the 'todays job' thread

[Ian Flatters]

Cutting a hedge today and a swallowtail butterfly landed right by the truck.

 

Last time I saw one was 16 years ago.

 

So not tree related as such but I thought it was worth a share.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Cutting a hedge today and a swallowtail butterfly landed right by the truck.

 

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So not tree related as such but I thought it was worth a share.

 

 

That's something special never heard of it before. It seems only to be found in your part of the world Ian.

[Ian Flatters]

That's something special never heard of it before. It seems only to be found in your part of the world Ian.

 

 

Yeah, possibly one of the rarest. I've now seen 2 in 32 years.

 

Quite large in size, I could of watched it for hours.

[Will Heal]

Bit of commie bashing this week one had roots growing from the branch into the compost on the shed roof

[timbernut]

Got called off thinning job yesterday as a lovely old oak pollard had collapsed and half of it was across the road, quite gutted as its one we had suggested reducing about 4 yrs ago would possibly still b standing.

This long legged lady landed on me!

And this swarm of bees prevented us clearing the other half (fortunately not on the road)

But help was at hand:

[bigtreedon]

Big rotten popular to make safe over public footpath and river very hot day and so many nasty bugs bitten to death

[Steve Bullman]

Lot of brackets up that one

[David Humphries]

Lot of brackets up that one

 

Amatuer

 

 

 

There's an app for that, you know

 

 

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[Ty Korrigan]

Site clearance on land purchased by council for future development.

Many trees staying with all wind break thujas and lawsons felled.

Monday we worked in torrential rain to fell and process all the hardwoods for our own benefit.

We've a good thing going selling hardwood chip to gardeners and the wood went to the members of the team.

We chipped 24m3 of decent chip to sell.

2 houses where demolished and the ponds, septic tanks and cellars backfilled with soil.

This created a real problem for us and with the land drains torn up, the former pond fed by a spring and pockets of deep, soft, wet soil, our telehandler (rented) continiously bogged down and had to be towed free by the council JCB.

Lucky for us we are on excellent terms with the council...

Tomorrow, Friday should see the last conifer hedge felled and stacked then it's '5-6 pick up sticks 7-8 lay them straight' as we collect all the stray, dropped and driven over branches.

No stumps for us on this job and frankly I'm dammed glad as the ground conditions are so poor and most of the windbreak stumps are out of reach of the 4012.

There are enough stumps though to warrant a 30ton 360 with a pinch though. These would get recycled, soil screeded then chipped for bio-mass.

I confess, I'd rather be doing domestic jobs but this main roadside location has been an excellent shop window.

Chipper arrives in a week or so and we are expecting 200-240m3 cube which is 3 trucks.

Ty

[bigtreedon]

Ya was well gone was gunner climb it but company I was subying for kindly provided platform