o8f150
Tree Freak
i am like you,,i hate taking down trees that are living,,but this guy wants it down because it is to close to the house,,,it is a beautiful oak,,,i hate to see it come down,,
What's The Oldest Tree You Have Felled?
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i am like you,,i hate taking down trees that are living,,but this guy wants it down because it is to close to the house,,,it is a beautiful oak,,,i hate to see it come down,,
Good Lord! I never knew that a white oak tree could live that long. That is truly amazing. Gasp! I would like to have been there to help you count the annular rings.
mtngun
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It takes a big man to admit he did something wrong. I'll try to rep you for that.
I used to fell trees just for the thrill of it -- when I was about 10 years old, using a hatchet.
Fortunately I got that worked out of my system as a kid. The neighbor lady didn't appreciate me chopping down her dogwoods, though. The oldest tree I've cut lately was 147 years old, if I remember right. A doug fir around 26" - 27", as they grow slower here than on the coast.
John, I doubt if your spruce is as old as you think, but since it is already dead, knock it over and let us know what you find.
Yes, I believe that was the fate. The tree was being watched for years by record keepers but eventually a strong wind came along and broke off the top or it might have been hit by lightning. The archives said "storm damage" so it could have been either one. Shortly after that it was cut down for harvest as it started to die.
I have often wondered what it would be like to climb to the top of a tree nearly 40 stories in height.
flushcut
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287 for me could be a little older the sapwood was rotting. It was a standing dead red oak.
RandyMac
Stiff Member
Basically, it's every trees destiney to be a stump.
There are all kinds of good reasons to cut trees and as many not to. I'm proud of the logging I did, it was usefull, had a purpose, the end product benefited many.
I did a hazard tree removal near Yuba Pass in a summer cabin area, some of the cabins had been there since the 1920s, they built in almost over-ripe timber. The cabin owners in cahoots with the USFS, who owned the ground, wanted 40 trees removed. I met with every owner and the guy with the blue rattle can and did a survey. We marked 30, I cut 26 and talked a couple of them into saving their trees. I argued with one guy for days over a Sugar Pine, I told him to jack up his little house and move it a few feet. I did fall the tree and I married his daughter.
There are all kinds of good reasons to cut trees and as many not to. I'm proud of the logging I did, it was usefull, had a purpose, the end product benefited many.
I did a hazard tree removal near Yuba Pass in a summer cabin area, some of the cabins had been there since the 1920s, they built in almost over-ripe timber. The cabin owners in cahoots with the USFS, who owned the ground, wanted 40 trees removed. I met with every owner and the guy with the blue rattle can and did a survey. We marked 30, I cut 26 and talked a couple of them into saving their trees. I argued with one guy for days over a Sugar Pine, I told him to jack up his little house and move it a few feet. I did fall the tree and I married his daughter.
ive never really counted to see what the oldest tree ive cut is but the funny thing is i cut a 4" hickory tree to get it out of my way to cut a big maple and ended up counting the rings in it. that 4" tree was 85 yrs old i took a piece of it to the guys that teach the master loggers class around here and they use it to show students how small trees dont always meen young trees.
"If people send you hate mail when OG falling is talked about they're probably just misinformed and responding to the issue emotionally instead of rationally."
That's one of the biggest challenges for those of us in the private sector who actually work in the woods today - uninformed people. I fall timber and have an education in forestry. We ain't the bad guys, and we aren't about to clear cut ourselves out of the job. I take pride in doing a good job, manufacturing quality logs, being a good steward of the land, and making sure people have a roof over their head and paper to wipe their butt with - Sam
That's one of the biggest challenges for those of us in the private sector who actually work in the woods today - uninformed people. I fall timber and have an education in forestry. We ain't the bad guys, and we aren't about to clear cut ourselves out of the job. I take pride in doing a good job, manufacturing quality logs, being a good steward of the land, and making sure people have a roof over their head and paper to wipe their butt with - Sam
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gregz
ArboristSite Guru
You said butt, he he
I didn't fell it, storm uproot near the creek on my buddies property. Old red oak we counted 260 + rings
TLandrum: Great story. I live and work in MN, where the climate isn't conducive to big/old trees. Took a sizeable white pine down for a friend last year, who assumed the old girl was "thousands" of years old.
