Bigger Beech than Regs w/ cranes.

[theXman]

Oh, okay, Allmark must irritate you as well.

I'm glad to be joined with him then.

Have a safe day.

 

[jomoco]

No Xman, you annoyed me by not understanding that I was complimenting you on your painting the sections of your removal that could do serious damage to chippers and chainsaws, so I reciprocated by misnaming you in my reply.

But it does serve to highlight yet another dangerous aspect of our profession, that of whole tree chippers quite capable of chipping large logs with engulfed steel hardware in them that can cause catastrophic damage to both chippers and their operators. It was good thinking on your part to paint the wood with steel in it to avoid that danger and avoid damage to your chipper, and more importantly your crew members.

I find it interesting that commercial sawmills will not process lumber that has not been run through a metal detector to avoid both damage to their expensive equipment and operational down time, and yet commercial tree care companies removing trees in metro and suburban areas that are known to have steel hardware in them do not exercise the same wise precautions.

It is a problem that whole tree chipper manufacturers will eventually have to face up to by either engineering a metal detector into their chippers, or paying huge settlements in court when their units fly apart and kill or maim a chipper operator.

jomoco

 

[theXman]

ahhh, okay.

A guy I know with a band-mill, simply uses a metal detector, (like the beach people looking for lost coins).

If the log had a scar or something; and if one of those was on site, you could swipe past it to check it out.

If it doubt, I throw it asside. If it's not likely, I might bore in with a chainsaw to see if I can find metal. Better for a $35 chain find it then the chipper.