ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
And what I cut off the shin pads I am gonna use for my shoulders.
Hey warn someone next time, my God I'm going to have bad dreams glad its Halloween sorta getting numb from the movies
whadja do today?
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Hey warn someone next time, my God I'm going to have bad dreams glad its Halloween sorta getting numb from the movies
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I wraptored out two big dead oaks and then jumped up on stand got busted by a bruin
the Aerialist
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Against All Adversity ...
The clutch went on my dump truck today and spent two hours with a full crew waiting around while I was lining up a replacement. The truck I borrowed for the weekend blew a brake line while pulling the chipper to then job and almost took out my aluminum trailer trying to get stopped behind me at a light, I had to run the light to avoid being rear-ended by my own crew.
We had to park it and spent another hour with the crew waiting at the job site with nothing to do. We still managed to take down one of the two big Oaks set for removal but were unable to remove anything. I've got a 10 ton truck coming tomorrow but it's going to be hard to complete the job as scheduled and next week is already booked full.
It's days like today that make me wish I was just picking up a paycheck, and all I had to worry about was the tree I'm in. Today's tree was a dead Oak and once I was working it I felt a lot better about the hassles of not having what I needed to keep my crew busy for the day. I still took them out for lunch (KFC) and was grateful that the customer paid for that tree even though we left it in his yard.
Hopefully tomorrow will allow us to catch up, Bringing in a bigger truck, and a backhoe to load it, should make up for the loss of mine today. I don't know how I'm going to handle next weeks work without my dump and chipper. I'm getting my one ton van back, maybe I can chip into that.
The clutch went on my dump truck today and spent two hours with a full crew waiting around while I was lining up a replacement. The truck I borrowed for the weekend blew a brake line while pulling the chipper to then job and almost took out my aluminum trailer trying to get stopped behind me at a light, I had to run the light to avoid being rear-ended by my own crew.
We had to park it and spent another hour with the crew waiting at the job site with nothing to do. We still managed to take down one of the two big Oaks set for removal but were unable to remove anything. I've got a 10 ton truck coming tomorrow but it's going to be hard to complete the job as scheduled and next week is already booked full.
It's days like today that make me wish I was just picking up a paycheck, and all I had to worry about was the tree I'm in. Today's tree was a dead Oak and once I was working it I felt a lot better about the hassles of not having what I needed to keep my crew busy for the day. I still took them out for lunch (KFC) and was grateful that the customer paid for that tree even though we left it in his yard.
Hopefully tomorrow will allow us to catch up, Bringing in a bigger truck, and a backhoe to load it, should make up for the loss of mine today. I don't know how I'm going to handle next weeks work without my dump and chipper. I'm getting my one ton van back, maybe I can chip into that.
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mattfr12
The Bulldog
I wraptored out two big dead oaks and then jumped up on stand got busted by a bruin
That sucks i wish i could go out but with 2 little ones this year its been tough i hope to get out during rifle season. im in the long range game and my 338 lapua has been collecting dust for to long. i love busting deer from a distance. i hunt ground hogs almost everyday in the summer. i got a 35 inch one last year that won me a 500$ gander mountain gift card. around deer season my work garage turns into a deer butcher shop i use my engine hoist and string them up and skin em.
mattfr12
The Bulldog
Just shovel it out :msp_thumbup: wish i could help but im leaving on monday to go get the kboom be back around wensday after that if your still jamed up maybe in the evenings i can try to help you clean some #### up.
the Aerialist
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I'm stumped Matt ...
Well thanks for the offer Matt, I know you've been busy with your new arrival and now you have another one coming next week! Actually I'll have to job cleaned up somehow tomorrow, I'm throwing money at it to get it done, by bringing in the big truck and a backhoe to load it.
I do have a problem with the stumps though, they are huge and my tractor's grinder attachment is a bit wimpy for those. How about a weekend with the Lambo for a couple of hours with your monster grinder? :msp_wink:
Well thanks for the offer Matt, I know you've been busy with your new arrival and now you have another one coming next week! Actually I'll have to job cleaned up somehow tomorrow, I'm throwing money at it to get it done, by bringing in the big truck and a backhoe to load it.
I do have a problem with the stumps though, they are huge and my tractor's grinder attachment is a bit wimpy for those. How about a weekend with the Lambo for a couple of hours with your monster grinder? :msp_wink:
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mattfr12
The Bulldog
Heres some pictures of a fun one on the list to do tree was in overall pretty healthy condition im surprised it tore like this. shows that cableing can really pay off. cha ching $$
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
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mattfr12
The Bulldog
Lol I use my wraptor
haha i should try the GRCS when i bring an elk home next year i can put it in to low gear.
heres a couple pics of my long range thumper.
