DR Power wagon

[klimbinfool]

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yeah buddy!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

That there is a nugget!!! Nice Greg

 

[treesmith]

How much would you say that piece weighed, Greg? And was it caught and lowered, or allowed to run-to-ground?

 

[flushcut]

Some nice wood. So how do you like the Power Barrow?

 

[pantheraba]

Is the first picture a landing pad for big chunks...what you lowered chunks onto to protect the ground? a springboard of sorts?

 

[Old Monkey]

Was there just one redwood coming down? That big chunk looks larger than the one the GRCS is on.

 

[brendonv]

Whoa, big wood!

 

[klimbinfool]

How much would you say that piece weighed, Greg? And was it caught and lowered, or allowed to run-to-ground?

None of the wood was allowed to be dropped on this project. This piece of wood was close to the ground and top rigged with 5/8 stable and butt hitched. I was on the ground when I mad this cut.. I'll put another pic up of that piece if I can figure it out.

Why does the way you attach pics change from when you originally start a thread?

 

[klimbinfool]

Some nice wood. So how do you like the Power Barrow?

That is the most awesome piece of equipment for moving wood in confined spaces.One of my ground men got it for free. Did a little work on it to get it running and there she be ! Four gears forward and reverse. I had approx. 150' of pathway to move all that wood. It saved hours of time.

 

[klimbinfool]

Was there just one redwood coming down? That big chunk looks larger than the one the GRCS is on.

Darin, It was. in dia, but not height. I l literally had to neg. block the tree to the last three cuts before I moved my block over to the tree that you see the GRCS in now. I would have moved the block sooner to top rig, but I had to prune the remaining redwood next and didn't want to break any upper limbs.

 

[klimbinfool]

Is the first picture a landing pad for big chunks...what you lowered chunks onto to protect the ground? a springboard of sorts?

Gary , Yes ..... But not really a spring board. I had two pieces of 1 1/8" plywood mounted coming in at two different angles supported with 4x4 supports underneath. They protected key key plants and shrubs, allowed most of the main wood to be lowered onto, and the ground crew could walk in and out with out damaging more landscape. By far one of the more meticulous jobs I have had to do in a while, but I like the challenge. :-)

 

[stig]

Nice job.
More pictures, please, if you have some.

 

[stehansen]

Very impressive Greg.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I've had a hankerin for one of those wagons Greg. One of my customers has one and loves it. He said just make sure you cover it real good cause the rain gets in it pretty easy.
I would rather have the kind with tracks though. Probably what I will end up with. Carry more gear into bad terrain. PG&E guys use them here to cart transformers and gear up some of the slopes.

 

[Al Smith]

They protected key key plants and shrubs, allowed most of the main wood to be lowered onto, and the ground crew could walk in and out with out damaging more landscape. By far one of the more meticulous jobs I have had to do in a while, but I like the challenge. :-)

I noticed the large dark green hosta in one of the pictures .Those require a good amount of shading to remain healthy .I might imagine the owners might opt to transplant them because of lose of shading from this tree removal .

 

[klimbinfool]

Al ... I didn't know the name of some of the plants. I just knew he didn't want them demolished. There were really old Camellias in there as well.

 

[klimbinfool]

 

[Old Monkey]

Hostas here die back every winter and then pop back up in spring, as a result folks aren't so sensitive about them here.

 

[Al Smith]

Yes hostas are tough .You can mow them off with the lawn mower and they come back .Start out with one bulb and in two years have a clump the size of a coffee can ,the size of a barrel in 5 years . It's just they do better in shaded areas .They will grow in direct sun but they aren't as nice .

 

[flushcut]

That is the most awesome piece of equipment for moving wood in confined spaces.One of my ground men got it for free. Did a little work on it to get it running and there she be ! Four gears forward and reverse. I had approx. 150' of pathway to move all that wood. It saved hours of time.

Sweet! Thanks for the input. I have looked at they before but did not know anybody that ran them.

 

[flushcut]

You can't kill hostas.

 

[Burnham]

Good pictures, Greg. The file upload management software just scrambles 'em any which way. But you can drag them into the order you want in the lower attachments window before posting.

Stephen, you might want something like this...I think I've posted some of these pics before, made by Honda:

 

[Al Smith]

The lady next door had one of those contraptions with wheels,not tracks .She used it to clean out her horse and mule stalls .

 

[stig]

And if you want to go all the way, get a Jonsered iron horse.

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