Trees you've cut

[XP_Slinger]

View attachment 171985 Biggest ash tree I ever cut.

Damn! That’s a giant ash! Strange it lived that long.

 

[RI Chevy]

I cut one UP that was already down. Big one like that.
I am fortunate, most of my jobs lately, I cut trees up that have already came down for one reason or another. All small jobs that bigger tree companies just don't waste their time doing.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Ash looked solid, would have made some nice slabs I bet.

 

[hseII]

I know where a sweet fresh rebuilt 266 and a 268 are
If your interested
Haven't seen the 268.

It’s a good runner.


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[hseII]

This was a big white pine that me and @Scotty Overkill did this past weekend. We shared the climbing duties on this one. It had 4 big tops in it. This thing was nast like a bog big spaghetti bowl everything grown and intertwined together.

Scotty in action.
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Me in action.

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The big boy is finally on the ground.

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Hey buddy,

ANSI says 2 tie in points for saw work.

Just FYI.


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[huskyboy]

Damn! That’s a giant ash! Strange it lived that long.

White ash can live up to 300 years in good conditions

 

[Jts trikes]

The rings on that ash are so small for the first 30-40 years I can hardly count them properly. I'm working on sanding a slice of it to get an accurate count. Roughly 150 yrs! It was nice and solid.

 

[malk315]

Yup as what Scotty said above. Plus we didn't want and 6' to 7' spears driving down into the ground and puncturing water or sewage line. And it works nicer to keep the mess contained at the base of the tree rather than all spread out all over the yard.

This ----^

A lot of stuff we encounter we lower with a block to avoid the spears. If we can make it work we will lower a bigger chunk on a line and place the but on the chipper chute, relief cut in key places and chip it right then. No spears, no mess around the tree

Loved the pics of the monster pine Scotty and Blacksmith.

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[Marshy]

Took this willow down 2 weeks ago. After it hit the ground I feel like it was still the same height.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Took this willow down 2 weeks ago. After it hit the ground I feel like it was still the same height. View attachment 172078

Must have been tricky to judge with that huge sprawling top. Or was it obvious it wanted to follow that big runner to the right?

 

[XP_Slinger]

White ash can live up to 300 years in good conditions

Cool. I thought they maxed out at 150 to 200 years.

 

[Marshy]

Must have been tricky to judge with that huge sprawling top. Or was it obvious it wanted to follow that big runner to the right?

Natural lean was in my favor, to the right looking at this pic. I still put a cable in it for insurance.

 

[blacksmith]

This ----^

A lot of stuff we encounter we lower with a block to avoid the spears. If we can make it work we will lower a bigger chunk on a line and place the but on the chipper chute, relief cut in key places and chip it right then. No spears, no mess around the tree

Loved the pics of the monster pine Scotty and Blacksmith.

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There are instances where we've used a block and tackle to lower bigger limbs if we don't have a safe drop zone. We were able to make everything go where we wanted it to. We just wanted to keep the spearing to a minimum and the mess more contained.

 

[blacksmith]

Natural lean was in my favor, to the right looking at this pic. I still put a cable in it for insurance.

Insurance never hurt anybody! We always have cables on hand just in case!

 

[RI Chevy]

Insurance? Or Assurance? Lol

 

[blacksmith]

Insurance? Or Assurance? Lol

Hahaha either works!

 

[Nathan lassley]

This was the last tree I burned before snow came in at the beginning of last month.

Some from a long while back

 

[blacksmith]

We finished that big pine that me and Scotty took down earlier in the week. We just took the big stuff (5 gallon bucket diameter and bigger), all the rest the home owner kept for campfire wood. These two loads went to a widow that has an outdoor furnace, her grandson maintains it but they needed wood.

 

[RI Chevy]

Very nice of you both!

 

[blacksmith]

Here's a few tree's that me and @Scotty Overkill took down last week. 6 cedars about 50 ft tall and two large Norway spruces about 70 ft tall. Here's some pictures. All the tree's were about 3 ft off of a rickety fence.

We had to zip line all the branches off of the spruces. But we had to rope lower all of the low branches till we were able to start zip lining.



Scotty in action.


Me in action.


A pic from after I topped the tree.


We finished up the job yesterday. With the help of my cousin's homemade log trailer wewere able to lift the logs over the 4 ft fence and hedges. Both tree's were around 30" at the butt.