the 'todays job' thread

Ian Flatters · March 9, 2015

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Gratuitous machinery shot, first day of a three week site clearance job

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How did the new grapple do?

Joe Newton · March 9, 2015

Big beech dismantle today, deceptively big tree with so much timber in it.
Back tomorrow to section the trunk.

About 11m3 of chip out of it and left a lot of smaller branchwood that normally we'd have fired through as that's all stopping.

Sweet pics Gray Git, looks like a lot of wood. Did you get all the brash off and processed in a day? Impressive if so. How many men did you have on it? Did you have to take all the chip away?

Gray git · March 9, 2015

Sweet pics Gray Git, looks like a lot of wood. Did you get all the brash off and processed in a day? Impressive if so. How many men did you have on it? Did you have to take all the chip away?

From full tree to last picture between 9 this morning and 4.30 tonight for 3 of us on site, all chip removed, rb44 and ifor trailer behind landy sharing the load having my own cherrypicker helps like! Will stick on some pictures of the timber stacks and trunk tomorrow when it's down.

Ian Flatters · March 10, 2015

Went back to a site we were contracted to clear the trees. Ed had a tub grinder in and invited us back to see it in action. First in grinder I've seen work. what an animal and oddly a lot quieter than I expected.

Joe Newton · March 10, 2015

Forward leaning Ash fell from today. Had to bore in from both sides with the 25" 460 for the dogs tooth cut.

TTP · March 10, 2015

Couple of nice fells today with bad decay but leaning the right way, fire damage I think from years ago.

simonm · March 10, 2015

Got hiab in today to clear some timber from yesterday, got 2 load out of it Ash and snotty Poplar.

Will Heal · March 10, 2015

Two jobs today, first in Ealing felling trees on a demolition site.

Next in Basingstoke winching a willow out of a pond

Gray git · March 10, 2015

Got finished today on the big beech, stripped a bit more timber off then felled the poles then the joy of ringing up everything over 18" but at least I managed to come up with a way to avoid flushing the stump of.

Saw in pictures is my 088 with 30"bar for scale.