Thursday was a beautiful day to do a tree job. We went back to the same place as post 125 above. He had 2 big pines and a small dead pine he wanted down, his house is coming last week of March. The first 2 victims, big tree was in decline as well... Dropped it between pines, top was in the bushes, we bucked into sections, then pulled top to brush pile and finished limbing It was a dandy, 32" bar on Stihl MS461... Luke came around lunchtime with the flatbed trailer. Got that 1 tree on there, 5 12' logs and 2 8's...76' of saw timber On to the bigger pine... Slight lean and some crooks, on the ground safely...bigger than 32"bar. We cut this one in 9 8' logs...72' of saw timber. As some jobs go, it got extended. Neighbor was going to cut 3 smaller trees for his mill...he came over, said he had broke some ribs a week ago and couldn't deal with them in the time frame needed...so we added them to the job... Used the Stihl XS400 and Echo XS4910 on these... Friday morning, Luke came back. Got 7 logs from the big tree on the trailer... When he got back, we had 18 logs left and needed to bring tractor home. We put a Goat Town Farwood kinda load on the trailer then... 2 16', 7 12' and 6 8's... Ran out of room and he was worried about the weight......so the butt with hollow end, a small 8' and a 12' with big ugly cat face went to brush pile. Carrying limbs with the MTL grapple And I had to clown around a bit...
Thanks. Me too, as Miz Carol wasn't feeling the best, she came along as moral support (supervisor) I think.
Long post...but sometimes that happens. Had some thunderstorms with high winds a couple weeks ago, blew over a huge pecan tree in a lady's yard. We went Tuesday morning after I got off work and tackled it... Used the tractor grapple to break off some smaller high limbs Then broke out the Echo XS4910 Also used the Stihl XS400 We got started about 8AM and had shade, but the sun and heat rose quickly. So the plan was put on PPE, cut some limbs loose, drag out and cut up... Then take off PPE, drink fluids, and clean up pieces with tractor... We got it down to this point, she had some things in the shed still worth saving, so the technical work started......partial cut thru trunk Then hooked strap and chains to vertical limb... Miz Carol held tension on it... Finished the cut as she slowly pulled back...rolled that section out of the building... The Stihl MS461 and 28" bar did the heavy work... Had some big chunks to move, Orange Crush said no problem... Now to the biggest part... Decided to see if we could stand it back up...Orange Crush to the rescue again... MS461 doing grunt work... Nudge with tractor This section had nails and wire in it, to big for grapple to grab, so we rolled it to pile... This was a big tree...28" bar Filled in the holes around the stump, she said it looked great Building, not so much, but thankful it didn't hit her house... Done by about 2:30 PM... Don't take my farwood card or report abuse to farwood police...it would have taken way to long to haul home and we didn't need the pecan. Sure wish buZZsaw BRAD and WinonaRail were closer...they could have gotten plenty of smoker wood
Another great job TJV BUT do words have different meanings in the south? The title to this thread is a day off.. on your “days off” you do more work than most do at work… Not to worry about your “ farwood card” I shared this post with grandson of Logger crew; yes the 75 year old grandfather and his brother still work the landing and forwarder, his fathers the feller buncher they agree that’s hard work; and in the Georgia heat!! No skidder their logs are loaded on trailer by prentice Their preferred logging conditions is frozen ground and snow.. Less dirt in the bark and damage to woods; weather conditions that are required in some wet area
Wow, biggest pecan I've ever seen. Primo bbq wood score!! Surprised she didn't just ask for the stump to be pulled out.
She understood how big it was and limitations of our Kubota. By the time we got to that part of the job, it was almost 2:30PM and HOT. She was so happy to get it out of her yard and maybe save some of her late husband's things in the shed. Yes great BBQ wood, sadly no one in the area wants it.
