Beech take down again!

[Mark Bolam]

Fair play to them really.

 

At least they aren't fully paid up members of the 'We love trees but it's spoiling our view' brigade!

 

Looking at the place, and some of the cars, I reckon the stump will be full of - GOLD!!!!!!!!

[Big 'Ammer]

Nice job, Rupe.

 

I too wondered why you had 5 slings on the plate!

 

Thanks for explaining!

[Rupe]

This was how we left it last night. All fairly tidy. Of course the cones were pushed in around the sawdust pile!

[Rupe]

And then we just had the final stem to do today. Rigged it all down to the main trunk, then rings down to 8feet or so then felled the last bit.

 

The block driver worked well on the big rings. Its the first time I've used an 88 up a tree in years! Ouch!

[Peter]

Ouch indeed to the 88. Out of interest, how thick did you go with the big rings with the block driver?

[Mozza]

I really like the drop down side on the van to use for sharpening!!

[Rupe]

Only about 10 inch peter, they could move the rings on the floor if any bigger than that. Block driver would take bigger though I'm sure. I had bendy cutting saw sindrome today though so by the time the level cut was finished it wasn't so level. Once the rings were started moving thewy just slid off almost on their own.

[Rupe]

I really like the drop down side on the van to use for sharpening!!

 

Its all about design! Plus shaprening on the floor is bad for your back!! (and knees)

[Peter]

Do you start the cuts with a smaller saw? On the rare occasions I have an 88 up a tree, I start all the cuts with a 44, then swap it for the 88 and finish them.

 

I would be very tempted to cut massive blocks and push them off with the block driver, and leave them on the ground until I came down with the big saw. Anything to reduce the amount of time with it in the tree really.

[Rupe]

Never tried swapping saws Pete. What if one is cutting bendier than the other?? Learning to sharpen better might be a good start I guess!!

 

I was tempted to go bigger and each time I did I got a look of death from the guys tryign to shift them! There was only space for one or two rings on the ground so couldn't just do it all and come down. We removed one shrub and that was the drop zone, then another got squished so the DZ got a bit larger so we ended up felling the last 6 feet into our new space!