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mcmillian a5 stock
broughton 9.3 twist canted lands barrel
jewell 2oz trigger
stiller tac338 action
holland muzzle brake
night force scope for the icing on the cake
i shoot my own loads out of it 110 grains of H-1000 powder with a 300g sierra match king
we been wiping out hogs with it out to 1500.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Very nice, tell you what I will flush em out then you can pick off the survivors deal
http://youtu.be/QsB83fAtNQE
mattfr12
The Bulldog
Very nice, tell you what I will flush em out then you can pick off the survivors deal
if thier running my range gets alot more limited 1500 thiers over a 1.5 second flight time. i click up around 60 foot high im usually shooting at stationary targets at that distance like a ground hog or deer eating or drinking. i go out to a rifle range in ohio called thunder valley that has a 1700 yard mound thats where most of those shots happen.
for regular deer hunting like driving or stalking i wouldnt lug that bad boy around it weighs in around 30 pounds you gotta shoot it off a bipod. that kinda stuff i use a slug gun alot or a super redhawk 44 mag since alot of those shots are 100 yards or less.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Very nice, tell you what I will flush em out then you can pick off the survivors deal
if thier running my range gets alot more limited 1500 thiers over a 1.5 second flight time. i click up around 60 foot high im usually shooting at stationary targets at that distance like a ground hog or deer eating or drinking. i go out to a rifle range in ohio called thunder valley that has a 1700 yard mound thats where most of those shots happen.
Lol I don't think they are gonna be running lol
mattfr12
The Bulldog
my gun was built to match my buddies heres a video of him shooting a deer at over a grand. hes the one that built it. for hunting applications other than ground hogs its a really bad idea to shoot a deer with it ive only ever shot one and probably wouldnt do it again. you can stick your head through the hole. that caliber was speciffically desighned as military anti personel. if you look online during testing it went through 7 kevlar vests at a grand. if i didnt load my own shellls i wouldnt be able to afford to shoot it hornaday wants 10$ a piece for a 338 lapua
PAI 338 lapua 1080 yd shot.mp4 - YouTube
PAI 338 lapua 1080 yd shot.mp4 - YouTube
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mattfr12
The Bulldog
Well thanks for the offer Matt, I know you've been busy with your new arrival and now you have another one coming next week! Actually I'll have to job cleaned up somehow tomorrow, I'm throwing money at it to get it done, by bringing in the big truck and a backhoe to load it.
I do have a problem with the stumps though, they are huge and my tractor's grinder attachment is a bit wimpy for those. How about a weekend with the Lambo for a couple of hours with your monster grinder? :msp_wink:
sounds like a deal tires might be bald when you get it back tho.
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
AMEN BROTHER BEN, although I dont have anything like what you run, it seems my job is never done. Wife is always getting after me to chilax, but usually I have 100 little things to do at all times. So when I do chilax, I really crash and melt into the couch. I am so ready to get out there to SoCal, my youngest doesn't want to wait, he wants to go now. But he would regret it as soon as he went to school. 3 more years:bang:
Those new saws run ok?, I haven't run one yet.
Today I get to set up for 2 big walnuts, we start manyana. Beat out Davey and Raney, who are the only ones around here that I consider competition, was 500 more than them, but HO liked me. Love that when it happens! after that, I have to clean my yard of party debris. Had about 30-40 teenagers here last night for my sons first high school bash. It was epic! 8 billion pop cans all over.
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
You should modify it and turn it into a Biener 2000. I can show you the schematics on mine:jester:
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Off to look at a couple estimates. They both kinda sound like a waste of time, but ya gotta look. At least the phone is ringing some.
Edit: anybody else notice that annoying glitch where this thing doubles up your word sometimes, then when you go to edit its only there once?
Edit: anybody else notice that annoying glitch where this thing doubles up your word sometimes, then when you go to edit its only there once?
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sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
I be the green one. book is soaking wet because they delivered them to the whole neighborhood but me. I finally grabbed one somebody obviously didn't want. This is the one that really pops out, the other is almost just as good though. Might actually be worth it this year.
My theory is get the ####ers to give me as much ink as I can get for my money!
Man, I am still freakin out about dropping out of them. Just cannot justify the cost anymore. I lost money on them. Beings there is no regs, and the phone book peeps could care less what someone puts in their add, whether its true or not. Our books are FILLED with ex con/druggie toppin hacks, but their add says Certified Arborist! Very hard to separate myself from them in the book. All digital media and ValPak. Although the numbers dont lie, I still am real nervous about it.
Have had calls "we didnt see your add in the book, you still operating" This from people who I believe are other services wishing for my demise!
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
Yep, thats my 45! (air soft pistol!)
If ya make a card out of it, I want one!Where it comes from, I dunno, my wife is always asking me the same thing!
But yall anint seen nutin yet, have plans for a epic video using all my specialized tree tools, just gotta get more duck tape.
treevet
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Was sittin in a play downtown yesterday after work the wife dragged me off to and I started cracking up about this pict. and she elbowed me in the ribs couple of times.
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