But the sticks are usually gone by the time I get to trunk wood.
I was just thinking a rubber wedge with a tether can be tied to the slide and reused and always on hand.
Oh my are those sexy! :love:
Another thought I just had is making a long taper rubber wedge on a tether for jamming the slide in place while you set it. Maybe easier maybe not. But those chokers are nice!
I use what ever the crane guy comes with. Mostly 2 long eye and eye and a short eye and eye for the top and chains for the big wood. 3 grand seems steep for stable braid slings.
I sold my stump grinder last year and I am better off for it. I have found two guys that are cheap so they can deal with all that nonsense. But 1000’ is damn near every customer I’ve ever had. The farm runoff is by far more of an issue than a 20” stump grind 900’ from a lake IMO.
Speaking of permits: You now need a ground disturbance permit for stump grinding within 1000’ of a body of water. It was 35’ last year. I think it’s because of all the new construction going on and a money grab by the county.
I’ve got 6.5 acres with a house and a 42x70’ pole shed. House rental and horse pasture rental pays for it all and I use about two acres for logs and chips, chips get spread not piled.
No way am I rolling all that for $400 minimum. Fuel cost, insurances, man hours, taxes, consumables… naw! $400 are the sub one hour with chipper or no clean up jobs or the “ just flop it for me and I’ll do the clean up” jobs.
Small jobs get the “I’m really sorry but I have to charge my minimum of $400”. At $400 I don’t mind doing five polesaw cuts and hauling brush to the burn pile. Also scheduling a few minimum jobs pays pretty well.