At work today

[Ty Korrigan]

3 minutes ago, Paul in the woods said:

Out of curiosity, why? 

A Parisian complained to the town hall about leaves.

 That is usually the case here.

 

[Mark Bolam]

Cracking spec Doug!

Looks great from my house!

 

Very compromised acacia death here.

Bombing chogs onto ton bags worked a treat on astroturf.

 

 

[5thelement]

29 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Cracking spec Doug!

Looks great from my house!

 

Very compromised acacia death here.

Bombing chogs onto ton bags worked a treat on astroturf.

 

 

I’ve got one to drop tomorrow. Out of interest, for a timber that is very resistant to rot when put in the ground, have you ever felled one that wasn’t shot/rotten at the base?

[Stubby]

Just now, 5thelement said:

I’ve got one to drop tomorrow. Out of interest, for a timber that is very resistant to rot when put in the ground, have you ever felled one that wasn’t shot/rotten at the base?

I felled one that was sound ( on my front lawn ) and several years later I felled it again as it coppiced very well . Excelent fire wood .

[5thelement]

30 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I felled one that was sound ( on my front lawn ) and several years later I felled it again as it coppiced very well . Excelent fire wood .

Yeah, hard a hell and burns great, got 10 tonnes @ 50/50 Oak/Robinia firewood in the barn.

[Mark Bolam]

40 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

I’ve got one to drop tomorrow. Out of interest, for a timber that is very resistant to rot when put in the ground, have you ever felled one that wasn’t shot/rotten at the base?

 

Only young ones tbh.

All the bigger ones have been banjaxed in the core, like this one one.

Only about 6”x6” cavity at knee height for this one (just under 3’), but worse above some of the unions.

Strong stuff though.

It’s weird timber.

[5thelement]

18 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

Only young ones tbh.

All the bigger ones have been banjaxed in the core, like this one one.

Only about 6”x6” cavity at knee height for this one (just under 3’), but worse above some of the unions.

Strong stuff though.

It’s weird timber.

All the ones I’ve felled in the UK have been shot, not sure wether it was because they are ornamental hybrids or due to wet/heavy soil up North.

They coppice it here like Sweetchestnut, grows gun barrel straight, the deer won’t browse the regen because of the thorns but the boar love it, and the hunters love the boar. 

[Doug Tait]

2 hours ago, Paul in the woods said:

Out of curiosity, why? 

 

We're doing around 6mls of A road like that for a Civil Engineering company. It's been chosen as part of an exceptional convoy route to take wind turbines from docks to their site. Each blade has its own trailer that allows the rear of the blade to be hydraulically lifted to negotiate corners.

The spec is to clear everything in the airspace above the road, 3m from the white line out towards the verge on each lane, and at certain tight corners we're topping everything for a 70m stretch as well to allow for the trailer tailswing.

Before they start moving any lines over the road will be dropped, I think we're riding shotgun in case they find something in the way.

 

Interesting job, most of it is standard crappy roadside trees but some beautiful ones are going to get hammered.

 

 

[Paul in the woods]

15 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

Interesting job, most of it is standard crappy roadside trees but some beautiful ones are going to get hammered.

Thanks for the details, that was my 2nd guess after quaddecker busses.

[s o c]

We’ve done a few road jobs for wind turbine transport recently,

The section in clip is over 70 metres long.