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A day off, another tree job

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by T.Jeff Veal, Feb 16, 2023.

  1. jo191145

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    We may have thorns on our black locust trees in Ct but we don’t have quicksand that swallows tractors whole :) yikes that ditch looks carnivorous. LOL
    Nice work Jeff. Busy busy man,,,and wife.
     
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    Where are they supposed to meet now jeff?:whistle: 0A015DB3-D7BB-4983-9E6F-6F9A5BE1EF83.jpeg Diamond Rio - Meet in the middle
     
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  3. T.Jeff Veal

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    A customer and friend had a dead pine he wanted taken down before it fell on his camper. Saturday morning worked out well as they were gone camping this weekend.
    The victim... 0812230921_HDR.jpg
    The green is PO vines 0812230846_HDR.jpg
    Biggest PO vine I think I've seen 0812230910_HDR.jpg
    Ready for battle 0812230904.jpg
    Took out a small ironwood and saved a few sticks... 0812230908.jpg
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    Used the MS180 to clear brush and PO vines... 0812230913.jpg 0812230913b.jpg
    The MS461 and 28" bar did the felling... 0812230920a.jpg
    Safely down in the yard... 0812230923a_HDR.jpg
    Used the grapple to pull as much vines off before bucking 0812230935.jpg
    A load of itchiness... 0812230945.jpg
    Used the XS362 to buck the pine... 0812230941a.jpg
    The main PO vine...:jaw: 0812230952_HDR.jpg
    Got it all on 1 load... 0812231037_HDR.jpg
    Done before lunch, with yard raked clean... 0812231147_HDR.jpg
     
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    Frequent sight here too with PI smothering a dead tree. The cherry i cut yesterday had some on it. Very common on roadside wood.

    What is to become of the load? Hope that isnt going to the wood yard!
     
  5. The Wood Wolverine

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    I agree w/ Brad.. that's dump material!
     
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    Quite the vine!

    Nice job!:thumbs:
     
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    I’m scratching just reading this!
     
  8. T.Jeff Veal

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    We dumped it here on our place where they had clear cut the pines.
     
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    I’ll bet it was nice and balmy in that onesie! Well worth the sweat though to not get poison oak all over you. Good idea!
     
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    Felt so good, I wanted to wear it all day...:rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:...
     
  11. T.Jeff Veal

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    Miz Carol informed me last night...:confused::confused: ...the next job we do that involves PO/ PI :binoculars:...she's sitting in the truck and watching me...:whistle::whistle::picard::picard::zip:
     
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    If she's wearing one of those tyvek suits be sure to post pics! :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Helping out a neighbor yesterday, their daughter is moving into the house and they are getting a single wide trailer to put at the back of the property. He had cut about 3 pines and a small sweet gum. Needed some help with the bigger trees.
    The backyard area. That's 1 of the bigger pines behind the tractor 0818230921_HDR.jpg
    Some of the carnage later 0818231526.jpg
    The brush pile to burn later 0818231641.jpg
    We will haul the logs to the chip mill next week... 0818231641a.jpg 0818231641b.jpg
    After we were done... 0818231652_HDR.jpg
    Wish Sawdust Man was closer...
     
  14. Sawdust Man

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    A few nice sawlogs in that pile.

    Is it southern yellow pine?
    Roughly what does the chip mill pay for that stuff?
     
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  15. T.Jeff Veal

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    Just a few, pretty limbie.
    I'm thinking SYP, it wasn't planted loblolly.
    Last we carried to the chip mill, was $18/ton.
     
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    That's not hardly worth the fuel to haul it in.....wow.

    Loblolly is more valuable than syp, no?

    If only you could email sawlogs
     
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    I only have to haul it 15 miles. But too much to burn.
    Loblolly ain't worth a :fart::fart:...for lumber. It's planted because it grows fast, mostly used for pulp. I've seen pallets made with it, breaks easy.
     
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    I've learned something today.... I was under the impression that loblolly was a better material than syp.
    So, the attraction to loblolly is just that it's a faster growing species?
     
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    It must be the wood ive seen on some pallets and crates. I always marvel at the wide spaced growth rings.
     
  20. T.Jeff Veal

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    Yep and it's soft.