A great one two combo
Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?
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A great one two combo
Thanks Robin,...we had two very nice days up there this weekend, did a little work n a lot of goofing off, sitting around under the shade structure eating n drinking n stuffs.
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Glad it was nice for you....our air is cooling now.....suddenly mid 40's to high 30's at night.......clear and sunny 70 during the day.....great outdoor working weather.....
Real quiet in here today, think I can hear a Hoooskie running,....NOT!!
Back to work and clean up after the weekend.
Tough job but somebody gotta do it! Don`t speak about the incident, after all its a big incident!!
No one was hurt.
But the biggest accident we have had.
Most energy.
Tipping a 9,600 lb motor off a truck is one thing.
Dropping 26,000-31,000(still not sure) from 30+ ft is a whole 'nother ball game.
And yes.....it is now The Incident. Lol
I take it the rigging was what failed?
Pulled the pump with 2 chains in head
Second bloc with strap was bringing it to horizontal.
One chain broke
Then strap.
swinging the pump back to vertical.
All the weight on the remaining chain broke.
Bounced both blocks into the spools.
Second bloc with strap was bringing it to horizontal.
One chain broke
Then strap.
swinging the pump back to vertical.
All the weight on the remaining chain broke.
Bounced both blocks into the spools.
Only takes one weak link on a lift like that for the whole load to come crashing. Was on a job as, superintendent of building and works, when one of our cranes dropped a 10 ton precast panel, it fell into an existing building, lots of glass broke and structural steel bent. Luckily it was a Saturday and no one was working in the office building the panel crashed into. One lift cable broke, the spreader flipped and but the other cable stayed attached and prevented a total loss, panel only fell 12'
The chains shift when it changes position.
Shock loading.
Shock loading.
When I was a young fella , my grandfather bought himself a new saw , a Sachs Dolmar SD115 , no Swede saw for him because he said they were known as the misery whip .
Jus sayin .
Jus sayin .
I had one of those. Lives at Rons now.
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Don't think Gramps evah saw one of these....
If he had....well you know the story might well have been different.......lol!!!
I have a lot of respect for the Sach Dolmar saws as they treated me very well over the years and laid down a heck of a pile of wood for me. The 115 is a great saw but the one drawback to them is the hollow rubber AV mounts that rot out and or tear to bits easily. Keep a few replacement AV mounts on hand and those saws will cut forever. The 4 that I have are still cutting wood.
The little Hooskie 45 cut up a half cord of maple at the camp yesterday, the woodpile is ever growing up there. Will soon be burning a little when up there on overnight stays.
Picked up another truck full of firewood today, grabbed easy to get stuff right alongside the road, most trees fell on the road and all I had to do was cut it up n toss it in the box..
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Hey guys. Not sure why but to get on here off a computer is tough. Doesn't like to load at home on my WiFi either...
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Easy enough for me Jimmy, may have been difficult earlier but works fine for me here now.
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Just had to reload it twice to get it to come up on the PC. I dunno. On the network on my phone it's ok. I'll try to check in more often.
