the 'todays job' thread

[AHPP]

What would you have done differently if there was no wind on day two? Did you plan it the way you did it from the outset?

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

What would you have done differently if there was no wind on day two? Did you plan it the way you did it from the outset?

The tree closest the road/wall/wire was the only tree that definitely needed some rigging. It was the simplest way to swing the limbs forwards and lower them down the front of the stem, and closest to the chipper, the wind when it arrived didn’t really interfere with the plan so we continued with what was working. 

[AHPP]

OK. Why negative rigging instead of dropping the 2.1s?

[5thelement]

8 minutes ago, AHPP said:

OK. Why negative rigging instead of dropping the 2.1s?

There was only one negative rig on the second stem after a few lumps had been chogged down, that piece was taken at the point we reached the 30cm DUB spec. 
There would have been a further nine 2.1’s to come off, easier and safer to measure and accurately cut that on the ground rather than in the tree. 

[AHPP]

Right o. Lovely looking job. Just the right amount of difficulty to maintain interest.

[Mick Dempsey]

4 hours ago, 5thelement said:

There was only one negative rig on the second stem after a few lumps had been chogged down, that piece was taken at the point we reached the 30cm DUB spec. 
There would have been a further nine 2.1’s to come off, easier and safer to measure and accurately cut that on the ground rather than in the tree. 

Did the sawmill give you a drink for the pieces, or were you just happy to get rid?

Edited 7 hours ago by Mick Dempsey

[Mick Dempsey]

That pop I was talking about. 
 

Edited 7 hours ago by Mick Dempsey

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Did the sawmill give you a drink for the pieces, or were you just happy to get rid?

€400 for eighteen 2.1 metre and a saving of a days time ringing up, fuel and running the transit away. 

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

€400 for eighteen 2.1 metre and a saving of a days time ringing up, fuel and running the transit away. 

When I think about the stuff I’ve given away…

[Rich Rule]

3 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

That pop I was talking about. 
 

 

 

 

Decent sized tree there.

 

 

Still not high clipping the saw?

 

Does it not piss you off having it bang about underneath you?