How heavy of logs/limbs do you guys rig with rope?

[Uzi]

I agree to a point that tree was probably 70-75" at the root flare but only about 50-54" at the height we cut it. The HO wanted the stump left high to carve/ decorate on. 42" bar would have been plenty but the small white fence in the picture was so close on one side the power head and bar would not fit into make the notch. It was easier to mount the 60" and make the cut from one side than remove a section of fence.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

I miss those days

 

[CanopyGorilla]

I agree to a point that tree was probably 70-75" at the root flare but only about 50-54" at the height we cut it. The HO wanted the stump left high to carve/ decorate on. 42" bar would have been plenty but the small white fence in the picture was so close on one side the power head and bar would not fit into make the notch. It was easier to mount the 60" and make the cut from one side than remove a section of fence.

Just ribbin ya'. It takes a BIG tree for me to swap out my 32'.

 

[Uzi]

Just ribbin ya'. It takes a BIG tree for me to swap out my 32'.

If you got a 32 foot bar you're way more manly than me. haha.

That tree in your picture looks like a cottonwood? You guys must get the monster ones up there in MT like we do along the Platte river here in central NE? Did you look at the rings had that thing hit the century club? We've got this monster to take down this winter when the ground freezes the neighbor is going to let us drop it on his field.

 

[no tree to big]

Man if I had groundies that looked like that I'd never get no work done haha...

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[jefflovstrom]

If you got a 32 foot bar you're way more manly than me. haha.

That tree in your picture looks like a cottonwood? You guys must get the monster ones up there in MT like we do along the Platte river here in central NE? Did you look at the rings had that thing hit the century club? We've got this monster to take down this winter when the ground freezes the neighbor is going to let us drop it on his field.

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I could give you a California price for that and you would say wow,,,
Looks like a cake job ,
Now I know there are trees in Nebraska!!!!
Jeff

 

[Uzi]

I could give you a California price for that and you would say wow
Jeff

Let's hear it I'm sure I'm way too cheap compared to the California price. It is a cake job though the owner is awesome lets us bomb down everything and then just replaces the turf. He's a semi retired sprinkler guy and says he still enjoys the grass work

 

[BC WetCoast]

What will really suck is cleaning up after that top explodes when it hits the ground. Do it on snow and it's twice as bad.

 

[CanopyGorilla]

What will really suck is cleaning up after that top explodes when it hits the ground. Do it on snow and it's twice as bad.

Yeah, more than half the time I think climbing saves time over just dumping a tree.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Let's hear it I'm sure I'm way too cheap compared to the California price. It is a cake job though the owner is awesome lets us bomb down everything and then just replaces the turf. He's a semi retired sprinkler guy and says he still enjoys the grass work

Without being there to see it,,$7200
Jeff

 

[CanopyGorilla]

Without being there to see it,,$7200
Jeff

That would be robbery here. $4,000 max with a half decent clean up. Then again, I've seen home prices in your area. My modest home on 5 acres would cost 2 mil there.....
Edit: looked at the pictures more carefully, setting, size, etc. I would probably come in at about $3,500 tree with full clean up, $650 stump.

 

[CanopyGorilla]

$4,150 bucks ain't chump change in these parts.

 

[mckeetree]

Northstar? Who makes (or probably who made) that?

 

[Uzi]

Without being there to see it,,$7200
Jeff

You are right that's a huge WOW from me. But also vastly different markets, how far would you have to haul the huge chunks that couldn't be chipped and what would it cost you to dump them? Also I'm sure your costs to operate are much higher considering everything out there has to be new enough to meet emission standards.

$4,150 bucks ain't chump change in these parts.

Exactly I'll be around 3700 on this but no stump.

Northstar? Who makes (or probably who made) that?

It was made by norstar reachall which was bought out by Altec. It's still made under the Altec name as an AH75 which is nice since it makes all parts still available for me.