whadja do today?

[ropensaddle]

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I’m glad these are done. PITA things! No room for a crane so instead I did it the hard way and burnt through almost five gallons of 2-cycle. Been a long time since I had one to tight to even use the mini

You know tree billy, lol I just sneeze thinking about you, hahaha good that it was winter though

 

[treebilly]

Easy but long day. Beautiful specimen of a white oak to be replaced by an addition to the house.

 

[hseII]

View attachment 633306 View attachment 633307 View attachment 633308Easy but long day. Beautiful specimen of a white oak to be replaced by an addition to the house.

How do you like those Hard Head Wedges?

I’m rough on my K&Hs.

 

[hseII]

It was crooked as a screw.

Dead as a Hammer.

I Had to put a rope in it & gently ease it over b/c of the back lean towards the Power-lines.

Gently Bentley.

@luckydad

 

[treebilly]

I love them. I’ve only broke one in almost two years of service. They don’t get used daily but at times they get the **** beat out of them.
They don’t stack for crap though. I’ve been doing the plunge cut thing for stacking. I’mretiring a cutting board for shims very soon

 

[hseII]

I love them. I’ve only broke one in almost two years of service. They don’t get used daily but at times they get the **** beat out of them.
They don’t stack for crap though. I’ve been doing the plunge cut thing for stacking. I’mretiring a cutting board for shims very soon

Stacking?

Check These Out:
http://www.baileysonline.com/Forest...k-Bear-10-Rifled-Falling-Wedge-Each-15302.axd

They Are Sweet!

 

[no tree to big]

Anyway, the transition is going smooth, such great weather!, Got a new truck,, 2017 Dodge Ram, gonna be a tough year, I am ready,
Jeff

Oh so tuff haha, hope they got you the crew cab so you can lean back and kick your feet up! Need an assistant operations manager, California weather sounds nice.

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[jefflovstrom]

View attachment 633306 View attachment 633307 View attachment 633308Easy but long day. Beautiful specimen of a white oak to be replaced by an addition to the house.

Nice, you take good pic's, we do narly stuff all day and I never think to take a pic
Jeff

 

[tree MDS]

Just got back from picking up these babies at the saw shop earlier today. Crank seals, a carb, a muffler, clutch springs or something, tune up,, supposedly whatever they needed to run mint. They seem it so far, just from running them in the yard. God what a beautiful thing that would be!!!

 

[tree MDS]

I ordered another chipper too. Now I'll have enough equipment to get two crews out someday. All I need to do now is clone myself so I can be tard-whipping at two jobs simultaneously and I'll be all set. lol.

 

[no tree to big]

I ordered another chipper too. Now I'll have enough equipment to get two crews someday. All I need to do now is clone myself so I can be tard-whipping at two jobs simultaneously and I'll be all set. lol.

At this point you need to find 2 of you so you can just do estimates and sit in the climate controlled office haha.
With two crews you will soon realize you need a third chipper cause one will always break when you really need it...

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[tree MDS]

At this point you need to find 2 of you so you can just do estimates and sit in the climate controlled office haha.
With two crews you will soon realize you need a third chipper cause one will always break when you really need it...

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At this point I'm not comfortable enough relying on just the one chipper, true dat.

I went with a 19xpc with JD 173. Seems like it should be just enough without being too overkill (cuz lord knows we'd hate to over-kill the trees, lol).

 

[Oldmaple]

I ordered another chipper too. Now I'll have enough equipment to get two crews out someday. All I need to do now is clone myself so I can be tard-whipping at two jobs simultaneously and I'll be all set. lol.

That's what I always needed to do is clone myself. The problem with that is my clone is off running his own tree service, not working for someone else.

 

[treebilly]

Quite the step up from your old 250xp. Nice machine. Pics when you get it please

 

[gorman]

Well well well. Looks like someone changed their tune about running a larger chipper. I hope you can feed that thing fast enough you dusty old fart.

 

[tree MDS]

Well well well. Looks like someone changed their tune about running a larger chipper. I hope you can feed that thing fast enough you dusty old fart.

That’s right, I almost forgot you got a new chipper a while back. What did you go with again?

 

[tree MDS]

My old chipper is still all I really need. I just needed another chipper for various reasons, so I figured why not get something that gives me an additional capability (19 - 20” wood), as opposed to just another 250, etc. The cost of dumping wood at the one place I have locally doubled its rates from $10 a yard to $20 at the end of last season too, so that was part of justifying it in my mind.

 

[tree MDS]

Quite the step up from your old 250xp. Nice machine. Pics when you get it please

Thanks. I can’t wait to see it behind my trucks. It’s going to be green, of course.

 

[no tree to big]

Thanks. I can’t wait to see it behind my trucks. It’s going to be green, of course.

I hope it won't be as long of a wait as the bucket!

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[gorman]

That’s right, I almost forgot you got a new chipper a while back. What did you go with again?

I got a good deal on a woodsman 15x. No hours.