And the mat rack goes on the side of the trailer?
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And the mat rack goes on the side of the trailer?
****in crane didnt show up AGAIN
got a contract climber to do it
Haplo
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Thought it was too dead to climb?
too dead for me to climb, contract climber = not my issue
he didnt reek of any drugs I could identify either, maybe he is just stupid or crazy, either way he is cheaper than the crane anyways
Haplo
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If you allow guys on YOUR job site to do what you believe is stupid or crazy and you wouldn't do yourself then you are not fit to lead a crew
Crane guy probably figured out best not to work for a kid and decided not to show.
Jeff
Jeff
What happens if YOUR contract climber gets hurt? Do you know?
Jeff
Lol. Pa’s lawsuit money might be at risk..
Helmstein
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To be honest I don't really know. I haven't had to use it on a job yet. It keeps the mats neat and organized when not in use at the yard and ready to be deployed with little to no manual labor.
I think I will either put it in the bed of the 2500 or in the back of the chiptruck. Don't know how it would fair on the fender of the dump trailor but we will find out.
We always keep 6 mats in the back of the Dodge 2500. I'm sure this fall we will be using the rack more often with wet weather. The giant as you know is very light on its feet.
That damn ground protection is always an issue.
My old Chevy has an 8’ bed that dumps perfectly and is easy to load chunks or 8’ logs in. Truck that size is real handy. Perfect for plywood. Feels like backing up a wheel barrow after the other trucks lol.
I have plans to buy a new tub one day and have a 454 I wanna have built and have every other body and interior part you can think of. Plus it’s just cool. Had it 26 years now.
My old Chevy has an 8’ bed that dumps perfectly and is easy to load chunks or 8’ logs in. Truck that size is real handy. Perfect for plywood. Feels like backing up a wheel barrow after the other trucks lol.
I have plans to buy a new tub one day and have a 454 I wanna have built and have every other body and interior part you can think of. Plus it’s just cool. Had it 26 years now.
picked up a cheap little ford ranger for a toy, its ugly as hell, and the AC doesnt work, but itll be fun to play with
also got a new mower
also got a new mower
we have to be selective on who we work for so as not to get in trouble.Crane guy probably figured out best not to work for a kid and decided not to show.
Jeff
Rabid K9
ArboristSite Guru
Yep, that'll sort the big scary dead trees in no time....
Rabid K9
ArboristSite Guru
So is this bloody giant dead terrifying monster thing down & 'pushed into the woods' yet or the other guy is 'going to do it'? Can only imagine what was going through his mind.
Just out of interest, were you intending to 'ride the hook' into the tree, rig up the pieces, cut them & ride out the hook with the load? I assuming not. So effectively you would still be hanging on the dead stag.
Even lifting pieces out vertically & gently changes the forces of a tree as reportedly fragile as this.
Think you were swimming with your floaties on here....
Rabid K9
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Send the crane, or at very least the ride on lawnmower, lighting done struck my tree!!
(Actually a very fun tree, down and wrapped up in time to go for a surf)
(Actually a very fun tree, down and wrapped up in time to go for a surf)
tree is down
was intending on riding the ball with each piece, or having the crane hold the hook overhead for a tie in point
Whipped some hemlocks covered in PI, grapevine, bittersweet, creeper vine and something else up.
Unfortunately we couldn’t clean anything up really till the lift was out of the way. The mini giant and the chipper made short work of that though. Had everything mostly laid out nice in one big grapple friendly mess.
I can rotate all the way around in front of that chimney, btw, no worries of hitting it whatsoever. Zero tail-swing.
Unfortunately we couldn’t clean anything up really till the lift was out of the way. The mini giant and the chipper made short work of that though. Had everything mostly laid out nice in one big grapple friendly mess.
I can rotate all the way around in front of that chimney, btw, no worries of hitting it whatsoever. Zero tail-swing.
And the new trailer setup worked sweet. Had to use three trucks, but we got it in one trip anyway. Perfect packed load of chips in the ram.
And the usual end result…
And the usual end result…
That Laura tree would’ve been a ten minute walk in the park for me… maybe five. Lol.
I will bring shop hoist and mower behind my ranger
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