Brmorgan
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I dug this monster out of the ground two years ago out behind my dad's house. It was growing on top of a pile of rocks, but it was still a real b!tch of a job. Dad and I pretty much dug around it and chopped all the radial roots off, then got a Jack-All and a 15-ton railroad jack under it and jacked it up off of the bottom roots we couldn't get to. Actually worked pretty well. It looks like a bomb went off in the middle of the woods now though. Getting it onto the trailer behind the quad, and up the hills to dad's place, wasn't any easier. Took the winch to get it up the one hill. I figure it's the better part of 500lb.
I got my 395/28" and dog to stand in to give an idea of size.
Took the pressure washer to it to get rid of all the moss and dirt.
I don't know what these birch root balls look like farther south, but the ones we get in the Paper Birches up here are virtually solid bird's-eye. I've made a couple bowls and spoons from smaller softball-sized ones.
I got my 395/28" and dog to stand in to give an idea of size.
Took the pressure washer to it to get rid of all the moss and dirt.
I don't know what these birch root balls look like farther south, but the ones we get in the Paper Birches up here are virtually solid bird's-eye. I've made a couple bowls and spoons from smaller softball-sized ones.
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