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Post by ChrisB on Sept 28, 2014 22:07:44 GMT
I work in forestry and nowadays I'm mostly involved in creating new woodland, but I still dabble a little in other aspects of this fascinating field. I've done a lot of incredibly varied work in my career and, despite not getting out in the bush often enough nowadays (see my avatar), I love my job - most of us got into it for a couple of reasons: we used to play in the woods as kids and we like big boys toys!
And forestry is great for big boys toys.
Here's one:
An excavator mounted forestry mulcher.
...also useful for manicures!
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Post by MartinT on Sept 28, 2014 22:47:15 GMT
FMR that is one scary machine!
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 28, 2014 22:52:22 GMT
I've never used an excavator mounted one, but used to have a lot of work done with them mounted behind big tractors. Scary is right - the 100m safety zone warning that's marked on the head of that machine is there for a very good reason!
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Post by Chris on Sept 29, 2014 4:47:56 GMT
I'm keen on making bike trails through woods! The work done at places like Glentress and Innerleithen is superb!
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 29, 2014 9:12:35 GMT
I would not have believed such a thing existed
Talk about weapons of mass destruction
Serious kit
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2014 18:55:16 GMT
I don't think the chap holding the camcorder was 100m away!
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 29, 2014 18:56:41 GMT
No, and I wouldn't like to swap places with him either!
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2014 18:59:27 GMT
One of those flying chips could go into you like a bullet  |
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Post by Chris on Sept 29, 2014 20:06:32 GMT
Couldn't take a pic of it(not allowed) but the bit of kit we shifted today weighed 47 tons and was valued at around £30 million quid. I'm not being a dick or trying to upstage you or nowt,but I can't see yer pic to comment on. Bet it's a good fun thing though!
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 29, 2014 20:39:23 GMT
Wow:)
I always liked this type
My father in-law was involved with this sort of thing in Sweden - lots a pine there
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2014 20:50:23 GMT
Just remember, Thunderbirds got there first  |
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 29, 2014 20:53:05 GMT
Yes, harvesters are always impressive to see. Have you ever seen a feller buncher working?
Some of the things you can do with hydraulics are just amazing!
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 29, 2014 21:21:08 GMT
Not seen one in the flesh so to speak - Ripley could have done with a Harvester and one of those against that pesky Alien:)
This one shows the evolution of man's hydraulic ingenuity just in his life time...
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 29, 2014 21:24:56 GMT
Ha!
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 13, 2014 7:23:39 GMT
Eucalyptus deglupta: I spent some time growing eucs because they are capable of producing an astonishing amount of wood in a very short time. Despite there being literally hundreds of species of gums, I was focussed on a very small range of species that are frost hardy enough to grow in coldish climates. I'd love to grow a few of these though. The Rainbow Eucalyptus.    |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 13, 2014 7:52:16 GMT
How tall is that and how long to grow that high ?
Can we grow rainbow eucs in the UK ?
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 13, 2014 8:03:24 GMT
They'll go up to 60 or so metres high with a 2 metre diameter trunk in it's native range, so probably not something for most UK gardens! Outside it's range it'll only go to about 30 or 40m.
Despite them being the only Euc species that grows naturally in the Northern hemisphere, they're not nearly frost tolerant enough for the UK, so you'd need a very very big hothouse. They use them as street trees in Hawaii.
I'll show you some piccies of fast grown UK later....
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 13, 2014 9:18:59 GMT
Shame
I'd like at least one in our garden !
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 12, 2014 6:32:30 GMT
This is great - Chainasaurus rex - a V8 chainsaw!
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 12, 2014 7:45:03 GMT
Serious chainsaw
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