the 'todays job' thread

[htb]

https://www.pfjones.co.uk/mitsubishi-shogun-lwb-2007-on-flange-tow-bar.html

Witter towbar above has 2 alternative mounting holes for hitch, would need to check with witter what the ball height would be.

[Gray git]

Playing out in the sun with the merlo yesterday, amazing how efficient this machine combination is.
If your on instergram look up our profile. ' Dryadarb ' for a timelapse of the job.

[MrNick]

do you find it easy to judge the weight of the limbs or are you super cautious? erring on the light side. Thanks

[Gray git]

Still erring on the cautious side and guessing the weights is a good game against what the computer tells you it is the big log in 1st picture which was about 15 or 16" at cut was just over a ton which means I'm good for that lift at 12m out and straight up to 24m
Best position is to within 10m of your cut point which gives 1500kg of available lift which is realistically a rather massive lump of tree that going to be difficult to put down so better to do small and often so the guys can clear it as you go.

[monkeybusiness]

59 minutes ago, Gray git said:

Still erring on the cautious side and guessing the weights is a good game against what the computer tells you it is the big log in 1st picture which was about 15 or 16" at cut was just over a ton which means I'm good for that lift at 12m out and straight up to 24m
Best position is to within 10m of your cut point which gives 1500kg of available lift which is realistically a rather massive lump of tree that going to be difficult to put down so better to do small and often so the guys can clear it as you go.

How heavy is the Westech? Do you have any capacity at full radius or are you overloaded just with the grapple-saw? 

[Gray git]

How heavy is the Westech? Do you have any capacity at full radius or are you overloaded just with the grapple-saw? 

It's around 900kg so straight out level we max out before we run out of potential reach but can work at full hight of 25 m with still over 500kg
The 6t machine is better for this but apart from being like hens teeth they are a lump bigger and far les versatility as we can still use this as a loader, drop the head and use chains for heavy or far out lifting or fit the new man basket and have a 25m mewp capacity

[monkeybusiness]

It’s ace - I love it!!!

[Jcarbor]

Love the splitter on the multione. One day.......

How about my little set up, lift the rounds onto the table with the grab and slide the wood on to the splitter running off the loadall front service, if it doesn’t split it will cut through the timber.
I also have a 3 phase splitta wood processing unit for the smaller rounds, it fills a bulk bag it 4 minutes.

[AJStrees]

2 hours ago, Jcarbor said:

How about my little set up, lift the rounds onto the table with the grab and slide the wood on to the splitter running off the loadall front service, if it doesn’t split it will cut through the timber.
I also have a 3 phase splitta wood processing unit for the smaller rounds, it fills a bulk bag it 4 minutes.

Photos are always good. But sounds like a proper job. 

[tree-fancier123]

cut down a couple of small ash to give a service tree room to grow. At least I think it's a service tree. I know there are a few similar types.