Duramax hd
ArboristSite Member
Just wanted to share some pictures with you guys from my break from work. I got to spend a lot of time outside, and got not even half of the tasks I had lined up for myself, but I had a blast doing what I got done, and most importantly I got to spend some real good time with my father, and nephew.
First up, is this pine tree. I have a cool video of me felling it, but need to put it on youtube so I can share...pics for now. Tree had been 'topped' in sandy (so I was told) and was in pretty rough shape. I've lived in my house for 1.5 years, and in that time, all the branches pretty much dried up, and died and were sagging big time. My dad lifted me up in the FEL, I climbed to what we thought was a good anchor point to tie off to, and hooked her up. It was REALLY windy that day, and we shouldnt have been cutting this large of a tree down, but with a 10k lbs backhoe we firgured we had enough to pusuade her in the right direction. Aside from a big gust of wind pushing her while I was making my back cut and pinching my bar, all went really well! this was the first time really giving my new 576xp a good workout. what a beast is all I can say. My 562xp and my buddies 362 bucked and limbed up most of tree...more on how the saws compared at a later date. This was A LOT of fun doing with my dad and nephew.Made some great memories. My nephew had never seen a chainsaw let alone see a tree get taken down. He seemed to like it, but when I was 14, I think I was a little more excited about this sort of thing than he was. The GF even joined me for a little of the burning party I had outside!....anyways here are the PICS:
Next up is my firewood proccessing. I had been working on my load of rounds on and off for a few months. I knew I NEEDED to finish while I was on my break from work. I hit this pile hard! There was a total of 9 dump truck loads of round when all was said and done, and to add to that, I had a tree guy burry me in wood, that I havent even looked at yet! good problems to have. My old man helped me a lot with the splitting, and so did a guy a work with. We are bartering his labor for a few cords. Im hoping to get 10 cord out of this pile. You guys can comment how much you think is there.
First up, is this pine tree. I have a cool video of me felling it, but need to put it on youtube so I can share...pics for now. Tree had been 'topped' in sandy (so I was told) and was in pretty rough shape. I've lived in my house for 1.5 years, and in that time, all the branches pretty much dried up, and died and were sagging big time. My dad lifted me up in the FEL, I climbed to what we thought was a good anchor point to tie off to, and hooked her up. It was REALLY windy that day, and we shouldnt have been cutting this large of a tree down, but with a 10k lbs backhoe we firgured we had enough to pusuade her in the right direction. Aside from a big gust of wind pushing her while I was making my back cut and pinching my bar, all went really well! this was the first time really giving my new 576xp a good workout. what a beast is all I can say. My 562xp and my buddies 362 bucked and limbed up most of tree...more on how the saws compared at a later date. This was A LOT of fun doing with my dad and nephew.Made some great memories. My nephew had never seen a chainsaw let alone see a tree get taken down. He seemed to like it, but when I was 14, I think I was a little more excited about this sort of thing than he was. The GF even joined me for a little of the burning party I had outside!....anyways here are the PICS:
Next up is my firewood proccessing. I had been working on my load of rounds on and off for a few months. I knew I NEEDED to finish while I was on my break from work. I hit this pile hard! There was a total of 9 dump truck loads of round when all was said and done, and to add to that, I had a tree guy burry me in wood, that I havent even looked at yet! good problems to have. My old man helped me a lot with the splitting, and so did a guy a work with. We are bartering his labor for a few cords. Im hoping to get 10 cord out of this pile. You guys can comment how much you think is there.
