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Looked at this half dead POS oak, guy wants to save it??:bang: OK, who here thinks I could just trim this up and walk away?
LOL!
Hey Todd, just prune out the dead and get paid and give him your card so he can call you back.
Jeff
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I cut those limbs on sunday. I was setup on the otherside of the tree with the bucket, and i couldn't reach to cut them tight against the tree because of the other limbs.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
900 series greenteeth. I ground the stump in 3 levels. Had to change all the teeth out, and then rotate some later on too.
Wow 5 hours! Thats crazy, what was the price on that sucker if you dont mind my asking? Or was it part of the removal?
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
It was part of a emergency job from last saturday. If i was gonna price it. I would have went $600
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
One of my employees found this sucker while walking around in the creek getting out branches from this masive mulberry removal from today.
Toddppm
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Must have been 2 levels too many :msp_sneaky: I'm still using regular rounded teeth on mine and would have been pissed if that took more than an hour. I don't let them get very dull before I change them though.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I dont do a ton of stump grinding. When i get more stumps and the machine will pay for itself, i would like to get a rg100. I only have $4000 into the grinder that i have so gonna hang onto it for a while.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Teeth werent dull. I ground out about 18" - 20" vertical of stump.
OLD OAK
TREE KILLER
I have the same grinder but a few years older. Did a stump about that size last year, 4.5 hrs I only went 4 inch below ground with green teeth. I said never again. 25 hp is just not enough for them big stumps.
OLD OAK
TREE KILLER
Trying to remember how to post pictures, see if this works. small pine removal from the other day. Like my hard hat.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
I have never run one to answer that question , I think 55 is the least though , I heard the elevators are expensive to maintain
mattfr12
The Bulldog
to maintain and own, very significant price difference. 55ft would have to be the bare minimum if you wanna be working on 80 foot trees its not gonna get you to far. I truthfully dont use the elevator to much just run it like a regular bucket, usually 60 foot is high enough to rig from. but its nice to have the extra when you need it instead of all the other crazy crap you would have to do. just saves you alot of time. where they really shine is when your doing crane removal you can use the bucket to set the slings on a fairly large tree.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
I am good with 60ft
Just cleaned prepared 6 saws from 023 to 310 and all the PPE gear for basic handling and cross cut training next week. Its really sad,:msp_sad: I gets them all neat sharp n good to go then let complete newbies run the guts out and dig the dirt with em. More often even with my best supervision by 1/2 time i got plenty of saws to show n tell how to sharpen and maintain.. :msp_smile:
deevo
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This week was insane starting last Saturday when we had a storm go thru, 3 big insurance jobs and 4 scheduled removals this week, did 3 14 hr days. Worked with another companies bucket truck on a few. Looking like a good rest of the year! Some big jobs lined up right til the end of November now!:msp_thumbup:
deevo
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This was a scheduled silver maple removal, we were more then half done at this point, on a lean over towards the neighbour's property. Plus the new owners putting in a new cottage. Slammed it out in under 2 hours, then he had us take down 2 50' Ash trees. Chip truck was filled. That's when I got the call from the insurance company, 4 stemmed Red Oak split at the base went 4 different ways, one on a building, one took out the neighbour's brand new tractor, the other 2 were hanging on by a thread! Lot's of pics, will post it in the picture forum.......oh yes I got some video just for u know who (I am not going there anymore and don't want any bs flak)
deevo
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Here is a peak
My crane guy was liking me this week! over 30 hours of crane work with him since last Saturday!:msp_thumbup:
My crane guy was liking me this week! over 30 hours of crane work with him since last Saturday!:msp_thumbup:
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