Interesting to see how he cut through the trunk. We cut out a gob (notch) on the side we want the tree to fall, then cut across the back.
He did cut a big notch on the front, just hard to see with me standing back a safe distance
On 4/25/2019 at 3:40 PM, Anglo Traction said:
Would that be the White Oak Alain?. I know you have several varieties there, just wondered also what type of disease has it suffered from?.
Most English Oaks only seem to be (rarely) affected by Honey Fungus, or partial 'die back'.
I believe it was a Pin oak or English oak. it had thousands of very solid "balls" all over the branches, some type of fungus or disease, it had started to affect the lower part of the base as there were several large holes near the bottom from insect eating away at the lower core
For the last two years one of my large oaks has had large nodules on it and I've noticed holes and disease on the outer bark, I was worried it might be hollow and know that a diseased tree can potentially be fatal to the cutter so I decided to hire professionals to fell it (150.00 US). Should be a nice amount of firewood, if I can get any of the less than motivated locals to cut it up while the weather is nice. It seems people are getting lazier by the moment.
Colonel Dick Cole, General Doolittle's co pilot passes away at 103 years old. He was just 26 when he and the rest of the men set off on one of history's most daring raids.
The headline doesn't make sense either considering it was used after the war ended & last used in 1990 and has had several different owners since, then stored again after it stopped running.
David
This is very common in journalism these days, writers that can't write a four paragraph story that makes any sense.
Looks OK. Out of my price range though. Plus no room for another and I value my dangly bits.
I thought it a wee high, but I don't know. I know your David Brown tractor prices are very good over there, probably because an abundance of them, but around here tractor prices are high for any tractor.
Around here we have old codgers go to sales like this and pay 4 times the prices shown here. They will bid against each other at an auction until the item is well over the list price new and then some just to keep someone else from having it. I wish you chaps could see an Oklahoma farm auction.
Whilst pulling down an old outbuilding at work I found an old hammer in a chest of drawers. Slight surface rust but could clearly read 'Stahwille 10805 Germany'. It has a wooden shaft marked 'Hickory'. Did some research and these are currently still on sale known as a pecking hammer.
I sanded it all down and gave the head a coat of Japlac. I polished the head surface and single claw. Hey presto a new hammer that gave me an hours enjoyment in the cave. These are retailing at $104.60 on line. Thought I would share this little story before you discard an old hammer. I will hang mine with the others I don't use that often.
Diseased Oak Tree
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He did cut a big notch on the front, just hard to see with me standing back a safe distance
I believe it was a Pin oak or English oak. it had thousands of very solid "balls" all over the branches, some type of fungus or disease, it had started to affect the lower part of the base as there were several large holes near the bottom from insect eating away at the lower core