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The thing that alway amused me about that scenario, aside from the irony of the lady getting the chips from the wrong tree parked in her lounge room, was how well lubricated the chute slew gear must have been. Have great respect for the chipper discharge, chipping some of our heavy hardwoods...

Another local operator, who runs multiple crews is prone to a few ‘mares. Having seen the lack of details in quotes & job descriptions, along with the high staff turnover, can see why. One I heard about, was crew arrived at residential property in nearby coastal town, Flat lot, close to front...

* Landscape businesses (as well). Some larger, some small, find if client is engaging larger business, they will generally have a decent budget. * Associates that work in various government departments are good to get foot in the door for that kind of work. * Little old lady type clients whom...

E. siderloxylon are a medium size euc, generally not prone to sudden limb drop or uprooting like some of the larger, higher rainfall origin eucs. One thing have found, is they can be prone to structural weakness such as inclusions. They are a lovely medium feature tree, attract a lot of...

Big pines, for our part of the world. Radiata & pinaster. Up to 35m, 1.5m + some of the radiata, post WWII plantings, so becoming senescent.

Spring has sprunged. Busy. Plenty of elapid snakes on the move, especially in the places we’re working. Quite a bit of possum throwing going on as well. Not sure Team Latin are as keen on the wildlife as me. Being down a truck license is ensuring extra hours behind wheels for my person. Bit...

Bent bars (polesaw) & exploding sprockets (500i) for this Friday. Job still got done, but those little things cause a bit of frustration.

That is really sad, sorry to hear.

Guy in that house is proper hilarious - schister from northern UK, a jeweller, can see some world class surf spots from the deck. As he said in his strong Pommy accent “I wont ta’be eble to see tha surf from me’ table, und ah dont aven surf” He gets points on my book though, blew up one if my...

Yep, I can track over tulips as well. It’s more that they are being planted for next year though….

The mini-Giant reminds me of a bullant (one of the savage invertebrates we get). 30mm long, full of blind fury & ability to sting repeatedly, massive nippers!!

Exca'bator? Did they throw in some punctuation with as part of the deal?

Busy day of varied small jobs today. Some backyards in town, then too the beach for some small, annoying coastal trees (everyone wants their ocean views), then down to a national park campground to deal with some forest tree hazards before the long weekend. Nice evening in the forest, finish...

Used to run larger track loaders (long term hire). They are great, can move 4-5 tonne logs quickly, tow out trucks etc. Quite compact for power, super nimble. High ground speed is good in two speed models, as is fore visibility over tractor. Can butter your sandwich with a bucket on one, they...

Open to about 1400mm, whatever that is in ye’ olde imperialisms. Sub 200kg the model was looking at, so not to bad. More than interchange with hook & grapple was worried about.

The slings just kind of evolved & are a safe, universal method - lift a lot of other things with the crane, like equipment, materials etc. But do like the simple idea of those log tongs for smaller logs, as you say, not hugely costly & keeps the crane 'open' for lifting other items. The WLL...

And a fun removal job for Friday. Twin Sydney blue gums, actually pruned the trees a few years ago. Was a bare paddock then. Magnificent young trees, but in the intervening period, a lot had changed beneath them, started giving both owners nightmares. Of course there was two wastewater systems...

Pruning some medium, very dense & hard timber species last week. Owner used to operate a nursery in town & knows his species, loves his firewood, so most kept for that purpose. Yate & sugar gum, both around 1100 kg/m3 dry, in particular yate used for things like cart wheels, tool handles...

What is an ‘LS’ tractor? Been looking at cheap small tractors to use in one of my woodyards & for my dad, he’s rough on gear, so would have to be an old warhorse unit.