Wednesday July 24, 2024 Guerneville CA.
Shed work
I needed some more rock in the shed’s floor. I got three or four more loads of rock with Skiddy and put it in the shed so I can smooth out the floor.
I’ll have to use the old’ shovel to make this floor flat.
I got the floor in pretty good shape. Now I’ll put the sprinkler on it to help pack it down.
Forest work
It seems like there is always a lot to do up in the forest. My chainsaw was already loaded up in Hondo.
I stopped at this pond to get a drink of water from the spring that runs into it.
From there I drove on over to this big tree that recently fell across the road.
Safely
I sat down in my chair and studied the situation on how should I cut this tree down safely as it had a big stump that was up in the air on the hillside.
Frist cut
I made the first cut and the stump moved a little and created this dust cloud. It looked more like I set off some dynamite. All that dust was a surprise. The top of the tree went on down the hill from my first cut.
Second cut
Now i needed to make another cut and the stump was still hanging up there ready to fall.
The plan was to cut the log near the ground so that when the log split off, the stump wouldn’t move very much which would make the cut much safer to make.
l made the second cut ok and safely.
Third cut
The third cut brought the log to the ground and now the logs have to get moved off the road, by rolling them by hand.
The logs are really larger than I can handle, but by getting them to roll down the hill, it’s doable. That last big log, I rolled down the hill which is towards the chainsaw and it took off down the hill when it rolled off the road.
State park road
Once that tree was taken care of, I rode on over to this state park road to check it out as I plan to do some work on it.
The park has lots of big trees that are mostly too big to deal with, so I leave them alone.
Big tree stump
This is what I wanted to check out. This big stump on the bottom of this big redwood tree is overhanging the road a bit. It’s been sawed off a bit with a chainsaw in the past, but there’s a narrow spot in the road here that needs to be repaired. The stump needs more of it trimmed off and then the road bed needs some repairs to fix it up.
I looked at the rest of the road, then headed for home.
Nice day.
Think I would take the skid steer when dealing with a big one like today. Chain it up and pull it down into the road. Would be a lot easier to work on there. Plus, you could use the machine to push bigger pieces around. Hydraulics are a lot easier on your back.
Hi Kenny,
The reason I didn’t use Skiddy was I haven’t been able to find a place to carry my chainsaw on it yet. The thing is so compact there’s no place to put it, unless I make something to attach it to the outside someplace.
Bob