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Nothing wrong with those tongs, its your tractor that is the problem. PM me your address, I'll swing by and pick up tractor & bring it to my FL repair shop & return it to you within six months, free of any charges.
Nothing wrong with those tongs, its your tractor that is the problem. PM me your address, I'll swing by and pick up tractor & bring it to my FL repair shop & return it to you within six months, free of any charges.
Ron, there's nothing wrong with that hammer. It's cute. I imagine that a little tack-hammer like that might come in real handy for, well, something.
Those new tongs make a difference, don't they?
Put the tongs to work today. Nothing big really just two little white oaks that were blocking my way. Decided to skid them in 10' lenghts and then cut them 5' so I could roll them in the trailer as I forgot and left my forks at home.
First, a shot of tongs at maximum extension (32" - lifting my tuning log):
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Skidding some of the white oak:
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Shot of the trailer with the smaller of the white oaks loaded:
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Shot of my saw (in my hurry I grabbed the wrong chains for my 036Pro - cutting small stuff with a 125 is not a lot of fun) (Yes, Gologit, that is my little hammer):
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The red oak log I was after (a little bigger than I was remembering - 47' before first branch and still almost 3' in diameter - I quess I'll have to split it or cut some notches for the tongs and limit my lenghts to 4' or so):
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Ron
Yup, I can relate. The mind, ever young and optimistic, tells you "you can do that". The body, worn and already complaining, replies "if you do I'll make you sorry". The body always wins that argument. Always.
I'll spare you the "old guy" lecture but there comes a time when the mind better start listening to the body. I don't move as fast as I used to and I can't "scramble" like I could even ten years ago. I'm still doing the same things, just doing them a little slower and with more thought.
I've had two heart attacks. I don't want a third. I've heard the sound of my own bones breaking. It didn't like it. Hospital food sucks and I'm too old to flirt with nurses. Time to change my ways.
And that hammer? I have one just like it. It's in the toolbox on the Cat where it belongs. :hmm3grin2orange:
Shanelogs, I'm glad you like my little rig. Thanks for the compliment. Ron
If that red oak was a solid log no telling how many red oak shingles could have been made from that one. What a nice tree. When red oak get that large around here they are hollow. Carpenter ants have had a feast. :msp_sneaky:
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