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Decided tp post in Arborist 101 since the post interjects some tree ID and tree care comments. As of 2015, coast redwood was found to be both widest and tallest tree species in the USA. References are very few, but the measuring was reliable and basically etched in stone factually. Here's a page...

Anyone recognize whether these springboards are DYI or a standard commercially made design?

The stacks of lumber is next to a workshop I helped to reorganize at a camp where our son and his wife moved. It's been stored outdoor, under cover, and appears to have very little cracks. It seems to be in excellent condition, straight, and stacked on an even surface. The property has pine...

Last autumn I bought some Zenport electric hand pruners for occasional fruit tree work. But it started with a mega wisteria arbor around a house that took days and days. My dominant or right hand feels the best it has in a few years, and I only need to use the pruners every few weeks or so. I...

Since one of these book's cover mentions the writing by an old logger, thought this might be a good forum to post these in. More text after images. Barely got 4 pages into these books a couple days ago, and I decided to wait for my next redwood visit, a week from now, so I can really relax...

A photo of this redwood was posted previously in another thread, mostly photographic. Preliminary numbers finally came back, and the volume estimate for the main trunk is 38, 299 cu. ft. If the numbers don't fluctuate, the trunk has potential for a new world record for a single trunk Coast...

Provided it stays on Youtube, here's a cool Cartoon about Steve Sillett, the redwood researcher. Its about his upbringing. Includes a part about climbing a redwood, which had to be recreational. So this forum seemed a good fit to share.

Thought I'd share about how arborist or tree knowledge got me my one and only maintenance property in a suburb SW side of Portland. And I particularly don't like maintenance weekly care, so initially I tried to dodge it and get a friend there. Anyway, it started with a consultation visit RE...

Couple weeks ago, I was in Nor Cal for photography in the redwoods, and went to the lounge of a Mexican food place in Crescent City at night for a beer. A man next to me, from WA, began conversation and we chatted about forests. Later that night I learned he was like a retired helicopter pilot...

Man ... I don't want a chainsaw in my neck. News KATU ... Oregon http://www.katu.com/news/national/Tree-trimmer-hospitalized-with-chain-saw-in-neck-253476351.html Quite the X-Ray image if it's there when you read the story. Looks like Pennsylvania is where the incident happened.

If you have one, how is it doing for you after some time in use? I used one for the first time recently, rented from Home Depot rental dept. It was one of the better machines I've used in recent years. Have no idea about long-term durability or maintenance. But since I rent, I'd used one any...

Curious if any others have sold or hung-up their power pruners and gone back to pole saws. For about 2 years, I owned a gas operated Echo power pruner, but soon after went back to just using 6 foot fiberglass pole sections with a saw blade attachment. That was at least 4 years back, long...

Finally got to the point where redwood adventures can be both work and fun. Always have fun when I go down, but paying closer attention to getting photos that can become prints someday. And starting to get a few photography requests.

Already shared at least one of these photos, but here's all 3 of a series this year. I had hundreds of photos already with men .., and wanted some with women. Realizing the shots with men had mostly dark clothing, I decided to go for bright fabric and dresses. At least two of these are already...

The sky was incredible blue today with nice clouds. Was pruning a bunch of Himalayan White birches and decided to have fun with the camera and yard art. Found a handful of dead limbs ... think they may want to start borer control in years ahead. These trees are the most dominant part of the...

Shared these photos on some other forums too. Been taking photos amidst my personal time, to get pics for an Evergreen ID class term project. The portraiture practice of the past year seems to have me shooting quite a few twigs and stuff in similar fashion. If you have some photogenic shots...

After browsing a lawn & landscape forum's threads on drainage, and a couple of old ones here at A.S., seemed worthwhile to start one here in the tree forums. It's evident from many older replies that emphasis is often on how to install, say, a French drain, rather than whether that kind of...

Here's a photo of the lower trunk of Humboldt Honey, a Bigleaf Maple found last July, and measured this October. This is confirmed as tallest in the USA. Laser just showing increment above laser. When the trunk below laser was added, those increments totaled the 157.80' 157.80 ft. tall and 9.5...

Here's one more tree limb on power lines video. Taken at night, so the light looks interesting. Ha ... the neighbor kid was trying to squirt water on the sparks. Suggested he wait for the fire department and line crews. He never did reach the lines with the water in the few seconds he tried...

Here's a posting I put on the UBC botanical forums, as well as the UK forums, regarding a tree find from this week. If you know anything, thanks in advance. ... ...