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I purchased a used GRCS and was told up front that ii was missing a rubber mounting foot. I received it today and decided that the rubber foot looks a whole lot like a hockey puck, which I just happen to have a surplus of, so I made one. It's not an exact match, but certainly close enough...

FireFighterZero, The city fencing project involves two parts. The first will be installed around the water treatment plant and the lime pits. The larger section will be installed around the new dump grounds. We'll be driving 8' T-posts. My plan is to place a man basket on the tractor...

Thanks guys. I was wondering about the Tanaka drill. I have one, but it's not near as powerful as a 3/4" electric. I know I won't use the GRCS on every job, but since most of my work involves sending trees to the grave, I'll likely use it quite often. Joel

Flushcut, You must have been reading my mind. I have a GRCS in my shopping cart at TreeStuff.com as I type this. I was thinking of maybe going a cheaper route, but each time I've done that I end up purchasing the better things anyway..... and parking the first purchase in the back of the...

CurSedVoyce, That's some sort of screwed up oak you had there. If I didn't know better, I'd swear that it had somehow been crossed with a Boxelder when it was just a wee little guy. I've often said that God was just a man....like you and me. He was sitting around the campfire with his...

FireFighterZero, I could certainly use a break, but unfortunately that won't happen. I was the lucky winner in a bidding war for the installation of a new a city fencing project. Work begins immediately. 4250 feet of fence to put up. It's going to be a woven wire fence attached to steel...

No damage to person or property to report. A perfect job.....other than the 90 degree heat. Working over the roof was a real killer. The heat from the shingles makes for working in an oven. We took turns on the ropes. About 2 hours per shift. The new Tree Motion saddle was a blessing for...

I received a call from a fellow tree man in a nearby town. He wanted help with a project that he had placed a bid on. It was a Siberian Elm tree that was located inside a totally enclosed yard, with no access available for a boom truck. Two days....two guys.....and I'm nearly too pooped out...

Yep......snagged my helmet on a limb and broke the chin strap not 10 feet off the ground. Helmet fell to the ground and rolled down the hill. I should have retrieved it before going up any further. Later found out that the head band had snapped. Spare helmet in the truck came in handy once I...

We've had some very huge temperature swings over the past few weeks. One day it's 24 degrees, the next day it's in the 70s. We cut this tree down on a very nice 63 degree day, yesterday, only to have it snowing and blowing again this morning. The snow was back again today. LOL. Crap...

This is a rather large Elm tree that I removed from a hilltop in Minot, North Dakota yesterday. The project went extremely well. I wish Bob Underwood was still around. I'd really enjoy his company when working in Minot. If you're still stopping in to visit us here Bob, please say Hi once...

This tree row was badly neglected.........stating the obvious here. There is a great need for professional tree care in my community. I'm encouraged by the feedback I'm receiving from the people in town, but the positive feedback I receive here is far more important to me. My duties are...

Thanks CurSedVoyce. I appreciate your feedback. The tree in Picture 2 had been strangled to death by wild grapes. That tree had to be removed. I also removed several others that had either died, or had become so damaged by wind storms that they couldn't be saved. I removed about mile of...

I just finished cleaning up a tree row for a customer in Cando, North Dakota. There is more work to do here, but the customer wanted a scaled down version of my original project bid. Other than a few more trees that should have been removed, the project turned out pretty good. It's a great...

The city forestry manager of Cando, North Dakota.....Ross Myers......asked me to make a spot ready for the Arbor Day celebration he has planned for the Spring of 2015. Here's a few pictures that I took during site preparation. We not only cut them down, we also plant them. It's quite a...

Cory, Thank you. Let me tell you.....that splitter now runs so fast that I can barely keep up with it. It takes all I can muster to keep it fed. Apparently I'm going to have to add an oil cooler to it now as well, because the oil is getting too hot now that it can split wood on a constant...

Howdy folks! I've had a very busy summer. Time to get the work done before the winter sets in. Just stopped by to share a few pictures from the log splitter upgrade project. It's now fully automatic on both the split and return cycles. It is also equipped with a power beyond circuit...

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I appreciate the feedback. I'm working on the safety shields and guards now. I used Google to find a math formula for which to figure the length and angles used to create a 12 sided dodecagon, large enough to just clear the circumference of the blade. Using...

After a long and busy summer, I was finally able to find some time to build myself a new firewood tool. I've been wanting one of these for a very long time. I had plenty of steel laying around, so I figured I'd put it to good use. My cordwood saw, or Buzz Saw, will handle any log up to 13...

Husabud, I would never have accepted this job, if not for the Kubota and the new dump truck. It's a HUGE job. I've never seen anything like this. I was a bit worried that maybe my little Kubota wouldn't have enough reach to work with the new dump truck. I'm happy that I was wrong about...