You will find a lot of other uses for it too. I’ve got a big Tex that I’ve been beating on for years. It’s still in good shape. Mini x with grapples will change your life. And of course have a digging bucket too, it’s fun to just dig big random holes
Something to think about, those trees have been dead a long time. The owners had plenty of time to deal with them before they became dangerous and you have no obligation to risk your life now to try and save them money. Get a lift in there or a crane or whatever it takes to do it safely. If...
A feller buncher with a tether machine can cut on crazy steep ground. We cut everything over 28” on yarder ground and the machines cut the rest.
On flatter ground I’ve seen the feller bunchers cut 4’ dia trees. They get around and cut out a “face”and then get behind it and cut a “backcut” and...
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Try again. Ok. Server error. Treebuzz, I love ya but,, I always have to battle to put up a photo. And lately the site won’t load more often than not. So I’ll try one more time and then say fuckit like I usually end up doing.
One that we worked around had a brush grapple on it, doing roadside hazard trees, he could reach off the road and gather the limbs and logs. their ground crew made an accessible pile of the limbs he couldn’t reach. It was very efficient.
Nice. Those things are actually quite handy for tree work, like getting failed trees off houses and loading logs. I’ve worked around a couple of them over the years and was impressed