whadja do today?

[sgreanbeans]

I seen a crew in San Diego that had a ramp on the back end, looked like they just added another piece to the door, that flipped out and locked in. Looked pretty sweet, they choked them and drug them right up the ramp, they were just a foot or so in, they would get it up there, stop, re-choke further back, get it going into the feed wheels, then stop again, drop the choker and then let it roll. You could tell they were a well lubricated crew, no talking, just doing, pretty quick too, they had a pretty good production line going. I have never had one with a winch either, but would like too! Would love to have a Morbark 2400xl, with the grapple and winch. Those things look too fun.

 

[treeclimber101]

I seen a crew in San Diego that had a ramp on the back end, looked like they just added another piece to the door, that flipped out and locked in. Looked pretty sweet, they choked them and drug them right up the ramp, they were just a foot or so in, they would get it up there, stop, re-choke further back, get it going into the feed wheels, then stop again, drop the choker and then let it roll. You could tell they were a well lubricated crew, no talking, just doing, pretty quick too, they had a pretty good production line going. I have never had one with a winch either, but would like too! Would love to have a Morbark 2400xl, with the grapple and winch. Those things look too fun.

Its like tree man #### to watch a whole tree chipper work ... I mean I sometimes have to take a break to relieve myself if I watch it too long ..:msp_biggrin:

 

[MarquisTree]

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Had a new chip truck and a forestry package along with 2 new chippers lettered last week, they came out real nice. The guys at AdPro Design to a real nice job

Adpro Design Peabody MA | Vehicle Wraps Logos Website Design

 

[treeclimber101]

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Had a new chip truck and a forestry package along with 2 new chippers lettered last week, they came out real nice. The guys at AdPro Design to a real nice job

Adpro Design Peabody MA | Vehicle Wraps Logos Website Design

Ya know for as nice and clean all the trucks are your shop is a friggan mess , that place makes me itchy and I am just looking at some pics

 

[MarquisTree]

Ya know for as nice and clean all the trucks are your shop is a friggan mess , that place makes me itchy and I am just looking at some pics

Thanks eddie... its a working shop, gets cleaned up several times a week but there is always a few repairs in process any giving day, it would be nice to have 6 bays but for now we make due with what we got

Also most of the repairs happen between 4pm -3am, at that point we are not too worried about what the shop looks like

 

[arborpros]

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Had a new chip truck and a forestry package along with 2 new chippers lettered last week, they came out real nice. The guys at AdPro Design to a real nice job

Adpro Design Peabody MA | Vehicle Wraps Logos Website Design

Looks awesome man. Great job.

 

[arborpros]

Knocked out a large black oak yesterday. About 36" DBH and 48" at the ground. First time in a long time I brought in a climber. I found the day to be rather boring and found myself edgy not being in the tree. Something I have to get used to I guess.

 

[beastmaster]

Had to dead wood 10 pines and firs yesterday. I got the job because the customer wanted them done spikelessly.
The Company owner ask me if I did pines I said sure. I get to the job up in Lake Arrowhead, all the trees are pretty crowded and are tall and skinny with little skinny thin branches, most have branches sloping downward too.
There are no good branches on most of them to shoot a line over, and I ended up using some really Iffy tips for my SRT line. Not trusting any of the tie in I had to keep my lanyard around the trucks and inch up the SRT line. Pretty slow. Mean while I am hearing remarks from the peanut gallery," you going to finish those this week?", among others.
On several I had to tie both ends of the line to the same anchor point making a loop to keep the line from slipping off. Even then the 4 or 5 branches I was over were folding under the my weight.
The topper was when I tryed to inch my new 150ft Lava spliced climbing line(week old)over a tiny stub, with my pole saw(just put a new blade on it.)and the blade got caught in the rope, slicing it about a 1/4 of the way throu right in the middle.
This really bummed me out. My wife tried to cheer me up. Saying,"". now you have two new ropes". I wasn't feeling it.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Had to dead wood 10 pines and firs yesterday. I got the job because the customer wanted them done spikelessly.
The Company owner ask me if I did pines I said sure. I get to the job up in Lake Arrowhead, all the trees are pretty crowded and are tall and skinny with little skinny thin branches, most have branches sloping downward too.
There are no good branches on most of them to shoot a line over, and I ended up using some really Iffy tips for my SRT line. Not trusting any of the tie in I had to keep my lanyard around the trucks and inch up the SRT line. Pretty slow. Mean while I am hearing remarks from the peanut gallery," you going to finish those this week?", among others.
On several I had to tie both ends of the line to the same anchor point making a loop to keep the line from slipping off. Even then the 4 or 5 branches I was over were folding under the my weight.
The topper was when I tryed to inch my new 150ft Lava spliced climbing line(week old)over a tiny stub, with my pole saw(just put a new blade on it.)and the blade got caught in the rope, slicing it about a 1/4 of the way throu right in the middle.
This really bummed me out. My wife tried to cheer me up. Saying,"". now you have two new ropes". I wasn't feeling it.

Nice working up there.
Jeff

 

[superjunior]

The topper was when I tryed to inch my new 150ft Lava spliced climbing line(week old)over a tiny stub, with my pole saw(just put a new blade on it.)and the blade got caught in the rope, slicing it about a 1/4 of the way throu right in the middle.
This really bummed me out. My wife tried to cheer me up. Saying,"". now you have two new ropes". I wasn't feeling it.

that's a bummer man

 

[mattfr12]

Thanks eddie... its a working shop, gets cleaned up several times a week but there is always a few repairs in process any giving day, it would be nice to have 6 bays but for now we make due with what we got

Also most of the repairs happen between 4pm -3am, at that point we are not too worried about what the shop looks like

Ya we use eight bays with 14 foot doors and it's still a mess. We always find a way to fill it up. We are working on making a bay high enough that we can lift our buckets and other trucks up on a lift.

