Demolition Juniper :)
Posted: March 23rd, 2017, 4:31 pm
As explained in the "Species ID" topic, i have been on a job close to home, demolishing a 30yr old landscaping yard.
There were 2 large "junipers"....im putting them in quotation marks as im not certain, there was a suggestion that it could be Cuppressus Macrocarpa if it had cones. It has none, and there were no cones scattered in the undergrowth.
As per Alpinearts instructions, i removed 1/2 the vegetation, i also cut back all the dead inside growth.
I then used the 22 tonne excavator to dig it out, which i was grateful for as the soil was very hard and compacted, and filled with palm tree roots.
The tree took all of 5 minutes to dig out, sling up and transfer into a bobcat bucket. It then went over to the smoko hut for root trimming and there it now sits, looking huge and awaiting tomorrow.
Im building a box for it tonight. I cant find soft Scoria anywhere locally, the local landscape yard only has hard scoria at large sizes. So im going to buy a large bag of Akadama and pine chips from Bonsai Mujo tomorrow and use that as my medium.
Hopefully myself and my brother are able to move it from my ute to the box, i deadlift 200kg and my brother is a big bloke but i still have doubts....i dont know how you guys manage these big trees!!
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There were 2 large "junipers"....im putting them in quotation marks as im not certain, there was a suggestion that it could be Cuppressus Macrocarpa if it had cones. It has none, and there were no cones scattered in the undergrowth.
As per Alpinearts instructions, i removed 1/2 the vegetation, i also cut back all the dead inside growth.
I then used the 22 tonne excavator to dig it out, which i was grateful for as the soil was very hard and compacted, and filled with palm tree roots.
The tree took all of 5 minutes to dig out, sling up and transfer into a bobcat bucket. It then went over to the smoko hut for root trimming and there it now sits, looking huge and awaiting tomorrow.
Im building a box for it tonight. I cant find soft Scoria anywhere locally, the local landscape yard only has hard scoria at large sizes. So im going to buy a large bag of Akadama and pine chips from Bonsai Mujo tomorrow and use that as my medium.
Hopefully myself and my brother are able to move it from my ute to the box, i deadlift 200kg and my brother is a big bloke but i still have doubts....i dont know how you guys manage these big trees!!
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. Those big oversize mechanical shovels make easy work out of a bloody big task 
