the 'todays job' thread

[s o c]

Big dead Monterey Pine of the “I’m getting too old for this sh1t!” variety .

[Stephen Blair]

Snow day yesterday! 

[bigtreedon]

Just dropped onto one at 1pm all done and tidy for 2.20pm 

 

 

[Joe Newton]

On 11/01/2023 at 20:34, AHPP said:

I've often thought this when confronted with the dogma of the branch bark collar pruning cut. Why not stub off a branch at ten inches and let the stub rot rather than the union? Because it looks shit obviously but otherwise why not?

Smaller diameter pruning wounds will callous over if done correctly, if you leave stubs they won't be able to. 

[AHPP]

9 hours ago, Joe Newton said:

Smaller diameter pruning wounds will callous over if done correctly, if you leave stubs they won't be able to. 

 

Any idea why the end of a stub wouldn't callous like a collar does?

[Joe Newton]

14 hours ago, AHPP said:

 

Any idea why the end of a stub wouldn't callous like a collar does?

Because the callous wood grows from the branch collar.

 

 

[doobin]

A days processing (mainly splitting) with our dog of a tractor and processor combo. 

Out of one barn and into the other plus a truckload for the customers house. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Some days sneak up on you, starts off a bit glum then the sun comes out, the machines work great, everything really falls into place, and you drive home in a good mood.

 

This was the last stem of a 4 stem white poplar, the rest was partly rigged, this one fell on its sword easy enough.

[John Shutler]

mulching gorse and scrub growth on a LA site. 

[Stephen Blair]

Fine machine John!

do you have reverse drive?