whadja do today?

[tree MDS]

Well it's only me and Joe now , so we need a way to hang it up for a tad til I an get with him ! Outta necessity rummy that's all

Lmao. Good job, Mongo, you're learning!!!

 

[tree MDS]

Forgot to wear your glasses, ole man!? lol
Switch blade? Do they still make them? I remember me my buddy in the Navy in '80 in the Philippine's bought a butter-fly knife in Olongapo off the street. When he went back to Subic Bay, busted, brig time. I heard about it and threw mine in s h i t river. Good times!
Hey Dave, hope all is good, I am so busy I don't have no time for anything but work, but I check in here when I can. Real crazy buzy now.
Jeff
Thank God for Len Phillips,, not enough time in the day.

Wait.. who's Len Phelps??

 

[Oak Savanna]

You'll love it for sure! I used to have a bobcat 743 at my disposal and havent touched it since I got my s650tx! I barely get to run it though! I have a few guys that have taken a liking to it! Starting a big solar panel farm land clearing job in a few weeks, so the mini and pelorus' ditch witch will be busy ! He's coming down to put a hurtin on a few trees! Lol Getting a tub grinder from Vermeer also so should be fun controlled chaos!!!congrats on the mini Oak!

Ya I am looking forward to using it. I have a case skid steer about the same size as a 753 bobcat. It's handy but useless when it won't fit!! We used that orange log dolly I made in the picture below. I was thinking about cutting it up into pieces lol then one guy that works for me said we should give it to someone we don't like! Lol let them blow their a$$ out pushing that thing around all day loaded with blocks!! Land clearing job should be good! No raking and no homeowner bugging you " while you're here could you just nip that one off too" lol. I bet Rob Haynes from Vermeer will be bringing you that grinder. He lives about 15 min away from me. He is a good guy. He deals with all the big equipment at Vermeer. Better get the fuel truck on a regular cycle to the job each night! Lol make sure you post some pics of your and pelorus flopping some!

 

[treevet]

Len Phillips is the source for ceu's. http://gibneyce.com/online-seminars-for-municipal-arborists.html Hey Eddie, think ya got the porty on bkwards.

Anybody ever tried one of these. Got a job way down an embankment and no access for anything but a block up in a tree and ? mebee one of these? http://www.sherrilltree.com/Portable-Winch#.Uz9UuPldV8k

 

[ducaticorse]

think I asked waay baack...picts. or bs on the 25t opcorn:

These pics are **** but all the others are not showing up for some reason. Ill peel them off my FB page and post them up.

I also posted pics before I believe. Perhaps you missed them, or I am imagining things..

 

[BC WetCoast]

Forgot to wear your glasses, ole man!? lol
Switch blade? Do they still make them? I remember me my buddy in the Navy in '80 in the Philippine's bought a butter-fly knife in Olongapo off the street. When he went back to Subic Bay, busted, brig time. I heard about it and threw mine in s h i t river. Good times!

Automatic knives (switchblades) are still made. There are several forums on them. You can buy them on Amazon.

You can also buy butterfly knives online. Benchmade is a manufacturer of high quality butterfly knives.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Yes!!

I don't get it. Ya got a porty and some three strand and... maybe you riding butt naked on a dark stallion would spur my interest but as of right now I am wondering if you are breaking curfew.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Off to a healthy rip this season. New to me 25T will pop her cherry in 2 weeks. Bidding on a 75-100 tree removal down a short embankment abutting the commuter rail for a large project in the city. Caveat 1. They want it done at night so they can power down the rails and not wreak civilian havoc in order to facilitate safe operations. Caveat 2. I have to take a 1 day safety class from the MBTA on safe operational practices among train tracks. New 25T will be PERFECT for this job, hope we get it. This should be fun!

Ok, I apologize. You don't seem to be the retard hack idiot I mistook you for. And I am truly glad my prophecy hasn't come true. But god damn it, you gung ho muscle heads sure make me nervous. Tell me again about the biggest tree you climbed.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Heading home from Florida tomorrow morning, has been a great holiday, taking another route home up I-75 and entering Ontario via Detroit. Have lots of tree gear from tree stuff and Sherrill in the back of my truck. Have some big contract jobs lined up on top of our city of Toronto contract so it's going to be a busy spring! A 3 week delay on getting my lift but the jobs I have lined up for it the people aren't in a huge rush and we have 4' of snow in some places still! Not to happy about going back to the cold weather after mid 70 's and low 80's this past 2 weeks here in Florida !

