The Story of a 60" Basswood Removal(pics)

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Here is the tree we took down today. It is the biggest Basswood I have ever seen. The job took 3 hours 15 minutes all cleaned up with a 4 man crew. Everything could be bombed down since a garage was going on site. The weather was great and we had an awesome time.

Here is the tree.
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Chaz says, "she's hollow".
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My brother in the tree making a cut.
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Limb falling.
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Cutting.
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Saw pose Husky 338 style.
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Here's a nice undercut with the 3120 Husky and 60" Cannon bar.
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Here I am moving logs with my skidsteer and homemade grapple bucket.
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Needed a little extra weight to load this pig.
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The Yellow Hornet and Old Red.
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Some of the saws we used on the job.
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The boss (my dad).
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The stump.
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That's all guys, hope you enjoy.:cheers:
 
tell your boy chaz i said he's right.


some sweet pics for sure. the only problem with holding the camera is that your not running the saw. lol. thanks for them pics though, gotta love a big takedown and seeing chips fly.


props to the climber.

and a respectful nod to the boss. helluva saw pose with much saw respect to put the tip of the bar on a piece of wood. yes!
 
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Hey, I was working too Oldirty! Didn't you see me bossing Chaz around and running the chipper? lol.

Chaz was gonna see if he could get inside the trunk, but decided against it for some reason.

My wife took most of the pics. On these big removals I usually get the ground work because I have to run my skidsteer and make sure thing keep up with the madman in the air. That one would have been a blast to climb, it was a free for all.
 
Question nails the chute on your chipper did you modify it and
does it stop up sometimes?

That chute is completely custom, fabbed by ourselves. I was wondering if it would stop when we built it, but we haven't stopped it yet, it's gonna be fine.
We have stopped our old chute though, the original that was on it.
 
where them stihl saws at?

I had the 440 in the truck in case the Husky's all went down and I had to fall the stub or something, lol.

I left most of my saws at home, I was the operator in this operation. I didn't even bring my climbing gear, just the heavy equipment.

I climbed for the two days before this, so it was bros turn. He wanted to try out his new maxi-flip line and his saw pose for the upcomming calendar shoot. I kill myself.
 
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nice job nails. i love those jobs. nothing like the sound of big wood flying through the air lol. except for when its followed immediatly by an angry buzzing noise..... nice pics
 
tell your boy chaz i said he's right.


some sweet pics for sure. the only problem with holding the camera is that your not running the saw. lol. thanks for them pics though, gotta love a big takedown and seeing chips fly.


props to the climber.

and a respectful nod to the boss. helluva saw pose with much saw respect to put the tip of the bar on a piece of wood. yes!


Ask the Boss and he'll tell ya, "this ain't my first job".
 
appears plenty of room to drop the whole spar. Why chunk small pieces? Were you afraid the tree wouldnt hinge because it was hollow? Hollow trees can be felled accurately too. A winch or your bobcat to a 3/4" bull line would of gotten her down quicker. Or was it because you didnt want to dig into the grass? Line that edge with logs to keep the tip end from making contact with the lawn area.
 
That tree would have had to been felled right on their lawn, too much damage in too big of an area.

We had wanted all the wood to come down in one spot, right where they would be building their new shed. We had one track in and one track out.

As far as the spar goes, I would have had to pull from too far out in the lawn with my skidsteer, wanted to minimize turf damage.
 
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