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  1. HolmenTree

    Chainsaw Bits

    Holy Smokes this site is slow to load. Might as well say it's frozen, main reason I haven't visited much lately. I recently bought 2 brand new saws. The latest Husqvarna 550XP and the new edition Stihl MS261CM. Over the long term I'll have lots to report on their efficiencies and deficiencies...
  2. HolmenTree

    Underbid job

    Another great video Reg! Yes we've all been there, get into a job and the game plan can change completely. Have to rely on the other jobs that you charged high on and made good profit to average everything out. Like what you said about your friends diesel truck getting it on the ground. I...
  3. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    Love the pics Reg. Nice to have a high tie in point. That would have been a valuable red cedar log if it wasn't so rotten. On my old computer I got a picture of a faller buddy of mine laying inside a facecut of a big red cedar he was falling up on Victoria Peak north of Campbell River back in...
  4. HolmenTree

    Marketing Tree Work In The Winter

    Thanks Sgriff! Yes all is going good for me and I hope to see you on here at the Buzz regularly. (y)
  5. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    It's good to hear from you Merle. Very nice working man's site here. I started reading into that thread and lots of good ingenuity. Custom built equipment put together with practical solutions from an end user who knows what's needed.
  6. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    Thanks fellas. It's perfect for a 1 man operation or 2 man at best. I perfer to work alone. That's a Vermeer 252 stump grinder besides the Morbark 2060D chipper with 35hp Wisconsin . 13"×6" infeed. On the tongue with its own fold up loading ramp is my hired man:D A Honda powered 4×4 4 speed...
  7. HolmenTree

    When did you first hear?

    Yup just like the old school static double rope with prussic on footlock technique.
  8. HolmenTree

    Marketing Tree Work In The Winter

    No loss at all Sgriff. Hey it's good to hear from you! Yep I hear no evidence is left, deleted and swept under the carpet within minutes lol. Great bunch of guys on there but with only one crazy coot running it all with monetary donations coming in regularly. Changing members avatars and posts...
  9. HolmenTree

    When did you first hear?

    Now that I think about it the Mars Bar ascender is on double rope.
  10. HolmenTree

    When did you first hear?

    A little bump here:) Year 2000 while I took a ArborMaster Canada training course, Dwayne supplied a Mars Bar setup to climb SRT on a big American elm. Was like riding a manual elevator. I learnt the DR Blakes from day one and never tried SRT. Thanks to my BigShot and double ring friction savers...
  11. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    This dump site is right in the center of our city of 15,000 citizens. Within 5 minutes of any jobs I do here. Right behind the UCN College, you can Google map it(Thompson,Manitoba) Doesn't cost me a cent. Good pay back for the long winters we endure here.
  12. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    Thanks David, Having problems getting used to the posting system here. So reposting again. I made a dump run this evening. I built this trailer unit in my car garage 15 years ago. I actually learnt to weld on this project. Still holding together hehe
  13. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    Thanks TC, yep I got a 7 ton hoist under the 8 yard box which runs off the chippers feed roller hydraulics. It dumps to the right hand side.
  14. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    Yep I can't wait either Reg, be safe! I don't know where to post work pics so I guess here is just as good as any. Reg I know you want to work solo as much as you can. This is my solo endeavours this morning . Came to this job 9 a.m. this morning, kids still walking to school before I could...
  15. HolmenTree

    Marketing Tree Work In The Winter

    Ok I re-phrased Levi, how's that?
  16. HolmenTree

    Marketing Tree Work In The Winter

    Speaking of of MB Butch. From all the years I spent on the Master Blaster Tree house. I never could figure out why he never admitted once having a wife or a girlfriend. Until lately when I stumbled upon him in this pic, being as proud as a peacock, wearing a woman's skirt.
  17. HolmenTree

    Marketing Tree Work In The Winter

    Tim, my threads I started were deleted not my posts. Hey ole Butch even gave me a new avator after banning me ....hehehe I guess Ronald McDonald is the first thing that comes to his mind as he proudly flips burgers for him.
  18. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    That's one big stick of wood Reg I'm happy just doing a little aerial work with the 536XP -12"battery saw and felling with the 550XP-16" this morning.;)
  19. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    Good to see you too Reg! That's beautiful country up there alright, I've been up in that area several times over the years . A buddy of mine lives out in Cowichan. Yes with the way the weather is changing everywhere your best just to stay at home and grind it out with residential. We had a...
  20. HolmenTree

    So the 880 is pretty heavy....

    Hey Reg, have you done any heli logging lately? How's it going..hope all is well with you out on Victoria? Biggest saw I ran aerial while climbing is a 395XP with 36" .404 Big cottonwood (Yes we have big cottonwood and poplar up here in northern Manitoba) The kerf of the wet fibre was...

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