He wasn't on our crew, part of the lawn service that gave us the job. We don't wear shorts during tree work, but you can't stop other's from wearing them. Everyone else is wearing the proper PPE.
Why is a lawn jockey near your equipment? U were hired to do the job that means your crew, not your guys and who ever else feels like helping.
you need to be aware that to comply with ansi z133 you need to tie in above the hook not in the hook as your climber is shown doing in your video
just stating a fact, sale if you chose not to comply with the rules its your choice. we get by with handling people by complying with z133 otherwise we are subject to osha's rules which prohibit cranes from hoisting people. they have the ability to impose fines.
not calling out anybody sale. just pointing out something he may not be aware of. i personally could care less how he or you run your operation. i thought this site was everybody's benefit. i learn new things from what i read here, but apparently you already know everything, congratulations!
Must have been in another video that wasn't shown on youtube
sorry must of been autocorrect, no offense meant.
What's with having to force feed that chipper? The thing won't even pull those "big" pieces in? Our 12" morbark would pull those sized pieces, now yes it would chip it much slower but it has the balls to pull it in... not even talking about when u get to the crotches and everything even just when you have 10 feet of straight log going in first
I'm back, after making thousands today.
Good eye my friend. A Vermeer BC2000 with the grapple does have a few problems, just like any other equipment. The grapple can work like a battering ram with a log. The problem was that the single bearing on the shaft was being crushed by the force of large logs being put in the chipper. It's only rated for a 20" log, but it has a 20"x 24" opening. Which makes it capable of eating a 24" log, because you can swing the log back and forth with the grapple. With the bearing being crushed, this puts more stress on the rotostators shaft. The shaft, nor the bearings inside them the rotostator is not intended to be side loaded with that amount of force. This caused the feed wheels to contact the blades. It also caused damage to the tines on the feed rollers and of course the blades. During the video the blades where pretty sharp, but the feed rollers had missing sections of the tines that run down the rollers. Since the video, when we had a little more spare time. We dismantled the feed roller assembly, added one additional bearing to the top of the drums on each shaft. Replaced both shafts, both rotostators, and repaired the feed drums with new sharp tines. It works great now, problem solved. It will out eat a 12" Morbark on bad day. I wish they still manufactured them, but they stopped. I think they had problems with individuals having to shell out the $118,000 price tag. To this day, I haven't seen a chipper that is as compact, light weight, maneuverable, versatile, and more aggressive than a BC2000XL with the grapple attachment. We have three of them and would like to find another.
