CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Good wishes for your dad Adrian.. Hope it does not progress..
How'd it go today?
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lumberjack
Young man on the go
The most I've gone across the scales with was 6klbs (about 2200lbs on a 800lb trailer) averaging about 25 mpg from the Ozarks in Missouri back home. That trailer weighs around 1100-1400lbs, I'll get a mpg report tomorrow, although I expect it to be lower than above due to a higher speed.
It held 70-72 on most hills. I had to downshift to 4th a couple times on the 150 mile trip to here.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Two trees down, one tree trimmed on 2 job sites, shower taken and meeting a chick for lunch at 12.
Come back, gather the cousins and jet off for home sometime this afternoon.
Come back, gather the cousins and jet off for home sometime this afternoon.
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
vharrison
Island Girl
Well, yesterday at the sandbar, I stepped on a peice of glass. After seeing 2 different doc's today, it is still in my foot. The doctors rammed their tools around in my heel and did not find anything. One of them even took an x-ray. The novocaine is about to wear off and it is going to hurt like the dickens. No work out today as a result, probably not till later in the week. I feel like Jimmy Buffets song, I blew out my flip flop and stepped on a poptop!
MasterBlaster
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Dang Virginia, sorry to hear. Is the glass gonna stay in your foot???
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Hope it isn't too painful for ya, V. Glass is a bugger to get out sometimes.
Burnham
Woods walker
How come the docs left it in?
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Glass is not that easy to remove .
When I was in that wreck that killed my buddy on 7 mile bridge in '67 I passed shards of glass for over 30 years until it all came out . Actually it isn't all out yet . Still a few lumps on my pretty face .:roll:
When I was in that wreck that killed my buddy on 7 mile bridge in '67 I passed shards of glass for over 30 years until it all came out . Actually it isn't all out yet . Still a few lumps on my pretty face .:roll:
Burnham
Woods walker
Ok, I'll accept that glass is hard to remove...so why is that?
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Small shards are hard to see. Especially in a shattered glass injury, it's not uncommon that they don't get all of it out.
rangerdanger
TreeHouser
Had a great day today!!! Finally got back into tree work after all that sodding and rock work!
Mostly pruning and grinding today. Me and our climber trainee climbed a few Cherries. Just removing some large dead wood mostly. Also felled 2 trees. I did a small 10" DBH Maple, and Dad a 12" DBH Locust. The Maple was great because the golf course was letting us use their small TLB for the day, so we backed it right up to the Maple, used a scarp piece of rope to tie the tree to the backhoe bucket, lifted the butt up, and off we went!! And man, feeding the chipper on that one was easy!!!
Had a incident today also. We had cut what was remaining of a large stump away so we could grind it. I was loading the two large piece's into the bucket when one rolled back and slammed my foot against another tree
. I was scared shitless for a minute because I thought for sure it was broken somewhere. But I got lucky and walked away with a big bruise on the side of my foot.
Mostly pruning and grinding today. Me and our climber trainee climbed a few Cherries. Just removing some large dead wood mostly. Also felled 2 trees. I did a small 10" DBH Maple, and Dad a 12" DBH Locust. The Maple was great because the golf course was letting us use their small TLB for the day, so we backed it right up to the Maple, used a scarp piece of rope to tie the tree to the backhoe bucket, lifted the butt up, and off we went!! And man, feeding the chipper on that one was easy!!!
Had a incident today also. We had cut what was remaining of a large stump away so we could grind it. I was loading the two large piece's into the bucket when one rolled back and slammed my foot against another tree
. I was scared shitless for a minute because I thought for sure it was broken somewhere. But I got lucky and walked away with a big bruise on the side of my foot.
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Dang Gigi, I hope that glass pops out on its own and the pain lets up quick!
OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
Bummer Gigi, If I'm not mistaken, I believe Mr. Buffett recommends margaritas for a cut foot
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Sorry you are going through that Virginia. I hope they will eventually find it and get it out. I have always been fortunate with my glass injuries, Always big enough to find and often most the bottle just falls off after spearing my foot... Hurts like heck!
Careful out there Adrian...Happy you walked away with light injury.
Me... I have been cleaning up around here with 5 dump runs and some stacking and packing. A lot to do now that Sheila has passed on in just getting things in order and all secured, sorted and cleaned out. Then we start prepping the house for making it a vacation rental. Personally just happy the day is about through. Two more day care kids to be picked up and I can be my normal self...
Careful out there Adrian...Happy you walked away with light injury.
Me... I have been cleaning up around here with 5 dump runs and some stacking and packing. A lot to do now that Sheila has passed on in just getting things in order and all secured, sorted and cleaned out. Then we start prepping the house for making it a vacation rental. Personally just happy the day is about through. Two more day care kids to be picked up and I can be my normal self...
S
Strikermike
Guest
Iodine will sometimes make the shards stand out. Beware it does sting a might
OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Ummmmmmmm That does sound bad doesn't it
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Good grief not a week ago we got into a discussion of water pumps and sand in the well .Don't you know it I've got the same problem .
This stuff is a fine as valve grinding compound .I've never seen anything like this before and have no idea where it came from .
Not a big deal at the moment as I have two wells .One which has the sand only runs the geo-thermal and the other runs the house .At the moment I have the geo running on the house well until I get it sorted out as to what I'm going to do to fix it short of sinking another hole .
This stuff is a fine as valve grinding compound .I've never seen anything like this before and have no idea where it came from .
Not a big deal at the moment as I have two wells .One which has the sand only runs the geo-thermal and the other runs the house .At the moment I have the geo running on the house well until I get it sorted out as to what I'm going to do to fix it short of sinking another hole .
S
Strikermike
Guest
Maybe the pump is too close to the bottom of the hole.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Picked up several jobs today and the guys worked a hourly gig
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Good news John.... 
brendonv
Tree Hugger
Had a productive day.
Headed off to Home Depot this morning for some wood and hardware, built a new tailgate for the truck as Carl and I welded on some stake pockets on the rear because the 7' swing out tailgate was a PITA 90% of the time. It just needed to much room to swing.
After that I made a permanent ramp to load the mini into the shed easier, I was prior just putting my ramps but that was getting old. Fixed some little odds and ends on the mini while it was out.
Changed the knives in the chipper for the next weeks load of work, then headed to Gregs to help him with his big rig.
Bruce stopped by and I took his KTM 525 super moto out around the block and fell in love.
Headed off to Home Depot this morning for some wood and hardware, built a new tailgate for the truck as Carl and I welded on some stake pockets on the rear because the 7' swing out tailgate was a PITA 90% of the time. It just needed to much room to swing.
After that I made a permanent ramp to load the mini into the shed easier, I was prior just putting my ramps but that was getting old. Fixed some little odds and ends on the mini while it was out.
Changed the knives in the chipper for the next weeks load of work, then headed to Gregs to help him with his big rig.
Bruce stopped by and I took his KTM 525 super moto out around the block and fell in love.
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