Pics: Finnishing Up a Job

[Nailsbeats]

Here are some pictures of me, my bro, and dad finnishing up a job we did last summer. I just got a whole bunch of pictures from my mom's computer, so I will be posting lots of stuff.

The tree was a good size Soft Maple. We climbed it and brought er down. Sorry no pics of that.

Here we are feeding the old chuck'n'duck.

Blocking up the wood so we can lift it.

Workin it.....bigtime.

 

[ropensaddle]

Chuck and ducks rule :hmm3grin2orange:
Of course down south we have a different name for them,
we callem whoopazz chippers

 

[Nailsbeats]

Chuck and ducks rule :hmm3grin2orange:

+1.....We pimped it out with a diamond plate aluminum battery box, and now we have built a brand new shute and spout. I call it the yellow Hornet cause we painted the shute and spout black. Runs awesome.

 

[ropensaddle]

+1.....We pimped it out with a diamond plate aluminum battery box, and now we have built a brand new shute and spout. I call it the yellow Hornet cause we painted the shute and spout black. Runs awesome.

10/4 I call mine the bumble bee lol cause it stings I love it though!

 

[treemandan]

Uh, nice chip truck?
I see your brother is sporting the highly fashionable stihl chaps and is using proper body english along with a good grip on that saw but I have to ask you: What, do you split the wood from the tree the same day you take it down? And I have never heard of a soft maple; What is that?

 

[senechal]

soft maple = silver/norway.. possibly manitoba, etc.

 

[oldirty]

soft maple = silver/norway.. possibly manitoba, etc.

silver and norway are 2 different tree.

 

[treemandan]

soft maple = silver/norway.. possibly manitoba, etc.

I have never heard it referred to like that. I aways thought maple was kinda hard. Real hard, that's why the make geetars out of it.

 

[treemandan]

silver and norway are 2 different tree.

It all depends on how you look at it but I guess you are right.

 

[Nailsbeats]

Uh, nice chip truck?
I see your brother is sporting the highly fashionable stihl chaps and is using proper body english along with a good grip on that saw but I have to ask you: What, do you split the wood from the tree the same day you take it down? And I have never heard of a soft maple; What is that?

It's Silver Maple, Soft Maple where I grew up. We are just breaking the blocks down to liftable size. They will be thrown on the 30' gooseneck trailer and hauled to my woodsheds, where we will finnish processing them into firewood. The chip truck is a 1978 Chevy 1 ton dump with a custom removable diamond plate aluminum top. Custom built by us, of course.

 

[treemandan]

It's Silver Maple, Soft Maple where I grew up. We are just breaking the blocks down to liftable size. They will be thrown on the 30' gooseneck trailer and hauled to my woodsheds, where we will finnish processing them into firewood. The chip truck is a 1978 Chevy 1 ton dump with a custom removable diamond plate aluminum top. Custom built by us, of course.

I saw your processor standing out there last Sunday with its shirt off and wearing a big pair of cop sunglasses.
I need a set of ramps to hold 1 ton so I can drive my Dingo into the back of my dump truck.
Are you still running the same chipper?

 

[Nailsbeats]

Yes, that was the proccesor you saw. By "we" I mean "I" process the firewood, lol.

Yeah that chipper is in it's prime, we love it.

 

[Burvol]

Chuck and ducks rule :hmm3grin2orange:
Of course down south we have a different name for them,
we callem whoopazz chippers

Is that an Olathe?

 

[ropensaddle]

Is that an Olathe?

Many different makes Whisper,Altec now,Wayne, Mitts Merrel, Olathe,Fitz and even vermeer all made a version I have used the Whisper the most and Mitts!

 

[senechal]

silver and norway are 2 different tree.

seriously? (that's sarcasm)

If people talk in terms of hard and soft maple, I pile multiple into each group. I don't talk in terms of hard and soft maple as a general practice.

 

[Texas Traveler]

Many different makes Whisper,Altec now,Wayne, Mitts Merrel, Olathe,Fitz and even vermeer all made a version I have used the Whisper the most and Mitts!

What is a fair price for a Olathe with a 4 cyl. Ford diesel. 950 hours & burnt clutch.
On a single axle trailer? Model 986
There is one for sale here, it looks clean.

 

[treemandan]

What is a fair price for a Olathe with a 4 cyl. Ford diesel. 950 hours & burnt clutch.
On a single axle trailer? Model 986
There is one for sale here, it looks clean.

To the right person? A lot... whatever a lot is. In abosolute truth if Nails' crew ran just a 9 incher with hrydraulics they would look at each other and say" Holy crap! We are gittin er done now!" That is, of course, if they are willing to sacrifice a 9 inch log to the chipper when they might want the wood.
Talk about less time chipping, easier less time chipping and awesome mileage. But nothing beats a machine like theirs for what they got going on. I do feel sorry for IT.

 

[tree MDS]

Around here the old timers call Sugar Maple "rock maple", I believe soft was considered swamp or Red Maple. As far as those piece of crap chuck n duck chippers, please, give me a break its time to let them things just die or rot out in a field or something, lol. :monkey:

 

[Nailsbeats]

In northern Wisconsin speak Sugar Maple is Hard Maple and Siver Maple is Soft Maple, capice.......

 

[Texas Traveler]

It is up for auction local right now it's at 1200.00.
With new chipper blades.

There is another one coming up in a week or 2
A bandit with a hyd. loader.