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kgbond

June 09, 2014, 05:04:26 PM
We got around to felling the large pine tree that had been killed by beetles. As you can see in the images, blue stain is evident in the quartered sections. The tree was 165 feet tall. The tree was topped at 100 feet. The remaining 100 feet was felled and cut into 10-foot sections. The diameter of the base was 56". The first four ten-foot sections were quartered. The rest of the material was milled into 1x6 and 1x8's. We eliminated all of the insect-damaged outer layers. This project has taken me many weekends to complete. It took a lot of horsepower. Thanks to Magic Man for all his advice!



  

  

  

  

  

  

 

uler3161

#1
June 09, 2014, 05:11:28 PM
Impressive
1989 LT40HD, WoodMaster 718

Dan

beenthere

#2
June 09, 2014, 05:20:37 PM
Looks like a job well done, and some nice looking "pine" for timbers or lumber. Which?

And which pine?
south central Wisconsin
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BradMarks

#3
June 09, 2014, 05:46:29 PM
Looks like Ponderosa Pine

Ljohnsaw

#4
June 09, 2014, 05:56:19 PM
Looks great!  KGBond, where abouts in Nor. Cal. are you located?  How much HP were you pushing and what size blade?
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

thecfarm

#5
June 09, 2014, 06:41:51 PM
Now you know you can do it!!
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

Magicman

#6
June 09, 2014, 09:54:19 PM
Looks like you are doing a very fine job, thank you.   ;D
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kgbond

#7
June 09, 2014, 10:53:10 PM
We are located in Viola near Lassen Park

Darrel

#8
June 10, 2014, 12:16:10 AM
Wow, those pictures are evidence of a whole lot of hard work.  And they also made me homesick.  I've spent a lot of weekends camping on Hat Creek. 
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Ljohnsaw

#9
June 10, 2014, 01:00:18 AM
Quote from: kgbond on June 09, 2014, 10:53:10 PM
We are located in Viola near Lassen Park

Nice - went to Lassen park last year for a 5 days.  Nice place to visit, so much to see.
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

ozarkgem

#10
June 10, 2014, 05:38:31 AM
how many BF did you end up with?
Mighty Mite Band Mill, Case Backhoe, 763 Bobcat, Ford 3400 w/FEL , 1962 Ford 4000, Int dump truck, Clark forklift, lots of trailers. Stihl 046 Magnum, 029 Stihl. complete machine shop to keep everything going.

drobertson

#11
June 10, 2014, 08:14:21 AM
You are right, that is a big pine! nice job on the quartering, lots of work for sure,
only have a few chain saws I'm not suppose to use, but will at times, one dog Dolly, pretty good dog, just not sure what for yet,  working on getting the gardening back in order, and kinda thinking on maybe a small bbq bizz,  thinking about it,

kgbond

#12
June 11, 2014, 08:59:30 AM
This is a Ponderosa
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