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  1. southsoundtree

    Today....

    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...
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    What’s Your SMALLER Equipment Setup?

    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.
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    Today....

    Yow! That's not gonna buff out
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    Today....

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    PNW laminated rot, overgrowth, hoarding, demo, GTG?

    What will you skid/ load with? Do you have a rough removal tree count? A dozen, Dozens, A half a dozen dozens?
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    OLDS-Overhead Lowering...

    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.
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    OLDS-Overhead Lowering...

    Belay spool on ebay, now. Might be well worn
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    Looking for aerial lift of Connecticut 52’ upper boom

    Thanks. It wasn't giving me dropdown profile options at all.
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    Looking for aerial lift of Connecticut 52’ upper boom

    @lulz78 Maybe the notification isn't working???
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    Possible damage from impact of felling a large tree close to a house.

    I've dropped rounds into tires and stall mats once, way back. Pavers beneath. Tying tires together may help.
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    Rope grab recommendations for rigging

    What is the effect on the rigging rope of having that concentrated loading of a cam versus a hitch?
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    Possible damage from impact of felling a large tree close to a house.

    Frozen ground!! We Never have frozen enough ground for anything. That's OK!
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    TCIA WTF?

    Occasional tech issues.
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    Possible damage from impact of felling a large tree close to a house.

    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...
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    Possible damage from impact of felling a large tree close to a house.

    I've shaken neighbors' houses with dropping big logs. Definitely had the HO say they even felt a fat butt log dropped into a crash pad of brush.
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    Possible damage from impact of felling a large tree close to a house.

    Also, another possibility, piecing things down is safer for a poor faller.
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    Morbark tw280phb

    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.
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    Morbark tw280phb

    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.

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