the 'todays job' thread

[Steve Bullman]

bit dangerous mate, he doesn't even have chainsaw trousers on!

 

Hows that grinder?

[shillo]

27 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

bit dangerous mate, he doesn't even have chainsaw trousers on!

 

Hows that grinder?

I like the grinder. it does take some getting used to with the loader, you can use the steering to sweep left to right or use the tilt to sweep in an arc up and down or use the boom to sweep in and out. if you can understand that?! its very smooth and you have a perfect view of what you are grinding. Only 23hp could do with 27 ideally but they wouldn't do it.

I was looking for a grinder for a while but couldn't justify the 10k for dedicated machine, the klou one was 3.5k and utilises my loader.

[Steve Bullman]

No brainer then really, specially if it does the job

[TIMON]

70’ multi stem sycamore in a tight spot, no fewer than 7 sheds with fragile roofs underneath, thankfully there was one air raid shelter with a concrete roof which served as a landing pad . Not massive but just about every single piece needed rigging.
























Really felt my age at the the end of it.

[treevolution]

A light cut back of an overhang London Plane from the local allotment.

 

Great day for it apart from the Plane dust.

[s o c]

On 29/05/2018 at 19:39, shillo said:

Some from the last few weeks

Can you fit that grinder to a mini digger?

[shillo]

1 hour ago, s o c said:

Can you fit that grinder to a mini digger?

Yep you can.

Youtube Klou Grinder, i think that one was the 18hp version 

[JosephD]

On 13/04/2018 at 20:44, nath said:

Are they as horrible to cut as everyone says?

 

How about spiking?  I remember years ago watching some videos by that ozzy guy, couldn't climb to save his life but used to post loads of videos online making out he was an expert.  He made spiking them look exceptionally hard, but then again he made everything look hard lol

Yes , there are as horrible as they sound. i have climbed about 10 of them over here in NZ when i was working for domestic companies both pruning them and removing them. Not really a problem spiking them as inside they are soft but its the branches (frons) that are the killer! on pheonix palms they have long sharp spikes on them which contain posion and i have been stabbed badly a couple of times in the hand and after 2-3 hours you start to feel you hand go numb , that night its starting to get sore but the next morning its agony! , just simple tasks like turning a door handle or using the gear stick on your car just causes your hand a world of pain!  , the clean up on the ground is just as bad if not worse than actually doing the tree. alot of dusty and sticky wet sap comes of the palms and pidgeons often nest in them so you get covered in pidgeon shit.

[Mick Dempsey]

The job itself was a yawn, removing previously topped spruce but I though I’d share the extraction pics.

 

Temporary road plates on a wet lawn to minimise damage, grapple putting the sticks into the truck in 3 meter lengths.

 

Away by lunchtime.

Edited June 6, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[Gray git]

Bit of oak extraction today for a friend who's smaller trailer just didn't have the grunt for some of these big long bits.