tommer9

:confused1:i was at glendurgan:confused1:

Valid point, although i have to say that experience has taught me that they are mostly all mouth, resting on their dodgy/ violent reputation.

Not urgent. I have supplied a load of oak to a job, and was asked if i would b interested in the softwood contract for it. He has had a price off another mill, and if i can match or beat it i will get the job. Just neeed a price on a cube at the mo so i can do the maths and see if its worth it.

Hi guys- i need some larch or douglas fir sawlogs for milling. Usually mill hardwoods, so i need a cubic metre price on softwood delivered by the eight wheeler load to my place in Redruth. Any of you guys do that sort of stuff?

No, not yet:blushing: Give me time, i have only lived in cornwall for 12 years:blushing:

They are awesome things. I have finally found some truly huge trees down here.

Stourhead is an amazing place isnt it. I used to go about once a year when i was a kid.

Well done. First one i have seen/ smelt in the flesh. Lovely tree.

Turners and furniture makers love it. Quality timber!!! Milled a lovely piece last week.Havent a clue what its like to burn- evidently crap.lol

Any ideas? Smell of candy floss as we walked past.......

Saw these two awesome planes in a NT garden today. The closer one has been very heavily reduced in a desperate bid to save it- riddled with armaillaria, trying to encourage regrowth lower down. I will be back to mill it when that doesnt work. The tree behind is just vast. The path is 63" wide, for scale.

Found this on a southern beech in one of cornwall premier N.T gardens whilst looking at some other work there. They dont know what it is, and neither do I, but the tree is dying. I wondered about bleeding canker- does it affect this species? It smells sort of spicy sweet, and armillaria has been ruled out apparently. Any ideas?

My subscrition has mysteriously ended for NG, so off to find a copy. Just read the Richard Preston book. Excellent stuff. Big stuff too!!!

I reckon go for it- like you say, beer money for messing around in the woods at the wekend, and beech is great timber.

Very true Stevie. Ian- take this mans advice, those trellises will sell really well.

Thanks very much for all the replies- some really useful comments there. I cant see evidence of any new root disturbance. My present customer in the village has passed that tree for the last 50 odd years and said, when i asked him, that no new drives hade been put in, and that he has photos of thetree fom 1930 looking much the same, and the driveways ,there are two close by, are old. Marc, i see your point on pruning being necessary. I think that is getting to the crux of my pont- is there any point in me just pruning it, or should i just get rid of ot and replant. I fear that the location and past history from planning will mean they will be reluctant to fell. But will pruning be enough. I am assuming that the tree is sick to have the amount of decay that is present. The thing is, i cant see any evidence of basal decay at all, so i was puzzled as to why the tree was in such a poor general state.

Been looking at this ash today. The crown is riddled with daldinia and deadwood. There are numerous cavities from old pruning wounds, and evidence in the crown and on the ground of bits dropping off it regularly and recently. There is also a large amount of rotten stuff up there. I have only looked at it with binoculars so far as the owner wasnt about so i didnt climb it, but as you can see from the photo it isnt a healthy crown. What leaves there are are not well formed either, and in 70 years it has hardly changed shape apparently. Lower in the tree there is vigorous new growth. There are lots of expensive houss and cars and a road underneath/ close to it, however it is in an area of blanket tpo, and in the past the council have dug their heels in, as have the residents. I think that a reduction will be passed, as there are obvious and iminent dangers with this tree, and i dont want to fell it anyway. My question is this though- if i cut out all the affected and dead wood, back to good uninfected wood, will this solve the problem (daldinia only infects dead wood?) as i think that whatever has killed the wood hs been introduced from past arbwork? In order to do that i will effectively doing a 50% reduction!!!! Will this need to be done in two stages, and will the huge wounds that would inevitably be left by me cause the same thing to happen again. Sorry about the rambling, and i understand that without seeing the tree etc it is hard to tell. If i can get up it (the owner wasnt in earlier) i will get some more pics.

No- i used one towards the end. I used to religiously carry offcuts of 6mm cladding or ply etc and put them in as i went along. Nowadays i hardly ever get the mill out as i have the bandsaw, and on the vast majority of stuff i am slabbing with the alaskan it is a thick enough slab that it doesnt flex and trap the saw anyway. Having said that, it is not best practice, and wedges or something ought to be used really.

Got the Alaskan out today to slice up this piece of Monkey Puzzle, courtesy of Combined Tree Services. Thanks Dave.:thumbup: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-jhNUH4rR0]YouTube - Milling monkey puzzle.[/ame] Saw was getting a bit dull by this stage, and you can hear it catch quite often. This was the third cut!

15 payments of 1320

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Tommy, truly you are a master of your trade. Amazing piece.

This is got way out of hand. This is just gioing to affect premiums and insurability before too long:thumbdown: Best of luck with it all.

This is a salient point andy. You would be better off ditching the t shirt than the lid mate. I suffer from tinnitus badly, which can and does seriously affect one's mood. I have also been in casualty twice with corneal abrasions and lacerations from milling, and i can tell you its not worth the risk. If you reallydont like the helmet on ho days try a visor/ ear defender combo for when you are up the tree.

I'd love to make some neg comments, just coz you said we were allowed, but i cant- it look really really cool!!