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VenasNursery said:
Does it have its annual?
If not it would be a good idea before you going up in it
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No, at that price I wasn't expecting one. I don't intend to put it to work without an inspection, just playing with it around the house to get an idea what might need attention. It was originally owned by Sunstate Companies which is a giant landscaping corporation out of Las Vegas, presumably it was fleet-maintained there. I didn't find any evidence of any other owners, so at least it hasn't been passed down a series of cheaper and cheaper companies. Still, used equipment is always a bit of a roll of the dice eh?
 
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I assume it has the DT 466 engine, which is great. Other than an injector and the turbo failing ours was good. If it’s overheating I would check the radiator. Ours was constantly clogged with sawdust, even after we bought the optional snap-on grille screen from International. We had to fire up the compressor and blow out the radiator about once every 2 months to keep the overheating under control.

Eventually had a new radiator installed and that fixed the issue. Should have done it earlier. Maybe the fins are just too small? Anyway, nice truck and congrats. I think you’ll be surprised at how useful it is.
 
Bucknut said:
I assume it has the DT 466 engine, which is great. Other than an injector and the turbo failing ours was good. If it’s overheating I would check the radiator. Ours was constantly clogged with sawdust, even after we bought the optional snap-on grille screen from International. We had to fire up the compressor and blow out the radiator about once every 2 months to keep the overheating under control.

Eventually had a new radiator installed and that fixed the issue. Should have done it earlier. Maybe the fins are just too small? Anyway, nice truck and congrats. I think you’ll be surprised at how useful it is.
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Yep, it is a 2006 DT466, so simple and robust compared to modern stuff. And you are right on, the overheating that came before blowing the hose turned out to be just down to an absolutely filthy radiator that wasn't cooling effectively. The shop replaced the hose, cleaned everything, looked over some other items and it solved the heat issue completely.
 
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Keep an eye on the radiator. Only speculating but I think years of very tiny debris accumulated on ours. Not so much sawdust but literal “dust”, like the powder that falls on a truck if your chain is not super sharp. Then it rains and that dust becomes like a glue on the fins of your radiator.

Hopefully it won’t be an issue for you.
 
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Yep, it is a 2006 DT466, so simple and robust compared to modern stuff. And you are right on, the overheating that came before blowing the hose turned out to be just down to an absolutely filthy radiator that wasn't cooling effectively. The shop replaced the hose, cleaned everything, looked over some other items and it solved the heat issue completely.
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You'll want to take some degreaser and the water hose to it. Blowing it out with air wont get it all.
 
Removed a hollow, twisty, leaning Poplar this morning. Natural crotched a few limbs down, but fortunately could free fall the heavy stuff, as I definitely didn't want to negative rig anything off it. No other trees to tie into. Plenty of solid wood left, but still eerie up top to look through one branch hole and out another.
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Cabling job with a view. Large codominant spruce pair with one side leaning towards the house. HO had a cable put in 25yrs ago, but never inspected and the eye bolts were just about completely grown over, so I recommended an update. I left the old cable in place about 5ft below the new one, but just slacked enough to have the new one supporting the trees. Seemed like it couldn't hurt anything, since the hardware was already embedded and maybe just a bit of extra security if a hurricane rolls through. Curious what other people's opinions are on that...IMG_3716.jpeg
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I probably would have gone higher than 5 feet up unless that's getting into tiny stuff. Def not worth cutting the old cable out of codom coastal red spruce IMO- almost always limb locked tops keep any frequency resonance concerns to no worries
 
Treemuel said:
Cabling job with a view. Large codominant spruce pair with one side leaning towards the house. HO had a cable put in 25yrs ago, but never inspected and the eye bolts were just about completely grown over, so I recommended an update. I left the old cable in place about 5ft below the new one, but just slacked enough to have the new one supporting the trees. Seemed like it couldn't hurt anything, since the hardware was already embedded and maybe just a bit of extra security if a hurricane rolls through. Curious what other people's opinions are on that...View attachment 94605
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That’s the old soft wrap splice technique but dang if it doesn’t look like someone did it with some EHS cable!

I would likely ignore the old cable height and install the new one at 2/3 height from defect to tips of growth. I also would leave the old cable in as you did. Even just for evidence of metal for some future soul laying a saw into it or passing it through a chipper. ALWAYS good to know where metal is.
 
I should have taken some better pictures but I setup a 20 to 1 mechanical advantage today to pick a large oak log off a building where we have no crane access. We had it rigged off an oak tree that also is coming down due to damage. Did a tie back to a good sized pine behind it. Had a 2 parts of line running to the block on the load then a 5 to 1 along with a block creating another 2 to 1.

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Fivepoints said:
I should have taken some better pictures but I setup a 20 to 1 mechanical advantage today to pick a large oak log off a building where we have no crane access. We had it rigged off an oak tree that also is coming down due to damage. Did a tie back to a good sized pine behind it. Had a 2 parts of line running to the block on the load then a 5 to 1 along with a block creating another 2 to 1.

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That's sick. Any action shots?
 
oceans said:
That’s the old soft wrap splice technique but dang if it doesn’t look like someone did it with some EHS cable!

I would likely ignore the old cable height and install the new one at 2/3 height from defect to tips of growth. I also would leave the old cable in as you did. Even just for evidence of metal for some future soul laying a saw into it or passing it through a chipper. ALWAYS good to know where metal is.
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The 2/3 rule is why I didn’t go too far above the old one. Also, staying where I still had about 10” diameter trunks.

Pretty sure the old one isn’t EHS; probably at least 3/8 common if not 1/2 (looked pretty beefy next to my 1/4 EHS). That would have been a feat though!
 
Matias said:
That's sick. Any action shots?
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Unfortunately not. We were a bit busy doing the haul itself. If I do it again, I'll try to get some better shots. I discovered I need another rigging prusik cord for attaching the block to the tail of the 5 to 1. I kept having to tie a bowline on a bite. I'd like to have a load cell so I could see how much force we were getting. We had 5 of us pulling the haul rope to lift it. The calculated weight of the log was 8600 lbs.
 
96coal449 said:
Indeed. Would have loved to see more of that, 20:1
Great job though. No goods or Hobs?
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No goods or Hobbs. I've used a goods a lot and it wouldn't have moved this without some mechanical advantage. Also I was using 5/8 rope so that wouldn't work with the goods. Had it setup where there was 2 parts of line to the actual piece. I was going to do 3 parts of line but couldn't find my other 5/8 block. I of course found it this morning. Itd been a better way to lessen the load on the 5 to 1. When. I put together my 5 to 1 I used some cordage I just had laying around as a progress capture. It was slipping a bit as we were letting off the load to reset. Had to hold the 5 to 1 and progress capture with the portawrap.
 
Fivepoints said:
Unfortunately not. We were a bit busy doing the haul itself. If I do it again, I'll try to get some better shots. I discovered I need another rigging prusik cord for attaching the block to the tail of the 5 to 1. I kept having to tie a bowline on a bite. I'd like to have a load cell so I could see how much force we were getting. We had 5 of us pulling the haul rope to lift it. The calculated weight of the log was 8600 lbs.
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I have definitely engaged in similar shenanigans out in the woods with no access
 
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