the 'todays job' thread

[lux]

 
First one, i like the helical form as you said. Wood looks good. Will it get milled?

Well if @bigbeech turns up tomorrow It’ll be going on his trailer to be milled. [emoji106]

That log is 4.7 metres long. 3 ft across at the felling cut.

Nearly all the trees are spec’d that they can be left at 5/6 metres. That one is just over 5 ft across at the base so as nice as that bit left standing is it’s too much effort to get out of the woods unless someone makes a reasonably strong offer.

[lux]

 
First one, i like the helical form as you said. Wood looks good. Will it get milled?

And yes , I was pleased the wood was so nice as the top 10 metres of the tree was rotten and hollow. Fair old bit of hart wood.
I cut some burrs out of some of the rubbish to see if any turners are interested.

[Moose McAlpine]

12 minutes ago, lux said:

Well if @bigbeech turns up tomorrow It’ll be going on his trailer to be milled.

That log is 4.7 metres long. 3 ft across at the felling cut.

Nearly all the trees are spec’d that they can be left at 5/6 metres. That one is just over 5 ft across at the base so as nice as that bit left standing is it’s too much effort to get out of the woods unless someone makes a reasonably strong offer.

 

Good to see it'll get used. Bet you'll get some lovely timber out of it.

 

I thought you'd taken it down to the stump, that remaining section must be huge if it's 5' across.

 

6 minutes ago, lux said:

I cut some burrs out of some of the rubbish to see if any turners are interested.
 

 

How big are the bits and how much do you want for some?

[lux]

 
How big are the bits and how much do you want for some?

It’ll be his timber but yes I hope it’s good for him and he makes something nice out of it.

Yes the stick that’s left is a fair old lump. Hence I was happy to leave it at the survey spec of 5 or 6 metres. Just an extra cost to extract and get rid of. Being sweet chestnut it’s bound to sprout a load of growth and have its Swan song for a few more years come.

Got some very large clean sweet chestnut to fell tomorrow. I’m tempted to keep some for sleepers / beams but with time constraints it’ll probably go to the biomass heaven.

[doobin]

12 hours ago, lux said:

It’ll be his timber but yes I hope it’s good for him and he makes something nice out of it.

Yes the stick that’s left is a fair old lump. Hence I was happy to leave it at the survey spec of 5 or 6 metres. Just an extra cost to extract and get rid of. Being sweet chestnut it’s bound to sprout a load of growth and have its Swan song for a few more years come.

Got some very large clean sweet chestnut to fell tomorrow. I’m tempted to keep some for sleepers / beams but with time constraints it’ll probably go to the biomass heaven.

 

Sweet Chestnut warps like a bitch when milled and the Sussex stuff is full of silica. I wouldn't waste your time.

[lux]

Sweet Chestnut warps like a bitch when milled and the Sussex stuff is full of silica. I wouldn't waste your time.

Good job these stocks are no where near Sussex then [emoji106]

[lux]

Besides. Is bought it and taken it now. I don’t do refunds [emoji23]. I’m sure he will get something worthwhile from it.

[mtt.tr]

Got nasty very brittle willow down no damage to the smaller tree or the fence. As per all in the worst places 

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by mtt.tr

[doobin]

4 hours ago, lux said:

Good job these stocks are no where near Sussex then

I don’t know what kind of ground it’s grown on in Kent. But in Sussex/Surrey it always seems to be on a sandstone slope, hence the silica. 
 

 

[lux]

I don’t know what kind of ground it’s grown on in Kent. But in Sussex/Surrey it always seems to be on a sandstone slope, hence the silica. 
 
 

Grows anywhere here. From clay to sand and everything in between. I recon big beech will get some nice slabs out of that old bit of nut. It’s solid heart wood so should mill well.

These particular trees are close to the outskirts of London. Sadly for me as the drive to site is a pain in the backside. Plenty more like it to come down still too.