the 'todays job' thread

[Mick Dempsey]

12 minutes ago, waterbuoy said:

Do the limes tend to send up a myriad of root suckers after they have been pollarded Mick? 

 

We have a sizeable lime in our garden which should really come down but, if possible, I would like to keep.  Suspect it is too far gone to pollard.

Not in my experience.

post a pic, I do loads of lapsed and maidens (been up a few lapsed maidens as well!)

I’ll tell you what I think. 

Edited March 1, 2023 by Mick Dempsey

[waterbuoy]

Sorry MIck - had a total brain fart there - been sat at the screen too long.

 

It is a poplar not a lime, but on the off chance here are some pictures taken just now.  It is over 100' tall, about 2' dbh and has been crowded out by spruce and one horrible confierous thing that no-one can identify (we are surrounded by spruce and larch, and many forestry workers).  The latter will be coming down soon (it is only 50' from the house and sits on very wet ground!) and we are steadily working our way through the spruce - 35 taken down since the start of lockdown.

 

 

Edited March 1, 2023 by waterbuoy
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[Mick Dempsey]

Yeah, I wouldn’t bother too much with a pop.

[5thelement]

On the job today and started to hear a strange sound over the noise of the saw. Walked out into the field to see this bad boy at work. Rip cuts and stubs galore, but ploughed through a good 60 Oaks on the farm entrance road in a morning. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Habitat Dave. 

[Mark Bolam]

Brutal but very, very effective!

 

On a slightly smaller machinery note, just finished a mini clearance for a roadway into a planned new school car park.

Loader and little 160 proved a really good combo for getting around a site where inspection pit digs had limited access to 4’.

 

Stumps left high for 360 rip out, forestry fans!

 

 

[5thelement]

7 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Brutal but very, very effective!

 

On a slightly smaller machinery note, just finished a mini clearance for a roadway into a planned new school car park.

Loader and little 160 proved a really good combo for getting around a site where inspection pit digs had limited access to 4’.

 

Stumps left high for 360 rip out, forestry fans!

 

 

You call them high stumps? Amateur 😉

[aspenarb]

Clearing some conny under watch and brief, this is about a quarter of them. Trusty telehandler still doing its thing.

 

 

 

[swinny]

Just waiting for that one pigeon to piss on your chips there Bob 🙄 bastard things

[Joe Newton]

44 minutes ago, swinny said:

Just waiting for that one pigeon to piss on your chips there Bob 🙄 bastard things

"What pigeon" 🙄