General Tree pics

[Andy R]

some great timber pics there...looks like fun.

[Frank]

I'd have said the forwarder in one of the pictures may have had something to do with that

Yeah shrek:001_tongue:

[Big 'Ammer]

Reminds me of a job I was on years ago.

 

We were felling big larch, d fir and spruce, all 100-125' more than half dressed out over 100' -big trees!

 

Tallest one of the lot was a sitka at 129'.

 

Tallest one I felled was a larch at 124', it was over a bank side and I put one side of the gob in from a harness anchored off another tree. Bored out and dog tooth, cut the back strap and run away!

 

Snigged the poles out two at a time with a 1474 county with double drum.

 

Then pulled the county and poles up the bank with a major and cookes winch!

 

It was a great job to be on.

 

On the less rose tinted side, it was two months of midge bitten, sweaty, oily, 12 hours a day hard graft, living in scabby digs, with a crap cook.

 

I learned a lot from it which has stood me in very good stead.

 

If I was single and 10 years younger I'd probably go and do it again!

[Stephen Blair]

Yeah shrek:001_tongue:

 

hand bags ladies:001_tongue:maybe it was the forwarder, maybe it wasnt. i was hoping to maybe see some pics of a big skidder or the likes.

[Frank]

Did you catch Extreme Loggers on Discovery the other week?? Swamp Logging, now they have some BIG Kit.

[Stephen Blair]

Did you catch Extreme Loggers on Discovery the other week?? Swamp Logging, now they have some BIG Kit.

 

i am a poor woodcutter frank, i can only dream of the coathanger ontop of my black n white portable picking up sky.

[John Shutler]

after a beautiful misty drive to site this morning, i had a brilliant day doing this crown reduction, actually caught the sun on my arms today, though i have ripped the zip and crotch on my new (2 months old) stretch airs which im not to pleased about. i forgot to get a before pic

Edited March 16, 2009 by John Shutler

[Will Hinchliffe]

Nice work, lovely day for it. Were you up ridiculously early or was the mist just hanging around?

[John Shutler]

thanks.it was about 7 am. a fairly early start as i was subbing to my mate and i needed to get to his then on to site

[Andy R]

top notch job.

 

..did you remove that dead ivy as well...?