MY local fire department has STUPID policies.....

[blueriver]

Aw, man, you have to admit that pallet thread was a Hoot!

If it comes up he won't be able to stay out of it!!

 

[RobertN]

I'm a couple hours north of SJMarbu. We can burn. But, my wife is a Master Gardener, and hates to do that. We got a Bearcat chipper/shredder to go on the 40HP New Holland. It works great. But I am only taking care of five acres... I still wind up with a small burn pile once a year, for the odd shaped stuff that wont go down the chipper chute.

We chip/mulch branches, garden trimmings, leaves etc. She makes use of all of for composting, mulching etc.

Only thing about chipping vs burning, is chippers cost money, whether to buy or rent. Burning is essentially free.

SJMarbu, I am really surprised that California lets you burn anything
Come to think of it, California must be a great market for chippers....if you can't burn, what are your options?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

SJMarbu, I am really surprised that California lets you burn anything with all the devastating fires there.
I don't know California geography at all; maybe you are far away from that but so much of the vegetation
there seems to be equivalent to sappy kindling. Good reason to get it out of there, for sure, just surprised they let you burn.

Come to think of it, California must be a great market for chippers....if you can't burn, what are your options?

Now I'm sure you installed earthquake retention rings around those fires. You just never know....

I like your old pumper. 250 or 500 gallon?

We're in the heart of wildfire country here, as evidenced by my difficulties in obtaining homeowner's insurance. A few summers ago the Chips fire burned almost 100,000 acres and lasted until the winter rains came in to put it out. That was just up the Hwy. 70 Feather River Canyon from here, and we had heavy smoke almost every morning for weeks. Almost everybody around here takes fire and burn piles very seriously, and acts accordingly. That fire, though, was probably started by a hiker on the Pacific Crest Trail.

daugen, it's been very dry here, and last year we almost didn't have a burn season. Even then, they closed burn season in the middle of winter, way earlier than usual. This year there was a lot of rain in December and they closed fire season so we can burn now if we like. It all depends on the amount of rain we've received. The only way to economically clear the fuel clutter from forest understory is to burn it. In fact, the USFS is conducting "controlled burns" north and east of Chico along Hwy. 32 this week. It's raining today, a very good thing as we've had none since before Christmas. But back to your point: One of the reasons for the devastating forest fires out here is an almost ban on using fire to clear out the understory. I've talked to old time foresters that used to set hundreds of acres on fire at a time. They knew when and how to do it without burning down the forest, and apparently that's now something of a lost art. As far as earthquakes go, we're far enough away from major faults that I'm comfortable not carrying the earthquake insurance any longer. Last time I checked it was $150/year, down from $900 in the SF Bay Area where I used to live.

I looked at chippers, and still keep an eye out for a good one. But most of the brush here is manzanita and live oak, both very tough woods, and I don't think a PTO powered chipper would be able to handle it. No way was I going to spend the rest of my life trying to chip the huge piles left from the clearing operations here anyway. And using the chips for mulch isn't the best idea here in wildfire country.

Not sure on the pumper capacity. I know it took a while to fill, and the tank wasn't in the best shape as it leaked continuously. I'm sure welding up the holes is on a ToDo list somewhere Funny thing about that pumper is it came from a little town called Lithopolis in my old stomping grounds back in Ohio. The neighbor's brother was back there on business, saw the thing, and got my neighbor to fly back and help him drive it home to Yankee Hill. They made it all the way back with only one break down, but since they're both pretty handy, that just added to the adventure.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I'm a couple hours north of SJMarbu.

[SNIP]

Only thing about chipping vs burning, is chippers cost money, whether to buy or rent. Burning is essentially free.

A few years ago I was looking for property around the Placerville area. That's about an hour east of Sacramento, and I'm about two hours north in the Feather River Canyon.

Purchasing a chipper was something I looked at. But the homeowner models weren't heavy enough to chip the limbs and tree trunks I had from clearing out the live oak, mazanita, and poison oak that covered the place, and the more I thought about it, the less enthusiasm I had for sawing up 40+ Grayhound bus sized brush piles so they could be fed to a chipper. The county even runs a chipper program where they'll bring in a chipper and shred brush for you, but it has to be cut into 4' lengths and neatly stacked. Doing that would have been too much work. Burning was a whole lot easier, and obviously free.

 

[RobertN]

We pass your place on the way to Camp Lassen I believe(Butte Meadows).

Mine chips well. If I had more than 5 acres I would get the hydraulic feed version.

