the way down. Not on Erik’s scale though!

[Erik]

1 hour ago, Pete Mctree said:

Tidy work - how long does a tree like that take? Large single stemmed trees are very uncommon around here so I have little experience of them.

Took me about 3.5 hours to get it on the ground. The vid doesn't show it, but I had to speed line all the limbs onto the road for cleanup. 

[Vespasian]

17 hours ago, Erik said:

 

Got to admit I enjoyed watching every minute of that..  not sure of the music?.. but I enjoyed that as much as the footage..   top marks for video production..