The working man, and chainsaw thread!!!!!!!!!

[NHlocal]

.....more work!?!

Had to play catch up, LOL! Glad were all doing good. Yep I fall em that way too, Alex, and Jerry waist high. Parmeter gives me crap once in awhile he used to be a logger I never was. I understand why they do it, like Jerry said footage. Lucky what we do general tree work it is not needed. Though I have dropped redwoods for home mill's before. I know common practice now is low to the ground in the woods. Jerry sounds like we grew up around the same folks Denis good to see you around, and keeping busy. That jacuzzi must be appreciated in the cold weather. Never heard of heating a pool with wood, pretty cool Randy as always you are a one man band and a hard working one, glad all is going well. I understand on the being ahead for wood, sweet! I have never got that lucky yet LOL! Brian good stuff buddy and your paying your dues just fine in the trade. Splitting the case and doing the job on a 200 took some doing Im sure, great work. Like the pic of your boss's saw. First thought the flag was on the saw as it is a flagship saw, Then realized flag must be in the grass! Spent the day at one of our hunting ranches, and wood cutting spots. Aaron=Eccentric met up with Parmeter and me, and we got to hang out and have some fun. Good day.

Ayuh Norm, spending time with friends is time well spent. Glad to hear you were able to do that.
It really was a good day to work yesterday, got done almost everything I planned to get done. The first load I took out was in full sunshine, breeze, 84[SUP]o[/SUP], low humidity. The second load was in a steady rain, not a big deal really. It was a lot cooler, just made everything a lot more of a mess. Just as I was unloading the last 10 pieces or so onto the wood pile it started pouring, guess I just should've moved "a little bit faster". :hmm3grin2orange: I also flush cut the Oak stump. No, I didn't make my cut "waist high", but there was still enough wood left on it to justify the effort. I'm sure it would keep my stove burning for at least 2 or 3 days. Once again the 385xp proved it's worth cutting the stump, I love that saw. The only other thing to do at that sight is take down one more Hemlock. There are two more the home owner said he was going to cut, one is straight forward and no problem, the other is close to 60ft tall with a slight lean toward the lawn and most of the limbs on the side toward the lawn. When he told me he was going to cut it I told him my concerns with the lean and being "limb heavy" on the wrong side(he wants to drop it directly AWAY from the lawn), he agreed to let me cut it for him. It will need a rope on it for sure to get it down safely. Other than getting the rope up in it, it'll be pretty straight forward for me. Not exactly a "hone owner type" take down. Also, I think I might have another couple of take downs in the same neighborhood, recommended by the home owner I'm cutting for right now. :biggrinbounce2: Only got a few pictures.....

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Brian13]

Ha ha Norm, that is our tree work sign. We were right off the tee boxes on an open course. And that was my first time splitting a case like that. Other than not being able to find the last to case bolts for some time it wasnt that bad. Hardest part was putting in the pto side seal. Sounds like a good day. Would like to get out there sometime soon and meet you and Aaron as well as some others. Got to take time every now and again to hang with friends! Randy, that looks like a lot of back breaking work. Sometimes I laugh at how short the fun part is compared to the work part LOL. Be careful, stay hydrated and dont hurt your back!

 

[NHlocal]

Ha ha Norm, that is our tree work sign. We were right off the tee boxes on an open course. And that was my first time splitting a case like that. Other than not being able to find the last to case bolts for some time it wasnt that bad. Hardest part was putting in the pto side seal. Sounds like a good day. Would like to get out there sometime soon and meet you and Aaron as well as some others. Got to take time every now and again to hang with friends! Randy, that looks like a lot of back breaking work. Sometimes I laugh at how short the fun part is compared to the work part LOL. Be careful, stay hydrated and dont hurt your back!

Brian you're right, it is back breaking work. I also enjoy, very much, the "front end work". Taking the tree down, however it's done, is my favorite part. All the "in between work", the carrying, loading, hauling, unloading, splitting, stacking, carrying, believe it or not I enjoy all that too. But, what I get to enjoy for the longest amount of time is when I finally get to harvest the "fruit of my labor" and watch that wood burn all winter long(and be warm while I'm doing it). Living up here where it get's a bit cold in the winter I can REALLY appreciate that. And yes, I am sore today. No problem though, it's all muscle soreness. It'll heal up in a few days and I'll be stronger next time I go out. I've got one more Hemlock to take down for the home owner and that job will be complete. The home owner told me yesterday afternoon that there is another man in the neighborhood, two houses up from him, that would like me to take down a couple Oaks near his house. Sounds like I might be establishing a good reputation.....? :biggrinbounce2: More work is good work. I'll take whatever I can get. Keep "paying your dues" Brian, sounds like you're establishing a good reputation too, have a safe week.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Randy good deal on the work, and pointing that out to onwner, the lean, and limb favor. The 385 sounds like a horse! Never ran one, but gotta be close to a 288 which you know I love. I would also take a 385 any day. Brian love to have you out someday. Yep seals can be fun, the saw shop friends of mine helped me on the oiler side of my new 1100 yesterday. Funny I actually thought you put that flag on that saw at first! We have 8 or so good pines to take down next Saturday.

