the 'todays job' thread

[Joe Newton]

  On 25/08/2021 at 18:46, bigtreedon said:

Your a better man than me Joe gravity fed

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No mate, his groundy is a better man than you.

 

I'd have walked off I had to chip that!

 

For me it meant that a tree the should have been rigged out and felled in a day took almost two and a half days for 3.

 

I was waiting an awful long time between each rig. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Work is work, but I’d find it difficult biting my tongue with such an inefficient set up.

 

 

[Joe Newton]

  On 25/08/2021 at 18:52, Mick Dempsey said:

Work is work, but I’d find it difficult biting my tongue with such an inefficient set up.

 

 

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Each to their own, he's a decent bloke with a beginner set up, only been going a year or two. I'm sure the bigger toys will arrive but until then you piss with the cock you have.

 

Plus I got 3 days work out of it rather than 1

[Joe Newton]

I would have definitely hired a loader though, for sure. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Fair enough.

[Mark Bolam]

  On 25/08/2021 at 19:05, Joe Newton said:

I would have definitely hired a loader though, for sure. 

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He could have bought one with your wage.

[Joe Newton]

  On 25/08/2021 at 20:05, Mark Bolam said:

He could have bought one with your wage.

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Not a new one

[bigtreedon]

Ash fell this morning some big limbs on under side of tree when felled were just going to touch the edge of the drive so I cripple cut them to suit

[josharb87]

4 birches before lunch. 
logbullet proving to be a great asset, shifting the branches to the chipper then the logs from the larger 2 (the smaller stems were cut to firewood rounds) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Seems a bit of overkill having that (albeit small) forestry machine on a lawn, but minimal damage I guess.