the 'todays job' thread

[Mark Bolam]

3 hours ago, bigtreedon said:

not the best photo but if u zoom in you will probably get a idea 

 

Don is there any truth in the rumour that the Vermeer will lift 5t with you stood on the back plate?

[doobin]

11 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Thanks Swinny.

Could be worth a call, but I doubt the price will be that different with mods.

 

I thought the price wasn’t bad tbh, but your guy seems even keener.

 

I talked about this with @doobin before Christmas.

 

Time you’ve bought the steel and tines and done the fab you’re better off just hitting the ‘buy now’ button!

That one from Dom Harrison looks a good design. Thats how id do it for the multione. 
 

I’ve never bothered as I just use the one I made for the digger, and if the multione is on site then the forklift broom is brilliant for a final pass. 

[doobin]

Playing ‘fire jenga’. Getting some manky old poplar to burn. 
 

I don’t regret going with the 881 rather than a 661. When you are handling things mechanically there’s very little bending down to be done, so the extra weight is more than offset by raw power, even in smaller timber like this. 
 

There was a squirrel in the tree when weset the rope- I saw him bolting upwards. No sign of him on the deck, he either got impaled and buried or he scampered down before we set the gob cut!

[AHPP]

Have you got the 881 on 404 or 3/8?

[Mick Dempsey]

Reminds me of a poplar burn we had a good few years back, a bastard to get going, but did the job. 
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[doobin]

Just now, AHPP said:

Have you got the 881 on 404 or 3/8?

404, I didn’t think you could run it on 3/8? Or at least, the bar mount is different than my other stihl bars!

[doobin]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Reminds me of a poplar burn we had a good few years back, a bastard to get going, but did the job. 
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Luckily we had one cypress left to get it going with- wind stopped play before Christmas. 
 

you can just see it standing at the edge of this pic. 

[Mark Bolam]

12 minutes ago, doobin said:

Playing ‘fire jenga’. Getting some manky old poplar to burn. 
 

I don’t regret going with the 881 rather than a 661. When you are handling things mechanically there’s very little bending down to be done, so the extra weight is more than offset by raw power, even in smaller timber like this. 
 

There was a squirrel in the tree when weset the rope- I saw him bolting upwards. No sign of him on the deck, he either got impaled and buried or he scampered down before we set the gob cut!

 

What a shame.

Should have milled it.

[doobin]

1 minute ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

What a shame.

Should have milled it.

I took the last lot back to the yard and wished I hadn’t bothered. 
 

manky, wiggly, useless. 
 

I’ve got the cypress in the mill stack, if that’s what you meant?

Edited January 16, 2024 by doobin

[AHPP]

Bar mount. Ah yes. Hazy memory that there might be an adapter.

 

I was thinking to myself just earlier today how much happier I am with my 661 than I was with my 880. The actual cutting you do with big saws is such a minor part of the whole experience. 

 

Back on fire, I assume the cutting bits short to make it like rubble rather than like pick a stix is intentional?