cjcocn
Tree Freak
get the 35 ton or bigger if you can manage it ... a short fella like yourself needs all the help he can get
hope this helps
Red Elm
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get the 35 ton or bigger if you can manage it ... a short fella like yourself needs all the help he can get
hope this helps
Blazin
Addicted to ArboristSite
get the 35 ton or bigger if you can manage it ... a short fella like yourself needs all the help he can get
hope this helps
They come with drop spindles?
cjcocn
Tree Freak
well he will have to build a deck around it and gain some height that way so that he can actually reach the controls, but i'm pretty sure that there are some plans on the net somewhere
good point tho!
Blazin
Addicted to ArboristSite
"Build a deck around it"... :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
Sounds like ya did good, It is certainly some dense wood. The crotches i was noodling were hard as a rock.By accident, I found a bunch of almost dry red elm today at a wood drop off site. Tough to identify at first, it looked like it was cut early last summer into 6' lengths. The bark was lying along side of it--nice straggly, thick stuff. What also gave it away were the tight annual rings out near the edge when the tree starts slowing down its growth rate. Cottonwood logs the same size were close by, but you could tell them apart easily because of the much coarser annual ring spacing all the way out to the edge.
My "Sherlock Holmes" venture proved correct. When cross cutting the 18" to 22" dia. logs, the wood was still slightly damp in the center, and redness here and there popped out along the grain. I split some the next day and sure enough, red elm it was--nice and dense, and ready for splitting and final drying. No stringiness at all.
Life is beautiful.
kgreer
ArboristSite Operative
Just an FYI SpeeCo has gone back to the solid steel footplates starting in about 2009. We also beefed them up even more than your model to avoid any potntial bending. Haven't had one bend yet since the design change. Oh, and I enjoyed your thread. nice job on the pics.
Thanks
Kevin@speeco
good deal, Glad to hear it. Like i said, I love mine, Wouldn't trade it for any in it's price range. I'll be postin some videos of it in action when i start splitting all the wood next week. I haven't found nothing it won't split. Thanks for the compliment.
Art Vandelay
Bovinius Maximus
get the 35 ton or bigger if you can manage it ... a short fella like yourself needs all the help he can get
hope this helps
I already did ya dunce, where the hell have you been?
cjcocn
Tree Freak
I already did ya dunce, where the hell have you been?
why did you call me a dunce when i was only trying to help you?
don't you realize how hurtful your comments are?
Art Vandelay
Bovinius Maximus
why did you call me a dunce when i was only trying to help you?
don't you realize how hurtful your comments are?
You gonna snap my ankle now? :msp_sad:
You two midg..............errr.... I mean guys behave.
cjcocn
Tree Freak
you two just wait until i hit my growth spurt ..... yep, i reckon you two will be a whole lot more respectful then!
in other news ....
where are you with this red elm, SS? is it all done up yet?
Art Vandelay
Bovinius Maximus
I guess Stihl Sawing was right, you never could compete with Lloyd Braun. :msp_angry:
The red elm is all cut up and waiting to be split. Which i will start next week. May even make another mad dog video.
I said that?:msp_confused:
Art Vandelay
Bovinius Maximus
LMAO, First off, Who the heck is Lloyd BraunDon't even act like you didn't.
Art Vandelay
Bovinius Maximus
Art Vandelay
Bovinius Maximus
Here's Lloyd.
