John Griffin
Senior Member
I still dont understand the need for folks to screw stuff to trees. Ive found all sorts of stuff in them.I get manure from a dairy and mix it with my wood chips. Let it breakdown for a summer and have nice, rich compost to amend my garden with every fall. The logs (any species) gets hauled back to my house and processed for firewood. I don't cut trees daily, more like couple jobs a month. Just enough to get paid to process my own firewood. I burn about 7 full cord a heating season.
Still loving your thread @John Griffin . I wish I could have had a crane on my last removal. Seven red oaks towering over a lake cottage on a very tight lot. The smallest oak was 24" dbh, the biggest was 40". The bottom 16 ft of logs were full of nails, wire, insulators and screws. I spent more time swapping chains than I did cutting at the end.
We do a lot of tight access close quarters removals so the cranes are a huge help. We also stay pretty busy so they help speed up the difficult jobs. I could have roped all of these trees but no where as quick. 15 trees since yesterday morning. Got a small load of logs and some stump grinding to do.