How'd it go today?

Phone call should take care of it. Billing departments suck. I don't like dealing with humans. Computers never give me problems. I pay the bill, I get an email verifying I paid the bill, and it's done til next time. The computer doesn't forget I paid, or misplace the bits on the hard drive.
 
I got an $1100 past due bill from Kubota once, I realized that was oddly similar to the rental price of the skidsteer I had as a loaner so I called to let them know I wasn't planning to pay it, apparently it was the first time it's ever happened, Kubota gave me a loaner while my machine was in the shop, Kubota corporate is supposed to treat it as a rental, and reimburse the dealership, the dealer sent Kubota another bill and somehow it got forwarded to me, no big deal, one phone call and we were good

I've had other times, I hadn't been paid for the job yet and so I didn't have the cash with me to pay the crane, I could use card but his card reader wasn't working, no big deal, I call the next morning and tell the the office guy "Hey, I have a bill for ~$1200 that I need to pay" and he said "What bill? you don't owe anything" so I had to go back and forth for a little while to get him to take my money

computers and humans both mess up, best bet is to keep track of bills or invoices yourself, that way it would atleast take you, and the other side of the deal forgetting or messing numbers up
 
digging through my log/round pile today fishing out the last rounds for a guy, came across the trap door from my chippers feed rollers

I thought it got scrapped last year, guess not, I should probably put it back on
 
Today I climbed for some deadwood and hangers. One of @CurSedVoyce long time customers (16 years!). Kinda really fun mixed bag of stuff, for a woman who genuinely cares about her trees. Stark contrast from the contracted butchery of last week. She was apparently very happy with our work. I was stoked to catch a smoke break with the Attack Gecko. 20250203_122807.jpg 20250203_122820.jpg

Beautiful yard. 10/10 will never tell anyone where it's at good. Stephen has taken me to a bunch of those. I see why he's so cagey with his whereabouts. Expect more of the same from me. Too much beauty to risk word getting out.

Yall piss off. California SUX!
 
Moving it's more of a hassle than splitting. Split in the field, load the truck, empty it in the driveway, then either carry to the front porch and stack, or wheelbarrow it around back and stack. I'd like to be able to just go out to a big woodpile and break wood. Stack it when I feel like getting to it.
 
Moving it's more of a hassle than splitting. Split in the field, load the truck, empty it in the driveway, then either carry to the front porch and stack, or wheelbarrow it around back and stack. I'd like to be able to just go out to a big woodpile and break wood. Stack it when I feel like getting to it.
Stacking is for the birds…

I’m trying to get my yard set up to reduce the steps in processing.
 
Not your wood! :^D

I like results when I split. Banging an axe against a bastard log over and over quickly loses it's appeal.
It’s not all that bad. I don’t mess with the tough stuff, I saw it or mostly just let it dry more. I was getting almost one piece per swing today with the 6lb Aussie blocksplitter. I think it’s the best.
 
I don't mind stacking for a low key something to do on the right days. My ideal setup would be ~8' logs carried to a spot with a machine, I cut to length there, split it when I feel like doing it, throw the splits in a pile, then stack when I feel like it. Wood has to be covered here. It's too wet to leave it open. You can leave it open for awhile, but at some point it has to be under cover before it hits the stove. A couple months under cover after seasoning is ideal, but I don't usually get that with my late season wood.
 
finally started getting over whatever I had, thinking a sinus infection but I'm not sure, about to haul a load of logs to a guy, got a few people stopping by over the next 3 days to get loads, and I'm planning to head to a buddies next week to pull all the wheels off the dump truck and go through the brakes, the rotors and pads look brand new but theres zero texture at all and it's just not stopping how it should, plus the hydroboost is acting funny (spongy pedal but only when its running and building PS pressure, when its shut off you can't press the brake pedal down more than 1/2"), thinking its a fluid thing since theres zero air on the brake or power steering side
 
I don't mind stacking for a low key something to do on the right days. My ideal setup would be ~8' logs carried to a spot with a machine, I cut to length there, split it when I feel like doing it, throw the splits in a pile, then stack when I feel like it. Wood has to be covered here. It's too wet to leave it open. You can leave it open for awhile, but at some point it has to be under cover before it hits the stove. A couple months under cover after seasoning is ideal, but I don't usually get that with my late season wood.
I buy truck loads of logs.

Then I grab some with the grapple on my tractor.

I haul the log to my stump and cut it in the air while it's still in the grapple.

Then I split it.
 
I don't think it's terribly outrageous to design. I don't remember every detail, but you could even do optical scanning so you're taking the minimum necessary off each tooth. The problem is scale. While it's quite feasible to make, there isn't a ton of demand for chain grinders. Hard to figure out how everyone can make money building/buying such an advanced machine.
 
More used by bigger companies especially with harvesters.
I have a simpler version that has a manual crank that makes it work. Cheaper than the motorised version.
Head flip flops to sharp each tooth as it advances. Mine broke the gear that moves the grinding head and never got fixed.
The set up is kind of complicated on it. Likes even numbers of teeth as I recall.
Best to have a lot of chain you have to sharpen a lot of.
 
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