Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:47 pm
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Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:13 am
Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:38 am
Wanderer,
It's frightening to watch these blokes climbing to the very top of a tree, then start up the chainsaw which was dangling on a rope!
It's frightening to watch these blokes climbing to the very top of a tree, then start up the chainsaw which was dangling on a rope!
Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:43 pm
Greynomad wrote:Wanderer,
It's frightening to watch these blokes climbing to the very top of a tree, then start up the chainsaw which was dangling on a rope!
No problem with this bloke Ray, he used a Cherry Picker.
What amazed me was the professional way he did it, he had the truck on the driveway and dropped the whole tree on the other side all within a 3 mt. of the tree base.
He reckoned the tree was about 70 ft tall.
When it was all down he cut it into 14" logs so we could split it for the fire.
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Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:11 am
Know a bloke who has a similar business but he climbs the trees in question using a harness - with a chainsaw hanging from a belt! Does a similar job but I imagine your fella would be a little quicker! 
What was the cost of dropping/cutting that monster?
Is it coincidental that the photos so far are all tree related or is that the theme for this month?
What was the cost of dropping/cutting that monster?
Is it coincidental that the photos so far are all tree related or is that the theme for this month?
Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:48 am
Chuck wrote:
What was the cost of dropping/cutting that monster?
$500.00 smackaroos Chuck.
But we got 3 or 4 months of good hot fires out of it when it dried out.
So probably saved $300.00 by not having to buy firewood.
Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:27 am
Wanderer,
We've had two trees removed from our back yard (starved by Melb's 10-year drought) & both times the bloke used boot-spikes to climb the trunk, with the chainsaw (not running) hanging from his belt on a 10ft rope. He'd wedge himself in place, then haul up the chainsaw & start cutting.
Brave lad!
If he'd had a cherrypicker, we have access for it. Might have made the work easier.
We've had two trees removed from our back yard (starved by Melb's 10-year drought) & both times the bloke used boot-spikes to climb the trunk, with the chainsaw (not running) hanging from his belt on a 10ft rope. He'd wedge himself in place, then haul up the chainsaw & start cutting.
Brave lad!
If he'd had a cherrypicker, we have access for it. Might have made the work easier.
Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:43 pm
No theme's here Chuck just put a pic of anything on..
Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:14 pm
Dot wrote:No theme's here Chuck just put a pic of anything on..
NO ..........NO.............NO Dot. 
Don't tempt him like that.
Re: Feb 2013 Photos
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:17 pm
Holy snappin duck poop... that's cheap.wanderer wrote:
$500.00 smackaroos Chuck.
But we got 3 or 4 months of good hot fires out of it when it dried out.
So probably saved $300.00 by not having to buy firewood.
Had a quote to do ours cupla years ago, tree a bit shorter than yours... $1200 - $1500 that's leaving a stump & make your own arrangements with the wood on the ground!