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the drum shaft broke and the drum fell on one side and,,

Not a beautiful day, but I will look to the silver lining, that way I can say "it was a beautiful day",,
so, one of my crews was working a big job and I got a call that a chipper knife went thru the chute,
doing big removals and trying to chip all the big wood,,
all was going good until that big moment when they called,
it seems a knife went thru the chute,, Morbark 15",
what they did not know, was the shaft that the drum is on sheared off at the drum,
probably gonna cost mucho,
So, the beautiful part is no one was hurt.
Jeff
Yes its amazing sometimes how lucky we are in equipment malfunction. I once saw a knife of a mitts merril fly out and stick in a tree 70 yards away it buried pretty dad blang deep deep enough it might of taken someones head smooth off. I'll be home this time tomorrow as my time here is two weeks past original schedule. Its been loads of fun seeing the valley, coast and redwoods; who knows, I might get called back as I forged a few friendships or i might head over mds way :p
 
Only a matter of time Jeff. Our older BC2100 broke a shaft close to 5000 hours. **** wears out, gets weak. Bad thing with ours is it was with new blades. A fresh set of knifes can really tear **** up. We had around 20K putting it back together.
 
Slowly but surely she's coming.
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IMG_1576.JPG IMG_1658.JPG IMG_1691.JPG IMG_1667.JPG Been crazy busy trying to keep up with incoming work, repairing and replacing aging equipment and searching around for that little bit of sanity I could have swore I had at one point. Happy Saturday, guys. Hitting the estimates hard then jobsite prep this afternoon.
 
Spent the last two days at Balboa Park here in San Diego for the annual SDPTCA Seminar and Field Day,
Got 14 'ceu's, It was pretty good but Friday was a really long day, the seminar that day,
Mark Chisholm was here for the climbers and my guys were impressed, a lot of good info on pests and other stuff, rigging, etc,,
Jeff
 
Spent the last two days at Balboa Park here in San Diego for the annual SDPTCA Seminar and Field Day,
Got 14 'ceu's, It was pretty good but Friday was a really long day, the seminar that day,
Mark Chisholm was here for the climbers and my guys were impressed, a lot of good info on pests and other stuff, rigging, etc,,
Jeff
enjoy your vee cuts and spider legging. your production will suck.
 
I need to place a help wanted ad again. I got the one decent guy that drives the ram, then the other retard I just fired for the hundredth time, but I need to find another good employee. I've got way too many bills with the new bucket coming to **** around. I can't have my business relying on one guy.

I picked up one of those boost phones so when I place the ad, the various "characters" can call that number, instead of drive me crazy on my regular cell. Nothing like being up in a tree and then suddenly listening to some dude talking about how much wood he cut with his dad. Lol.:cold:
 
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