Pictures from Down Under (Aussie pics)

Well, wasn't sure where to put the odd shot I take.

It's not always tree work either so I figured if us Aussies stuck em here they'd be found if you were looking.

This is a shot over the dam where I worked the last couple of days up at Samford, it was shot at 7am just after sunrise.

Beautiful day and middle of winter here in Brisbane, temp was 24C and clear blue sky.

And some real old time loggin pics I came across from Bundaberg where they were logging gum (blackbutt)

ekka top pics and vids m8 as eva a pleasure to watch. do you like your kanga they look a top piace of kit.what sort of weight will it lift and how high.

It can lift around 200kg to 250kg about 6' high.

Here's a storm damaged Greygum we did.

Proof that palms do blow over especially when they have this "pumped up" root ball.

Here's some assorted pics for fun.

That's some pretty country in that first pic!

Is that the customer you took up in the bucket with ya?

At no extra cost this company will help out in the bucket, comes handy when cutting and chucking.

I like them in the bucket with ya, unless you get a whimp who wants little bits cut.

we installed rigging and rigged this one down in big bits. Top was hit by lightening and storm, pretty busted up and busted the house roof. We installed 2 pulleys and gave the groundies a hell of a time.:greenchainsaw:

Ekka said:

Proof that palms do blow over especially when they have this "pumped up" root ball.

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:hmm3grin2orange: Lucky you got pics 2 & 3 to back it up:hmm3grin2orange:

Otherwise i were thinking maybe this is some of ekkas felling gone wrong:biggrinbounce2:


Trev

Hahaha.

I knew that some-one would have a laugh. I have hit a clothes-line once and stuffed it good. It was an old Hills metal job in the middle of the back lawn.

The old codger was carrying on and wanted the whole thing pulled out of the ground and dumped. So we got it out concrete and all, chucked it on the truck.

I asked him if he'd like another and where he would like it placed etc. He hummed and haa'd and bartered an $80 discount to which I agreed. Then he took me around the side of his house and showed me the brand new fold up job he just bought for $80 and laughed.

So he got a free clothes line and the old one dumped!

Great pics!!!!opcorn:

Found another really old pic today, got my reflection in it a bit but it's still good.

This is from 1910, northern NSW has a town called Casino.

3 days to go 17 miles eh

Here's some outback pics.

They dont call it the red centre for nothing.

Some GREAT pics there Ekka, esp' the country side, (.........we here in the uk have just as much space as that, ....................except it's full of houses)

Fascinated by the old pics, would love to know what techniques they used/tools........'push me pull you' saws i guess......and a LOOOOOOT of energy...wonders...did they have red bull in those days?

Thats the ANMEL 25 meter tower, with Mark at the controls. He is a top bloke and operator hey. A little rough though sometimes, he has broken his share of stuff on my jobs.

He loved that job coz we rigged it down big.

That 25 has stopped in mid air a few times and he had to abseil out once!

Luckily every time it's got stuck on my jobs we've been able to get it going again by the groungy fiddling with the crap down the bottom.

He can get a bit rough on the wobble factor if you're not careful ... nothing worse than when you are leaning over the bucket with a fair weight to chuck and they quickly drop down for the next cut ... you nearly go over the side!

I always ask that they wait till the piece has been chucked before they move.

I like him, he's pretty efficient and usually on time. I think they get that used to riding those buckets that they forget about the passengers a times.

Yeah, Ive had to absail out of the 25. I have worked with all of Mels drivers over the years, and havnt met many I didnt like, and one of those recently got sacked. I never use Sherrin.

Here's some pics of the new groundy, fell asleep in the truck on her first day! Even the dog later!!

Here's some nice before and after shots of a TD we did today, talk about tight access etc!

Not one bit fell on the roofs, I whittled the head down to about half size and bombed it out onto a foam pad.