Graham
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Keep it to one syllable if you can. They respond better to a short sharp name. Chip, lop, top etc.
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Should be good on Quest now 9pm
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Would there be that amount of callus around the lesions in the relatively short time the fungus has been here......unless of course it's been here far longer:sneaky2: Were there any retained rachis on the tree? Looks like canker on some of the shoots but difficult to make out from the pics.
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Lovely Gilpin hook. Newtown pattern possibly. Edge needs some work though :-)
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Poplar. Traditionally used for cart bottoms. It absorbs shocks and doesn't splinter.
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Apologies if this has been posted before. 1926 film of falling, cross cutting and high climbing spar trees. One in a series of films. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p27MX9Vy4Jk]A Story of West Coast Lumber (Reel 2 of 5) - YouTube[/ame]
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That looks a beautiful knife. Did you have to put a lot of work in on the edge?
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I think it's fantastic that you do it without machinery.....as long as you have the time and energy. Will your own woodland sustain long term cropping?
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They also blew the tops off with dynamite! They were generally topped at a top diameter of 3-4 feet. I believe some of the tallest spars they used were up to 200". They then had to pull up and set pulley blocks which weighed 100lbs.
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Woodburner's glowing, dog's in front of it and it's blowing and snowing hard in Staffs.
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Don't thinl there was much. Basic spikes, piece of manilla or hemp line and an axe!
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The original text for this photo; Topping off a spar mast for the high lead logging operation, 1935. This tree was two hundred fifty feet high. The high climber is topping it off at a height of one hundred eighty-five feet. Washington Forgot pic:001_smile:
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They would have topped them to set up skyline winches.
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Not sure if this video has been linked here before. Winter symptoms to look out for. Forestry Commission - Pests and diseases - Ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea)
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Koelreuteria paniculata?
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Been snowing lightly here in Staffs for two hours. Starting to get heavier now.
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Nor on PC
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How I envy you. We used to do work like this for an LA. In fact I was proud that I turned them to my way of thinking. There's another contractor now and they've gone back to their old ways:thumbdown:
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Is Elm making a comeback or is it just a fairytale?
Graham replied to David Goss's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Here's an interesting example. An English elm of approx 80-90 feet. The hedge along this lane is predominately elm. At one time there were big standards along the lane and a small wood adjoining a few hundred yards away which comprised mainly elm. These all succumbed to DED in the 70s and 80s yet this one still stands. Every year I wait with trepidation for signs. -
Feel for you mate. He was a grand looking dog. I lost a springer over a cliff 25 years ago. He'll always be in your memory and they'll be good ones.
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No. Five toes for a badger.
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The chestnut I don't know but the oak is 36 feet.
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A couple here of local trees. Posted them before but may be of interest. Q. robur and C. sativa. Both old pollards. For scale the concrete in front of the oak is 3' dia.
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They never work.
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This site is attacking my computer, wtf?
Graham replied to normandylumberjack's topic in General chat
Mine is saying there's a problem with the site and has to keep reopening it. Sometimes fails. IE with standard firewall and anti-virus.
