Vid's & Pic's from the Redwoods

[Squaredy]

1 minute ago, Thesnarlingbadger said:

I know. I think the guy may have just brought the house and he obviously thought let’s get rid of that first. I don’t blame him it’s a beautiful tree and will be a shame to see it go but I can’t argue with the logic. I’m really looking forward to the job just hope the weathers alright for some pics.

Got a use for the timber?  I would be interested if you can deliver to me....

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Got a use for the timber?  I would be interested if you can deliver to me....

Unfortunately there is no access for a timber trailer as it’s down a narrow lane. It looks like it’s going to have to go for firewood I know someone who will take it from site so that makes life a little bit easier. I may try and get a mate with mobile mill in to slice the 20ft of stem but he will probably want the timber for himself.

[Conor Wright]

Great thread, fantastic pictures and videos, beautiful timber and scenery. work to be proud of! many thanks for taking the time to make edit and upload all of these.

[Erik]

3 hours ago, Thesnarlingbadger said:

Erik I have just read this thread fro start to finish and there has not been a dull moment.
Your work style is very smooth and calm. Your life style is what many could only dream of over here. You have what you need and that’s enough if you enjoy what you do. I especially like the fact most the timber is milled and used. Are you mainly felling so you can mill or is the milling a by product that is wisely used.

I’ve been climbing around 10 years maybe a little less but mainly deal with hardwoods over here in the UK and 9 times out of 10 I get called in to take a tree down or reduce it because it is an obstruction in some sort of way so it’s a different kettle of fish. However I have just won a job to take down a Sequoia (my fist one to completely remove) it’s slightly over a house and has a lean towards the house, 6ft at the base and about 80-90ft in height. Any tips you could give? I’ll be fine doing it but if someone like yourself has any advise I’d be happy to listen.

Cheers from Eric with a C


An idea to show you what I’m up against.

Its about a 50/50 split. On some jobs we are hired to harvest a few trees for the purpose of milling them into lumber. Love these jobs. 

On other jobs we are brought in to simply do the tree work. With the 518 skidder and the mill we see much more value in the logs than the average tree outfit, so many times we might actually do the tree work straight across for the logs. . Homeowners love this because they don't have to spend a penny to get their tree work done.

We love these jobs because we might do a $2000 tree job for free, but we will be leaving with logs that we can turn into $8000 worth of lumber. A win win for everyone!

 

The Sequoia looks pretty straight forward. Brush it out and chunk it down. I would really try to keep those logs as long as possible, and try your best to find someone in your area with a Lucas, Mobile Dimensional, or a mobile bandsaw mill to turn that thing into lumber.  I imagine that you could find someone who would love to mill that tree up. Good luck with the job, and I would love to see some pics of the work and the wood!

[Erik]

7 hours ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

What a life could easily be called perfect ? what saws do you run?

Yep! I lived a pretty blessed life here! 

My main saws are a Husky 550 XP,  562XP,  395XP, and a 3120. 

[Erik]

2 hours ago, Conor Wright said:

Great thread, fantastic pictures and videos, beautiful timber and scenery. work to be proud of! many thanks for taking the time to make edit and upload all of these.

Glad your enjoying the vids and pics.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

20 hours ago, Erik said:

Its about a 50/50 split. On some jobs we are hired to harvest a few trees for the purpose of milling them into lumber. Love these jobs. 

On other jobs we are brought in to simply do the tree work. With the 518 skidder and the mill we see much more value in the logs than the average tree outfit, so many times we might actually do the tree work straight across for the logs. . Homeowners love this because they don't have to spend a penny to get their tree work done.

We love these jobs because we might do a $2000 tree job for free, but we will be leaving with logs that we can turn into $8000 worth of lumber. A win win for everyone!

 

The Sequoia looks pretty straight forward. Brush it out and chunk it down. I would really try to keep those logs as long as possible, and try your best to find someone in your area with a Lucas, Mobile Dimensional, or a mobile bandsaw mill to turn that thing into lumber.  I imagine that you could find someone who would love to mill that tree up. Good luck with the job, and I would love to see some pics of the work and the wood!

Thanks Erik, Yes I will try and get a mill involved and keep the tree in some nice lengths. I'll try and get some pics and vids to put up once the Job is done. Its funny, seeing some of your videos makes the job look so simple but I know after a couple of days rigging that tree down my back and legs are going to be killing. I'm much more adapted to doing light reduction work on things like Ash and Beech.

 

 Keep the pics and Videos coming mate they are very enjoyable to watch.

[Mark Bolam]

Good luck with the job Badger.

Baby-piss for Erik, but that’s a big ‘un over here.

Pics and vids would be great.

Erik, there’s some phenomenal character and colour in the timber in your latest pictures.

Love this thread.

[Erik]

23 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

Erik, there’s some phenomenal character and colour in the timber in your latest pictures.

Love this thread.

I see a lot of Redwood logs in my day to day work life, but I try and keep the really good stuff for my personal stash when I can!

This log was over a 125 ft up a beautiful old 5500-6000 board foot tree. It is the first log I have milled from this tree, and now I'm really looking forward to getting into the rest of the logs.   

Edited December 20, 2018 by Erik

[Mark Bolam]

Erik, can you do me a favour?

I’ve got a few of Jerry’s books, so I think I know what a 10,000 board ft tree looks like (big!), but can you explain in simple terms what the system is?

I’m guessing board ft is the same or similar to our hoppus ft over here, which is basically calculating the usable (square) timber from a round log.

I’m good at maths, and understand taper, but any input would be great.