Polishing the Pile

[Bermie]

I don't remember Bermie saying that! :hmm3grin2orange:

Ha, If I didn't actually say it I was probably thinking it...hey TM, get outta my head!

 

[pdqdl]

16$ and lifetime warranty at Sherrill? Man they are asking for it.

http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=143823&stc=1&d=1279107837

What good is a warranty, when return shipping will cost more than a new rake?

 

[treemandan]

I got ahold of a real decent rake, I think they found out it was a really good rake and stopped making them though.
Its called a " no clog" leaf rake. Its your run of the mill plastic jobby with a wooden handle ( mine came with a rubber grip), the tines of the rake are really big and stiff. Other rakes I have used pale in comparison and other people were also impressed with it. It does suck for dust and road use though. I'll get a pic, it was cheap. I enjoy using it and think you will too.

 

[treeman75]

I was thinking of this thread the other day when I was running the blower. My ground guy was carrying out a few logs and I think I was polishing the file!

 

[Blakesmaster]

I got ahold of a real decent rake, I think they found out it was a really good rake and stopped making them though.
Its called a " no clog" leaf rake. Its your run of the mill plastic jobby with a wooden handle ( mine came with a rubber grip), the tines of the rake are really big and stiff. Other rakes I have used pale in comparison and other people were also impressed with it. It does suck for dust and road use though. I'll get a pic, it was cheap. I enjoy using it and think you will too.

Is it one of those one's where the tines are molded together at the ends, super stiff and ####e? I tried one once, but it was only for a second. Crap, I say. Pure crap.

 

[derwoodii]

As this has segwayed into a kinda of rake thread I just got some of these to test. Hmm looks ok maybe a bit soft but I do like the rake it turn over and shovel feature. Give us a week polishin the piles let you all know.

http://www.arborrakes.com/picture-gallery.php

The wood pick pretty cool had a go it works well stick holds n ya lift away little bending a bit fear-full of stickin a leg if ya miss

http://www.arborrakes.com/wood-pick.php

 

[pdqdl]

Now we are really de-railing the thread!

I have a question for everybody:

The pickaroon pictured above looks like a good way to pick up a small log with one hand. http://www.arborrakes.com/wood-pick.php

But does anybody really use these things? If you do, how convenient is it to get the tool removed from the log once you get to where you are going with it? Is it really practical to pick up wood with this?

 

[derwoodii]

Wood pick, Yes I used and works well with easy release at put down as when weight off unhook is easy. Its the swing to insert that I see as hazard you miss you may win your leg.

 

[tree md]

Now we are really de-railing the thread!

I have a question for everybody:

The pickaroon pictured above looks like a good way to pick up a small log with one hand. http://www.arborrakes.com/wood-pick.php

But does anybody really use these things? If you do, how convenient is it to get the tool removed from the log once you get to where you are going with it? Is it really practical to pick up wood with this?

Yes, I used them quite a bit when I was younger and working for other services. I haven't used one since the 90's though and have never owned one myself (not sure why, they are really handy).

Where they really shine is when you are rolling logs to the truck. It s easy to walk in front of the log and keep it moving by catching it on either end as you go and keep it rolling. They are also nice to move logs around on the log truck or trailer without having to get down and physically roll it with your hands. You can just use the log pic to move it. It's usually pretty easy to remove from the log, just push down and lift up on the handle and it'll come loose most times; much like an axe.

All the pulpwood guys back in GA were masters of the log pic. They would roll 4-5' pine logs with ease and masterfully maneuver them around obstacles with their log pics (pickaroon).

 

[sgreanbeans]

I have never used one of those, I do use a Cant stick, and it works pretty well, can bite you if your not careful.

I am having shirts made, gonna have some sort of reference to the Polishing, I will where it to Chicago on Sunday at the trade show, if ya see it, grab me, would live to meet you guys in person.

It will be something like "No mo polishing the pile, da chipper needs food" something like that, any suggestions?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Touche!
I will not tolerate Milkers (sp?) My wife is on the job alot, helping with clean up or running a porta wrap, 100lbs soaking wet, will out work most men and will light your but up if your not performing (even me!)
She said, almost verbatim, what you just said.
"He's milking the clock, hes gotta go"

I read a few posts and gotta laugh, bet they are ll white kids too

This is just management thing, no one wants to be a boss. Someone has to keep an eye on the permenant labor types and crack the whip once and a while. I work for a few companies were the crew dose not me because I am too bossy. "what are you, a drill instructor!"

Grab a rake if you need a rest!

Drag that brush out.

Bring a tarp back.

Check gas in the saws

Clear the climbers rope and get the brush out of the LZ

Load those piles on a tarp.

If you wan to call yourself a boss, you have to be bossy at leat a few times a day.

"Why aren't you doint it!?!" "because t is my job to tell you to do it."

"So what exactly is your job Sanborn!?!" "Any thing you cant do; anything you can do is not in my job description."

Though I do like raking, it as a certain zen quality to it. I get own from the tree, clear my gear from th work area, then I grab a rake and meditate.

 

[treevet]

I have never used one of those, I do use a Cant stick, and it works pretty well, can bite you if your not careful.

I am having shirts made, gonna have some sort of reference to the Polishing, I will where it to Chicago on Sunday at the trade show, if ya see it, grab me, would live to meet you guys in person.

It will be something like "No mo polishing the pile, da chipper needs food" something like that, any suggestions?

don't they will sell too well......but good luck anyway.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Wasn't looking to sell them! Just for screwing around!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

How about "stroking the rake"

 

[treevet]

Where's the moderators/censors when you need them?

 

[jefflovstrom]

Where's the moderators/censors when you need them?

Posing as "deadwood".
Jeff

 

[sgreanbeans]

Now that was funny!

 

[treevet]

I agree....one of his better ones:agree2:

 

[Bigus Termitius]

Grab a rake if you need a rest!

Classic. I often grab a rake just to wind down a bit.

 

[treevet]

anybody want to talk technique?

If I got a yard full of dead twigs and elm bark (the worst imo).....I will make a meeeelion piles....just pulling one rake's reach into a pile forming a clean circle......then move on to another ....and another and so on and so on.

Some of these rubes will pull a pile across the entire yard while milking the clock (I mean "polishing the pile")