the 'todays job' thread

[monkeybusiness]

6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

We did, but that particular one was too much for the loader, so we used chains to get it close enough, documented by Dave here..

The ones closer to the camera are all even further away though. Would the timber grab on the multione not pick up and drag the butts of those logs? Or pallet forks and lift/push. Genuine question. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Just now, monkeybusiness said:

The ones closer to the camera are all even further away though. Would the timber grab on the multione not pick up and drag the butts of those logs? Or pallet forks and lift/push. Genuine question. 

Yes the Avant was able to get everything else close enough, but when it won’t budge and you have a couple of chains, why tear the loader up trying to move it?

Here it is doing exactly as you say, difference is, it’s a dead cedar stem, half the weight of a knotty green Douglas stem.

[monkeybusiness]

2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Yes the Avant was able to get everything else close enough, but when it won’t budge and you have a couple of chains, why tear the loader up trying to move it?

Here it is doing exactly as you say, difference is, it’s a dead cedar stem, half the weight of a knotty green Douglas stem.

That’s the spirit!

[Mark Bolam]

No pang of regret that you didn’t have to ring and handball it?

[Pete Mctree]

But days slicing and dicing are so much fun… 

 

Did manage to squeeze a small loader in 😎

[Ty Korrigan]

15 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

 

Me pacing around anxiously worrying about fixing broken concrete posts etc.

 

 

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Blown 50 year old concrete posts set into concrete plaques built by Frenchmen that saw service building blockhaus and submarine pens for organisation Tod are a nightmare to replace.

 

 

[John Shutler]

crispy dead pine removal. about 20mins in work. tree was about 25m tall. 

[Joe Newton]

1 hour ago, John Shutler said:

crispy dead pine removal. about 20mins in work. tree was about 25m tall. 

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Very nice John, not much tidy up to do after that either.

 

I trust its earning its keep then?

[John Shutler]

22 hours ago, Joe Newton said:

Very nice John, not much tidy up to do after that either.

 

I trust its earning its keep then?

its just so efficient. There's no point being Charlie big bananas and taking gurt big pieces as it just slows everything up on the ground, slow and steady is the way in my opinion.

Its proved to be a valuable piece of kit, but the excitement factor of using it has worn off, I said to one of the guys the other day that its actually fairly boring sitting in it all day

[Mark Bolam]

This is a picture taken in the cab.