Limb 4 trees - PEP BB woodland.sand.limb

Limbing cut trees

Here is my submission for "Limb 4 trees - PEP BB woodland.sand.limb":

I am providing photos of the following:
- my 4 trees before they are limbed
- my 4 trees after they are limbed

Here is my submission for this BB, with photos of the 4 trees before and after limbing. Sorry the pictures for the final tree are low-quality, someone else took them on her phone and texted them to me, and they seem to have gotten very compressed.

Thanks!

Winter is coming!

I gota huge pile of trees from a tree farm. They were supposedly not-sellable trees. But these beautiful spruce trees will still burn well and keep my family warm!

I limbed trees for a variety of projects during the PTJ

This was so fun!

Minimum requirements for this BB:
 - The trees must be at least 6" in diameter at the butt end

To get certified for this BB, post the following pics.  
 - Your 4 trees before they are limbed
 - Your 4 trees after they are limbed

Steve Thorn wrote:This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in woodland care.

This project will be to limb 4 trees.

Limbing a tree is removing the side limbs from the main trunk of a felled tree.

This is very easy on smaller trees that are light weight with small branches, and can be done with loppers or a hatchet. It can get much more difficult on larger trees though, where a chainsaw is needed, and their heavier weight can create built up pressure spots, and branches can swing back and hit the person cutting.

Harvested live trees make great material for building things like in the round wood woodworking PEP Badge!  

Green trees are especially easy to peel and carve.  Green trees are also good for the sawmill.

When selecting a tree to drop, select a tree from a spot that has too many trees and/or the tree has a defect (so we don't want it to have baby defective trees).   If the tree is a nice looking tree, but is crowded, take a smaller tree.

This video shows a quick process of limbing a larger tree. The first cut can be made a few feet from the trunk to take pressure off from a large branch. Then for bigger limbs, where the branch meets the trunk, a small cut can be made on the underside of the branch to relieve pressure, and then the main cut can be made from the top next to the trunk to remove the branch.

This video goes over a lot of the safety precautions in detail and more demonstrations of limbing larger trees.

Be safe when using hand tools and using chainsaws, be aware of your surroundings and potential pressure points, work at your own risk, and enjoy cutting stuff!

Minimum requirements for this BB:
 - The trees must be at least 6" in diameter at the butt end

To get certified for this BB, post the following pics.  
 - Your 4 trees before they are limbed
 - Your 4 trees after they are limbed

Trees A–C were processed earlier this month, prior to the windstorm. These trees were either live standing or dead standing at the time of me harvesting them. The resulting wood was delimbed and either split and stacked for firewood or stored above ground to keep it off the soil for future building projects, supporting long-term woodland stewardship.

Tree D was felled naturally by a severe windstorm that passed through the area a few days ago.  This tree had two stumps growing out of the same ball it appears or it was two trees that grew very close together ... either way, after the storm, I delimbed and bucked the downed tree and stored the logs above ground, clearing debris while salvaging usable material and reducing hazards within the woodland.

This work improved woodland health and safety, reduced storm debris, and ensured responsible use and storage of harvested wood.