How'd it go today?

[atw]

We have a river about 3/4 mile down the road. I counted around 20 bald eagles the other morning up in one large cottonwood. Happens every year about this time when the salmon are running. Its kind of a nuisance really, because all the city folk come out to watch them and take the whole road up with their cameras and such

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Went out to a job that should have taken two guys three days with 3 of us and the mini... and rocked it all at two different locations in 6.33 hours. frig YEAH!
Paid tipped and homeward.. Love it when the thing just rocks the kasbah

 

[FireFighterZero]

Nice. I love it when a plan comes together.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Bad drag.. wire everywhere ... old mining homestead..
Rocks... dead trees.. PITA stuff.
Brush everywhere. Trees raised... One little road to drag it out to for the mini to handle...
Kicked arse.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Sounds awesome. I would have traded ya. I shoveled grain to a drag auger all day and then got done feeding cows after dark. Went to the officer's meeting at the firehouse and now waiting for my turn in the shower at home. Sore back and grain dust eye crusties. Doing it all again tomorrow.

I did get my Fundamentals of General Tree Work today along with my working climber series one, hopefully they will take my mind off of the drudgery of farm work.!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Read, Grasshopper.

READ!

 

[squisher]

Who runs the other truck, your ground guy?

My employee. He's a good climber and cutter, better climber than me I can admit. I enjoy not having to do all the cutting at this point. Next step for my business will be expansion and I believe this fellow will be able to run a crew for me. We've worked together 3 full years now.

 

[flushcut]

Nice. I love it when a plan comes together.

Insert: cigar; que A-Team theme song!

 

[flushcut]

I have been on Daddy duty since xmas and until march. I only work weekends and have a willer to kill on Saturday.

 

[candoarms]

We've been burning firewood for home heat since October 5th. The fire has never gone out, as we burn continuously 24 hours a day.

Today will be the first day since October 5th that we'll allow the fire go out in our Daka wood furnace. The temp has risen 40 degrees over the past 24 hours, and is now 10 degrees ABOVE zero. We'll be switching over to the propane fired furnace today and I'll have to restore power to the water heater, as we flip the breaker off when we're burning firewood. The wood furnace heats our water for us.

With the wood burner being put out of service this week, it will give me time to do some chimney cleaning and to restock the firewood bin in the basement. The daily high temps should be in the mid to upper 20s all week. This is good news.

Now for the bad news........the firewood I had stocked up for the winter is beginning to run low. I've never before come this close to running out of firewood this early in the winter.

Joel

 

[stig]

I used to hate that feeling of maybe not having enough to make it through the winter.
So now I stock for 2 years ahead.

 

[pete mctree]

Today was the first day back doing scheduled work, after doing nothing but storm damage since early December.

 

[rangerdanger]

First day back at real work after the crazy low temps we had Monday and Tuesday. Messed around with firewood yesterday and delivered one load.

Started a 5 acre clearing job today. It's some land our mechanic bought, doing 50/50 trade work to clear it, half goes to our account with them the rest they'll pay us. Good deal all around! After this one we have to clear a house pad for one of the other brothers that own the diesel shop.

Found some monster tires while we were clearing. Think I can fit it on the gehl? Haha

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[MasterBlaster]

Can that Ghel pick that up?

 

[rangerdanger]

Barely. The inner tube also has a lot of ice in it, they've been sitting for awhile. I'll get more pics Monday. There's about 5-7 of these big boys!


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[Husabud]

340 right Adrian? Lemme know when you're ready to upgrade. Although a full cab would put a couple bucks in the bank this time of yr.

 

[rangerdanger]

Yep, 340 Bud! And will do! Yea, a full cab would be nice at times but the two post allows us to fit into some pretty tight places at times.


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[Peter]

Found some monster tires while we were clearing. Think I can fit it on the gehl? Haha

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Industrial firelighter.

 

[No_Bivy]

 

[No_Bivy]

A monster we slayed this week

 

[No_Bivy]

 

[No_Bivy]

9100 branch division, 7' 54dbh

Craned out from 67'

 

[Fiddler]

Looking good!

 

[No_Bivy]

 

[squisher]

Nice Jon.

You've been pretty quiet as of late. I get that way to at times. I trust all's well with you and yours?
Looks like you're still rocking the high end work.