the 'todays job' thread

[bigtreedon]

Cedar today lost count of how many graves there were underneath it !

[Doug Tait]

Had a couple of days clearing a stretch of a small river, a tributary of the River Tweed which is having its course altered as part of flood works.

 

They've dug a new meandering channel and created a flood plane but before breaking the dam the fish are being removed by electro fishing, to allow this we had to clear everything in the river. Once the dam is broken the original course will be filled in so we also had to clear 1 bank and crown raise the other bank a minimum 2m to give the diggers access. All arisings left on bank so no chipping, just 3 guys with saws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the things you find in the undergrowth!

 

[Stubby]

30 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

Had a couple of days clearing a stretch of a small river, a tributary of the River Tweed which is having its course altered as part of flood works.

 

They've dug a new meandering channel and created a flood plane but before breaking the dam the fish are being removed by electro fishing, to allow this we had to clear everything in the river. Once the dam is broken the original course will be filled in so we also had to clear 1 bank and crown raise the other bank a minimum 2m to give the diggers access. All arisings left on bank so no chipping, just 3 guys with saws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the things you find in the undergrowth!

 

Interesting job .

[Stubby]

58 minutes ago, bigtreedon said:

Cedar today lost count of how many graves there were underneath it !

Very professional  . 👍

[bigtreedon]

Very professional  . [emoji106]

Thanks mate their trees thar take allot of planning while in the tree cos limbs are so tangled together one rong choice and the weight of limb u cut off pulls another one that isn't on rope off and all ones previous hard work is undone [emoji107]

 

[Mick Dempsey]

11 minutes ago, bigtreedon said:

Thanks mate their trees thar take allot of planning while in the tree cos limbs are so tangled together one rong choice and the weight of limb u cut off pulls another one that isn't on rope off and all oned previous hard work is undone

Serious stuff, nicely done. Could you get the loader to the bottom of the tree?

[bigtreedon]

14 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Serious stuff, nicely done. Could you get the loader to the bottom of the tree?

I can but no room to maneuver as its all graves or flag stones there is a very narrow strip of grass I can get on and track backwards and forwards with small ish pieces to get stem out but it's not a nice sight to use any machines luckily the vermeer is under 36 inches so it fits 

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, bigtreedon said:

I can but no room to maneuver as its all graves or flag stones there is a very narrow strip of grass I can get on and track backwards and forwards with small ish pieces to get stem out but it's not a nice sight to use any machines luckily the vermeer is under 36 inches so it fits 

Bloody hell - well done Don,  K

[Doug Tait]

2 hours ago, Stubby said:

Interesting job .

It was indeed Stubby. I find river work very engaging although this one was bloody hard work! Maybe a bit too used to using machinery and 27C today didn't help when wearing waders.

[AHPP]

3 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

Had a couple of days clearing a stretch of a small river, a tributary of the River Tweed which is having its course altered as part of flood works.

 

They've dug a new meandering channel and created a flood plane but before breaking the dam the fish are being removed by electro fishing, to allow this we had to clear everything in the river. Once the dam is broken the original course will be filled in so we also had to clear 1 bank and crown raise the other bank a minimum 2m to give the diggers access. All arisings left on bank so no chipping, just 3 guys with saws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the things you find in the undergrowth!

 

Man plans, god laughs.