whadja do today?

[OLD OAK]

Don't take your plow shoes off. If you do even plowing parking lots you will wear your cutting edge much faster. I have my shoes set level with the plow. Sounds like you may need to adjust your shoes.

When spreading salt just drive slower and you will throw more salt. You don't need a lot of salt for it to work. I know most times when the state is spreading salt they are only spreading 300-800 lbs a mile.

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I have never had shoes so adjusting them might work for him. We don't get that much snow around here so it took 3 years before my cutting edge needed to be replaced. It was something like $110.00 to replace, so not bad.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I had my old straight blade plow for 5 years and only wore 3/8" off the cutting edge. I used that plow alot. Without shoes I would have had to replace the cutting edge multiple times

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[squad143]

Did an insurance job on a storm damaged sugar maple today.
Got it finished by noon. Thank God. Man was it cold. Minus 24C (-11F) this morning. Truck started no problem (was plugged in), but the chipper took forever.
Weather is supposed to remain just at cold for the remainder of the week (windchills in the morning of -29C -20F).
We were supposed to to a large elm removal tomorrow and a crane job on an oak on Thursday. No sense beating up the guys and equipment when it is going o be warmer next week. Have lots to do around the house anyways

 

[gorman]

Did an insurance job on a storm damaged sugar maple today.
Got it finished by noon. Thank God. Man was it cold. Minus 24C (-11F) this morning. Truck started no problem (was plugged in), but the chipper took forever.
Weather is supposed to remain just at cold for the remainder of the week (windchills in the morning of -29C -20F).
We were supposed to to a large elm removal tomorrow and a crane job on an oak on Thursday. No sense beating up the guys and equipment when it is going o be warmer next week. Have lots to do around the house anyways

Lemme ask you, when it's that freakin cold do you have to leave the truck running on a job or intermittently have to start it to keep it warm so you can leave the job site when done?

 

[gorman]

Did an insurance job on a storm damaged sugar maple today.
Got it finished by noon. Thank God. Man was it cold. Minus 24C (-11F) this morning. Truck started no problem (was plugged in), but the chipper took forever.
Weather is supposed to remain just at cold for the remainder of the week (windchills in the morning of -29C -20F).
We were supposed to to a large elm removal tomorrow and a crane job on an oak on Thursday. No sense beating up the guys and equipment when it is going o be warmer next week. Have lots to do around the house anyways

Lemme ask you, when it's that freakin cold do you have to leave the truck running on a job or intermittently have to start it to keep it warm so you can leave the job site when done?

 

[pdqdl]

Lemme ask you, when it's that freakin cold do you have to leave the truck running on a job or intermittently have to start it to keep it warm so you can leave the job site when done?

They probably leave it running all day long for guys to take turns defrosting their fingertips.

 

[teamtree]

Nailed a 85% on my pesticide license exam.......2nd time taking the exam.....let my license exprie a few years ago becuase I did not get the required CEUs.....

 

[pdqdl]

Nailed a 85% on my pesticide license exam.......2nd time taking the exam.....let my license exprie a few years ago becuase I did not get the required CEUs.....

85% is pretty good, given how many of the questions are trick questions. It works like this (at least in Missouri): they throw in enough tricky asinine questions that you must know 100% of the simple answers in order to pass.

My favorite is where they ask you to calculate the volume of a conical tree...like that had anything to do with how to spray one! I have looked all over, and I have never found any spray application that uses any calculation of the volume of a tree for any dosage or treatment related application. Another one is about roundworms, and references their phylum; they actually expect you to write down the incorrect answer in order to get that one scored properly.

I haven't ever taken any CEU's, nor any review courses. I just take the test every three years, since 1984.

1. The CEU's cost lots of money, the test is $45.00
2. I can take the test and be done in 4 hours, including drive time; the refresher courses take two days.
3. The test really hasn't changed that much over the years; I know most of the questions by memory.

I have taken the test so many times, the examiners have even greeted me by my first name when I walk in the door.

 

[tree MDS]

Gonna make another effort out there today. I think its like zero out. I need a team of homosexual Canadians to send out or something. This blows. lol.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Been plowing all night. Got for more to do then nap time. Thank god

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[sgreanbeans]

I plowed all day today. Question...friend of mine told me to take off the plow shoes, he's never had them on any of his plows. Round slider things on bottom of plow. I feel I don't scrape good enough sometimes so makes sense to me...any negs? Also wish my salt spreader put out more schit...no adjustments :-( other than spraying wider. Gotta pass over multiple times...pita.

