How'd it go today?

Supraspinitus is one of 2 tendons that i had worked on. Cant remember the other one. I like your timeline as well Fiona, and hope to be on a similar path. These first 3 weeks of doing nothing are going to be the worst. Can't wait to start my comeback.

I really appreciate the feedback from everybody!
 
Got the truck back today. 4x4 still needs fixing. They're waiting on a part. Boss picked it up, and he asked what we needed to go to the job. I said everything I took out. In addition to that(minus the battery he needed to get), he also grabbed my rigging bag, and my bag with my chaps and brushcutter harness. I asked him where he supposed that stuff came from in the truck?! I said it was a good thing he brought the rigging bag cause we might need it to pull the truck out of a ditch :^D
 
I had one of those days at work. Murphy law all day. It took 45 minutes to get a new hole for the lavatory drain through the floor under the vanity. There was a 4” mud mat to deal with. Water dripped on my head from the soil pipe (plumbers baptism) as the flapper didn’t seal all the way. At least it was from the tank. Just installed what I needed to while it dripped on me and showered when I got home. There was a lot of things that just went haywire on that drain repipe. Added another task to the scope and still done on time. Glad I added “extra” time to that bid. Few things are done easily.
 
Had a good day craning out trees that were a wee bit taller than the crane. Still have two to do tomorrow. I prefer being taller than the trees but it is manageable when properly rigged. I also had good luck with the external A2B cable not being grabbed today. That thing is usually a PITA. At least now I have a spare for when I break it next.
 
lxskllr said:
Gonna keep the hood black Stephen? Looks pretty good in the pics.
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I might. I did on my Subaru in the past. Black shows evrrything though. Might end up black center and red border. Satin black cuts the sun glare big time. I prepainted the under side with the stock red/maroon color. Mostly weather proofing and one last thing for a body shop to do.
Heat/sound deadening material all put back. New hinge too. Wires all tidy like stock. That fender will need replaced someday. I'll wait for a deer hit first though. Have a brush/cattle bumper I am going to repaint and see if I can install after I replace the grill thatmy son hit twice :|:
 
I wanted to get started milling that oak, but it didn't work out. I can't move the wood. Folded my maasdam handle trying to move a piece, and it kept wedging against a neighboring piece. Between driving wedges and cranking it one click at a time, I got one end mostly free. I then sizzed off a corner to free the whole side. It was raining most of the time, and I lost enthusiasm for the project. If boss won't come down with the skidloader, I might add some pulleys to the maasdam(I have another one), and try pulling again.

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You can cut a few time successively in the kerf between the two logs. Be careful to not bind your saw, but it gives you the little play allowing the logs to roll.
I love my Maasdam, but sadly it's no match for the task when you need to drag heavy wood on the ground. 800 900 lbs of traction is about nothing against friction in dirt. Multiply it by 4 and we can begin to talk.
 
I made it a little more difficult by selecting a piece in the middle to mill. I bucked just below the first rotten branch stub, then measured 8.5' towards the butt and made my second cut. I wanted it as thin and uniform as possible. I still have to measure it when I get my target segregated. I think I'll have to rip a piece off to get my mill to fit. There's an outside chance it'll fit with the dogs off, but I think it's still too big.
 
Or choke it to the far side and parabuckle it. Hope that’s the term I was looking for.

Nasty cold rain day. I gave two estimates while hauling a chipper back to Vermeer and picking up ours. As I foretold, the distributor cap is a down fall to these newer gas chippers. Somehow took Vermeer two weeks to diagnose and fix a known issue. Then gave more estimates and looked at my next few moves on the ROW job I’m on.
 
A parbuckle is a good idea, but I think different from what you mean, Rich, as there is no choking a parbuckle system.

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This uses the round load as a wheel/ pulley, making a theoretical 2:1. I am not sure about friction loss, here.

I think you and I were talking about the same thing of choking it so that it rolls, not skids. Yes/ No?
 
Yes Sean. And I was mistaken on the terminology. I have taken several wraps to roll a log using MA but never parabuckled. Another tool in the bag now
 
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