the 'todays job' thread

[swinny]

26 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

Break from connie bashing this week.

Oak and an Ash dismantled hydraulically, was a busy day but not physical. In the video the section taken was 2.5t.

No Bees were alarmed during the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.5t? Really?

 

Videos are deceiving etc but only looked maybe 30" at cut and maybe 7' long ish obv got bigger due to unions. 

 

I must get shafted when folk buy and weigh timber from me 😆 

 

Anyway. Bet that was awesome being on the ground and waiting for the pieces to come to sort 😎 

[Doug Tait]

The operator had it on his remote display, load and percentage of capacity.

The trunk that was left below was 2t.

[peds]

Probably all the bees. One bee is light... 40,000 bees... less light.

 

24 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

For you Peds, you can have it, you'll have to pick it up 7.30am though!

 

Ah, shame, another one eludes me. Tomorrow morning will be day 3 of putting manners on an escaped hedgerow. 

 

[AHPP]

Is that Alistair Magee’s old truck?

[Doug Tait]

5 hours ago, AHPP said:

Is that Alistair Magee’s old truck?

 

Didn't remember his name but yes, it has featured on here in the past.

[peds]

The last crowd who were here did a great job on these Corsican pines. 

 

[Doug Tait]

Birch dismantle, not hanging around this morning as it's -3!

Everything going out over the wall to the chipper.

 

 

 

[peds]

Yeah, the absolute state of these poor things!

 

 

So today was 2 little birch having too extreme of a haircut that I'm not going to lose any sleep over... not my circus, not my monkeys... the owner can see the view over the top of them for the next year at least, that's the main thing. Then these two butchered pines down to the ground, then three more dead monoliths of the same that were more dust than timber, and only the ivy holding them up. Honestly not sure what the spec was for whoever did the job originally. 

 

A most successful day, however, because my son has been told to bring in 2 pine cones to turn into Christmas decorations... I found them! 

 

 

But once you pop, you just can't stop! There's enough for any of the class who didn't manage to find any now, at least.

 

 

I also got a lovely little wren's nest, on the right of the picture, to add to my collection for show-and-tell at schools.

Edited November 28, 2024 by peds

[peds]

3 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

Birch dismantle, not hanging around this morning as it's -3!

Everything going out over the wall to the chipper.

 

 

 

 

Nice, was that a homeowner video, or yours?

[Doug Tait]

1 hour ago, peds said:

 

Nice, was that a homeowner video, or yours?

 

Customer came out at the end with coffees and said they'd taken it. Very nice.