Rough Hewn
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Alaskan style mills are easy and cheap to make or buy a chillaskan. Have a look at the plywood Alaskan thread. Any 50cc saw will mill a 12" board (slowly). So much of our trees go for firewood and chip. We import tropical hardwoods and worry about deforestation. It's madness. Milling your own timber is like growing your own veg. Logs from foresters or arb types are very cheap. Milled hardwoods are rather expensive. And if you can get it kiln dried then you can easily recoup your investment. Chainsaw milling is no dirtier, harder, or dull than any other aspect of arb work. You'd be more than welcome to pop over to the yard one day and have a go on the mills. [emoji106]
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That's really helpful and insightful contribution John. ??♂️
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No idea, they were all a mess of broken branches, crowns, trunks etc. One was still vertical with a trunk about 7-8'. Must have been 60-80' tall. Bit hard to tell with the foliage.
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Has anyone seen the documentary about beavers felling trees..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best dam video ever! [emoji12]
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If you're doing Lombardy in tight spots.[emoji12]
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My vote is gcrs. When a large fork hooks up, it's an easy 30 seconds to winch back up. Bollards are great when it's fairly clear. [emoji106]
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You could mill the stem if it's large enough, just strip and burn the bark on site. [emoji106]
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Southampton graveyard hornbeam?
Rough Hewn replied to spandit's topic in Tree Identification pictures
I'd go beech. If it's coming down, I'd buy that crown piece. [emoji106] -
Back releife and musle flexablity
Rough Hewn replied to Aaron Johnstone's topic in Training & education
Get a 3 ton digger with a decent grab. For moving logs. That would sort my back out. Climbing? 27m spider mewp. [emoji106] -
Support to stop warpage. Also to reduce moisture loss from above and below the end grain, reducing splitting. The mc of the final product is dependent on the resting place. Farm house with no central heating 12-14% should be fine. Underfloor heated/well insulated with central heating 7%. I've put oak at 12/14/16% mc into a bookshop as a counter. Only 20mm thick. It went bananas after about 2-3 months. [emoji51]
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Smart innovation [emoji106]
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What will you be milling? [emoji106]
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Best time of year to coppice / pollard?
Rough Hewn replied to sandspider's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Nope. This is from personal experience. Im talking about British hardwood, Not Tennessee softwoods. No old wives involved. -
I know two guys who trained in their fifties. (Climbing) Worked with both of them. Great guys. The skill sets/problem solving they bring along extra are priceless. I've also known guys in their twenties who can't hack it. I'd never climbed until last year, after over ten years of arb. Got 20' up and to my surprise, my balls shrank into a super miniature black hole and I prussiced back down. I can climb, but not above about 6'. Try it before you go full bore. Personally. I'll never do anything else. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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North of Manchester, It was a bit windy, but the lad did good. [emoji106]
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The ancient Greeks defined "justice" as doing good to your friends and bad to your enemies. [emoji51][emoji51][emoji51]
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Filmed Spuddog teaching his apprentice big tree felling. [emoji106]
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I worked one twelve hour night shift in the factory laundry for Gatwick airport in Crawley. My job was to collect a folded airline blanket from one conveyor belt, turn 90 degrees and put it on another conveyor belt. 6pm-6am. Then at 5.45am the agency type arrived to inform everyone the transport wasn't arriving for another 6 hours. 18 hours of ************ There were people who'd been there 20 years....
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Best time of year to coppice / pollard?
Rough Hewn replied to sandspider's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
The differences between winter and summer cut wood are many. For firewood it's less weight to move and less water to extract. For milling as above and the boards are more stable. Bark will strip easier from summer cut than winter cut for most species. Recently discovered large mature beech trees will split more readily when summer cut, as well as being incredibly heavy. [emoji106] -
Best time of year to coppice / pollard?
Rough Hewn replied to sandspider's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Less moisture content in winter. [emoji106] -
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What happened?
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I've only had my licence 15 months. I have a tipper, I pay about £500 a year 3rd,fire n theft. And I live in Huddersfield. Arborisk [emoji106]
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Anyone got an educated guess at age? I'm presuming 300-500+?
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Saw these yesterday. There was at least 7 or 8. Couldn't believe the size of these trees. In the first photo, the dbh is about 10'. The others are at least 7'/8'+ dbh. The burr on the last two photos is about 8' across. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
