How'd it go today?

[FireFighterZero]

As dangerous as being drunk behind the wheel.

 

[stig]

Started out as a bad day, then got better and ended up bad.

The battery compartment on my hearing aid broke off at the hinge.
That is a 3 grand hearing aid, so I was extremely pissed off.
Went to the hearing aid shop and was told that there is a 3 year warranty on those, so just drop them off and it'll be fixed fir free.
Drove home smiling.
Then our new apprentice called, he had run his car out of fuel.
No problem, I went out and brought him 10 liters of gas.
Car wouldn't start.
Turns out it was a diesel car.
He says he told me twice , DIESEL.
Me being without my hearing aids, never picked that up.

So I guess the money I saved on the hearing aids will go to a new fuel pump on his car.

Getting old and deaf SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cory]

Started out as a bad day, then got better and ended up bad.

Doncha just hate that!!

Sorry for your troubles, but good post

 

[Fiddler]

I feel for you Stig...those rollercoaster days are for the younger folks.

 

[Tree09]

That sucks man, hopefully that's all that got messed up!

 

[lxskllr]

I guess nothing happens when you put gas in a diesel? Never heard of it being done(have heard the reverse), but I'd have thought it would run well enough to destroy itself. A fuel pump's a bargain compared to what I'd have expected.

 

[pete mctree]

Had to laugh Stig - I'm dumb enough to resemble that without the need foR hearing aids.

Had the medical prior to my hernia op today- all good. Can't wait for it now, roll on Dec 30th

 

[SeanKroll]

Got my loader up and running, now just need to get an idler for the tracks repaired. Runnable.

Rain.

Yesterday, knowing that it was going to rain, went and banged over 5 trees, one with a FOGT trick. Suspended load, midline, to maintain pulling power as the dead and crusty alder fell. All's well that fells well, and pays well.

 

[cory]

Cool trick. Used cuz you were working alone?

 

[Tree09]

Fogt?

 

[pantheraba]

Fundamentals of General Treework....by Jerry Beranek

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nothing for me except a terrible taste

 

[MasterBlaster]

Fogt?

It really outta be all upper-case... FOGT or TFOGT.

 

[Tree09]

Ahhhhh

 

[flushcut]

Anybody else think of Foghat when seeing FOGT?

 

[greengreer]

A few more from this big pine job I've been working on. I got some short video of speed lining brush but it says its too big load. Big span but nothing that exciting...

 

[Burnham]

I see hardhead wedges....

 

[SeanKroll]

Cool trick. Used cuz you were working alone?

It keeps tension on the line, whereas
Someone pulling by hand or machine loses tension.

Not the ideal set up, right up against the rope-puller because of interfering branches from other trees, but did the job. Rain started as I finished packing up after this last tree. Leave them in the greenbelt, no cleanup.



I took three logs from the first trunk, and clove-hitched, with half hitches to be sure it all stayed together.

Did this once on a big back-leaning top, heavier log, mid-span, pulled by mini.

Dead alder leaning directly at the corner of the fence... Barely any good fibers.

Side-pull, slightly forward of 90*, so I needed to keep tension as it fell.

 

[Jed]

Greengreer just slaying it as always. Like Sean.

Stig: That SUCKS brother. DANGIT.

Yeah... today sucked. Video evidence...
View attachment CBB2AB84-FF07-4733-AA82-FE35F77A16F9.MOV

 

[Jed]

More evidence.
View attachment 9EBE7291-9038-476C-9158-95EADD6E64FC.MOV

 

[greengreer]

Like that weighted pull line trick Sean! The light bulb went off when I saw that pic.

Jed- that looks like a fun one. Nothing like running a chainsaw-on-a-stick all day, in the rain to boot. Gross

 

[SeanKroll]

It rained a LOT yesterday.

 

[stig]

I got off fairly cheaply.
New fuel filter, plus cleaning the gas out of fuelline and pump.
$280.

 

[pantheraba]

When I screw up I try to think of it as education.

 

[lxskllr]

∞-1 ways to do it wrong. Getting closer! :^D