The Official Work Pictures Thread

[cory]

Sorry missed the second part Cory. We've got two root rake grapples and one standard grapple bucket. I'm trying to get him to buy "two guys and a rope" a large miniskid with a BMG and a root rake grapple. Both types have their pros and cons. The rooteake allows you to really push and crush a pile together while the dangle grapple allows you to move longer pieces in a narrower corridor.

 

[SeanKroll]

Scott, what is your capacity in that box?

 

[greengreer]

Nice to see some hard working old trucks.

'97 with a 7.3/zf5


'92 4.9/t18

 

[Bodean]

I like that chip truck.

 

[CoreyYLTG]

Filled the man cab with wood so other travel arrangements had to be made for some of the ground crew.

 

[MasterBlaster]

THAT is one skinny groundie!

 

[BOTS]

Glad he's not dressed as a clown, clowns scare me....

 

[CoreyYLTG]

We don't feed him.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[flushcut]

I guess not!

 

[Limbrat]

The Duke boys cut a service down for us today. I had the honor to help train this young man up, he's made them a fine lineman. They left outages to come help us out, it's good to have connections sometimes.

 

[cory]

Nice pic.

Ray are you a retired lineman?

 

[Limbrat]

Yes sir. My last day on the job I nailed my hard had to the top of a pole in the yard, hung up that hat for good.

 

[cory]

How many years were you at it for?

 

[Limbrat]

Too many, 35.

 

[sawman]

Yes sir. My last day on the job I nailed my hard had to the top of a pole in the yard, hung up that hat for good.View attachment 77955[/QUOTE

That's cool Ray!
No disrescept,but I love seeing older guys still getting it.(gives me hope)
I just turned 40 and there's a lot more days I ask myself how much longer will
I last.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Love the hat thing. WTG Ray.. Long time doing that work.

 

[Bodean]

That's Cool, Ray.

 

[Limbrat]

Thanks Butch! I like.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[BOTS]

Luv the pics Ray...connections are good!

 

[pantheraba]

That picture of you and your bud is as good as it gets...keep that one!

Cool to see someone you trained doing well.

 

[Burnham]

 

[Limbrat]

That picture of you and your bud is as good as it gets...keep that one!
Cool to see someone you trained doing well.

Thanks guys. It means a lot to see that happen Gary.

 

[Jed]

I just turned 40 and there's a lot more days I ask myself how much longer will
I last.

Don't worry, brother: answer to your question is, (if you have Ray's Theology/will-power)... a real looooong, good ol time.

Evan and Stephan: Yeah, yeah... I hear ya, brothers the lawyers... the litigation stuff... :eyeroll: can't be too careful these days.

Deva: O quittest though thy mockeries.

Butch: I'm now addopting your "beg" modification to the permission or forgiveness conundrum, as I've addopeted your version of the taught-line instead of all of the SRT silliness that I've been so enamored with as of late: just as fast in almost all cases, if not faster, and--here's the thing--WAAAY more fun all the time. I'll never forget what you said, (years ago now) "The Taught Line Hitch is a 'living, breathing thing'". Stinkin LOVE that mate... cheers.

Stig: Learned from the best, sir. Were it not for Beranek, yourself and Burnham... I'd still be missing on my diagonal cuts by a country mile. Wait... this won't work... I can't fool YOU... you've seen to many of my vaunted "hinge-pics."... I re-cut almost every diagonal I ever start.

Man, I've got a ridiculously "pen-pall," approach to this thread. I'd only meant to include these two rather pedestrian shots of a wierd Fir removal I did Friday. The second is of Ed fishing down the little chunk I had taken down on the bull-rope, with the boom of the crane, to land it right into the bed of the truck... nice little trick. I smashed up a buncha little baby-squirells in that Fir.



On a much brighter note... this little guy seemed almost HAPPY to get cut down.