I guess its to much to ask not to bring your climbing gear on vacation? Ahh well, I still sleep with some of mine and who knows, maybe you will need it to save the world.

 

[pdqdl]

Len Phillips is the source for ceu's. http://gibneyce.com/online-seminars-for-municipal-arborists.html Hey Eddie, think ya got the porty on bkwards.

Anybody ever tried one of these. Got a job way down an embankment and no access for anything but a block up in a tree and ? mebee one of these? http://www.sherrilltree.com/Portable-Winch#.Uz9UuPldV8k

I have the chainsaw-style from Bailey's. I like it.

When you are dragging logs up rough terrain out of deep ditch, it is a game changer. I have also used it to haul whole trees (not too big, of course) down off severe hills where nothing else would go.

Coming up a steep embankment with logs is really tough when you have nothing but manpower; even the capstan rope winches have trouble coming up a steep hill with a big log. Consider using an overhead pulley rigged into a branch overhead. Just a little bit of lift makes a big difference on the resistance of dragging a heavy log up a hill. If there is not too much brush, a rope winch working with a log-arch would move a lot of logs up a hill. Also, those really cool self-releasing snatch blocks that allow you to redirect your tow line up a hill and then quickly quickly uncouple to let the load keep going uphill look like a really good idea, but I have never bought one. They are generally pretty expensive.

 

[pdqdl]

Guys called from job yesterday, grinder quit and won't start. Would only click the solenoid? Tried jumping, tap on starter, nothing, took off the cooling cover and tried to turn over motor, uh oh-won't even move Had to push it on the trailer and stressed all night. Took it apart thinking I'm going to have to pull the motor and get it rebuilt somewhere, turned out to be the starter gear had a couple teeth mashed and jamming the flywheel Well, not that happy cause that little tiny starter was still $225 but at least I'm not looking for a grinder to rent for a while.

My truck wouldn't start on Monday when I went to leave a customers house. Replaced the starter on the side of the road in a mud pit thinking it went bad cause I just put in a rebuild in December? Nope, extra battery, nope. Towed it to dealer since it was trying to rain. Next day they call and ****ers want $455 to replace the negative cable, oh it has a lot of stuff to remove to replace it, just **** you, what can I do? Pay to tow it again, ****ers. I also had them check the ABS light since they had it, I replaced a hub last year and the lights been on since, sensor is bad but have to replace the whole hub they say- $950!!!! Ya , I don't think so, I have another new one sitting on my bench..........I know that job only takes 1 hour.............
So I picked up my truck after they put the cable in, less than 2 hours after they said it would take until the next day cause they don't have the part, paid my $455 and called the salesman to cancel my new truck I just ordered from this dealer- they weren't too happy Who's the ****er now?!

When I get some obscure truck problem I cannot figure out, I just pay the dealer their $200 diagnostic fee, and then fix it myself. I NEVER let the dealer work on anything anymore. Their approach to repairs with a warranty is to replace every component of the truck that they have to touch.

 

[NCTREE]

What chipper did you get again. Same issues with paint on control panel and hydraulic lift and crush on my 1590. Also starter issues on Perkins diesel. New panel and hydraulics fixed under warranty. On third starter also replaced under warranty.

I have a 990xp, this is the second time the crush cylinder went in less than 50 hours on it and at $350 a pop plus $350 for labor i'm getting pissed. Bandit is ignoring my emails. The chipper is one month out of warranty. They have decided to pay for the paint issue on the engine cover and send me new parts after fighting on the phone with them. I want to know why the lift cylinder is failing because it's bound to happen again. The dealer said bandit wants to replace the cylinder and the control valve at my expense of course.

I still have the old lift cylinder from the first time, i'm going to to tear it apart today and see whats going on myself.

What weight and type of hydro fluid do you use? I was thinking this might be the problem, When I changed mine out I went from the Petro Canada Hydrex(245vi) to regular AW32 on the recomendation from a bandit sales rep for the fact that it's easier to get and that it's what they use. I think it gets too hot and is creating premature wear on the parts.

 

[treevet]

These pics are **** but all the others are not showing up for some reason. Ill peel them off my FB page and post them up.

I also posted pics before I believe. Perhaps you missed them, or I am imagining things..

very nice, similar to mine which is a 25t Nati and a rear mount.

 

[treevet]

I have the chainsaw-style from Bailey's. I like it.

