Oxfordshire Woodland Group

Seems that the Gruffallo was watching our efforts to take down big Dougie !

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A large 16' log was inserted under the base of the hung up log butt and pivoted over the stump to form a fulcrum for the 16' log to be used as a lever to lift and wiggle the stem which in combination with sideways pull from the come-a-long eventually caused the log to crash to the ground tearing off one of the Western Red Cedar twin stems.

A nice straight 80ft European larch tree was felled.

The butt log will be used to make components for the alternating stair.

We now need to fell another European larch tree of similar quality and larger dimensions to make the parts for the ground floor sill frame needed for the new Bodgers / Timber Drying shed.

The 141ft European Larch tree was bucked to length and extracted to the cruck barn employing 3GP (girl power muscle), hand winches, round fence post rollers & levers plus good team working.

The logs will be converted to form 2 long sills (17' x 8" x 8") + 3 cross sills (12' x 8" x 8") for the new bodgers / timber drying shed.

Log#1 will likely be able to produce good knot free boards from the outer part of the log that can be used to make the treads for the alternating stair to be installed in the cruck barn.

The 17ft butt log from the 80ft European Larch tree felled will be used to make the alternating stair stringers and hand rails.