How'd it go today?

[Steve Mack]

Until '91 when I bought a Dyna I had two Toyota Stouts, the Hilux took over from them. Unkillable, just hard to believe what I did with them now.

Toyota Stout - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[biggun]

I must admit I do love my Hilux.

 

[kevin bingham]

Triggered my Hilux envy Steve.

ive got a bad case of it too

 

[Mick!]

What engines do you have in the hi lux over in the US?

 

[BeerGeek]

None Mick, we can't get it here.

 

[biggun]

The Toyota Tacoma is a pretty nice looking truck though.

Why not get one of them?

 

[BeerGeek]

The Tacoma is probably considered the US equivalent of the Hi-lux here, but is truly a mid-sized truck and offers limited towing/hauling functionality. Good for personal usage, but severely limited for commercial usage (at least as far as tree work is concerned).

Update: In looking at your last pic above Rich, the Hi-lux you have looks more like the size of the Tundra we get here. While a bigger/stronger truck, lack of 4WD option and lower towing/hauling capacity leave it below most other truck options here.

 

[biggun]

Must be the camera angle.

You see a few Tacoma’s here. I think they are similar but just a bit wider.

 

[SeanKroll]

Rich, how's the hand?

 

[Nutball]

Fed a CnD with mini skid today.

 

[biggun]

Rich, how's the hand?

Not too bad. Thanks for asking.

Saw the surgeon and physio last Friday. They were both pleasantly surprised with how much movement I have. Fingers are a bit stiff first thing but once I get them moving they loosen up a bit. Got to go back on the 28th for the stitches out and another look.

In the meantime I’ve been touching up my Noggy and looking at the ETW handbook. There is an exam date on the 15th Oct. There is a climbing element of the test. Normally I wouldn’t be bothered as it’s a piece of piss. Just depends on the hand.
Vid might work.

 

[cory]

this was a period of my tree service after the bikes.

SmH!!

 

[SeanKroll]

Fed a CnD with mini skid today.

And how did it go? What species? Was it sharp?

I've been feeding mine lots lately.
Good piling makes a huge difference with small and medium limbs, ime.

 

[Nutball]

Not super sharp, probably need the blade height adjusted or whatever. I drug 2 hackberry branches to it with the mini, both too big to put in by hand, so I used the mini. Had to hold the load a couple times to avoid stalling it, basically me and the mini were the feed auto feed wheels. It worked well, but ended up being a bit much at the brush end. I had to pull some brush out to finish feeding one of the big ones.

The mini is good for forcing 6-10" logs through. Occasionally it will suck an 8" hand fed, but often kicks out anything over 4". I think decreasing the blade gap would help it finish bigger wood and actually chip the brush. It tends to leave a strip of wood under the drum on big wood and fills the chip box with stripped sticks instead of chips.

We've put some big 20-30 footers through it in one go.

 

[Tree09]

Since i shimmed the anvil higher and then gapped them correctly, mine feeds beautifully. It's only a 12 inch, so anything 5 inch on down it just gently pulls in. I would love to try feeding it with a machine

 

[Nutball]

I think keeping the blades razor sharp helps. If it was mine, I'd touch up the edge with a file or a fine sanding block once per week. With bigger than 4" wood it's often like throwing a chunk of wood at a brick wall. Occasionally it feeds, often bounces off. The speed and power if the 12" woodchuck seems better than a 1400xl Vermeer.

 

[lxskllr]

Good day for laundry. Unfortunately, I have to go into work to do my taxes, since I forgot and left my papers there yesterday. It isn't hard or anything, I just don't want to do it. I'll checkout my clearing job while I'm there, and maybe get into that. I'll probably want a new skid path. I also want to measure the biggest logs, and see if an arch would be a good purchase. I pretty much settled on the Buck if I get one. It's twice as much as I wanted to spend, but saving money isn't saving money if a tool can't do the job. I can rig up a trolley to fit the logs the Junior can handle

 

[SeanKroll]

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjKj52V8MvwAhWI9uMHHWk2C1EYABAEGgJ5bQ&ae=2&sig=AOD64_1TzI3G3W3pwVdfFIBw93TDCi107Q&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjr7Y2V8MvwAhUBvZ4KHaxBBo4Qwg96BQgBEIwB&adurl=

Sharpener

 

[Tree09]

I have a klien one, but yes that thing. Be sure to hold it flat on the flat side (leading edge).

 

[SeanKroll]

I doubt a micro double- bevel matters...

There is the Bevel Buddy, maybe by Morbark.

 

[lxskllr]

Taxes are done. Still trying to figure out who I bill my time to. Went to my project and contemplated it. Just put in for a price quote on a logrite arch from a local company. I'd be using my BidenBux®, so it's kinda free. Waiting on word from that before I proceed. I have a bunch of brushcutting to do there, but I'll wait til the wineberries are done; mid-late June. No point in taking the critter's food when I don't have to.

 

[cory]

I have that sharpener too, works well on knives in decent shape

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Up in higher country doing estimates. Near Yosemite, in Fish Camp. Nice they had a BBQ at the little store. Excellent brisket.

 

[lxskllr]

Test fired my new burnbarrel tonight. Burned off the previous owner, and it's mine now. I think I'm gonna punch some holes around the bottom to increase draft. Pretty sure I'm done with it til cool weather though. It's already too hot to be feeding a dragon D^:

 

[Dave Shepard]

I cut a few four inch holes in the bottom of a 55 gallon drum. It became a rocket burn barrel.