Nope, sorry, but waited until the tree was down before saying anything. Eventually, their daughter learned a bit of local history from this experience, getting copies of their abstract, going to the library, and interviewing a couple of locals about the little corner of an old farm they now own.
The tree was 131 yrs old at death, and stood 6 or 7 years after a lightning strike weakened and killed it. It was most likely passed over as being too small when the original pine harvests occurred, and not worth much at a later hardwood cutting. A burr oak damaged in the same storm that caused the lightning strike had been removed, and some of that was still in the firewood pile...it appeared to be about 15 years younger than the pine, and 1/4 its size!
Nope, sorry, but waited until the tree was down before saying anything. Eventually, their daughter learned a bit of local history from this experience, getting copies of their abstract, going to the library, and interviewing a couple of locals about the little corner of an old farm they now own.
The tree was 131 yrs old at death, and stood 6 or 7 years after a lightning strike weakened and killed it. It was most likely passed over as being too small when the original pine harvests occurred, and not worth much at a later hardwood cutting. A burr oak damaged in the same storm that caused the lightning strike had been removed, and some of that was still in the firewood pile...it appeared to be about 15 years younger than the pine, and 1/4 its size!
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
You said butt, he he
I didn't fell it, storm uproot near the creek on my buddies property. Old red oak we counted 260 + rings
Lol, I did say Butt, lol. All I got is a 385 with at 24" bar, but that should make that spruce piss it's roots. It's got a nice lean, so I think it will only knock the **** out of 3-4 minutes to lay it down. I'll make some table tops and quarter the rest for fuelwood. How this sucka survived I have no idea, because there was a fire that went thru here in 1905.
If nobody hears from me again that means I'm under the spruce as in dead, but come looking for me at 59.6 N and 133.4 W.
The GF promised to make a post here, "Gypo Logger Dead" Lol
John
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
She's up here now John and I'll treat her with the ultimate of respect. When she comes back she'll be packing a few 090's.
John
MR4WD
ArboristSite Guru
Tell the gf to pm me. I'll take the saw.
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Not a problem, the saws all yours, but you gotta carve the head stone, It's a KD 385. Lol
John
watsonr
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Took this one down because it was leaning over the house. Also removed 5 others but this one was the king, white oak. We counted 197 give or take a few miss counted rings, but proof it was almost 6' across.
Solid to the ground, think we got about 5 to 6 cord just from this one tree!
Solid to the ground, think we got about 5 to 6 cord just from this one tree!
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Took this one down because it was leaning over the house. Also removed 5 others but this one was the king, white oak. We counted 197 give or take a few miss counted rings, but proof it was almost 6' across.
Solid to the ground, think we got about 5 to 6 cord just from this one tree!
Big wood for sure and surely enough to heat any house for a year in the Yukon.
Lotsa BTU's in that oak. Would have been nice to get some boards out of it, but alas, it's only wood.
John
watsonr
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You can see it was starting to go bad down near the stump all around the edge. He said it made god awful noises during a recent storm. Finally had 1 limb fall on the house taking out one of the upstairs bedrooms, it had to go. I could barely buck the stuff, no way to mill it. It was kind of crooked about 20' up and had lots of limbs, I think it was 60-80' tall.
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
Too bad it had to go. Those old curly knoty stems often make the best grain, figure and patina, especially around the rot. Maybe you can get a nice table top from the butt.
John
watsonr
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I provided the big saw, him and his wife split it all...however there are a couple pieces left. Also asked me to take another big one down, about 4-5' thick that is dead standing and leaning over the garage. I can't wait to get over there and use the Super 1050A!!
Nice to see someone bring out the old big guns for something other then some cookies. Lets get some pics or video of that!
