Show your tractors

[Tree Man Tom]

I thoguht walnut at first, imagaine the £££££ lol

[Stephen Blair]

looks like a big bit of wych elm to me

[Tree Man Tom]

Looks to have some nice colour whatver it is

[Joe]

i thought pop at first, but then saw the deep colour that i've never seen in pop before, then i thought walnut buts the heartwood goes too close to the edge to be walnut, and i've never worked with elm of any sizr so i wouldn't know

[skyhuck]

i thought pop at first, but then saw the deep colour that i've never seen in pop before,

 

Well spotted

 

If it is Pop its buggered!!!

[Joe]

Well spotted

 

If it is Pop its buggered!!!

 

if it is pop its got brown rot all the way through it lol

[jojam]

Ded elm lads.135 of them,that was the biggest in the job,8 feet dia at stump.

[Mr Ed]

Where did the grapple skidder come from?

[Joe]

Ded elm lads.135 of them,that was the biggest in the job,8 feet dia at stump.

 

thas massive!!! i thought elms didn't really get that big. what happened to all the timber?

[jojam]

Where did the grapple skidder come from?

 

A contractor from banchory,he bought it from munro's of dingwall.A&J Scott hauled it all down to their mill an most of it is exported,italy i think.It looked a good tree but took 3m to reach sound stuff,always the same.