SeanKroll
Treehouser
How much snow becomes problematic?
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TreeHouser
On the ground or in the chipper? 16-20”+ on the ground is a problem and that usually equates to four foot drifts or deeper. A scoop shovel of snow in the chipper can plug’er up good.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
My 1250 hates me if stuff has snow sleet or hale on it.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
I never had that problem. Heck, it never even occurred to me.
Burnham
Woods walker
I'd be at home in front of the woodstove
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SkwerI
Treehouser
Funny, I've never had that problem either. It did snow here once in 1973 but it didn't stick and I was only 7.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Never had a problem with snow and chipper. Apart from skidding of the road getting onsite.
I don’t recall a time that snow stopped the chipper from working. We don’t usually machine feed them though.
I don’t recall a time that snow stopped the chipper from working. We don’t usually machine feed them though.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Depends on how stringy the brush is. Like out interior lives oaks or ceanothus
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TreeHouser
Most snow is from the BS pile just under the feed table. I haven’t had an issue with the bc1500 but my old bc1400 would plug up just looking at snow.
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TreeHouser
You guys wouldn’t make it here in winter 🥶 lol.
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TreeHouser
I think more necessity than dedication.
Just some deadwoodin
Just some deadwoodin
SkwerI
Treehouser
I did some storm work up in NC many many years ago back in my climbing days, and I had a hell of a time identifying deadwood versus live limbs (early winter, no snow yet). I cut a hell of a lot of 'deadwood' that was green inside!
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TreeHouser
Lack of buds on the twigs, fruiting bodies, no bark, it’s pretty easy once you are up there. And these two oaks are in decline pretty bad. The custy is just blind to the fact they killed them with some serious grade changes.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
I can relate to that.
Limbs, dead / alive, covered in moss and ferns can all look the same.
I'm lucky to be alive today.
Limbs, dead / alive, covered in moss and ferns can all look the same.
I'm lucky to be alive today.
This hook for use with tubular webbing sling is awesome. For idk 20 years I’ve been using shackles/Clevis with steel cables which was fine but this hook combined with webbing for crane work is a serious time and energy saver. Today took down 2 big maples an a huge oak in 8 hours, this hook probably saved a half hour. That’s a beefy savings imo.
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SkwerI
Treehouser
Details. A quick Google search was unsuccessful. Spill it.
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pantheraba
More biners!!!
On that Reg Coates video that's just been making the rounds here lately, I noticed he had a blue web choker taking a large chunk with a crane. Looks like he's using big webbing also.