Yep, I took them off for that same reason, they are good for gravel lots......I am told. even tho I have a 1/4 mile of gravel, I never used them. Man, I should get back into snow removal, this year just keeps putting it out, every other day we get it and I FREAKIN HATE IT! If I do go buy blades, then it wont snow for a couple years, hmmmmmmmmmmmm,wait a minute, maybe that is also a plan! Buy blades to prevent snow. Went out yesterday, 5 degrees, tried going hard to stay warm, just couldn't. Stayed till about noon and bailed. The boy was in pain, feet so cold that it felt like he was walking on nails. Warmer today @25
Pruning another pin oak, has a bunch of hair (little thin epie's) all thru the crotches, not wanting to fight them with the slick line, I put together 3.5 poles with a saw head to try and clear them before I used the big shot, holy cow, forgot how much like a rubber band that feels like. Gave up and took the shot, knowing that it would get caught in all the suck. Wouldn't ya know, blasted right thru and took one of those fantastic bounces that improved the TIP,LOL. Had I tried that first, before the poles, luck would have it, that I would have had a tangled mess, but karma was having fun with me and had me second guess my decision to put all those poles together and try and use them. Shoulders are killing me.

 

[treeclimber101]

Lol oooopppppps

totalled

it's bad when you hit a speed bump and the plow jumps 6" higher then the light tops ,

cold as witches tit !

 

[Pelorus]

A touch brisk this morning.......but it looks like a beautiful sunny day out there.

 

[squad143]

It's -25C (-13F), -33C (-27F) with the windchill this morning. Glad to be taking the day off. My wife even brought me a coffee with Bailey's and I didn't even have to get out of our warm bed.

Lemme ask you, when it's that freakin cold do you have to leave the truck running on a job or intermittently have to start it to keep it warm so you can leave the job site when done?

We usually start it intermittently, but as pdqdl pointed out, it has more to do with keeping ourselves warm than starting it at the end of the day. My trucks will start in the cold without using the block heater ("plugging them in") as I have pretty good batteries. It's just easier on the engine if they are warm. When it's this cold, we'll start the chippers first thing in the morning, then after the engine warms, drive to the job with the clutch engaged. That way the hydraulic fluid has a chance to circulate and warm up and it's ready to go when we get to the job.

 

[NYTREECLIMBER]

Just finished plowing, started at 3 pm yesterday . My three year old wont let me go to sleep oh well guess I will sleep plenty when I'm dead

 

[NYTREECLIMBER]

Well my daughter finally let me sleep evenif it was only 1 1/2 hrs

 

[Toddppm]

We did close to 20 hours plowing/shoveling etc. too. Just finished the invoices so they get out asap. People have short term memories once the snow melts and start questioning the bills, if I don't do it right away I forget too. Only 4-5" total but was a bit of a marathon. Have to restock the salt sometime this week again. Would like to get a tractor trailer load but coming up with the $$$$, waiting to get paid..... it's a vicious cycle.
We actually have a few tree and landscape jobs left to do and keep getting calls, not sure what's going on but I don't want to jinx it.

Went riding in DE, MLK day- 57 degrees. On the ride there they were treating the roads, I was like WTF? I watch the weather constantly and didn't hear anything until I checked again and this storm was on the way. Going to be cold as **** rest of the week and next week it looks like. We might only get 1 more job done until the weather warms up a little orrrrrr it snows again!

 

[treeclimber101]

We did close to 20 hours plowing/shoveling etc. too. Just finished the invoices so they get out asap. People have short term memories once the snow melts and start questioning the bills, if I don't do it right away I forget too. Only 4-5" total but was a bit of a marathon. Have to restock the salt sometime this week again. Would like to get a tractor trailer load but coming up with the $$$$, waiting to get paid..... it's a vicious cycle.
We actually have a few tree and landscape jobs left to do and keep getting calls, not sure what's going on but I don't want to jinx it.

Went riding in DE, MLK day- 57 degrees. On the ride there they were treating the roads, I was like WTF? I watch the weather constantly and didn't hear anything until I checked again and this storm was on the way. Going to be cold as **** rest of the week and next week it looks like. We might only get 1 more job done until the weather warms up a little orrrrrr it snows again!

They said not until next weekend . I hope anyway

my street looks likes parking lot of snowplows and trailers . **** it ...... I will un**** that pile tomorrow

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

SS tattoos? I don't need no SS tattoos!

And here is why:

I was dreading handling this storm by myself even though I have the Power Wagon and a brilliant IQ so when Moose, my uncle in law, called to say he would be available I was a sight happier about things. I picked him up around 2 pm

I plowed all day today. Question...friend of mine told me to take off the plow shoes, he's never had them on any of his plows. Round slider things on bottom of plow. I feel I don't scrape good enough sometimes so makes sense to me...any negs? Also wish my salt spreader put out more schit...no adjustments :-( other than spraying wider. Gotta pass over multiple times...pita.

 

[OLD OAK]

SS tattoos? I don't need no SS tattoos!

And here is why:

I was dreading handling this storm by myself even though I have the Power Wagon and a brilliant IQ so when Moose, my uncle in law, called to say he would be available I was a sight happier about things. I picked him up around 2 pm

Let it go Doctor. Or i might just have to sue you for breach of Doctor patient Confidentiality. You could lose your license to practice medicine and then where would we all be? Back in the nut house i suppose