Helmstein
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I always liked Dave from newtown power equipment. He just had a lot on his plate when I saw him last in 2020 @NPE
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Oh thats what "NPE" means. I recall that place being like a tree man's Disney land. Maybe I'll visit tomorrow... if my wife lets me haha
Helmstein
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Micro burst hit our area the past week. It's got all the homeowners crazy to protect there houses/businesses from widow makers/Damaged trees.
Did this little emergency job today. Was able to set up in a tight courtyard of a local inn to remove a few widow makers above the main entrance way.
I hate when storms roll through but I love helping people that really need our services.
Did this little emergency job today. Was able to set up in a tight courtyard of a local inn to remove a few widow makers above the main entrance way.
I hate when storms roll through but I love helping people that really need our services.
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That machine is shiny and slick! You guys make me ubber jealous.
Haplo
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Two days because of the 6 dump runs 1 hr round trip
I’ve been going to that place for 28 years now. I remember because a guy I worked for turned me on to it.
I always had these conversations about rigging and gear, etc. with Dave. I know he used to do (or still does) his own work (I believe) on some level. I guess I was just wondering if he was any good, etc. Good guy, very knowledgeable and helpful.
Haplo
ArboristSite Operative
We priced it in though and I don't mind getting paid to drive. The possibility for more capacity and increase efficiency is never ending, but for our little crew it was about as smooth as it gets, one guy dumping, the other grinding stumps or staging the next tree so its ready to chip when the truck is back.
I was just being a smart ass,, couldn’t resist the gratuitous log truck pic lol
Rabid K9
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Removal & grinding straight away has a certain satisfaction, up's the $$ nicely if planned correctly as well.
Rabid K9
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What size is the chip truck bin?
Commercial suppliers sell pine chip mulch for $75m3 (bulk rate), bin on my mulch truck is 20m3.
I generally work on about $30-35 per m3 for good quality mulch delivered, but more for special orders. Could see a few dollars worth of 'waste' in that job. Sold 10m3 of radiata pine chip to a school for playground 'softfall' last week for $500.
Just noting different markets that's all.
Rabid K9
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Is indeed. Both my dogs. Great companions, when everyone has gone home & I'm loading logs or prepping equipment at midnight, they are still there with me. The black & tan is exceptional with stock (times when we have to move cattle etc) & a great guard dog. They don't let anyone onto the work site without permission.
Have their places in each of the vehicles. Come to most jobs. very adept at keeping themselves discreet & tucked away in vehicles when required.
Most clients absolutely love them & want them to stay, a couple of clients have even bought their puppies. On the balance of things, they actually bring in a lot of business.
And who wants cat people for clients anyway....
** They have eaten a few cats & the odd chicken.
Haplo
ArboristSite Operative
In Gerald Beraneks book "high climbers and timber fallers" there is a chapter about dogs on the job. One guy had a dog that would watch the tree top and bark when it started to go. So one time he's bucking a log and the dog starts barking so he instinctively dives out of the way, turns out it was another tree falling on its own and nearly took him out if it weren't for the dog.
Great book.
Great book.
Haplo
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Haplo
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How many yards capacity?
Rabid K9
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My black & tan is quite the brains of the operation. When he was a puppy, tied him to the firewood trailer & felled a dead tree toward the trailer to make it easier to load.
Ended up going a little closer the trailer than I anticipated & splashed him in mud & water. Aside from heaving the trailer sideways in panic, the little bugger took it all onboard. Never had to worry about him being in the danger zone again. The German shepherd just takes all her cues from him.
He is a bit obsessed by catching throwline weights as they come down though. And thinks the Bigshot is the best tennis ball 'thrower' ever invented.
I’m not sure really, never learned the math for that. But it’s 20’ long x 8’ high x maybe 7’6” inside width… less that little slope in the front. But with the high tailgate I’d guess 35 to maybe 40 yards? 38 if I had to bet on it. Lol. It’s a lot, that’s all I know.
Haplo
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L x W x H then divide by 27. So you're at about 45 yards! A bit less in reality since it's never quite full above the gate
That’s handy. Thanks for that.
That number sounds familiar from southco now. Like I said, I just knew it was a lot.
I had that truck built thinking down the road, something that could grow with the company if needed. Imagine a crane (stick or knuckle) towing a grapple chipper and the log/chip truck towing the lift? Lol. Talking some highly efficient action right there.
Actually, all I really need to break through to the next level is a short, short KB that can tow. I would just run the big giant with that crew. That way it could do plywood/chipper positioning, grapple chipper duties, forwarding logs, etc.
A 21xp with full remote feed system would be ideal, but all things in time.
I really don’t even care about chipping as we go that much anyway. I did a crane job where the chip truck was boxed in, and when it got full it only took like 20 mins to run the heap of oak leaders, etc. they had piled up through after they were out and we had dumped. I was jamming tunes in the giant while doing so.
Yep, getting closer and closer.
A 21xp with full remote feed system would be ideal, but all things in time.
I really don’t even care about chipping as we go that much anyway. I did a crane job where the chip truck was boxed in, and when it got full it only took like 20 mins to run the heap of oak leaders, etc. they had piled up through after they were out and we had dumped. I was jamming tunes in the giant while doing so.
Yep, getting closer and closer.
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