SeanKroll
Treehouser
Did that piece get cut down, or did it eat that whole? I thought I saw you guys having an 1800..whatta beast!
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forestkeepers
Forest Keeper
The stump cut was a 2 piece, for sure; the root flare outcroppings would get stuck in the feed wheels, so we nipped those off. But then again, we are gambling men when it comes to willow -- the feed wheels can crush it down pretty readily. I don't think we cut anything else on the tree. It munched down all the main leaders without limbing anything. About a 45 minute job; glad the homeowner was out for most of it so they didn't see how fast it went!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Is there a sharp edge developing where the round bit is worn down at the winch rope entrance (fairlead-area's roundstock)? or is that an OEM cut-out for the design?
How much more life can you get out of that bit of winch line that gets put under high tension?
FWIW, people can do what they want, risk-wise, of their own choosing (well, not when working for me). I'm not a fan of the boss choosing risk for employees. As I mentioned before about a cut-up flipline, tell the boss it past replacement:thirty.
If you're working 5-6 days a week, grinding stumps on Sunday and all, the boss should have enough money for replacing stuff that's damaged.
$0.02.
How much more life can you get out of that bit of winch line that gets put under high tension?
FWIW, people can do what they want, risk-wise, of their own choosing (well, not when working for me). I'm not a fan of the boss choosing risk for employees. As I mentioned before about a cut-up flipline, tell the boss it past replacement:thirty.
If you're working 5-6 days a week, grinding stumps on Sunday and all, the boss should have enough money for replacing stuff that's damaged.
$0.02.
forestkeepers
Forest Keeper
OEM design on the winch throat (I call it a "wimp", not a winch...) We've had to do an in-field replacement of the normal blue core winch line, replacing it with an older lowering rope. Where the karabiner hooks back to itself, there's a lot of chafing under load and so it goes for a week or two, then we have to shorten the line before the core shows (which we did right after the pics were taken). It's gotten short enough now that it's time to replace the line back to OEM, since it has less than 100' of reach (normally 150'). We're just coming out of winter and hitting the busier season now, so we can start to afford equipment upgrades (new truck tires, get our second 372 out of the shop, etc.). We definitely don't skimp on safety, though -- we've replaced climbing lines 2x lately, replaced a friction saver, cycled out a lowering rope, and are about to replace that flipline.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Work Pics Thread 2.0!
Lovely day today. 29c barely a cloud in the sky.
New chipper (well new to me) arrived Monday, so we put it through its paces.
A stand of Linden trees had been neglected and needed a clear out. Deadwood removal, clean up some old stubs and a light thin with some end weight reductions if needed. The bottom two limb were cut back and lifted over the cycle path.
Relatively easy day but didn't want to go balls out and the neighbours mention we were only there a couple hours whereas I had mentioned to the customer about 2/3rds of the day.
Done and out of there in 5 hours including the clearup. Then home for a dip in the Fjord with my oldest son.
Rich
Lovely day today. 29c barely a cloud in the sky.
New chipper (well new to me) arrived Monday, so we put it through its paces.
A stand of Linden trees had been neglected and needed a clear out. Deadwood removal, clean up some old stubs and a light thin with some end weight reductions if needed. The bottom two limb were cut back and lifted over the cycle path.
Relatively easy day but didn't want to go balls out and the neighbours mention we were only there a couple hours whereas I had mentioned to the customer about 2/3rds of the day.
Done and out of there in 5 hours including the clearup. Then home for a dip in the Fjord with my oldest son.
Rich
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Looks like a Copper Beech to me. Cross section a live branch and it should have a ring of pink as the cambium.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Sweet chipper Rich, lots of things to keep an eye on, how many hours?
Edit, that saw in front of the wheel is asking for it!
Edit, that saw in front of the wheel is asking for it!
biggun
Monkey for Hire
79 hours Mick.
That saw was a chock. That's all Huskies are worth isn't it?
Not really. The chipper wasn't connected to the truck.
Does yours have a stand at the back to power when chipping and not connected up?
It was perfectly stable today with out one.
That saw was a chock. That's all Huskies are worth isn't it?
Not really. The chipper wasn't connected to the truck.
Does yours have a stand at the back to power when chipping and not connected up?
It was perfectly stable today with out one.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
You are describing weather I was not aware Norway was capable of having.
Looks perfect.
Looks perfect.
Mick!
TreeHouser
No mine doesn’t have a stand, which is annoying.
