How'd it go today?

[Dave Shepard]

Are you on the moon?

 

[friedrich]

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amazing

 

[friedrich]

i don‘t know how i managed without it

 

[Dave Shepard]

Finished the tractor project in the dark, with freezing rain, because it isn't going to get any better any time soon.

 

[Kaveman]

Today's project... We'll see how it goes lol

 

[pigwot]

Five very dry, dead ash trees dropped for a friend (older fellow). Every tree had to be rigged to pull them over.

I could tell he wasn’t up to winching the last one over as it had a good bit of back lean and took some work to get it over center. My bar just started binding in the back cut, so I left a substantial hinge and hiked around and up the hill to crank on the Come-a-Long to finish it off. He videoed as I cranked. Glad it was drop and leave - cleanup would have been a mess. 9am to noon.

Video:

Dropping the last of five dead ash trees.

 

[Mick!]

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Not dissimilar to my day

 

[Kaveman]

Here's my after pic, since I remembered to take one. Coulda spent all day up there, maybe two to get it all laced out, but that is not in the client's budget. Nice tree though, very fun climb. Hardly noticed I was aloft over three hours.

PS. @Mick! Looks like you got a nice tree today too! Right on!

 

[Dave Shepard]

I had a little panic moment with the Kubota, but it turned to be a crappy hose clamp.

Sawmill battery is junk. Wasn't expecting that.

 

[SeanKroll]

Better than something worse on both accounts and still PITAs!

 

[Dave Shepard]

Well, the battery is a crappy deal. I have a battery that will start the mill, but I'll have to plug the tractor in to the mill to run the hydraulics. I don't think the mill battery is coming back from 5.46 volts.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

My dad, almost 93, took a fall Sunday night. Went and got my mom and took her to him at the hospital. Broke his hip. Couple days of exhaustion and trying to balance a 2hr trip to the hospital and work. They scheduled him for surgery today and we are down here together. Mom can't drive at night. Hoping for the best out come. Age and surgery dont always play well together. Cross your fingers

 

[cory]

That's rough. Fingers crossed. Old folks and falls are a bad but frequent combination.

 

[pigwot]

Anesthesia is usually worse than the surgical intervention. Friend's 94 year old Dad had hip replacement post-fall a month ago and he is just now starting to get his mental clarity back.

 

[pete mctree]

7 days into a 10 day project - it’s the biggest one I have ever taken on and the schedule is really tight. Approximately 200 trees along a well used walkway, which is on an old railway line. We have only had to climb 9 trees so far, but I sort of cheated….

 

[treebilly]

I was reminded today that I despise working in the snow. Only 4 inches but that’s enough for me. Spent the day chasing dead wood in two large trees. Then got a start on a large maple reduction.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

He's out of recovery, awake and talking to mom. Guess all went well. Never contacted us after recovery, he just fell off the screen of patient progress. Gives your heart a jump. Thinking might have to visit the basement. Normally you at least get a text. Tripped on up to his prior room and found out he was on the next floor up.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

<---------------- the calm kid that holds mom together and sisters up to date/in check when possible

 

[flushcut]

I was reminded today that I despise working in the snow. Only 4 inches but that’s enough for me. Spent the day chasing dead wood in two large trees. Then got a start on a large maple reduction.

We got 12” over the weekend and another 1.5” this morning. I’ll take the 4”. lol

 

[cory]

the snow. Only 4 inches but that’s enough for me. Spent the day chasing dead wood in two large trees. Then got a start on a large maple reduction.

Sounds like very challenging climbing work to do in snowy trees.

 

[SeanKroll]

Wishing him a good recovery, Stephen.

When my mom was in the hospital une general A, she was feeling post- A confusion a bit, more at times especially after wakng up, several days in.


A whiteboard helped us : where she was, specifically when she would see me next ( between 8-10a, not earlier than 11am) and a message to call anytime with my phone number (for an aide/ therapist to dial on the land line). Fwiw.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

He will have his cell phone and hearing aids tomorrow. Th at will help a great deal.

 

[WoodCutr]

going to an F250 will suck after running this setup but I need a cheaper daily to drive to a 9-5

Dads cummins is for sale if anyones interested

 

[Dave Shepard]

I was having some trouble with an injector after reassembling the Kubota. Japanese fuel systems are pretty primitive compared to today's common rail stuff, so I decided to take a chance and clean the injector. I'm not sure exactly what I cleaned out of it, but I ran for an hour with no skipping.