 

[NHlocal]

Randy good deal on the work, and pointing that out to onwner, the lean, and limb favor. The 385 sounds like a horse! Never ran one, but gotta be close to a 288 which you know I love. I would also take a 385 any day. Brian love to have you out someday. Yep seals can be fun, the saw shop friends of mine helped me on the oiler side of my new 1100 yesterday. Funny I actually thought you put that flag on that saw at first! We have 8 or so good pines to take down next Saturday.

Norm that tree had trouble written all over it for the home owner to take down. I ain't saying it will be "no problem", but I can see what needs to be done as far as putting a pull rope on it to get it to go where the home owner wants it. It's just not right for me to see something like that, know what will likely happen, and not at least offer to help him out. Time to put on coffee and get ready for work.....pine take downs, you gonna get some pics? :msp_drool:

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Denis Gionet]

Denis good to see you around, and keeping busy. That jacuzzi must be appreciated in the cold weather. Never heard of heating a pool with wood, pretty cool

It's actually a full-sized swimming pool, L-shaped, about 3/4 of a 30x30 foot square, missing one corner, one end 8 feet deep. The wood stove has a door opening about 20x20 inch, and the stove itself is 4' high, 3' wide and 4 1/2' deep. Big sucker ! Prolly homemade but it works well enough. I never did end up working on the oversize wood, I ended up having too much to do on our own lot on Saturday, between the rain showers. And I worked in the morning too !

The wood shed project is coming along with one wall complete, no new pics, but I've got a few more planks cut for it, and I'm gonna need more still. That'll be for this coming weekend, a long weekend for us North of the 49th, and I'm taking the Tuesday off too. Tuesday will be to change out some axle bearings in the old Polaris quad, I noticed they were pretty slack while swapping the rear chain yesterday. I'll have the bearings in hand when I go to the bearing shop for new ones, rather than paying 2 eye teeth and a left nut for the OEM's !

 

[pioneerguy600]

Had to play catch up, LOL! Glad were all doing good. Yep I fall em that way too, Alex, and Jerry waist high. Jerry sounds like we grew up around the same folks

From the few trips I have made through your part of Cali it sure reminds me of back home here, I am not as comfortable further down South of Garberville. The woods is where I feel the best and am the most comfortable around. Your trees are bigger than back here but that does not seem to matter as I just fall into a comfort zone when I am among the trees. When there are trees it seems there are loggers and woods workers, when I encounter them I am at my most peaceful and calm place, it seems to be where I fit in.

 

[John C]

Just had to catch up...took a while. Spent the weekend at Cape Cod with my daughter and came home today. Its tough missing a few days around here! Hope everyone has a productive and safe week...i know i need to, last week was a nightmare for me. NH...dont know how far north of me you are, but if you are cutting and working on weekends, i would be interested in meeting up and helping out...as long as my truck makes it. Rarely do you find a homeowner like that, at least in MA. But then again, theres a reason why they call us MASS HOLES i guess. Seems like people are generally nicer the further north i go.

John

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Randy will get pics my friend! Jerry I agree 100 percent, and fell the same way, glad I am not aloneDennis sound pretty neat, like to see a pic of the pool, and stove. John glad to see you again, and yep we all sound pretty busy. I sure love saws and cutting! Found myself while off today, starting my new 1100, and opening the shed twice just to look at the saws.

 

[NHlocal]

Just had to catch up...took a while. Spent the weekend at Cape Cod with my daughter and came home today. Its tough missing a few days around here! Hope everyone has a productive and safe week...i know i need to, last week was a nightmare for me. NH...dont know how far north of me you are, but if you are cutting and working on weekends, i would be interested in meeting up and helping out...as long as my truck makes it. Rarely do you find a homeowner like that, at least in MA. But then again, theres a reason why they call us MASS HOLES i guess. Seems like people are generally nicer the further north i go.