Check your grease pipes aren’t split from the grease bank, I don’t trust them, soi put the nipples directly into the bearings.
What do you think of it? You’ve been around, as it were, chipper wise.
Check your grease pipes aren’t split from the grease bank, I don’t trust them, soi put the nipples directly into the bearings.
What do you think of it? You’ve been around, as it were, chipper wise.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
I like it. A friend I climb for out here has the same machine and I've used it quite a bit.
I deliberately put some gnarly bits through it to christen it and the stress didn't even kick in.
Yeah, yeah I know it was only lime but it did the job.
I deliberately put some gnarly bits through it to christen it and the stress didn't even kick in.
Yeah, yeah I know it was only lime but it did the job.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Jim, it has been glorious lately. Hovering around the late twenties and early thirties for over a week now. Supposed to be 31 on Saturday. Certainly was nice jumping in the Fjord after work for a swim. Water still needs to warm up a bit but you can swim in it quite comfortably.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Good job on the pruning...cool on the chipper.
Just to be able to say, "I took a dip in a fjord." Very cool.
Just to be able to say, "I took a dip in a fjord." Very cool.
Oh, the weird shit I do for money.
The private forest district that became our new customer this winter, grows a lot of christmas trees.
The warm spring has put budding forwards, so they were running way behind with top bud regulating.
So they asked us to help.
Not my favourite work by far, but anything to keep a big client happy.
One problem with growing natural style Abies normanniana x-mas trees is that in order for them to be nice and deeply green, they need lots of nitrogen.
That makes them grow too fast, so they become lanky.
So top growth has to be regulated, which can be done manually or chemically ( Using the same stuff Jim sprays on his grain to keep it from growing too tall and fall over)
Manually, you make several incisions in the cambium of last years top shoot, restricting the flow of vital bodily juices to this years top bud, so this years shoot will grow shorter.
With the cutting tool you make from 1 to 3 cuts according to how vigorously the tree seems to be growing. Now do that 3-4000 times a day.
Normally it is done by our version of Mexicans, Eastern Europeans.
Denmark exports some 10 million trees yearly, so it is big business.
Wouldn't want to have to pay somebody a decent wage for working in them.
Which, this time, they ended up doing.
But then I'm sure it will work ever so much better when done by certified arborists.
The private forest district that became our new customer this winter, grows a lot of christmas trees.
The warm spring has put budding forwards, so they were running way behind with top bud regulating.
So they asked us to help.
Not my favourite work by far, but anything to keep a big client happy.
One problem with growing natural style Abies normanniana x-mas trees is that in order for them to be nice and deeply green, they need lots of nitrogen.
That makes them grow too fast, so they become lanky.
So top growth has to be regulated, which can be done manually or chemically ( Using the same stuff Jim sprays on his grain to keep it from growing too tall and fall over)
Manually, you make several incisions in the cambium of last years top shoot, restricting the flow of vital bodily juices to this years top bud, so this years shoot will grow shorter.
With the cutting tool you make from 1 to 3 cuts according to how vigorously the tree seems to be growing. Now do that 3-4000 times a day.
Normally it is done by our version of Mexicans, Eastern Europeans.
Denmark exports some 10 million trees yearly, so it is big business.
Wouldn't want to have to pay somebody a decent wage for working in them.
Which, this time, they ended up doing.
But then I'm sure it will work ever so much better when done by certified arborists.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
I heard similar Stig.
How was your trip?
How was your trip?
MasterBlaster
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I bet you went home smelling like pine!!!
https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?3840-How-d-it-go-today/page11763
Check post # 58814 too.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Certified trees, with the master touch.
Crazy.
Crazy.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Working in some tiny tops there! Glad you don't have to climb those!
Raj
TreeHouser
Great work going on out there!
Monday I had this may be 55ft spruce, long branches over hanging 2 neighbours. Instead of rigging I opted for top-cut-peel and throw.... A few one hand cuts..... With the silky!
MS192T held up, since I finally found the reason it was lacking power!
Monday I had this may be 55ft spruce, long branches over hanging 2 neighbours. Instead of rigging I opted for top-cut-peel and throw.... A few one hand cuts..... With the silky!
MS192T held up, since I finally found the reason it was lacking power!
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
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Cut, aim and TOSS!!!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
What reason, clogged exhaust screen?
Raj
TreeHouser
Replaced the tiny pump piston in the carb.
Raj
TreeHouser
Drove one hour and 40 minutes to Leslieville, Toronto to mill a Manitoba maple.
