the 'todays job' thread

[Rough Hewn]

Rough, do you mill oak green and stack it or let it sit for a while? Got a few lumps I want to break my milginity to soon! [emoji4]

Hi Mark,
I prefer to mill sooner rather than later, as the wood is softer and easier to cut when green.
To properly season a 30" log would take decades in the round.
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[billpierce]

An old boy who runs a little mill down the road told me he once bought some oak sawlogs from a farmer, who had dry stored them in a shed for 30+ years. The sap wood was totally dust, but the heartwood was as green as the day it was cut.

[Mick Dempsey]

Two day job, large thuja hedge removal.

 

5 transit loads of chip, 1 more tomorrow so approximately 30 cube of it, using the Multione to machine feed where possible.

Schliesing eating everything, nice not to have to climb, grinding tomorrow.

 

[JonnyRFT]

13 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Two day job, large thuja hedge removal.

 

5 transit loads of chip, 1 more tomorrow so approximately 30 cube of it, using the Multione to machine feed where possible.

Schliesing eating everything, nice not to have to climb, grinding tomorrow.

 

Mick, is there much difference between your Multione and an Avant?

 

[Mick Dempsey]

5 hours ago, JonnyRFT said:

Mick, is there much difference between your Multione and an Avant?

 

Never used an Avant, I believe they’re very similar, in fact (well I read somewhere) the firms were linked till an acrimonious split a good while ago.

 

The blue matched my truck better.

[Mick Dempsey]

Grinding today, newish teeth on the Rayco makes for a pleasant day.

 

All done, chèque collected, nice end to a good week.

[Rough Hewn]

Removal of a few ivy clad street trees for parish.


No finish pic, just glad to get away.
Been a looong week.
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[bigtreedon]

The conclusion to my weekend was pulling a willow tree across the river ouse I beat five other companies on the job not because I was dirt cheap but because I was the only that thought of going across the water with the tree ! The only other way out was up several embankments and over a walk way round a huge house and up a very steep drive job took total of 4hrs start to finish !

[bigtreedon]

[Rough Hewn]

Snatch block on the loader is a nice touch.
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