Been a while....

....since I posted much related to tree stuff but it's been pretty much nonstop.....lol

This past weekend was no exception, other than the fact that the job was over 50 mins away from home and I did the work solo, and had to make two round trips to get everything home.

Did a full removal of two big standing dead oak trees for some good friends. One was a big white oak covered in vines, the other was a big black oak. Took the entire load of white oak to a friend who had a bout with cancer a while back, he was ecstatic getting that load of wood! And ended up taking 5 big black oak logs home to process for wood for the pizza oven next year. Both trees were around 65'-70' tall and 3.5' diameter at the base. And rock solid inside!

It was a nice fall day to do the work, take a look at the pics and enjoy! Not the best pics as they're all screenshots from some video I took.

This big white oak had a hard lean the opposite direction I wanted the fall (into the woods), so I rigged it with a 3-to-1 and pulled it into the yard. This tree made alot of work cleaning up the vines.....but I got it done.






The black oak favored exactly where it had to go so it was a quick notch and drop, but I did drive it over with wedges as I kept the hinge a little fat (not knowing how good the wood was in the middle), these trees had been dead quite a while










Did I ever tell you guys and gals how much I love that little skiddie? It's set up with lots of counterweight and handles these logs with ease. Here she is sitting with the black oak logs I kept for myself.




The load of white oak I gave to my buddy ready for the nearly hour long drive home.....trailer was stuffed full.


Obligatory stump pics.....the black oak


And the white oak....


Pile of top wood I bucked and piled up at the edge of the woods foe the homeowner to use in his firepit....


Yard all cleaned up and finished..

 

You're the AI guy...

If AI stands for "Azzgas Inciter".....

 

It's a game changer for these jobs. I even figured out a way to use the bucket as a rake for sticks and brush and quite effectively so!

 

Thanks buddy, I've mentioned it many times before but I'll say it again, I love working up oaks.....especially these big standing deads!

 

Glad you got them down like that… especially with all the dead mass up there….

 

They most certainly needed gone. I was glad to have it go smoothly without a hitch, especially being I was alone on the job.

 

Likewise my friend!

 

"I love big rounds and I cannot lie, these other Hoarders may deny....."

 

It's not been the most colorful here this year due to severe lack of rain for several months over late summer but still some colors to be had. Lots of leaves just browned and fell off.

Still waiting on a few more hard frosts and a good freeze or two to knock the leaves down for the winter.