Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JustJeff]

Is it a different brand in my picture?

Yes. The Wicker forks have a one piece or joined top grapple.

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[mountainguyed67]

Okay, so does this Weldco-Beales.

 

[svk]

My day started with my friend John calling me at 7:30 . Everybody knows I start moving at around 9 . But it seems the horse farm is making a new polo field . Need to clear a 200' by 400' area just for the field then some area for the stands Thing is BJ's is building a new store about 5 miles away and they started dumping tractor trailer loads every 20 minutes. So I'm clearing about 400 + trees in the next few weeks,Mostly white oaks , some are getting buried as I cant haul it out fast enough. All this and most likely 25 to 30 cord sitting in the woods from the loggers . Bringing my kubota to hasten up the removal of the wood . I have at least 4 loads sitting on the landing to getView attachment 834676View attachment 834677View attachment 834678View attachment 834679View attachment 834680

Nice! Although that’s an awful lot of hard work for a guy who is supposed to be retired!

 

[hamish]

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And the EPA has not gone after the UTV’s yet so it has NO EPA EMISSION CRAP!!



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And its a Tier...........what Diesel?

 

[SS396driver]

Nice! Although that’s an awful lot of hard work for a guy who is supposed to be retired!

It's all a state of mind. But I cant let this opportunity go

 

[JustJeff]

Okay, so does this Weldco-Beales.
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Yes, very similar

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[svk]

I believe we hit 91 degrees today with insane humidity. Then a thunderstorm rolled in. It’s 68 degrees now on its way to 54. High of 59 tomorrow.

 

[svk]

Saw a big removal a few blocks away, while walking the dog. Not sure why they decided to swing the tree parts way high, over three houses, instead of going through the alley, but there may have been a good reason.

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Also like the log grapple on this Bobcat. Not something that I often see on a skid-steer:
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Philbert

BIG bucks to bring in a crane like that!! Was that a cottonweed that they were cutting down?

 

[JustJeff]

I believe we hit 91 degrees today with insane humidity. Then a thunderstorm rolled in. It’s 68 degrees now on its way to 54. High of 59 tomorrow.

We are getting the heat now. Glad to hear relief is on its way!

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[MustangMike]

Was in the 80s here today and really zapped me in the afternoon, had to take a break! Trying to finish staining my decks, a PITA! Lots of scraping!

Have had to water the garden every day now, but one bean seed sprouted and I did not plant them till , 6/4, so I guess they like this weather!

Rain predicted for Thurs.

 

[Iowawoodguy]

Got a little rain tonight. We needed it. High of 75 tomorrow. Been in the 90s the past few days.

 

[Philbert]

BIG bucks to bring in a crane like that!! Was that a cottonweed that they were cutting down?

Too hot to care.

Or to watch for very long.

Philbert

 

[KiwiBro]

Hi fellas. Had to wait until a new page to post because that bastid of the Spruce posted photos so large the page would not load down here where, as I mentioned in a PM to him, the sheep are fast but the internet slow . I managed to download one photo and resized it to 1/15th of the original file size with next to no signficiant change in the image display quality, in an attempt to convince his Spruciness to run the images through a resizer before posting. It's either that or I, very reluctantly, have to add the Dansta to my ignore list seeing how I'm the only one experiencing this problem :-(.

I learned of something today. A couple from USA are suing for damages after being burned badly in the White Island eruption here late last year. At the time I wrote:

I hear what you are saying and agree to an extent that personal responsibility plays a big part. However, consent needs to be fully informed and in this case I feel it has never been enough to say they are told of the risks and signed a waiver, when the for-profit operators knew the place is notorious for what are termed unheralded eruptions (the absolutely fark'n atrociously if not criminally negligent geotec-conjuring carnival crystal ball gazers masquerading as geo-scientists here had the alert level at 2 of 5 and only raised it after the start of the eruption and then only to 4 during the eruption) and has killed in the past. The very fact there are tour operators going there is an undeniable implicit downplaying of those risks, no matter what they say pre-trip.

