The Official Work Pictures Thread

[cory]

Nice pics, Sz!

 

[Szajer]

Thanks.

I so want my boss to take pics while I'm up in a tree, but he's a technophobe. I'm sometimes wondering how a fellow Gemini can be so dull half the time... Oh well- different strokes........

 

[cory]

An iPhone is pretty untechnical, no?

 

[Szajer]

I don't get it either. He has lots of quirks that can drive most nuts...

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Carls pictures loading his Kubota reminded me of Loading my old Hitachi. Also, some large mulcher pics.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Some pics of my new track machine, and a low ground pressure machine I was driving a few months ago, included so Carl can see the fixed tooth head. Generally speaking they are about 100% more productive than swinging hammers or carbide tips. FWIW, its easy enough to convert a head to run Quadco teeth and they cut like a razor.

 

[Jomo]

You guys may not believe it, but the fastest method of big stump removal I've ever witnessed was done with a 60 ton trackhoe, fitted with a thumb.

36 inch euc stumps split straight down with the bucket the first move, pulling one half out towards the machine the second, back handing the other half away from him the third move. All in 3 smooth power moves, and it's over. Then the thumb allows quick loading into 45 foot end dumps. This guy could remove the stumps of a weeks worth of my 7 man removal crew in one day, about 250 stumps!

You wouldn't believe it till you've seen a good trackhoe operator do it as I have.

Jomo

 

[rangerdanger]

Not hard to believe at all. A 60 ton is a damn big machine and makes any stump look small! Awesome photos Ed, you operate some serious iron!


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[cory]

Sweet machines.

 

[Porkbrick]

sadly i have no machines . but i do have some cool trees to climb for fun . this one is a western sycamore at a local park. measured out at around 100' tall with two bee hives in the hollows. the railroad spikes are arranged like they were used as a ladder back in the day. i can just imagine someone scampering up that beast using only those spikes!

 

[squisher]

Crazy those spikes! And the tree. Awesome!!!

 

[cory]

 

[Porkbrick]

i have some better perspective pics, but they dont seem to want to load. too big mb?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lordy!!!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Some really good stuff you guys,, Hella trees too!

All I had was a couple of piddely little trees at some apartments. They only wanted to remove the Chinese pistache in front of the office to fix the side walk... Found a little issue with the Locust though. They were reluctant to go for it and I finally convinced them. Was nice to show them what I was talking about when I diced the spar...

There ya go Rajan... A little piece of rope that was handy
The management company did not want me to just "flop" them into the parking lot. Just climbed them and pieced them down. Rob easily kept up chipping them.
Then they added on some trimming on the other side of the across from the office. Chaching

 

[lumberjack]

Some pics of my new track machine, and a low ground pressure machine I was driving a few months ago, included so Carl can see the fixed tooth head. Generally speaking they are about 100% more productive than swinging hammers or carbide tips. FWIW, its easy enough to convert a head to run Quadco teeth and they cut like a razor.

After I get my mower paid for, I'm currently thinking I'll get this. I'm a dealer for Rockhound, there specs say it needs 15GPM 3ksi. It says the GPM range is 15-40gpm, which I doubt, but the owner is supposed to be giving me a call. 40gpm @ 3ksi is 70hp. If it can handle that, I might build a power pack for the excavator as that would be pretty damn mean.


List price is $16k.

 

[MasterBlaster]

The management company did not want me to just "flop" them into the parking lot.

Did they think the massive weight of those monsters was gonna damage the lot?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

They have serious issues of being over conscience of liability. In their head, some idiot would walk right to the office just as I was felling the tree. The other issue was traffic. They just bought two of these complexes. They are in the process of revamping them. There are contractors running all over the place all day. They did not want to block any trucks coming or going.
I saw what they mean by idiots. We had one sneak around the truck that was nosed into a space, walk under the caution tape and go in front of the truck while we were chipping into it. Just to get her mail. She was one of 5 today that completely ignore barriers.
I have a sneaking suspicion they have been sued in the past due to side walks lifting etc. Almost every oak on the place is slated for us to kill.
We are trying to talk them into remove and replace. The site manager is giving it a nickname... Valley Oakless Apartments

 

[squisher]

Looks like a lot of those trees have been brutalized in the past. They'll be doing well to have you as their tree guy now Stephen.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Horribly brutalised Justin. All kinds of nasty cuts. Trees took a real beating few years ago under heavy snow and winds. The whole area there looked like a bomb went off. They were just so full of epi growth they lost many limbs during that storm. So if it was not bad enough
Poor placement too for what I believe are Quercus virginiana. Foundations are damaged, side walks. Plumbing.. It's a mess over there.

 

[rbtree]

Chainsaw singin in the rain.....

A mighty wet one today it was. The rain had lessened at about 1:30, when Pat reached the top of today's Douglas-fir, which we are craning out Wednesday, to add to logs from three other trees, two which we are brushing out tomorrow, one which fell in the last storm. This one may scale out at around 1200 board feet. Pat is at about 110 feet here.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

After I get my mower paid for, I'm currently thinking I'll get this. I'm a dealer for Rockhound, there specs say it needs 15GPM 3ksi. It says the GPM range is 15-40gpm, which I doubt, but the owner is supposed to be giving me a call. 40gpm @ 3ksi is 70hp. If it can handle that, I might build a power pack for the excavator as that would be pretty damn mean.


List price is $16k.

Looks like quadco teeth on that machine. A 70hp powerpack would be a neat little unit. Whats the weight of your machine?

 

[lumberjack]

Yeah they are Quadcos.

It weighs just under 13k according to the spec sheet.

I might use the Rayco RG85's engine and pump, although air cooled could be better.

 

[flushcut]

Some really good stuff you guys,, Hella trees too!

All I had was a couple of piddely little trees at some apartments. They only wanted to remove the Chinese pistache in front of the office to fix the side walk... Found a little issue with the Locust though. They were reluctant to go for it and I finally convinced them. Was nice to show them what I was talking about when I diced the spar...View attachment 53520View attachment 53521View attachment 53522View attachment 53523View attachment 53524View attachment 53525View attachment 53527

There ya go Rajan... A little piece of rope that was handy
The management company did not want me to just "flop" them into the parking lot. Just climbed them and pieced them down. Rob easily kept up chipping them.
Then they added on some trimming on the other side of the across from the office. Chaching

Ahh yes bondage! Very good sir!

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Yeah they are Quadcos.

It weighs just under 13k according to the spec sheet.

I might use the Rayco RG85's engine and pump, although air cooled could be better.

So... About 6 ton machine? That with a 70hp powerpack would be an awesome tool. Have you thought about getting a shear too? The small shears are becoming very popular over here -

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