whadja do today?

[Toddppm]

Today I did a lot like 25 yards of chips and a lot of pine wood . 100 or so trees same site and I got 11 done ..... So I'm really bangem out like a rock star .....

volcano mulching ... Real high and awesome like

100 trees same site...that'd be a nice job to have going into the dead of summer. Got a few nice proposals out that'll probably come in but nothing that good!

 

[Toddppm]

And it's not like "pop the cover off easy" either...

I guess I'll find out if it goes in the - to be fixed pile- soon.

 

[ducaticorse]

I guess I'll find out if it goes in the - to be fixed pile- soon.

It was a glaring defect. I assume the issue has been rectified by now

 

[jefflovstrom]

Just ordered a new T540 from treestuff. No shops had one around here. Was tempted on the Stihl cause that's all I have but even the rep I saw in the spring was kind of leery to talk to me after I said I heard they run like ****.

You are gonna love it. Six of my climbers have them now and I got a couple in the office in the box. I am phasing out the Stihl's,,,,the last few climbers don't know I already have them. I told them to take care of their saws because I want to get all the life out of them but they can't wait to get them.
You will like the torque it has deep in a cut. You do have to give it a minute after starting due to the auto tune,,but so what,,even the air filters are great.
We only use synthetic mix and keep them clean, they seem better everyday.
Jeff

 

[jefflovstrom]

Make sure it's not an early t540 or you're going to be taking it apart to reattach the fuel line in about a week.

Yup, check the serial # and make sure that the number 2014 in it.
Jeff

 

[jefflovstrom]

Don't even get me started. Jeff says they rip though.

I admit the 2013 one's had problems, never had one tho,,all ours are 2014.
Jeff

 

[jefflovstrom]

And it's not like "pop the cover off easy" either...

Just make sure the serial # has 2014 in it!
Jeff

 

[treeclimber101]

100 trees same site...that'd be a nice job to have going into the dead of summer. Got a few nice proposals out that'll probably come in but nothing that good!

Yea , a lot of that this year , dead or damaged , and I thought that they busted there nut to pay for snow , and no now it's tree time

 

[no tree to big]

Driving that crane, feeling no pain, No Tree To Big won't you roll yer ball cart ? Just love how ya got er chocked up with that nice shovel. I have the same one, I left it on a client's yard some time ago. I know where it is if ever need it, hope I never do.

What u trying to say about my shovel? Somebody dumped them in our yard and the tub grinder almost ate 2 of them but barely they escaped now we use them for the grapples peeps kept grabbing the loader shovels now we know which are which now I just need to chain the damn blower to the truck till its time!

 

[jefflovstrom]

Ate some pretty good meatball's with dinner,, one fell on the floor, but I remembered the 5 minute rule!
Jeff

 

[KenJax Tree]

I don't care about any rules i just gotta beat the dog to it

 

[treeclimber101]

What u trying to say about my shovel? Somebody dumped them in our yard and the tub grinder almost ate 2 of them but barely they escaped now we use them for the grapples peeps kept grabbing the loader shovels now we know which are which now I just need to chain the damn blower to the truck till its time!

I don't miss those days at all , having to hide all your crap from the other guys , and trying to keep your truck in order I remember coming in a few minutes earlier and just walking around the othe trucks trying to locate my stolen and "borrowed" stuff

 

[tree MDS]

Had the boys in to do a half day trim job today. Mostly just pole clipping hemlocks and white pines along the side of a house.. a little climbing. At about the third to last cut, I finally noticed the new rope I gave the one dumb ass to tie on the pole head the other week wasn't through the pulley and tied around the pole head, but just tied around the pulley (so no pulley effect). Lol, I thought it looked like they were struggling (especially with the four sections). Was thinking they were just weak.

 

[BC WetCoast]

Had the boys in to do a half day trim job today. Mostly just pole clipping hemlocks and white pines along the side of a house.. a little climbing. At about the third to last cut, I finally noticed the new rope I gave the one dumb ass to tie on the pole head the other week wasn't through the pulley and tied around the pole head, but just tied around the pulley (so no pulley effect). Lol, I thought it looked like they were struggling (especially with the four sections). Was thinking they were just weak.

What kind of pole do you use that will work with 4 sections? When I put three sections on, the pole bows so much that you can only clip really small twigs.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

This is what my employee did today. Most likely truck and chipper are totaled. Frame appears to be bent on the chipper. 66 hours.on the chipper. $100k in equipment loss today. Fml. No i gotta fight with the insurance company.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

What kind of pole do you use that will work with 4 sections? When I put three sections on, the pole bows so much that you can only clip really small twigs.

I have put 4 - 6' Jameson poles together and then put that on my extendable Jameson pole saw. She was a little bendy! Lol

 

[Toddppm]

This is what my employee did today. Most likely truck and chipper are totaled. Frame appears to be bent on the chipper. 66 hours.on the chipper. $100k in equipment loss today. Fml. No i gotta fight with the insurance company.

Duuuuudddddde Sorry to hear. I guess it's protocol to ask how the driver is but damn, it's hard to excuse that!

 

[2treeornot2tree]

To fast for the steep hill when loaded and weighing 35,000 lbs with the chipper

 

[capetrees]

This is what my employee did today. Most likely truck and chipper are totaled. Frame appears to be bent on the chipper. 66 hours.on the chipper. $100k in equipment loss today. Fml. No i gotta fight with the insurance company.

Holy ****!!

Gotta be a way to change out the frame of the chipper. 66 Hrs? Gotta be a way.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Dealer said if the frame is bent it's totaled. Can't get the tier 3 140 hp deere engine now either so I will have to go to a tier 4 170 hp cummings. Plus can't find a truck simular with the large tool boxes like I had either.