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Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 17th, 2012, 3:02 pm
by Olivecrazy
:cry: couldnt get it out need big pick only had shovel an saw must be 1m long raft planting nice view of the ocean tho :D will try it again soon waiting for my brother to get home to help maybe ill tell him its just a small on :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: here are sonn pictures :lost: :lost:

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 17th, 2012, 5:25 pm
by Olivecrazy
gone two rounds on it now got 4 blisters on one hand :cry: ive got right under it cut a heap of roots one side reaches into a farmers paddock tried to talk to the guy but no one was home :palm: only be on his side of the fence for about an hr maybe but want to do the right thing an ask :tu: . I think theres a root on that side i have to cut then its out :tu: :tu: i let you no of any progress i make :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Cant wait to go it with a chain saw ether :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 17th, 2012, 5:49 pm
by Paul B
Nice find crazy :yes:
got some work ahead of you there :lol:
Tis just a thought.....have you ever heard of maples, elms,pines, and of course our wonderful natives :?: :?:
anyways, I am available Sunday if needed :roll:

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 17th, 2012, 5:56 pm
by Olivecrazy
yeah heard of them :lol: :lol: just like the rugged olives :tu: going to the parents place to cut the tap root on my big pine then collect in spring maybe also check out my elms there to :D as for natives never had any of them but do have my eye on a sheoak at my brothers place its starting to lean over his house so is going to remove it :tu: :tu: told him to let me no when he is lol

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 18th, 2012, 12:03 am
by The Hacker
Hi There Olive

I think you should give Alpine a call as I no he has just bought a new tractor that you might be able to lone of him to help you with the digging of that little olive that you have come across

Regard's The Hacker

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 18th, 2012, 8:59 am
by Olivecrazy
Alpine is interstate i think :palm: heading back to it today im a bit sore tho getting a bit old for these big trees :lol: :lol: :lol: ill get some more pictures today :fc: :fc: i think it be the last one of this size for some time :lol: :lol: .

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 18th, 2012, 9:06 am
by alpineart
Hi Olivecrazy , mate sling the farmer a slab for the use of his tractor , saves a lot of hard work and blisters and our farmers are doing it tough . Because its on his boundary offer to help him sink that slab though .Most country folk would be glad to help remove an obstacle like that off the fence line .

Cheers Alpineart

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 18th, 2012, 6:58 pm
by Olivecrazy
i got it i got it :tu: :tu: :tu: home at last the dead wood fell of tho :palm: but has plenty to dremel later ;) ;) will post picture a bit later will clean it up in the morning :whistle: :whistle: still got some work on it to do my poor electric chain saw has some work to do hahahahaha

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 18th, 2012, 7:49 pm
by Olivecrazy
Have some pictures of the beast when i got it home chainsaw time in the morning :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 18th, 2012, 8:55 pm
by The Hacker
Hey there you crazy olive

This is only my opinion BUT I think you will need more than a dremel to remove some of that extra wood :lol: :lol: :lol:

Regard's The Hacker

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 19th, 2012, 11:09 am
by Olivecrazy
I can see the tree that i want but the question is can i get it :palm: real big stump ive got here :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 19th, 2012, 7:21 pm
by Olivecrazy
Did some tuff work on this stump today but didnt make it chainsaw broken :cry: :cry: got real close to oh well will have a go at it in the morning some how . My back up plan is to plant it in a raised garden bed an fill with good potting mix where the roots will hopefully grow . Will be a bugga to do major work yrs down the track when lifting the tree but the main thing now is to get it growing again :fc: :fc: :fc: here are some picture one shows the tree im after im 90% finished before the chainsaw crapped out :evil: :evil:

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 20th, 2012, 8:29 pm
by Olivecrazy
Well i got y tree out of it it wasnt easy i can tell you :o :o got some final cleaning up an some small cuts to be done then in the ground it goes :tu: :tu: hope it shoots well tho put a lot of work into it :lol: :lol: :lol: .
I all so cut a good little tree of the side for my daughter she helped me a lot digging it out it will be a good little tree as well i think :D

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 21st, 2012, 1:52 pm
by Olivecrazy
Hi me again my sisters hubby came around today with a nice sharp chainsaw :shifty: :shifty: :shifty: we trimmed it up good :tu: :tu: its so much easier to move now :lol: :lol: :lol: have some picture below just have to waite to see what it does from here planted it deeper then needed for better chance of roots to grow :fc: :fc: :fc: :fc:

Re: Big raft olive lol

Posted: April 21st, 2012, 7:32 pm
by Andrew F
Wow, you dont do anything in half measures mate, i love the base of this pig. :D

Hope you dont mind but i doctored a pic to show where i would of chopped it:

Image

Same as the one on the left. They have great bases just follow its taper to the point where it seems to lose its movement then chop it.