whadja do today?

[no tree to big]

I love southco!! Waiting for my third (and biggest) truck from them as we speak!
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I’ve worked with them to commission some new metal for my old bucket in the past too. Great company, and great people!
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How big we goin now? Do you even have room to park all this high priced junk, haha.

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[tree MDS]

How big we goin now? Do you even have room to park all this high priced junk, haha.

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Haha. T880, 20’ dump with chip top and q150 z loader

 

[no tree to big]

Haha. T880, 20’ dump with chip top and q150 z loader

Very nice!

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[tree MDS]

Cummins X15 505 With Allison 4500 Rds, Crosslock tandems with steerable pusher.

Help wanted. Just saying.

 

[no tree to big]

Cummins X15 505 With Allison 4500 Rds, Crosslock tandems with steerable pusher.

Help wanted. Just saying.

I'm litterly in the process of buying a house too, argh not sure how the gf would feel about the move... hmm I could use an upgrade anyway... see you Monday morning??

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[tree MDS]

I'm litterly in the process of buying a house too, argh not sure how the gf would feel about the move... hmm I could use an upgrade anyway... see you Monday morning??

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Lol. Just need to iron out the details!

 

[no tree to big]

Lol. Just need to iron out the details!

I feel like I need to pay you to play at the amusement park!!!

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[tree MDS]

I feel like I need to pay you to play at the amusement park!!!

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Thanks. But I doubt that.
Also, you’re the only one that has any idea if it would work or not. Let me know. It’s nice up here!

 

[NeSurfcaster]

nice man

 

[gorman]

I did my first EAB ash removal yesterday. Wasn’t that big but I was amazed at how crispy that tree was.

 

[tree MDS]

I did my first EAB ash removal yesterday. Wasn’t that big but I was amazed at how crispy that tree was.

Yeah, seems like they go from petrified then to dust. I think around year three is when the whole thing starts to turn punky. Another whole week of ninety degree days and dead ash... only to finish with a long dead elm. Omg, my poor equipment!!

 

[NeSurfcaster]

Trimmed 4 tree's, 2 cherry's and I think sumac's(long skinny symmetrical leaves w/ smooth tan bark. Tree's were full of "Lantern bugs?" about a inch long and dark red under there wings. Anyway they were peeing or something this sticky slimy juice that covered the ground and anything under the tree. It felt like it was raining, stuff was like glue when it landed on my glasses. Glad I didn't put my visor on my helmet before hand.
Just a trim job over a property line, fence/birdbaths/ bird feeders/ butterfly and rose bushes/ sheds... Srt up to TIP's drt to work canopy, thank god for the new adjustable friction saver. The bug juice made drt almost impossible w/out it.
Vines were a killer, snagging everything on my sadlle/holding cut branches up/tough to throw anything... you know. Must of been some poison in there, not poison ivy but sumac or oak? Should of washed up w/ poison cleaner but had two estimates afterwards and was too tired to think about it. 92 degrees humid as can be( 82%) but a slight breeze 5-10mph's. Funny how in the winter I hate wind but in the summer I love it. Even when your TIP or leed your on is moving 3-5', it's worth it.
Anyone ever hear of a "Lantern bug"? Guy that was helping me is a old time tree worker and called someone he knows that works for the state about them. Supposedly they eat the leaves and kill the trees. We were told to kill them, yea right like I'm gonna spend hours squishing a thousand big bugs and there babies.

 

[tree MDS]

These pics from a customer with the caption “It’s splitting even more”!! Lol. I advised them not to go under it anymore until we deal with it. Thankfully his saw broke after that cut (half tree over his ball cap wearing head). I just had to share.

 

[Griff93]

We tackled this large willow oak that was blown down in a storm.

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[gorman]

Did that stump fit on a trailer?

 

[NeSurfcaster]

Had a nice job last weekend, big triple pin oak and a dead white oak. Biggest was 37"s and smallest was 32"s. Gottem to 10' spars Saturday and broke them down to pieces to fit into a 12" bandit on Sunday.
It was my 1st time running a bandit/horizontal feed wheels. I hated it, thank god I only had to use it Sunday afternoon. It's so hard to push bigger pieces in to the wheels. Basically big firewood chunks we were chippin Sunday.
Cut my brand new rope 12 hours into Saturday. Chunking down big wood with snap cuts the saw ran out of gas. Sent it down, got it back and instantly cut threw the rope. So much for that splice, back to bowlines every time I move the ring slings.
Took some pics for once when saws were getting refueled.

 

[Griff93]

The stump was 20 ft across at the tips when we started. We ripped a bunch of it with my mini ex. I couldn't pick it up with 14,000 lbs in single line. It stalled my winch. The sling was good for 16,800 in basket. I didn't have a bigger sling or the block with me. We were repositioning it back down so we could grind it. If you look close, you'll notice a second sling. Its hooked to the bucket truck winch. We were trying to keep it off the house. It was so close, we could see the side of the footer from the hole it pulled up.

 

[gorman]

The stump was 20 ft across at the tips when we started. We ripped a bunch of it with my mini ex. I couldn't pick it up with 14,000 lbs in single line. It stalled my winch. The sling was good for 16,800 in basket. I didn't have a bigger sling or the block with me. We were repositioning it back down so we could grind it. If you look close, you'll notice a second sling. Its hooked to the bucket truck winch. We were trying to keep it off the house. It was so close, we could see the side of the footer from the hole it pulled up.

Wow. Seems like a real PITA. I hate dealing with root balls. Probably because I have no where around my area to legally dispose of them.

 

[Griff93]

Wow. Seems like a real PITA. I hate dealing with root balls. Probably because I have no where around my area to legally dispose of them.

Just part of the job. Once we got it repositioned, the stump grinder turned it into chips for the most part. We had to pick out some pieces with our mini ex. We have our own wood lot so we can take stuff there. Still have to do something with them eventually.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

Last couple days working up in the hills. steep but beautiful country. Needed clients side by side to avoid a couple hours humping gear in.

Quite a climb for the honda with 3 guys and toys into the pines

Some felling and ringing up, did it all with the 500i, cant get enough of that screaming light saber, much easier to haul around than the 661

and dealing with a standing dead macrocarpa, again really steep. Wood was very sound

And this little widow maker