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New Tractor Shed
AdeV:
--- Quote from: awemawson on November 28, 2016, 12:33:55 PM ---...hope that they will all be ash by morning
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Hmm, from Hawthorne to Ash, transmutation of wood? :lol:
Brass_Machine:
Wow Andrew... I think I need an ibuprofen just from seeing the work you did. Man, that is quite a bit!
Eric
awemawson:
:clap: She's OUT :clap:
After a huge struggle, the Hawthorn (Hawthorne?) root IS OUT - hoo blooming ray. Poor old Clive the gardener arrived this morning expecting to rake up leaves and got roped in as 'banksman'. This is a big improvement having a 'man on the ground' as when I was wiggling it with the digger, he could spot soil movement revealing where the remaining roots were.
It finally took the Tirfor pulling at the same time as the JCB 803 to tear out the remaining, albeit smaller, roots under the main root ball. Having dragged it onto 'dry land' it was too heavy for the digger to pick up before I cut off the remaining 'firewood logs' to lighten it. After this I could just pick it up sandwiched between the dozer blade and the bucket, and trundle it off into a corner of the field where it can stay until I decide what to do with it.
To give some scale to this animal, the hurdles that are beside it in the last couple of pictures are 6 foot long - the pictures of the hole don't do justice to it's size :bugeye:
Now I just need to fix the chain saw (anti vibration mounts collapsed) and fix the Tirfor (release cable lever doesn't do what is says on the box) and I can collapse in front of a fire for the rest of the day :ddb:
mattinker:
There are bowl turners who would probably die for a piece of root like that! I don't know how good hawthorn is to turn, but it must be interesting in there! Dried a bit, pressure washed and sawn up could make somebody very happ!
All the best, Matthew.
awemawson:
... and they'd be very welcome to it if they come and sort it out for themselves :thumbup:
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