Oldschooljeep48
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Thats a nice machine! I dont think I can rent one of those around here. Maybe one day when I get my acreage.
How To Move The Chunked Tree
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Absolutely rent a decent chipper! You will GREATLY reduce your trips to dump debris. Our dump trailer can handle a LOT of chips (20yd volume). But with brush, even when "sliced and diced" in the trailer, we have to make a lot of trips to dump.
Ax-man
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I don't know if this one job is worth it but if you can afford to buy some kind of cart definately get one. It will save time and cutting. Most carts in the box stores really aren't up to the task of moving chunks of wood. The wheels are too small and the frames are too light. Best to have one that is made for this type of work. The beefiest looking cart in the store might get you by for one job.
Laying down plywood helps on jobs like this to reduce the friction of wheels going over a lawn. Moving wood on plywood is so much easier and faster.
Try to keep ripping or noodling cuts to a minumum. These cuts are best made with a saw that has more torque than chainspeed. Rip type cuts require more time for sharpening and make more sawdust to clean up not too mention how hard it is on a saw.
The bottom end of these multi stemmed Maples is the hardest to cut especially the stump cut. I have found these areas to contain embedded dirt and other treasures hidden in the crotches. Those last few cuts are always the hardest to get through and usually end up with dulled out saws by the time it is over with.
Laying down plywood helps on jobs like this to reduce the friction of wheels going over a lawn. Moving wood on plywood is so much easier and faster.
Try to keep ripping or noodling cuts to a minumum. These cuts are best made with a saw that has more torque than chainspeed. Rip type cuts require more time for sharpening and make more sawdust to clean up not too mention how hard it is on a saw.
The bottom end of these multi stemmed Maples is the hardest to cut especially the stump cut. I have found these areas to contain embedded dirt and other treasures hidden in the crotches. Those last few cuts are always the hardest to get through and usually end up with dulled out saws by the time it is over with.
Oldschooljeep48
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Ax-Man,
By cart do you meen like a ball cart, a flat nursery style wagon, or somehting different?
By cart do you meen like a ball cart, a flat nursery style wagon, or somehting different?
ozzy42
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Yup here it is and sure does work well
That thing will make you fat and lazy.You should get rid of it as soon as possible.
PM me and i'll give you my shipping info.
I'm already 2/3 F&L ,that would be just enough to push me over the line.LOL.
Yeah,I like that.
Forget Ozzy's bid... I'm already F&L... (see my name?). I WAY more qualified to sit on that than he is!
fishercat
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i have had it for 4 years.
it hasn't made me fat or lazy.just more productive without back problems at 40.
means i'll be working for many more years.
it hasn't made me fat or lazy.just more productive without back problems at 40.
means i'll be working for many more years.
Ax-man
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A ball cart will work, stay away from the ones that have the curved bottom. Those do work but not as good as the other style with the flat square bottom or a regular log cart that you can buy from the catologs.
I have a regular ball cart from our landscaping days but I find it bulkier to use because of the width and can't carry multiple pieces of smaller wood on it as easy on it like I can with our present cart that I custom made. I still use the ball cart for big wood that my cart can't quite handle. We seldom need it anymore.
Here is the cart I custom made and beefed up from a basic utility cart and added a fold out lip like a luggage cart and a custom made axle mount to take on some weight. Works very good till we get into large logs over 30 in dia. It just hard to tilt it back with so much weight on it. I have always been meaning to get a beefier regular style log cart for that task to replace using the nursery style ball cart.
This cart also has another feature that I made into it but you can't see it. Upright screw in pegs on the end of the fold out lip hold and move split firewood.
I have always been meaning to get a small log arch to save cutting so many pieces and carting them out. Moving a four to eight foot long small diameter log out through a 36 inch yard gate would save time and cutting verses cutting into basically firewood lenghts and carting it out.
Here are some pics to give you an idea of what to look for.
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