John

Good to hear from you John,
I'm right up next to Lake Winnipesaukee, in the Laconia area(not on the Lake, I ain't rich:hmm3grin2orange. At my full time job(at the machine shop)they treat me very well, as far as pay, benefits, vacation time, etc. so when they are busy and need help working overtime on the weekends(usually Saturdays, sometimes Sundays from 6am to 11am) I have no problem helping them out. That gives me Saturday afternoon to cut trees, if I have some tree work lined up. So far it's been every Saturday except one when I got rained out. I'm very active in my local Church so on Sunday I attend the morning and evening service. In the afternoon I usually take a nap(us "older" guys sometimes need that afternoon nap ). Lately that's been my "typical" schedule for the weekend. I will use vacation time occasionally if I have a bigger job and/or the home owner wants it done in a short amount of time. My son helps me out when he's home from college and not working. It's been working out pretty good so far. Hope your week has started out good, it's supposed to be cooler(and maybe wetter), at least for the beginning of the week.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[NHlocal]

Randy will get pics my friend! Jerry I agree 100 percent, and fell the same way, glad I am not aloneDennis sound pretty neat, like to see a pic of the pool, and stove. John glad to see you again, and yep we all sound pretty busy. I sure love saws and cutting! Found myself while off today, starting my new 1100, and opening the shed twice just to look at the saws.

Thanks Norm,
always look forward to seeing the pictures you post, especially being in a whole different part of the country. :msp_thumbup:
Hey Norm I just remembered you asked about the kind of trees in the back ground of some of the pics, I'll post one of the pics, the tree
right behind the tip of my bar is the last one I'll be taking down for the home owner, it's an Eastern Hemlock, he has quite a few on his property.
What you see in the picture is pretty much how the tree looks higher up, slight lean with most limbs on the lawn side of the tree, as I said, not
a tree I would recommend for an inexperienced home owner. :msp_scared: Also, the large dead trunk in the back ground is Pine.
Can't get enough of those saws eh Norm? :hmm3grin2orange:

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[struggle]

Parking lot stump wars

Today was a whirlwind day. DW had day off and I started out with cleaning up a large branch that fell due to weight and broke on a silver maple which was a simple clean up and cut clean off from tree. Then the phone rings asking if I would bid a small spruce tree growing under another large maple. Bid it got it took it down today and ground the stump out (still have to clean the grinding up and back fill with dirt).

Then off to start the parking lot stump war on the commercial property. I will let the picture explain that one:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[struggle]

This is the second stump and a little smaller than the first one. Pictures might be a little mixed up on order. On the bigger stump I might have to take some more out but used a 2x4 accross the hole to site the depth to get an ideal range. Really the depth does not show in the picture ( it over 5" overall accross it) They are going to pour concrete right over the top so I am not really sure how well it will work for them in the long run as far as heaving the concrete with winter but that is not really my problem.

I still have two more to go. They spent the whole day with concrete saws and a jack hammer opeing these two up and have the other two part way done.

 

[NHlocal]

.....got stumps?

Awesome pics Shane, :msp_thumbup:
that's quite a machine you've got there, I'm impressed every time I see it. Now that I've actually ground a stump myself I can really appreciate what it is you're doing, great job! How long did it take you to grind those stumps out?
Thanks again for the pics.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[struggle]

Awesome pics Shane, :msp_thumbup:
that's quite a machine you've got there, I'm impressed every time I see it. Now that I've actually ground a stump myself I can really appreciate what it is you're doing, great job! How long did it take you to grind those stumps out?
Thanks again for the pics.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

My total time from arrival to when I left was four hours. Had two incidents with people driving thier cars right up next to where I was grinding and I did not feel like replacing vehicle windows so that took a little while longer. I think I only ran the machine for maybe 2 2-1/2 hours total time.

I would grind and the clear it out so I could see the depth since I was dropping off the cement ledge of the lot. It was kind of a hassle since I have to do this in the evening but it will pay well.

The owner was there today and called me said it all looked good to him for depth they needed.

This job is just a grind only so I don't have to haul anything away which is nice since that would require more trips as this is 15 miles from my home.

Thanks for the positives:msp_thumbup:

 

[paccity]

 

[struggle]

Paccity what is the swing on that? I am sure in speed it would run circles around mine.

The other day I see a crack on my wheel:msp_scared: Neighbor will weld it up as I hope to get through this year with it and during winter maybe go to a newer style wheel.

 

[paccity]

70 deg. thats the first pass. when you step up in machines consider something like mine. opens up a lot of possibilities for work because youcan get to stumps someone else can't . or you can bid cheaper because your in and out in no time.

 

[NHlocal]

70 deg. thats the first pass. when you step up in machines consider something like mine. opens up a lot of possibilities for work because youcan get to stumps someone else can't . or you can bid cheaper because your in and out in no time.

I'm scared :msp_scared: to ask but I'll ask anyway, what's it cost for a piece of equipment like that, new/used?.....
how about maintenance and upkeep?.....

 

[struggle]

I can't say for sure on his but mine I have under 4K in mine with the new engine etc. So my initial investment cost of operation is low. No way would I have felt comfortable sending 10K on a used machine not knowing how well the engine etc would be. I was concerned the work was not there for that kind of output of cash


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