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BonScott46 said:
What are you seeing that tells you it was a hot burn?
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In the first picture, you see some curling on the ends of the branches of some bigger trees:



In a driven crown fire, the ends of green branches on bigger trees will curl from the intense heat before the foliage actually burns.

Also, you see a lot of younger trees blown over with rootwads still attached - you see that a lot in running ground fire in conjunction with a
driven crown fire - blowing younger trees over in the direction the fire's headed.

On the soil - you see several areas in those pictures where the top of the soil is very clean with newly green patches popping up where water
has collected - there are two or three species of Lichens that begin growing immediately in carbon-dense, nutrient poor top soil that's been
partially sterilized by fire, after heavy rains. You see a lot of that in stand replacement fire areas in the northwest.

That's why I mentioned planting Ceanothus and Salal - these are Nitrogen-fixing plants that grow well in nutrient poor, carbon-dense soils.
Manzanita is a good soil stabilization shrub. Manzanita and Pacific Madrone also promote a forest floor symbiotic relationship with mycorrhizas -
beneficial fungus types which exchange nutrients with several conifer species.
 
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jacob j. said:
In the first picture, you see some curling on the ends of the branches of some bigger trees:



In a driven crown fire, the ends of green branches on bigger trees will curl from the intense heat before the foliage actually burns.

Also, you see a lot of younger trees blown over with rootwads still attached - you see that a lot in running ground fire in conjunction with a
driven crown fire - blowing younger trees over in the direction the fire's headed.

On the soil - you see several areas in those pictures where the top of the soil is very clean with newly green patches popping up where water
has collected - there are two or three species of Lichens that begin growing immediately in carbon-dense, nutrient poor top soil that's been
partially sterilized by fire, after heavy rains. You see a lot of that in stand replacement fire areas in the northwest.

That's why I mentioned planting Ceanothus and Salal - these are Nitrogen-fixing plants that grow well in nutrient poor, carbon-dense soils.
Manzanita is a good soil stabilization shrub. Manzanita and Pacific Madrone also promote a forest floor symbiotic relationship with mycorrhizas -
beneficial fungus types which exchange nutrients with several conifer species.
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CLEARCUT said:
View attachment 284319 View attachment 284320 View attachment 284321 @jacob j. and any others
Both hand pumps work. The power pump needs some work. Four rams work. Two need seals or something.
064 that runs, but obviously could use some work.
Non-runner 066
What’s your value on it all together?
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There's some pretty good value there. A running project 064 should be worth between 3 and 4 bills pretty easily, depending on how much work it needs.

The power pump looks like it has a 2100 carcass on it. Those power units are pretty rare.

The last set Larry Horner had at his shop took a long time to sell, just because there's not much call for them anymore. I think he sold his set for $550 with two rams.

I sold my Silvey Tree Savers for $475 in 2006 and I had gotten them used, they were good shape though. Dan Cox had updated the pump and I had put new hoses, pads, and
springs on the rams.
 
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The guy wants $2500 for everything. I’m pretty confident he’d take $2000, but I’m not sure what I want to do yet. I bought another 500i yesterday...
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$2k would be a fairly good price for two hand pumps, the power unit, six rams, and the three saw carcasses. Obviously everything is going to need work. The thing to keep in mind is that there aren't
many guys around anymore that can service the rams - Dan is still doing it but he'll retire one of these days.
 
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$2k would be a fairly good price for two hand pumps, the power unit, six rams, and the three saw carcasses. Obviously everything is going to need work. The thing to keep in mind is that there aren't
many guys around anymore that can service the rams - Dan is still doing it but he'll retire one of these days.
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Yeah, there’s a bit of work involved. Might be more trouble than it’s worth when I already have, and have access to jacks.
 
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CLEARCUT said:
Yeah, there’s a bit of work involved. Might be more trouble than it’s worth when I already have, and have access to jacks.
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I can help with servicing some of the stuff for sure, like splitting cases on the saws and installing new bearings and seals. If you end up with it, I'd like to check out that power pump
unit, those are pretty cool.
 
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