the 'todays job' thread

[bigtreedon]

Split ash tree from this morning

[Gray git]

A ongoing job this week, a little out of the ordinary for us but made a horse starvation paddock with 5" of chip covering the grass so far 140m³ of chip has gone in which has nicely emptied my yard.
The botex has been brilliant for the corners and edges.
Another ongoing job for me has made a leap forward today, getting the cherrypicker sorted, gear box is back, engine is back next week so fitted a new wing to replace the damaged one and gave the whole thing a spray tan, just the bars to finish in black on Monday.

[skc101fc]

Another monster macrocarpa .

A big ugly bugger, 18' long and a full 6' at the butt. Needed to block up the frames to get high enough to strip off the top levels, but as this had all the large branch sites, I could whack them off in large lumps of waste to get into the premium wood quickly.

Soon got sick of onto the ladder to flip the blade then step across onto platform, then up onto the log to cut, repeated for every cut !

9x6" x 18' is a bloody heavy lump for 2 people to handle especially in todays 28° heat and with a recently fused ankle that I'm still learning to walk on.

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

I know I only post pics of the machine now but there you go.

 

At least 5 tonnes of ash moved up a slope and across 100meters of garden through a gate to the van.

 

Had to take it in small pieces because of tricky terrain (side slopes etc.)

[skyhuck]

Pretty sure thats not 5 tonne.

[Mick Dempsey]

There was a few of them.

[Steve Bullman]

I imagine it wouldn’t be too had to tip that over if you’re not careful?

[Andymacp]

Reduction of a large Beech tree, had to remove a storm damaged limb from the front but she will fill out. Measured at 35m

[bigtreedon]

A pine in a lovely setting

[bigtreedon]

A pine in a lovely setting