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  1. 09-22-2011, 04:45 PM #9856
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    Quote Originally Posted by sgreanbeans View Post
    Attachment 200135My grapple
    Nice looking setup I expect to see lots big wood pics. I would suggest welding in some more ribs in the bucket to help support the log weight and the added weight of the clamping pressure of the two rams. It will help with cracking down the road at the sides.
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  2. 09-22-2011, 05:10 PM #9857
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    I took down 14 trees and ground 11 stumps today.

    I am happy to report that the Beeline stumper I bought is the bomb. Ground 9 of those stumps in and out in 1:20. Thats stopping to talk to the client for 10 minutes and raking and blowing everything back into the holes, I had my help with me though. Stumps were between 12 and 22 inches. I though that was more than alright for a walk behind stump wrestling machine.

    I ground 2 of the 14 takedowns at a place and the client is going to dig the rest out with his hoe on his 40hp tractor. I have a feeling he'll be calling back for the grinder after he gets home and sees what it could do. That thing is just an animal at getting into the backyards and around landscaping with no ground disturbance.

    Couldn't be happier right now with how this Fall is turning out. Wish you all the best too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sgreanbeans View Post
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    Still working in the gated community, I have another 2 weeks in there, plus a month or more deep on the books for others. As they see my work, they keep coming out like they are missing something "I want one too". Got one of them done, then they had a HOA meeting, gave me all the common grounds to clean up, was told yesterday that I was most expensive bid! So far I have 4 homes and the common (still working that) have 3 more and one return to do a complete refresher. All of their landscape is 11 years old. Pruning all trees and shrubs, ripping all the mulch out and recapping with new, installing 4 trees for common areas. Not one thing has been done to maintain it, so now I get to go thru them all. I am thinking, that once I did the first one, theirs looked way better than the rest, and the rest couldn't handle that! Hoping that I sign every house on the street! Nothing but CEO's and Doctors, most with young trophy wife's, that feel the need to mow in tights!
    That Grapple setup is just how I roll on my 763 and yes it'll move some serious lumber. Just a little rough on the yards so I only use it when that doesn't matter. Fancy grass gets my tractor/loader.
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    I went to bed at 8:30. man I am beat.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nailsbeats View Post
    I took down 14 trees and ground 11 stumps today.

    I am happy to report that the Beeline stumper I bought is the bomb. Ground 9 of those stumps in and out in 1:20. Thats stopping to talk to the client for 10 minutes and raking and blowing everything back into the holes, I had my help with me though. Stumps were between 12 and 22 inches. I though that was more than alright for a walk behind stump wrestling machine.

    I ground 2 of the 14 takedowns at a place and the client is going to dig the rest out with his hoe on his 40hp tractor. I have a feeling he'll be calling back for the grinder after he gets home and sees what it could do. That thing is just an animal at getting into the backyards and around landscaping with no ground disturbance.

    Couldn't be happier right now with how this Fall is turning out. Wish you all the best too.
    You got a pic of that beeline stumper? Never heard of one. I have a little walk behind jobby as well, it's the #### for hedgerows. No re-positioning truck and grinder, just walk and grind. It's ok on bigger stuff though I try not to #### with 20" and over if I can help it, try to figure out a way to get the 630B in for those deals. I set mine up with greenteeth which made a marked improvement.
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    I worked on my pile some today.

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    I got a stupid question. How comes when I want to post a pic, you always have to click on the file attachment name to see it where as other people post pics that you can see without haveing to open them?
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    I dead wooded a locust and ran the largest estimate I have ever run on a residence and I am about 85% sure I have the bid.
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  8. 09-22-2011, 05:43 PM #9863
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blakesmaster View Post
    You got a pic of that beeline stumper? Never heard of one. I have a little walk behind jobby as well, it's the #### for hedgerows. No re-positioning truck and grinder, just walk and grind. It's ok on bigger stuff though I try not to #### with 20" and over if I can help it, try to figure out a way to get the 630B in for those deals. I set mine up with greenteeth which made a marked improvement.
    I will try to get one tommorow Blakes when the suns out. They don't make the grinder anymore but it is a great machine from my own experience and research I've done. Mine came with the Greenteeth and a sharpening center, put some resharpened teeth on and it rips to where I would hesistate on a 20" stump, 24" or bigger though and I'll sub it everytime.

    The key is sharp teeth and having help to level the piles as you work your way around the stump so you don't have to fight the build up and can spend your energy in the wood.
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  9. 09-22-2011, 08:16 PM #9864
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    Been doing a little fall tractor upkeep maintenance. After the long morning rain was over I had time to clean one of the two air filters on ole Johnny here. This one wasn't bad, but better safe than sorry.
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    dropped a 32" dia cherry tree for a guy across from a site i was quoting, good veneer in it and within five minutes of it hitting the ground i had three hackers stop and ask if i wanted to get rid of the wood. one i told no, one i ran out with the ol 660 scare tactic and the third i told him it was his for $1000, the poor fool actually thought about it for a minute. crack must be abuntant these days....
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    Rained all morning. Went and picked up my 200T that I reserved a couple days ago. I wanted it NIB but the guys at the shop werent haven it. I said I was serious...and they said...so are we. They told me ...we DO NOT sell saws in boxes, PERIOD. ....not ever. So I said...alright. I asked them if I could just have the box it came in? They said no. So then I said...can I have a hat? They said...sure. It worked out anyway cuz I had a message when I came outa store from a past customer who had a half a brad pear laying across her driveway. And she needed to meet her friend for lunch!! OMG..this is serious. So I told her I would be right there!! Yielding my trusty, and very shiny, 200T..I was able to save the day! and collect 75.00 in a few minutes. I told her it would be 60 n she handed me a check for 75 with a big smile n a TY.
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    There are no stupid questions ~ only stupid answers

    I got a stupid question. How comes when I want to post a pic, you always have to click on the file attachment name to see it where as other people post pics that you can see without haveing to open them?
    I'm not sure what you're doing but I think for pictures to appear they must come from a hosted site (like Flikr, Photobucket, etc.) on the web, as opposed to uploaded right off your hard drive.

    When you do this, the forum software presents a checkbox that says: Retrieve remote file and reference locally (the default is checked) That option uploads the actual image. I always uncheck that box so the forum software doesn't default to the behavior you are trying to avoid.

    Here is an image from a URL that I left the box checked:

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    Hope this helps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2treeornot2tree View Post
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    I got a stupid question. How comes when I want to post a pic, you always have to click on the file attachment name to see it where as other people post pics that you can see without haveing to open them?
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    In other news ...

    Rain day in Pittsburgh today so a chance to catch up on evaluations. The most amazing thing is that today I have been contacted by a video production company about doing a reality show.

    What's amazing about that is that they found me! I have talked about doing a reality show based on the negative experience I have had here on this forum, but I've done nothing to actively promote the idea. Now it seems that I've somehow gotten the attention of a production company that would like to make this happen.

    I was told today that even the bit players on the OCC crew get $65,000 an episode for their appearance. Ha, I don't think I'll have any trouble getting qualified workers if that goes down. I think I'll offer Ole Dirty a job just for color on the show.

    Just goes to show that reality can be stranger that anything you could make up.

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