No way I'd want to try and bust up piles from a dozer

A few years ago I was looking for property around the Placerville area. That's about an hour east of Sacramento, and I'm about two hours north in the Feather River Canyon.

Purchasing a chipper was something I looked at. But the homeowner models weren't heavy enough to chip the limbs and tree trunks I had from clearing out the live oak, mazanita, and poison oak that covered the place, and the more I thought about it, the less enthusiasm I had for sawing up 40+ Grayhound bus sized brush piles so they could be fed to a chipper. The county even runs a chipper program where they'll bring in a chipper and shred brush for you, but it has to be cut into 4' lengths and neatly stacked. Doing that would have been too much work. Burning was a whole lot easier, and obviously free.

 

[RobertN]

We pass your place on the way to Camp Lassen I believe(Butte Meadows).

Mine chips well. If I had more than 5 acres I would get the hydraulic feed version.

No way I'd want to try and bust up piles from a dozer

A few years ago I was looking for property around the Placerville area. That's about an hour east of Sacramento, and I'm about two hours north in the Feather River Canyon.

Purchasing a chipper was something I looked at. But the homeowner models weren't heavy enough to chip the limbs and tree trunks I had from clearing out the live oak, mazanita, and poison oak that covered the place, and the more I thought about it, the less enthusiasm I had for sawing up 40+ Grayhound bus sized brush piles so they could be fed to a chipper. The county even runs a chipper program where they'll bring in a chipper and shred brush for you, but it has to be cut into 4' lengths and neatly stacked. Doing that would have been too much work. Burning was a whole lot easier, and obviously free.

 

[smstonypoint]

Yes, sparc failed to follow up, and so the purpose of the pallet formations remains the major unanswered question of the 21st century.

Steve

sparc was a major disappointment. I looked up his last post, 11-27-14.

This thread was initiated on Tuesday (1/13) and has since generated just shy of 200 comments. The OP last posted on Tuesday and has yet to follow up by letting us know the resolution to his problem.

I hereby coin a new word -- "sparc" -- that I hope will make its way into the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language.

Here's a rough draft of the dictionary definition.

sparc -- verb

To pose a question or issue that generates interest amongst readers and failing to follow up on questions raised by the readers.

Example -- JD(Bill) sparced us when he posted "MY local fire department has STUPID policies....."

sparcer -- noun

One who sparcs.

sparcine -- adjective

Having sparcer characteristics.

Steve

 

[dave1949]

This thread was initiated on Tuesday (1/13) and has since generated just shy of 300 comments. The OP last posted on Tuesday and has yet to follow up by letting us know the resolution to his problem.

I hereby coin a new word -- "sparc" -- that I hope will make its way into the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language.

Here's a rough draft of the dictionary definition.

sparc -- verb

To pose a question or issue that generates interest amongst readers and failing to follow up on questions raised by the readers.

Example -- JD(Bill) sparced us when he posted "MY local fire department has STUPID policies....."

sparcer -- noun

One who sparcs.

sparcine -- adjective

Having sparcer characteristics.

Steve

I like it. The pallet thread will live on with each use whilst attaching infamy to the original sparcer.

 

[Coyote machine]

This thread was initiated on Tuesday (1/13) and has since generated just shy of 300 comments. The OP last posted on Tuesday and has yet to follow up by letting us know the resolution to his problem.

I hereby coin a new word -- "sparc" -- that I hope will make its way into the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language.

Here's a rough draft of the dictionary definition.

sparc -- verb

To pose a question or issue that generates interest amongst readers and failing to follow up on questions raised by the readers.

Example -- JD(Bill) sparced us when he posted "MY local fire department has STUPID policies....."

sparcer -- noun

One who sparcs.

sparcine -- adjective

Having sparcer characteristics.

Steve

Use fails in place of failing.

 

[blueriver]

This thread was initiated on Tuesday (1/13) and has since generated just shy of 200 comments. The OP last posted on Tuesday and has yet to follow up by letting us know the resolution to his problem. I hereby coin a new word -- "sparc" -- that I hope will make its way into the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language. Here's a rough draft of the dictionary definition. sparc -- verb To pose a question or issue that generates interest amongst readers and failing to follow up on questions raised by the readers. Example -- JD(Bill) sparced us when he posted "MY local fire department has STUPID policies....." sparcer -- noun One who sparcs. sparcine -- adjective Having sparcer characteristics. Steve

We have been Sparced!!