the 'todays job' thread

[sime42]

13 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Yes to the extra duvets.

12 cans of them.

 

What a dad! I meant for your little 'uns.

 

[Mark Bolam]

Yes mate, decent bags and blankets.

I’m definitely not driving them home now….

[sime42]

Kids are always fine, it's normally the Mrs complaining about the cold in my experience. 

 

 

[Doug Tait]

Has Mark joined the Kingdom of Kubala?

Recognise that tent...

 

Edited October 12 by Doug Tait

[Mark Bolam]

Yesterday’s job was a sycamore on a bank beside a moat.

Pretty straightforward apart from the stem logs that we couldn’t drop because of a bridge and uplight at the base, and couldn’t risk them bouncing into the moat.

 

As they got heavier they couldn’t be wrestled into the cage as it sent the weight limit over.

 

Cracked off with a keeper rope, second man bailed out the cage then turned the MEWP into a crane.

Worked really well.

Not massive, about 50kg.

 

Lovely spot.

Joseph Conrad’s old house.

 

 

[Rich Rule]

Why not just fell it back into the banking with a pull rope tied to one of the vehicles and drag it out?

 

Do Von realise now he will have to get extra LOLeR checks done now it has been used as a crane/load handler?

 

😛

[Mark Bolam]

Pristine lawn and ancient paving slabs ruled that out Rich.

[maybelateron]

Two day copper beech dismantle this week. Younger lads in a bigger team would have done it in a day. Not overly big, but over a couple of tidy gardens, and nothing must land next door. Tree was growing in a raised border with a rickety brick wall around the border. Terms of quote were that we could not guarantee no damage to wall, and customer was ok with this/their problem etc. Day 1 went well, day two got the sticks off, then felled the trunk onto a protective layer of pallets, short sleepers, dumpy bags to power of N. I did not fancy using a 36 inch bar up the tree to nibble away at the large knuckle where the main trunk sent out secondary stems. All was fine until near the end of the clean up where we found the pallets had transmitted enough force to crack some Indian stone slabs. Grrr! Fortunately Pete the builder who uses a bit of my yard is able to rectify the damage, and customer still happy nil went next door. Learning curve: Put old tyres under the pallets to cushion the force.

[tree-fancier123]

2 hours ago, maybelateron said:

Learning curve: Put old tyres under the pallets to cushion the force.

even with tyres it's asking a lot of the slabs - I don't own a 500i, but that would have been my favoured tool - along with another tool to lift it off the ladder/ spikes

[AHPP]

If you need to nibble so you can throw pieces somewhere safe rather than just shove them off, you're better off nibbling cubier blocks than big diameter, thin cookies. Short bar rather than long. Digs in, plunges etc better. I even carry a few of these with lag bolts/screws for if you need to tether a chunk that's in danger of falling off while you cut it, like a big beech knuckle.