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    Mini Skid

    Having used both on a mini skid, Im going to have to completely disagree. Its not nice, its annoying. I drive a mini backwards mostly when dragging brush and feeding a chipper. Its very fluid to feed the chipper with a knockabout bmg. With the power one it wont free wheel as you turn. You have...
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    Mini Skid

    No need on a mini skid for power rotate as flushcut stated. We have been feeding our chippers for years with a bmg. They work great. We have added a mini ex to our lineup. We have a power rotate grapple on it. It still works well for feeding the chipper.
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    COLD!

    We took off today but it was supposed to snow here in Alabama. We really didnt get any snow but it was supposed to be a high of 9 here. It got a bit warmer but not a lot.
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    WTB: bucket for mini skidsteer

    Its not on your way but these guys have 48 in smooth buckets. https://www.skidsteerattachmentdepot.com/product/48-low-profile-smooth-bucket-attachment-fits-mini-skid-steer-2/
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    660 top end rebuild

    Yamabond works great. Ive used it a bunch myself. Working at the Yamaha dealer for a couple of years when i was younger probably had something to do with that.
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    Today....

    Thanks. To be fair, I also own a machine shop business. We have 3300 sq ft of machine shop and they are starting on an addition next week as we need more room. I figured this was kinda tree related since its for on of our tree trucks.
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    Today....

    Got the gear for my f550 parking brake finished this morning. It fits really well and works.
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    Today....

    Its been raining here for almost two weeks. Kinda makes it hard to do much tree work. While we have had some down time, we have been fixing on our stuff. We have a 2001 f550 with a dump bed. It's parking brake pedal wasnt holding. It kept skipping so I pulled it out of the truck to see what was...
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    Today....

    We usually just use them to store split firewood and then dump them in our f550 for deliveries. They have loops on the bottom to help dump thrm into the truck. The bags hold 1/3 of a cord and cost about $15 EA. We have our own wood lot that our tree debris gets hauled to. We then process it into...
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    Today....

    I welded up a stand to hold our firewood bags while we fill them. Right now we have been hanging them off the forks on our mini skid.
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    Husqvarna 592 xp

    I have gotten to use a 592xp. I was impressed with its performance. A friend of mine bought one and got about 2 hours out of it. Husky ended up eventually giving him another saw. The new one is so far so good.
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    Mini skid attachments storage

    I keep thinking about making a cube of sorts to carry our gear. We have two mini skids but we daily use a mini ex with a lot of attachments. We have a hanging grapple, 6 ft broom, stump grinder, 12 in bucket(normally left at shop), 24 inch bucket, and a set of scoups. All of it gets tied down on...
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    Today....

    Had a nasty vine covered hackberry on a house today. I do really like that husky battery pole saw.
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    Ratio of Payroll Costs to Equipment Costs

    We spend more on equipment. Part of this is the local labor pool is terrible. Folks that arent are drawn away from this sort of work by high paying defense industry stuff. Theres zero way we can compete with these kinda of companies on a pay and benefits level. Theres almost no regulation in our...
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    660 top end rebuild

    Reusing the gasket is asking for air leaks
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    DMM mini vault

    Really? I dont think ive ever seen a bucket truck operator take a hand saw with them unless doing small pruning work. It's kinda awkward to take in a bucket as most dont have a great place to put it. I have several copies of the z but this requirement has slipped past me until now.
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    Today....

    It works surprisingly well. We either throw the pieces in our bonfire after they season or just let them decompose in the chip pile. They burn much cleaner and easier vs whole stumps. I keep looking at horizontal and tub grinders to run this kinda stuff and logs that are no good for firewood or...
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    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy thanksgiving!
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    Today....

    We finished up a big job early yeaterday. Got some time to deal with our wood lot. We keep accumulating stumps which dont stack well so I decided to split them with our screw splitter. This is the end results of a good sized bradford pear stump.
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    Nifty Lift Boom Speed?

    The boom on an SD64 is as fast as i would want. Dont really want bounce since the boom isnt hooked to a big truck.
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