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Sugar Maple takedown in town
« on: February 24, 2009, 06:07:18 pm »
My 2 sons and a third partner own a tree service in Binghamton, NY.
They did a takedown of 2 large sugar maples this weekend and I took pictures and thought I would share.

There are more pics in my gallery.

These 2 trees were a bit of a challenge as there were houses very close and under!



That is no toy chainsaw, it is a 066 with a 36" bar.

Their website is not quite up to date, but www.choicetreecare.com will get you there.
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Re: More Pics
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2009, 06:28:38 pm »




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Re: 'nother pic
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 06:33:22 pm »

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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 08:01:22 pm »
Well done! Did they do the clean up to?
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Re: Cleanup
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2009, 08:19:55 pm »
They were still working at that when I left.
Most of the branches were already through the chipper, and lots and lots of firewood on the ground.  We split most of it up on site and then hauled.  They will likely give the old man (me) some and sell the rest.  There was not really any logs that were salvageable.  I usually get a few sawlogs from their jobs, but these were really firewood material.
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2009, 08:22:33 pm »
Wow!  :o Somebody has some real nice fire wood.  ;D I have a couple of brutes here to on the front lawn.  ;)

The guys did good.  8)

No clothes line pulleys? One of mine ate a 12" pulley, it's in there somewhere. Just gobbled it up. :D
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2009, 08:29:40 pm »
Oh yeah, lots of hardware.
washline pulley or other such apparatus.  Also, someone had tied the trees forks together with steel cable at some time to keep it from splitting.

The one tree closest to the houses should have come down long ago.  It had some rot and was very scary and large that close to a house.
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2009, 08:52:36 pm »
I'm in the same boat here, the trees are very healthy in the crown, but some major rot on the but from injury by the road crew and a tractor that went out of gear and coasted 1/4 mile from up hill at my uncle's. These things have withstood some storms that the most prized trees would fall down in.  :D :D
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2009, 08:11:13 am »
Thanks for the pics!  I can almost smell that maple through the computer. :D
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2009, 11:01:39 pm »
Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Your son and friends have some nerves of steel.
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2009, 06:56:28 am »
Nice pictures. I see trees like that cut down around here. Boy the pile of fire wood is huge. The limbs themselves are as big as some trees that are cut down for firewood.
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2009, 10:50:55 am »
Yeah Tim/South, the guys are nervy, or crazy!

thecfarm, I think we got in the neighborhood of 13-15 full cords of firewood from 2 trees!
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2009, 10:55:14 am »
I should add, the guys are nervy, but they are very good and professional at what they do, and they use and maintain the proper equipment. They take their time and are very cautious and careful before doing anything.  I am very impressed with their work.
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2009, 03:31:56 pm »
Quote from: coldnorth on March 10, 2009, 10:50:55 am
I think we got in the neighborhood of 13-15 full cords of firewood from 2 trees!

"Now hold'r Harry"  ;D
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2009, 10:08:22 pm »




16' dual axle trailer and 8' truck box stacked - 8 loads, plus a few smaller truck loads.  This picture is about 2/3 of the whole pile, as the other 1/3 is at my house.
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2009, 07:34:19 am »
Hard to judge a pile of dumped stovewood spread out on the ground, even harder from a  photo. The pile could be 30 feet long, average 3 feet deep (deeper in the middle than the flanks) and 10 feet wide. In which case the pile would be around 7 cord, actually a bit under as the pile is looser than stacked. On the other hand the pile could be 50 feet long, 12 wide and 3 feet deep, could be 14 cord. Judging by that dog, 7 cord would be my guess. I've seen lots of 7.5 cord piles in my yard and my brother's dumped like that. I know when stacking slabbed furnace wood, a cord seems like a lot of wood on these bones. ;D Anyway just a guestimate, no offense to ya. I'm sure you know what a cord is. ;)
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Re: Sugar Maple takedown in town
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2009, 11:14:53 am »
No chance on offending me.  I got tough skin.

Besides, by my 'bones', it was at least 175 cords!
 :)  ;)
We figure at least 1 1/2 cords per load (16' trailer and pickup box full) x 8 is a bit more than your guess.  Don't forget there is probably 3.5 cords at my house.
At any rate, we are glad for the wood.  Will probably season it and sell later.

Thanks for all the input.
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