How'd it go today?

[Dave Shepard]

Are you on the moon?

 

[friedrich]

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amazing

 

[friedrich]

i don‘t know how i managed without it

 

[Dave Shepard]

Finished the tractor project in the dark, with freezing rain, because it isn't going to get any better any time soon.

 

[Kaveman]

Today's project... We'll see how it goes lol

 

[pigwot]

Five very dry, dead ash trees dropped for a friend (older fellow). Every tree had to be rigged to pull them over.

I could tell he wasn’t up to winching the last one over as it had a good bit of back lean and took some work to get it over center. My bar just started binding in the back cut, so I left a substantial hinge and hiked around and up the hill to crank on the Come-a-Long to finish it off. He videoed as I cranked. Glad it was drop and leave - cleanup would have been a mess. 9am to noon.

Video:

Dropping the last of five dead ash trees.

 

[Mick!]

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Not dissimilar to my day

 

[Kaveman]

Here's my after pic, since I remembered to take one. Coulda spent all day up there, maybe two to get it all laced out, but that is not in the client's budget. Nice tree though, very fun climb. Hardly noticed I was aloft over three hours.

PS. @Mick! Looks like you got a nice tree today too! Right on!

 

[Dave Shepard]

I had a little panic moment with the Kubota, but it turned to be a crappy hose clamp.

Sawmill battery is junk. Wasn't expecting that.

 

[SeanKroll]

Better than something worse on both accounts and still PITAs!

 

[Dave Shepard]

Well, the battery is a crappy deal. I have a battery that will start the mill, but I'll have to plug the tractor in to the mill to run the hydraulics. I don't think the mill battery is coming back from 5.46 volts.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

My dad, almost 93, took a fall Sunday night. Went and got my mom and took her to him at the hospital. Broke his hip. Couple days of exhaustion and trying to balance a 2hr trip to the hospital and work. They scheduled him for surgery today and we are down here together. Mom can't drive at night. Hoping for the best out come. Age and surgery dont always play well together. Cross your fingers

 

[cory]

That's rough. Fingers crossed. Old folks and falls are a bad but frequent combination.

 

[pigwot]

Anesthesia is usually worse than the surgical intervention. Friend's 94 year old Dad had hip replacement post-fall a month ago and he is just now starting to get his mental clarity back.