Last week I sat through a chicken seminar thinking that I might like to be an urban chicken farmer. After learning how much work they are I decided against it at this time. Maybe after I retire.
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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What was the problem? I mostly just wanted to try it out, the ability to occasionally lower a few fir limbs by myself seems appealing. (yes, you can take wraps on other limbs/stubs, etc)
data farm 26
Been here a while
- Location
- Casablanca
Had to do a pretty big piece to get it to run and was really hard to pull the rope back up after. Rigging wrench is far superior for topside friction.
Reach
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Chickens are more work than you might think, I grew up with them at home, and my neighbor’s keep some too; I help them out some too, feeding sometimes and chasing escapees through the woods.
Winchman
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Southwest Georgia
My first wife (a real country girl) and I had chickens back in the '70s. The only problems were getting rid of all the eggs we couldn't eat, protecting the chickens from foxes, and protecting the eggs from rat snakes. We once spent an afternoon milking a chalk egg out of a six-foot yellow rat snake. The snake survived, and a week later I found it in the roost with the chickens again. I hope you have as much fun with them as we did.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
Got my transitional / short-term housing set up for new/ traveling employee at a basic level in my shop, with access to a full bath and laundry.
Electric heater, camp stove, coffee maker, recliner and bed. Toaster oven needs a cleaning.
I'll look for a mini-fridge, microwave and sink and set up a covered kitchen in another part of the shop with a counter top and cabinets.
Housing can be difficult to find, locally, from afar. Having a place for a person to land should help.
IMO, the PNW is a work-cation destination.
Electric heater, camp stove, coffee maker, recliner and bed. Toaster oven needs a cleaning.
I'll look for a mini-fridge, microwave and sink and set up a covered kitchen in another part of the shop with a counter top and cabinets.
Housing can be difficult to find, locally, from afar. Having a place for a person to land should help.
IMO, the PNW is a work-cation destination.
If I was single I'd be all over that opportunity.
I posted its first big project the other day, but now that it is finally in the main rotation, I've been using the heck out of my new chipper. The winch and ability to pull in and chip small-ish trees without any processing is really amazing. Certain things literally go 5-10x faster, with almost zero physical effort. In an urban area it probably doesn't make quite as big a of a difference, but in rural areas like mine it is a gamechanger.
Edit: made 24 yards of chips today, almost all winched uphill to the truck.
Edit: made 24 yards of chips today, almost all winched uphill to the truck.
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Mick Dempsey
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- France
Glad you’re starting to love it.
I actually loved your outfit before you seemed to, so I deserve it more than you!
I actually loved your outfit before you seemed to, so I deserve it more than you!
Fivepoints
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- East of Huntsville, AL
Its hard to beat a good chipper. They really help get a lot done quickly.
VenasNursery
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Michigan
Three cottonwoods 90’ ,110’ , and a 125’
Back yard in the flood basin so a 10’ drop and an 45” opening along the garage to get to them.
Took us three days no crane so our Team knocked it out!
Our Guy in the sky was swinging 40’ leads from 83’ up !
One of the most challenging jobs for us I would normally turn jobs like this on to other companies but I was up to the challenge!
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
Red oak removal over the lines today.
Reach
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Does your electric utility let you do that? Around here we sure can’t get away with that!
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
Haven't had any issues yet. Does your utility say you can't work over the lines at all? Even if you're not closer than the minimum approach distance?
AdkEric
Branched out member
- Location
- Adirondacks
We spent the past couple days dealing with some cottonwoods as well. This was the largest of them, my coworker snapped a pic.
Reach
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Yes. Around here, the rule is 10’, and it’s not legal to lift over the lines without permission from the utility. Plenty of companies do it, and occasionally someone gets in trouble, usually when they make a mistake and cause a short or a fire, or tear down a line.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
Gotcha. Yeah I've worked with a few different cranes around here and haven't heard anybody mention anything about over the line rules, but I also haven't specifically asked our power company about it either. Thanks for the heads up, I'll look into it.
That's a smelly pig....good job.
I think that might be pushing the envelope a tad bit. I would want the electric company cutting power for this one. Your mek would make easy work of that tree, so power can resume quickly.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
It definitely wasn't ideal, but we had just enough distance where I still felt good about it. The picture makes it look a lot closer than we were. A few feet closer though and I would've said no.
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