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  1. chiselbit

    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    Dave is good guy. I bought my giant from him and he’s always been super helpful, he’s a tree guy and knows what we’re trying to do. I Highly recommend him.
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    Let’s talk about hook lift trucks

    After watching my buddies hook lift in action I truly regret not going that route when I had my chip truck built. He has a flatbed equipment hauler, debris boxes, log bunks, water truck tank with all the sprayers and hoses, maybe others I don’t recall and can pull a trailer behind any of them.
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    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    I have the 254 tele with a bmg dangle grapple. When I bought it from tnt it was the first giant on the west coast. It has held up very well and it will lift snd carry surprisingly big loads but it took a minute to learn how to carry he’s y stuff. Picture carrying a log in your arms ,tucked up...
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    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    I doubt you would regret buying an articulated loader like the giant or avant
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    Tractor, skid steer, or excavator?

    And don’t limit your thinking to only one machine. It should be more like “this one for now and another style later when you can afford it.” I have the giant articulated loader which is fast and nimble on good ground and a couple kubota mini excavators with rigid grapples for everything else. A...
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    Avant 528 vs cast 33d

    I have a giant 254 tele and my experience with Top Notch Equipment has been great. They have always been very helpful even though I’m on the opposite side of the country. Never ran an avant but I can make the giant dance
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    Stupid stitches-Cut resistant gloves?

    I buy these cheap bar covers on Amazon, drill a hole near the bottom and tie a small loop of bungee cord through the hole. Wrap and hook it on the hook when saw is not in use, pull it off and hook it to my caritool on saddle when cutting. When that hole tears out on the cover I’ll drill another...
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    Today....

    OR,, we know a guy with a tree spade for sale,,, you could transplant it, what do you suppose the shipping would be to Dryass desert land?
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    Chainsaw Shopping

    When done right they should last just as long or longer. I clean them frequently, run clean filters and sharp chains, change the spark plugs, the most common failure I see is greenhorns pinching the bar and breaking the av systems when they yank on them. Which since I have a small crew and we do...
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    Chainsaw Shopping

    16”- ported stihl 201 20”- stock husqvarna 550 24”- ported husqvarna 550 28”- ported stihl 400 and ported husky 562 32”- ported stihl 500i and ported stihl 462 36”- ported stihl 500i and 661 Light weight bars on everything 24” and longer
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    This one is not like the other oaks

    Oracle. Very cool trees
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    2511 Longevity/durability

    Try turning up your idle just a tad?
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    Tree oddities

    That’s crazy!
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    Songs of Perfection

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    Interesting statement in TCIA magazine article

    As she disappeared into the gloom cackling hysterically
  16. chiselbit

    Interesting statement in TCIA magazine article

    Hey Levi, just be thankful she didn’t offer you a delicious apple
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    Work Photos

    Remote chiselbit, I handed the young Buck an ax
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    Today....

    Breaking up desert dried eucalyptus into gravel
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    Work Photos

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    Work Photos


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