Greenheart pile removal

[Fairmer]

This mob are who you need, might be a bit expensive though?, I had a mate from years ago went over to work with them for a while.

http://tritontimber.com/

 

[westphalian]

Avoid cutting as highly carcinogenic sawdust.
Winch or crane jobby.

Are you sure? It’s more of a sensitizer for lung complaints than most woods but is it more carcinogenic than average?

[Rough Hewn]

Are you sure? It’s more of a sensitizer for lung complaints than most woods but is it more carcinogenic than average?

I've never tested it personally, but i know I guy in Brighton who sells the old pilings(green heart and Purple Heart). He warned me I'd need a full suit and decent respirator if cutting or sanding.

[se7enthdevil]

13 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

I've never tested it personally, but i know I guy in Brighton who sells the old pilings(green heart and Purple Heart). He warned me I'd need a full suit and decent respirator if cutting or sanding.

it's fine for most people mate.

 

i've cut turned and sanded more than most in this country including greenheart and purpleheart and still the only timber i've had trouble with is the airborne dust of Iroko.

[oldwoodcutter]

Cutting greenheart with a handsaw? Well let us know how you get on, in a year or two .

[Martin du Preez]

On 23/01/2019 at 21:13, Fairmer said:

This mob are who you need, might be a bit expensive though?, I had a mate from years ago went over to work with them for a while.

http://tritontimber.com/

 

that has to be one of the most interesting videos that i have ever watched. the things i would do to own that company!

[Mark2]

I would have thought blasting out the silt/mud around the pile with high pressure hose’s would be the quickest, easiest, safest and cheapest option ! If you could get down a good way. Timber scissor tongs and a good winch would do the rest, you’d then be gripping sound solid wood.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=boris+johnson’s+water+cannon&prmd=sinv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNiNaTr6_gAhWisXEKHatDDBIQ_AUoAnoECAwQAg&biw=320&bih=438#imgrc=oMEPN0SWGXnzGM:

Edited February 9, 2019 by Mark2

[difflock]

On 24/01/2019 at 11:23, se7enthdevil said:

it's fine for most people mate.

 

i've cut turned and sanded more than most in this country including greenheart and purpleheart and still the only timber i've had trouble with is the airborne dust of Iroko.

Iroko, was the wood that triggered the allergies of a lifetime old-school joiner that I knew and worked with at the time he was afflicted, he was perplexed how it happened after a lifetime of working with Iroko, in the days before dust masks or LEV.

Edited February 9, 2019 by difflock

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Mark2 said:

I would have thought blasting out the silt/mud around the pile with high pressure hose’s would be the quickest, easiest, safest and cheapest option ! If you could get down a good way. Timber scissor tongs and a good winch would do the rest, you’d then be gripping sound solid wood.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=boris+johnson’s+water+cannon&prmd=sinv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNiNaTr6_gAhWisXEKHatDDBIQ_AUoAnoECAwQAg&biw=320&bih=438#imgrc=oMEPN0SWGXnzGM:

Good to have input but why the political link to a brexit issue ie the opportunity to knock a boris decision. As it happens getting rid of the material at the base of the pile would be standard practice. Actually I should not be even responding to this as if you wanted to drag politics into the conversation there are other ongoing posts on this forum covering such items. 

[Mark2]

It was just a harmless bit of humour I added as an edit,

demonsrating the power of a water jet. Any political connection is a product of your imagination. Good luck