Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Ha 63 wasn't that long ago,I still remember it .
One I think I'm gonna walk away from
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Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Yes but somethings are less active perhaps than in times past .
flushcut
TreeHouser
Ha! I hear ya! 5.9 cummins foreverToo bad it comes with a Ford mounted on it, Rajan.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Yeah, I would be disappointed if Burnham got the 10 cylinder again!
rbtree
Climbing Up
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Some high points in this great thread :
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
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With my vivid imagination I get a vision of a skid loader getting flung like it were shot out of a slingshot on a deal like that .
Who knows skidloader tossing might well be an upcoming sport akin to punkin chunkin .
Some times I just can't help myelf .
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Marc-Antoine
It could be a good thing that the strap broke, otherwise the flying pickup should land in the front wall of the barn.
Just the little add which can allow a total structural crash.
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Skwerl
M-A creates a colorful visual.
No twisted minds here!! Not even the author of post #89
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Sponsor
With my vivid imagination I get a vision of a skid loader getting flung like it were shot out of a slingshot on a deal like that .
Who knows skidloader tossing might well be an upcoming sport akin to punkin chunkin .
Some times I just can't help myelf .
Reply #111
Marc-Antoine
It could be a good thing that the strap broke, otherwise the flying pickup should land in the front wall of the barn.
Just the little add which can allow a total structural crash.
#112
Skwerl
M-A creates a colorful visual.
No twisted minds here!! Not even the author of post #89
rskybiz
TreeHouser
Nice pictures Jasper
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Some high points in this great thread :
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Sponsor
With my vivid imagination I get a vision of a skid loader getting flung like it were shot out of a slingshot on a deal like that .
Who knows skidloader tossing might well be an upcoming sport akin to punkin chunkin .
Some times I just can't help myelf .
Reply #111
Marc-Antoine
It could be a good thing that the strap broke, otherwise the flying pickup should land in the front wall of the barn.
Just the little add which can allow a total structural crash.
#112
Skwerl
M-A creates a colorful visual.
No twisted minds here!! Not even the author of post #89
No... A twisted mind would have had a dwarf in the skid steer...
SkwerI
Treehouser
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Of course he would have to sport a mullet 
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Until...
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rbtree
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maybe by then it will have stopped raining. Which it's doing again this morning.....man it is getting aggravating.
Sound like your surgery is a few days after the TCC.....hope you are able to come....
maybe by then it will have stopped raining. Which it's doing again this morning.....man it is getting aggravating.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Made a mess of it. I thought I remembered the pictures, but my mind lost some of the detail
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Dayum!
Mick!
TreeHouser
Just been through the whole thread, interesting. Good bump.
Benjo75
Treehouser
Just read it in its entirety also. Very interesting. Unfortunately a percentage of homeowners feel the same way. Go with the cheapest bid to save a few bucks. They usually regret it. Yet the "arborists" who do this kind of work continue to be around and perform this type of work.
Mick!
TreeHouser
The man who never made a mistake never did anything.
Grendel
TreeHouser
Yikes, was that the cable they were using to pull with? Draped over the stump in that first shot? Good Grief, that was never going to work. . .
I guess if you're going to build a cabin among the giant old Doug Firs you make that thing stout! Great post Mr. B.
I guess if you're going to build a cabin among the giant old Doug Firs you make that thing stout! Great post Mr. B.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Man they got lucky with the damage they caused.
rico11764
Thin skinned
Another great thread Burnham! We recently had a very similar job with 2 fairly nasty 50-55 inch Firs with some hard leans over a very nice home. I climbed them and removed all the backside limb weight and then set 3/4 inch wire tag lines in them. We then chained the 518 skidder to a large Redwood so we knew it wasnt going anywhere, and along with a Salt Creek High Jack we wenched and jacked them over nice and easy. Luckily everything went as planned but damn there were some stressful moments.
rico11764
Thin skinned
They were both over-ripe for sure but one was fairly sound and the others had some decent rot. The one pictured here looks to be fairly rotten but it seems that operator error was the biggest problem.
