the 'todays job' thread

[peds]

17 minutes ago, slack ma girdle said:

 

 

He's a leggy fellow. Very clean.

Those yonder don't look as easy though. 

 

No photos from the second part of my day, but topping three spruce that should have been taken to ground level. Two ivy-covered c*nts that tried their best to annoy me, but they could be dropped as two big heads at least; and one sparse and gangly thing right over a new shed and two little corrugated perspex buildings (henhouse and greenhouse I think) with the wind blowing the wrong way, so it had to be taken apart twig by twig. 

 

Still. Beats being indoors. 

[doobin]

Really impressed with what this thing has shifted in 21 hours. Three arctic loads so approx 75ton. 
 

The hauls were between 600 and 1000m round trips. 40m of elevation change but mercifully the steepest bits were empty going up- I know it wouldn’t have made it loaded, it would just be spinning. On slighter hills it wasn’t fazed- really impressed how well this copes with hills compared the my Multione with the same engine. Between 15 to 20 minutes for a round trip, including loading and unloading. Around twenty litres of diesel burnt per day which is just insanely economical. I’ve been blessed with perfect ground conditions and there are pretty much zero marks on site. 
 

I’d be the first to admit that this looks like a toy. But it’s actually incredibly efficient on the right job. Gets anywhere, sneaks between trees so you can take a shorter route. 
 

I’m really getting the hang of operating it now, starting to look like a pro. Hopefully some more work will come up for it as for the first time in a long time I was actually enjoying operating even after the first four hours in the seat. 

[AHPP]

I once thought I might want to get into this micro forestry. I went and saw one of these in action and walked behind it as it did a collection cycle. Christ, I was bored watching it once. Shelved that idea fairly fast.

[Mick Dempsey]

Tricky half dead ash over buildings, wires etc. 
Lots of tag/pull line work. 
Finish it tomorrow. 
Was a good day of teamwork and no dramas as it goes. 

[AHPP]

Tricky tree. 

[Mick Dempsey]

‘Twas. 

[AHPP]

How did you find the RCW?

[Mick Dempsey]

As a bollard, it’s fine. 
The winch thing is still unused in anger. 
We found the prussick thingy milked modern rigging ropes. 
Fine on old style three strand. 
 

[slack ma girdle]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Tricky half dead ash over buildings, wires etc. 
Lots of tag/pull line work. 
Finish it tomorrow. 
Was a good day of teamwork and no dramas as it goes. 

Those clay tiles look like they will break with just a light kiss of sawdust.

Good work Mick

[peds]

8 minutes ago, slack ma girdle said:

Those clay tiles look like they will break with just a light kiss of sawdust.

Good work Mick

 

So many targets!