General Tree pics

[Steve Bullman]

Its not like it was gonna fall over again was it? :001_tt2:

 

exactly

[David Humphries]

The fung do have feelings you know, ya cold hearted freaks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Deadwood and raise on a big Ash. No before pic, but there seemed to be a lot of timber on the ground for not much difference visually!

 

Teamed up with Rich Rule for this one, he did the left hand stem, I did the right. He installed my ropeguide for me, so I returned the compliment by retrieving his when it got stuck (from the ground, Thank God, it was Friday!).

 

Very slippy climb, my branch walks were bum-shuffles! Tried Rich's Imori on this one, and really rated it.

 

Bacon and sausages on the fire for lunch went down well, customer was happy with the tree. Good day all round.

[Rich Rule]

Before but from further away.

[Rich Rule]

Lunch

[robert t]

Bit of work from last week. Douglas fir and couple of Cypress trees. The road was into a private housing estate and very quiet so blocked it off and took the easy option and let the climber fell the top at the bend onto the road then felled the rest over some bearers put down from the Cypress trees to protect the paths and road. Lifted the base with tractor and timber boigie in 3bits so got some good timber as bonus.

[Taupotreeman]

Another of a large Nothofagus. The ecosytems in the tops of these trees is choice.

[Rich Rule]

cool tree. have you climbed it?

[DrewB]

Black, silver or red beech?

[Taupotreeman]

Red Beech Drew, it's on the Lake Rotopounamu walk just down the road from Tongariro. When for a walk the other week with a quick dip in the lake. There's some choice trees in there and most of the big ones have got huge epiphyte colonies in them. They always look like something that belongs in an Ent forest out of lord of the rings.

 

Rich; nah mate, quite happy looking at it. Hoping to get round to Titiraupenga (which means naff all to you I know) but there's apparently some monster Totara in the forest there. Most of the Lake Taupo surrounds were covered in massive Totara and Beech but were bulldozed to make way for Pine plantation. Occasionally they dig up a huge trunk but many are too big to get out. Saw a waka they were making at Wairakei which was made out of the top third of a Totara that had been dug up. Shame what we do to our trees sometimes.