It's been a while since I posted any of our tree work, usually we just get too busy to take any pics.....but it was nice and warm yesterday, and we had some tall ash trees that needed pieced out, so we took some pics.... The first was a 65' ash right next to a tool shed and above ground swimming pool, with sugar maples and an oak congesting it. Other than waiting for the wind on occasion (it was gusty at times), the job went smooth... I was up the first tree..... After falling the trunk it became clearly apparent that the tree was windshook, had a severe fault the entire way through the trunk. It was a shame, it would've made some nice lumber. The trunk was an easy 45' long, and pretty much straight as an arrow with few knots...... blacksmith went up the second tree, another 65 footer with a goofy crook in it. We ended up rigging most of it out due to the lean it had towards the neighbors fence and shed, as well as several mature and healthy sugar maples amongst it. We still have around 5 big trees to do at this site, waiting on the ground to freeze, which by the way things are looking, may not happen this winter...
More pics of blacksmith doing some wind-walking! Look at the roostertail of saw chips in this pic.....I thought that was pretty cool! We'll get some pics of the loaded trailer tomorrow when we go pick up the billets. We left all the small stuff for the homeowner, we're only taking the big stuff...
I had my Echo CS355T and Blacksmith had his recently aquired Stihl MS200T.... After running his Ms200T, I now have the urge and desire to get my 020T back up and running.....lol But I must say I've climbed a lot of trees with that little Echo, dollar for dollar that saw is well-worth the 400 bucks I paid for it....
Thought that was an echo! I've got a 330t and love it but would really like a 355! I know there's a difference between it and the 200t but like you say $for$ the 355 is good stuff! Have you run a 330 before?
Haven't ran a 330, really the only thing that "spooked" me from it was the seemingly tiny bar mount screws..... The price difference wasn't terrible from the 330 to the 355, I'll tell you this much, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another 355. I've used the pizz out of this saw for nearly 2 years, and haven't even had the need to turn an adjustment screw on the carburetor yet. blacksmith will testify to how hard we use that 355..... I still wanna get around to modding the muffler on it, they say it's like waking up a grizzly bear once you do....
I gutted my 330 muffler and tuned the carb and yeah it woke up a bunch it was fairly cold blooded and doggy before hand now it's pretty good. It would be worth a shot for sure . I grabbed my 330 on sale at H depot and wish I'd waited our local saw shops got the 355 for $329 right now and I want one except the new 372xp last weekend killed that idea haha
A friend of mine who I help on tree jobs occasionally has two 200t and picks on my echo all the time but it keeps up with him and at a 1/4 of the cost of the two of them I get the last laugh my only regrets are not getting a 355 and not buying a top handle sooner I use it all the time!
Absolutely devastating. Here's some pics of a huge 40+" ash we did back in the fall. Most ash trees we do look like this. It's unreal.....
Same thing here what a shame ! The only plus is the trees are usually still solid just the bark and cambium that's wrecked so you can still get some use of the wood
If they stand too long, they'll go punky. Three to five years, from what I'm finding. They aren't like oak trees, which after losing their bark and sap wood can stand dead for 30 years or more.
That's what I see here too. The dead ash I haven't gotten to yet are starting break and fall from the top down. The last 22" I cut the entire top shattered like glass when it hit the deck. I keep a close eye on the tops now when I cut fearing something that looks perfectly attached will come down on my head.
That's some beautiful country you're working in... MS250, MS029, MS066, Hsq141, JD 50V, Mc PM641, Mc MiniMac
