Dead Oak fell

[Mark Bolam]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8M68yaYI7E]YouTube - Mark and Mark Oak fell[/ame]

 

Fair day for a Saturday.

 

Tree was dead, but timber was still very sound. 45 minutes climbing to remove back limbs (tree was weighted towards copse and fence), avoiding fence and baby Oak. Wanted weight forward a bit as there was no room to swing at wedges because of fence. High fell because of cavitation at base (Ganoderma and UI brackets at base), and landowner requested high stump so as to be visible to grass topper.

 

Went down OK, but didn't clear the stump well because of front limbs left for weight, but I expected it to roll and leave the butt flat, thank God!

 

Cut up and handballed onto trailers, client, who really got stuck in, helping Mark Harrington and me.

 

New tip - all the 12" rings were split using metal wedges to minimise sawdust, bore cut a bars width through the centre of each ring to give the wedge a start. Worked a treat!

 

Tree was just over 36" diameter at height of felling cut.

 

Pub at 5.48.

 

That Peroni tasted good.

[Mozza]

Nicely done man

 

Looks alot bigger on the deck in the picture then it does stood up, At least you could get right up to it with the truck

[Stephen Blair]

proper job Mark

[Mark Bolam]

Had you, muppets!

 

That's my MS180 with 12" bar on the stump, and my nephew and his chums playing with their kiddicars.

 

As for the vid, you forget my Oompah-Loompah like dimensions!

 

Beers on you boys next time we meet!