 

[mattfr12]

Ya we use eight bays with 14 foot doors and it's still a mess. We always find a way to fill it up. We are working on making a bay high enough that we can lift our buckets and other trucks up on a lift.

Had the building assembled by US steel wasn't to outrageous. 100 by 80. Worst part is I'm gonna have to move it next year as my family grows I gotta get us a house with a little more room. We found ten acres out in farmland that we are hoping we can run a tub grinder on still waiting to see if we can get all the permits.

 

[treeclimber101]

Ya we use eight bays with 14 foot doors and it's still a mess. We always find a way to fill it up. We are working on making a bay high enough that we can lift our buckets and other trucks up on a lift.

Let's see them eight bays , I mean I worked for a guy who 60 trucks alone prolly 300 pieces of equipment and we only had 6 bays and a pit for big boys cause they rarely go up , so I would like to see a big shop like that.. Me I only got 2 but if my old lady boots me out that place is clean enough to sleep in

 

[mattfr12]

I'll take some pictures before we roll out tomorrow I'm at home now. We don't have enough trucks to fill it up but I built it with the intension of expansion. None of our equipment stays outside or below 50 degrees. It's right around 8k square feet.

Trucks fill up the first four bays then the rest is bobcats chippers and so on. One bay is like a workshop where the welding and so on happens has a 8 ton overhead crane. We use to pull motors flywheels out of chippers an other junk.

I've only ever posted pictures of two of our trucks. We run two buckets one forestry one rear mount elevator,tandem mack grapple, k-boom and hook lift then just a few one ton Chevy's. We don't own but currently have on lease a 60 ton grove for the remainder of our contract work then it goes back.

I never get anytime I gotta take pics of some of this stuff anyways for brochures and website. The pics I got of the other two I didn't even take.

None of our equipment has a phone number on it just bulldog llc

Can't wait for the next k- boom this first one was so sweet can't imagine what on that will lift 50 k will do

I'm on babysitting duty

 

[mattfr12]

Let's see them eight bays , I mean I worked for a guy who 60 trucks alone prolly 300 pieces of equipment and we only had 6 bays and a pit for big boys cause they rarely go up , so I would like to see a big shop like that.. Me I only got 2 but if my old lady boots me out that place is clean enough to sleep in

The offer still stands to come hang out with us one day. You won't be disappointed. Posting pictures of shops and trucks and so on never really works out to good on here usually winds up with someone getting all fired up. One way or another.

 

[Toddppm]

Let's see them eight bays , I mean I worked for a guy who 60 trucks alone prolly 300 pieces of equipment and we only had 6 bays and a pit for big boys cause they rarely go up , so I would like to see a big shop like that.. Me I only got 2 but if my old lady boots me out that place is clean enough to sleep in

Mine isn't clean enough to sleep in cause I have so much crap stuffed in there, especially this time of year with salt and plows etc. But my camper is in there, so I sleep in that when needed:msp_w00t: No heat in the shop, too much just to have the gas meter running but heat in the camper works great.

 

[treeclimber101]

The offer still stands to come hang out with us one day. You won't be disappointed. Posting pictures of shops and trucks and so on never really works out to good on here usually winds up with someone getting all fired up. One way or another.

I have famiy out in DERRY PA which I believe is kinda close to you if I ever go there to visit I will come down and sling some wood with ya , believe I don't love tree work enough to drive 6 hours and do it , I get my fill here in joisey ... But thanks for the oFfer I would like to see sone ppics of the rental crane I mean OD poses with everything right down to backpack blowers so let's see some pics man if its all correct what can someone argue with ya about right ......

 

[mattfr12]

I have famiy out in DERRY PA which I believe is kinda close to you if I ever go there to visit I will come down and sling some wood with ya , believe I don't love tree work enough to drive 6 hours and do it , I get my fill here in joisey ... But thanks for the oFfer I would like to see sone ppics of the rental crane I mean OD poses with everything right down to backpack blowers so let's see some pics man if its all correct what can someone argue with ya about right ......

Ya I'll post some pics. But people will find a way. We had to take around 200 trees off a hillside and it was the easiest way we could do it. The hillside is steep enough that it's hard to stand on.

I was taking a helmet cam with me for a while but in the morning a half hour of my time is finding my keys wallet and so on my kids hid.

Where gonna shoot some video soon the crane company is dishing out some big green on a film crew to take video of us using the k- boom for tree removal.

 

[dbl612]

shop appearance

Thanks eddie... its a working shop, gets cleaned up several times a week but there is always a few repairs in process any giving day, it would be nice to have 6 bays but for now we make due with what we got

Also most of the repairs happen between 4pm -3am, at that point we are not too worried about what the shop looks like

the new equipment didn't get there by accident. looks like the system is working, don't screw with it.

 

[MarquisTree]

The offer still stands to come hang out with us one day. You won't be disappointed. Posting pictures of shops and trucks and so on never really works out to good on here usually winds up with someone getting all fired up. One way or another.

No worries about that matt, TV is gone, he was the only one that got all bent outa shape everytime someone posted a pic of something shinny