If we want to hark on about personal responsibility, someone in govt has it too, for giving the operators a licence. Also the Iwi who allowed it to go ahead when they clearly have a veto over what happens there. All those in positions of power to stop the tours and in full knowledge of the lethal history of the place bear some responsibility for this too. Just as much as the dead. The difference being those in power and those who profited, get to go home to their loved ones, get to be consoled over Christmas. The families of the dead get to bury their loved ones over Christmas, if they can find and recover the bodies off the Island.

Further, a person speeding in their car is cognisant of the risks too, yet it's illegal. Someone taking heroin is cognisant of the risks but it's illegal. It's an interesting thought process to go through all the things we can do in society and how the collective decide what is and isn't legal. Also, why such decisions are made. Take trekking or climbing mountains for example. We positively encourage it here - it's a great earner. Yet every time someone dies or needs a rescue we think nothing of the risks we are demanding rescuers take to bail their arses out or retrieve the bodies. It's not just the thrill-seekers who have agreed to put themselves in danger we need to consider. It's not just the balancing of risk and reward for person and country/company coffers. It's not just the lives of the rescuers. It's not just the families left behind, etc. It's quite interesting where society draws the line.

So, I'm bloody stoked they are lawyering up and I hope they win.

Oh, and while I'm on an everything but firewood bender, @SS396driver , can I ask how you finish your epoxy table tops to get a good sheen please? Do you spray a poly/lacquer then wet sand then polishing compound, or perhaps a special epoxy top coat then sand and polish, or just work with the original epoxy and bring it up through the sanding grades then various compounds then polish, or? I'm not sure how to do it with the gear I've got (no polisher, just my 5" random orbital sander). I got the table I did a while ago to P2000 (IIRC) wet sand and it was OK but I am gonna try for a full gloss on this POS coffee table nightmare project if possible. Cheers.

 

[rarefish383]

Umm, I’m confused? Missed a couple days so I checked my alerts to see if I missed anything important. The first thing I noticed was the time stamp on the alerts said, “Later Today”. As I went up the list the time stamps changed to, “Tomorrow”. I’ve only had two cups of coffee, and I’m only firing on 7 cylinders. But, my interpretation of time, later today and tomorrow, haven’t happened yet? What happens if I change my mind and ask a different question, to one that has already been answered later today? Maybe I should go back to bed and wake up yesterday and start over. I’m afraid to post anything, I may cause a time paradox and erase all of mankind?

 

[SS396driver]

@KiwiBro I do a seal coat then two pours . I scuff the first with 220 paper lightly after 24 hours ,then pour again . No sanding of the topcoat . Maybe the quality of the epoxy? I get great results with the East Coast epxy

 

[rarefish383]

I think I fixed it? I clicked my heels 3 times and said, “ there’s no place like today, there’s no place like today, ...” , and all of the time stamps are normal.

 

[Philbert]

Umm, I’m confused? Missed a couple days so I checked my alerts to see if I missed anything important. The first thing I noticed was the time stamp on the alerts said, “Later Today”. As I went up the list the time stamps changed to, “Tomorrow”. I’ve only had two cups of coffee, and I’m only firing on 7 cylinders. But, my interpretation of time, later today and tomorrow, haven’t happened yet? What happens if I change my mind and ask a different question, to one that has already been answered later today? Maybe I should go back to bed and wake up yesterday and start over. I’m afraid to post anything, I may cause a time paradox and erase all of mankind?

I commented on this earlier:
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/arboristsite-can-see-comments-in-the-future.343228/
I have heard folks on other sites and social media making similar comments. Must be some software incompatibilities in the ways dates, times, etc. are coded and read. Especially when a post is from overseas, and technically on a future date.

Philbert

 

[LondonNeil]

delivery again!


its not very exciting, just horse chestnut and some a little punky. but hey its delivered and it is dry (was a standing dead tree)...and an excuse to run the 365.

the skinny one is my eldest. not even 5 yet. I suspect she may end up quite tall.

 

[Cowboy254]

Especially when a post is from overseas, and technically on a future date.

Philbert

Since we're from the future, if we liked you guys enough we could tell you tonight's lotto numbers.

 

[Philbert]

Since we're from the future, if we liked you guys enough we could tell you tonight's lotto numbers.

You guys were our guinea pigs for Y2K 2000.
Thanks.

Philbert