When you are dragging logs up rough terrain out of deep ditch, it is a game changer. I have also used it to haul whole trees (not too big, of course) down off severe hills where nothing else would go.

Coming up a steep embankment with logs is really tough when you have nothing but manpower; even the capstan rope winches have trouble coming up a steep hill with a big log. Consider using an overhead pulley rigged into a branch overhead. Just a little bit of lift makes a big difference on the resistance of dragging a heavy log up a hill. It there is not too much brush, a rope winch working with a log-arch would move a lot of logs up a hill. Also, those really cool self-releasing snatch blocks that allow you to redirect your tow line up a hill and then quickly quickly uncouple to let the load keep going uphill look like a really good idea, but I have never bought one. They are generally pretty expensive.

I talked them into leaving the logs downhill in a neat pile. The answer was "how can we get to the firewood?" Just let it rot to dirt was my reply. Just pulling the brush up and will try to hide as much as poss. in the h.suckle. Gonna be a dirty day today.

 

[treevet]

Re. switchblade...always wanted one as a kid and when I went to TJ while in SoCal in the svc. any store you went in had huge boxes of em of all sizes and configurations. Snook one across the border not to mention we (Westbrook from D.C. and I part.s in crime) were off limits even going into D.C. then. We actually got arrested coming back across the bridge on the Mex. side for Westbrook piscsing off the bridge while a large group of people were standing underneath the bridge socializing. Paid them off to let us go. They put you in jail and throw away the key down there.

Lost that one tho and then maybe 20 years ago when I threw my daughter's boyfriend out of her house and life literally I got another nice switchblade he left behind in his hurry to leave. It had like a clip on the side you could put it in your boot and was very hideable. I think I lost it on the Convent I plow and thought better of asking if they had it and would give it back.

 

[Blakesmaster]

I have a 990xp, this is the second time the crush cylinder went in less than 50 hours on it and at $350 a pop plus $350 for labor i'm getting pissed. Bandit is ignoring my emails. The chipper is one month out of warranty. They have decided to pay for the paint issue on the engine cover and send me new parts after fighting on the phone with them. I want to know why the lift cylinder is failing because it's bound to happen again. The dealer said bandit wants to replace the cylinder and the control valve at my expense of course.

I still have the old lift cylinder from the first time, i'm going to to tear it apart today and see whats going on myself.

What weight and type of hydro fluid do you use? I was thinking this might be the problem, When I changed mine out I went from the Petro Canada Hydrex(245vi) to regular AW32 on the recomendation from a bandit sales rep for the fact that it's easier to get and that it's what they use. I think it gets too hot and is creating premature wear on the parts.

I'll check which oil at the shop later today for you. I know we bought the recommended stuff and it was expensive as ****.

 

[ducaticorse]

very nice, similar to mine which is a 25t Nati and a rear mount.

Here are a cpl more I couldnt put up last night. That motor is a near fresh cummins, it also has interlock axles.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

I have a 990xp, this is the second time the crush cylinder went in less than 50 hours on it and at $350 a pop plus $350 for labor i'm getting pissed. Bandit is ignoring my emails. The chipper is one month out of warranty. They have decided to pay for the paint issue on the engine cover and send me new parts after fighting on the phone with them. I want to know why the lift cylinder is failing because it's bound to happen again. The dealer said bandit wants to replace the cylinder and the control valve at my expense of course.

I still have the old lift cylinder from the first time, i'm going to to tear it apart today and see whats going on myself.

What weight and type of hydro fluid do you use? I was thinking this might be the problem, When I changed mine out I went from the Petro Canada Hydrex(245vi) to regular AW32 on the recomendation from a bandit sales rep for the fact that it's easier to get and that it's what they use. I think it gets too hot and is creating premature wear on the parts.

Sounds like a crappy situation too. I don't think it is that expensive to have the cylinder rebuilt. Maybe a plow shop or look under hydraulics to find a place. I would leave the old cylinder intact and give them it whole.

 

[ducaticorse]

Yeah, I dont knw why it would be so pricey to rebuild a cylinder. And there is something wrong if its failing after 50 hours. I know local morbark charges something ridiculous like 140 an hour to work on my chipper, so I just buy the parts myself and have my 65 an hour mechanic do the same work.

 

[ducaticorse]

very nice, similar to mine which is a 25t Nati and a rear mount.

Will u post up a side pic of yours please?