Brushcutter

Thanks. It is indeed. Always got my Nikon D90 with a few lenses in the truck and a really good tripod too.

Both of your were bigger than my 138dbh Beech so i too will be searching.

Close enough.

A regualar wedge is fine for just keeping the cut open. High lifts are really for felling as they can lift tree higher tipping it closer to falling over. If the weight is right on a big tree then it won't need wedging over. I've always got Hi-lifts in the bag you don't alway need them. Always better to have them and not need em.

Cool. On discovery or a free view channel?

I doubt it. close to 4 i'd bet.

Are the units that hold the cards programed with the vibration form the testing? Or do they monitor them throughout the day as it increases as the saw goes blunt or when the whole bar is bored into a tree?

I know nothing of this pracice:001_tt2:

Yea it does look ace doesn't it. Lovely bit of butt dress gone on. Bit of Coast Redwood i'd of thought.

My 346:biggrin: Saw of dreams.

Given how much of it was dead it would be fantastic burning. Just seems a waste to burn 138dbh log 4m long.

Exactly be some tree to need two bottle jacks.

Can only see them for 90+ on google. I always wanted a proper set of hydraulic felling jacks like they had for redwood felling. You could get them for 300 quid or so from shreill tree. Never could justify having them but they would have been handy for that. Hopefully have another big but smaller than that beech to do next week.

Not that there is much of a saving on ex demo. They do have some second hand stuff in on occasion that is nearly given away. Had a 9tonne double drum igland for about 7k on there once in near new condition. Rang up and it was gone:thumbdown: New one is nearly 14+vat. I like the Uniforest winches i think there are 2 uk dealers one of which is Riko the other eludes me at this moment. I really like the Uniforest winches affordable and feature packed. The 8H pro electro hydaulic is very good value for money if you need a big winch. The do it in double drum too. Jon (mendiplogs i think) has a 5.5t Igland for sale if your intrested.

Really? i did not know that it's not on my list of dangerous woods to mill. Is that the fungi spores in it that cause the problems or just how fine the dust come out?

Hi Rowan Hi lifts are ally wedges with a big wooden bit on the back that is shaped to lift the tree even more. One in the pic a few post below. I'll pop down tomorrow and get a shot of how i seated the jack. I pritty much just cut a v shaped wedge out of the back and put the jack in there. Then the top of the jack reaches up to the felling cut. Yes it was seated just under or there abouts that limb. Just to lift the it over. I did consider a very long pull line through the treee and onto that limb to use to leaver it over. Thought the jack and a standard placed line would do. When felling trees that size and especially when that high jacks are great as it so much less effort to lift the leaver up and down that in is to hit a wedge with 20 odd tonne sitting on it. Grey Git Nice fell i like your stubby bottle jack where you get that? i used a regular one with a extra bit of steel to stop it digging in. Looks much easier to seat that mine as its about 12" tall.

I recon if it was all healthy 30-40 tonne. Obviously it was quite dead so i figure around about 20.

That was my understanding of it as well.

Hi Have some spalted Beech and was wondering what it was worth for milling. At a ball park guess i thought £80a cube? Thanks for any input Andy

Yea its great. Not something you get to do often. Although i did one yesterday. Never used a jack to put a tree over before was great.

As good as the new 50cc one is i think i prefer the older 46cc one.

Its all in a habitat pile in the wood now. Just a different kind of habitat making the wood more diverse. The one next to it fell over long before my time. It was a tough call to make but we had some top bat experts out to survey the tree and ok'd it.

90% of my felling is for timber the other 10% is for safety stuff. So small gobs come with timber felling. Some nice spalting in the butt might skid it out and try to sell it. This was a safety fell. The aim had to be spot on due to the weight of the back limb and not damaging good trees around it. There was a rot pocket behind where my gob finished and a tension crack on the other. I was happy with the amount of rot in the fact cut so didn't want to risk going bigger and finding crappy wood for a hinge.

Rest of the pics.

Hi Big beech fell today 138ish DBH. No picture of the tree before. It had a limb out that back size of a medium tree. I recon there was a tonne in that alone. Had a pull line out to the tractor as a back up, Had 2 holding wedges 2 high lifts and a 12 tonne bottle jack in the back to lift it over. Got it over nice and safe. Not the best felling cut in the world. I went very high to avoid all the krech, tension cracks and sprial grain. The dropping away ground round the base wasn't too good either. Its over and everyone went home safe. End of the day thats all that matters.