Clearing hazard trees at a pole building construction site for local folks.
24 removals, 2 minor prunes, just the necessary trees... lots of south- leaning alders that will become problems in the foreseeable future.
Couple pull trees out of the first 18.
Post-fell
90⁰ retainer line
Helped...
I sprung a leak in the mini-loader.
Brought out the micro-x to help.
I loaded most of the bigger logs earlier in the day yesterday.
Pulled, skidded, loaded logs chipped brush with the micro-x.
So long as it's not worn through the full thickness, it should be ok.
They're discontinued, so BSs are slim pickins.
Consider asking for additional pictures from better angles.
Very anticlimactic.
I used a lot of brush, stacked cross-wise to the lay.
I picked up the crash pad with a machine afterward and stuck it in the dump truck. Lots of gravel could've contaminated the brush with raking and restacking that happens from droppinginto the pile and moving off the...
Fuel doors are on the driver's side. Engine exhaust is opposite the fuel door on cars and typical small trucks without step tanks.
Our chippers discharge preferentially on the right to blow onto the shoulder, I presume.
Operator control are on the curb side.
Being an English design, the tanks are on our passenger and controls are our driver side. The discharge chute is mounted opposite the English road shoulder. I guess this allows the machine to blow onto the shoulder without extending onto the shoulder.