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anyone using something other than bar oil to oil bar? interested in an alternative, something more environmental maybe, preferable free. here's a few idea's to get the ball rolling...used veg or motor oil, drippings from the hydro lines on my chipper that I collect in one of my many chipper...

Turned out pretty good for a first carving...

Did a small oak removal today, My buddy was able to snap a few pics after the rigging was done with. It's not much but here it is.

any mechanics out there? I have a old edger from my landscaping days that has always sucked as an edger, but might be useful as something else. thinking of using the motor to rig up some kind of winch. anyone out there made a winch before? any tips would be great as I have no experience with this.

A good friend of mine got in a accident at work yesterday. we were felling a very large, dead red oak in the woods over some power lines. we had two ropes in it, one was tied to a truck and one going to another tree with a 3:1 on it. as the tree started to fall the rope obviously went slack...

can't remember if I posted this before, but does anyone have trouble with their saws when its really humid? they seem to not run at full rpm. :what:

So my chipper doesn't have the hydrolics to open or pinch the rollers. I want to cheaply modify it and was thinking of welding on a bar to the arm on the outside. if it's 3' long it might give me the leverage I need to pinch the rollers and possibly open them at least a little for bigger stuff...

I have a '85 morbark chipper, and I'm trying to get the end cap off of the top feed roller so I can replace the wood riff key. to get the end cap off there are two bolts that take a allen wrench, when I went to take the bolts out they were realy tight, one of them looks like it snapped off...

So my wife and daughter were in one of my trucks waiting to turn into the driveway when a work van plowed into the back of them. He must not have had his eyes open because he didn't even hit the brakes. had enough momentum to hit a second truck after that and knock it's wheel off. The wife and...

So I'm taking down this monster of an elm tree tomorrow. continuing to take down I should say. I put one day in on it already. totally blew it on the estimate. had a simple plan looking at it from the ground but found that it all changed once I got up into the tree. it's got a hundred foot...

It took a couple swings but I finally got to the next tree. Had to climb up the vines to actually get into it.

So I just started a small tree company. My buddy started one as well and we plan on contracting each other out. We are talking about paying each other 25-30 dollars an hour, but what I am having a hard time figuring is what additional fee is fair for the use of his truck and chipper when he...

Anyone going to the TCIA Expo in baltimore this year?

I have a cedar on my property that is oozing orange jelly, I asume its a fungus. anyone know what it is?

Buying a trimmer/brush cutter soon for at my house. I'm gonna work it petty hard when in use, but I won't be using it every day by any means. I just don't want some piece of shit homowner crap. I also don't want to spent a fortune. any suggestions?

finnaly going back to do a little crane work on a big sycamore tomorrow. I can't wait! I just need to remember my camera. not like I'll have to much time to be taking pictures but I'm sure I'll get a few.

Made and atempt at milling some cedar recently for a patio deck type thing. Lot of work. obviously power tools would be helpfull but setting thoes aside, does anyone have any tips for doing this the old way?

I don't know how I did it but there I was cutting rounds, I just filled the saw and I must have put the cap on incorrectly. Of course it took me a minute to realize, just long enough to empty the entire oil reservoir down the front of my pants. On the plus side, My boots got a well needed oiling.

Took down 12 trees yesterday and the lady loves us. she buys lunch. Today we move the wood. no more lunches. she was very concerned about her lawn, which was covered in mats. and very concerned about her dirty driveway, which will be cleaned, and very very concerned about what the neighbors will...

People go on about doing big removals, and with good reason. It does require some skill, but man, big skinny trees are no joke. We took down about 12 trees today along the woods edge and one of the poplars I was in was probably a bit over 100ft. give or take. but I couldn't just drop the top...