Biggish Trees

[iain]

What's the best way to got these on an lt40hd (i want wide board's, and MAX yield)
the lamp posts are 15' high





arky any idea's?



   iain

[Doc]

back the mill up to the trunk and drop the tree on it?  :D :D :D : : :

You got some fun coming Iain!

Doc

[ARKANSAWYER]

                                                ONE AT A TIME.

[MemphisLogger]

First thing I'd do is cut 'em down.  ;)

[beenthere]

Looks like you already have brushed out and laid in a good woods road to get these out.  ;D

I imagine it's going to be a bit painful for some to watch those come down.

What is the story behind taking them out?

[moosehunter]

Ifen that road has been there long, I wanna see the hardware you get otta them logs :D
MH

[Kirk_Allen]

1. Fell them!
2. Buck to lenght
3. Split them with a saw or blackpowder 8)
4. Load on the LT
5. ENJOY CUTTING!

No limits with an LT ;D

[iain]

The story was come and slice our big trees, we need some of the wood for our own use, one tree should do, go have a look at the site, the trees are the big ones on the drive, hense the pic of the wellingtonia on the drive 8)

But the drive they ment, was the drive at the back

https://forestryforum.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10958&pos=0


BIG differance 5 Acacia 14"
                       6 second growth sycs 11"
                        1 ceder 28"
                        2 rotten horse chestnut,
another exciting day in the land of the tree people :



           iain

[tnlogger]

well one  iain you wont have no trouble getting um on the LT  and them biguns are way to purty to cut up.
  ;D

[Timburr]

Thanx for welcoming me to the forum the other night Iain. :-[

You had us going for a mo; those wellingtonia at 7 to 8' dbh would need to be split about 20 times to fit on a 'miser  ;D ???

I was going to suggest if you let me mill the bottom half of the tree with my lucas, I'd let you mill the top :D ;D :D

My first thought was, you would have a battle on your hands fighting council red tape, because most of the wellingtoni I've come across have a TPO on them. >:( :(

[Part_Timer]

could some one please explain splitting the trees with plack powder? I've Blown out stumps before but how do you control the direction of the explosion enough to salvage for the mill?  Sorry for the dumb question but curiosity is getting the better of me.

[Jeff]

Part_Timer, at a certain point you will have access to more information on that in the full members section. You are well on your way there. Keep contributing as you have been to the forum, and in time many things that can't be discussed here on the public forums will suddenly be available to you.

[Ga_Boy]

Part-Timer,

Years ago when I was blowing things up for a living I just squeezed real hard to control my detonations.   ;) :D





Mark

[Part_Timer]

Thanks for the kind reply Jeff I guess I knew better than to ask that.  Some times I forget about the times we live in.  I'll use better judgement next time.

[Jeff]

Part_Timer, I sent you a private message...

[aom]

 iain
       they look like wellingtonia, or as they say in the US, Big tree, sierra redwood etc. If you ever have a chance to cut any they tend to have quite a lot of ingrown bark on the lower sections, and are very brittle when being felled, very easy to shatter.
Timburrrrrrrr dont worry about tpo's they dont have them in Scotland? So your from Oswestry. Been managing forest and buying timber in Newtown/Welshpool area, the oak is not too bad

aom

[ARKANSAWYER]

  Iain if we aint a sawing them big sticks then I am unpacking and forgetting the road trip.   I thought we was fixing to bust something up. :-[

[twostroke_blood]

Part_timer ,  Its not advisable to "blow the trees up" while they're on the sawmill ;D

[iain]

Dont worry arky the jobs a freebie for a local monastary, i get most of the timber, and my own chanters chantering to me while i'm on site 



   iain