How'd it go today?

[davidwyby]

Wasn’t a big deal really. The chain held it fwd and the ratchet strap rearward, and we drove it on the trailer. I have never seen control arms fail before, usually the mounts rip off the axle.
Maybe that’s the newer jeeps. This is a ZJ.

He had replaced his control arms with some from the parts store because the factory rubber bushings were shot…I suspect the aftermarket ones are even flimsier than the stock ones. I guess they are under warranty so he’s going to replace them for now and build or buy some beefier ones.

 

[Kaveman]

Aaaand we hiked Merced River today. Many photos were taken. Was grand fun. Kaveman finally sleepy. Very sleepy. Was a good day.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

More hiking today down the Merced river canyon. Pretty much following the old rail road track cut. Went down to another tributary that flows in. Beauty of a day. Tad cloudy. But not cold. Tons of things to see from the mining era. Flume for water to the cannons. That one pic is of a giant elbow at the end of where the flume was. Tresle bridge supports. We took a rest with all the foundation for one bridge at the tributary. Hardly any one on the trail. It goes on quite a ways past where we turned about.

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[davidwyby]

I ran errands, put away camping stuff, etc., etc. then this evening ate a bunch of Euc dust off the 461. @huskihl builds a mean saw. Also the filter keeps the dust out better than husky. Spend more time sharpening the 3/8” Oregon semi chisel than cutting. Going to stihl .404
Should be a big improvement.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

More hiking pics

 

[WoodCutr]

first job with the "new" 30112s, pretty sweet but definitely not as nice as that liebherr, but its cheaper and has its place for sure, still haven't cracked a driveway with any of the 30 tons

used some chains for the first time also, gonna be ordering a set at some point

 

[Kaveman]

Be safe youngster. Chains don't like shock load at all. But you know better than to shock load a crane.

 

[WoodCutr]

Be safe youngster. Chains don't like shock load at all. But you know better than to shock load a crane.

I try to avoid it, almost every time I've ever had a shock load issue was an operator doing something I explicitly said not to do, I.E putting 10K of pre tension on a 3500# piece, infact thats what happened in that 2nd pic I posted where you can see the torn out wood, 3800# pick, he had 7600 on it after I told him 2K pre tension, I stopped him and told him to cable down, wood broke and it came off with zero shock, but it was almost bad

and yes, I do snap cut with the crane, a LOT, wiggle it up and down 2 or 3 times and the wood comes off clean with no bounce or shock at all, only ever snap cutting stuff <16", any bigger and I do a V or shelf cut depending on the situation

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Levi scored a TDI with about 200k on it and brought it back from the coast. While Katy and I went to the spine specialist for the last visit there. Neck brace no longer necessary except for risky situations. Wear as needed for a few more weeks. Now to hunt for PT. Our medical and ins is a dance. Almost like the head hunters you see in the movies. No one local.

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[flushcut]

There is light at the end of the tunnel! Good to hear you are mending well.

 

[cory]

I stopped him and told him to cable down, wood broke and it came off with zero shock,

Nice pic(k)s.

I've done the same re cabling down.

I hear lotta good things about chains, slings work well for me.

You can get alot done with a 30t. Was the liebherr 100t or so?

 

[WoodCutr]

Nice pic(k)s.

I've done the same re cabling down.

I hear lotta good things about chains, slings work well for me.

You can get alot done with a 30t. Was the liebherr 100t or so?

Liebherr was a 70 ton, LTM 1060-3.1, beast of a crane!

we've done most all our work with a 30102, this 30112 is sweet but the smaller cranes really start to lose chart past 50', we work the 30 ton out to 80ft occasionally but we start going really, really small on the picks past about 50'


the chains are sweet, planning to order a set of these whenever I have $1200 to shell out, they are heavy for sure but not a big deal since the big lifty thing is doing most of the work!
oh yeah, no shackles or pins to drop with the chains, lot quicker to undo a few hooks than to unscrew shackles

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Kavey, poor buddy, got introduced to our version of buck thorn yesterday. Clearing type job.

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[cory]

We use these hooks with the round slings, major game changer compared to shackles.

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[WoodCutr]

We use these hooks with the round slings, major game changer compared to shackles.

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I've thought about them, might get some to try

 

[cory]

Nothing wrong with chains afaik but if you already have round slings, why not add a hook, no muss no fuss. On a six hour job, they probably save roughly a half hour.$$$$

 

[treebilly]

I like those round sling hooks. So much faster than shackles. There is a slight chance that hey can get hooked up wrong though.
The chains are ok but not my cup of tea. If I remember correctly the gate is rated on those and they get tighter as tension is added

 

[treebilly]

First picture I’ve been able to load in a while. Breaking ice every morning lately. Notice that temp @cory

 

[cory]

#brutal!!

I've yet to go in before work

 

[treebilly]

First thing in the morning for me. Get the hardest thing out of the way first. Also forces me to at least do a warm up workout. With out it I’m rather grumpy

 

[Kaveman]

Well, there where no illusions about where I was working today. Shirtless, sweating, in the shade on December 3rd? Yeah, gotta be California.

"You're just bound and determined to get covered in poison oak, aren't you?"

"I'm sweating like a whore in church boss! My arms ain't started itchin, figured ise safe."

Still no itchy, musta got lucky lolz.

Dodged the Buckthorn today, instead I made little uns outta big uns. Black oak fell into a live oak and smashed what looked like a biiig ol holly underneath it. Heavy hangers, decent sized wood, lotsa tangle. Oh, and because it's Mariposa County, it's all steep ground.

 

[stikine]

pictures or it didn't happen, lol

 

[Kaveman]

Happy now? Shirtless skinny white boy.

 

[cory]

sweating like a nun at a cucumber farm

 

[WoodCutr]

Nothing wrong with chains afaik but if you already have round slings, why not add a hook, no muss no fuss. On a six hour job, they probably save roughly a half hour.$$$$

I only have one round sling, customer gave it to me a while back, works good on wood

I strongly dislike synthetic rigging, especially on tree's, it's not as robust as our ropes are, and gets damaged pretty quick, nothing really wrong with it, I just personally don't like it a whole lot, works fine
generally the crane ops here like to drag rigging out from under logs, I let them if its their own rigging, but never with mine