Well, then this happened

[woodlandfarms]

Was going to write about how I was cutting up this fallen giant 48” maple and moving it around with the 1850 and my grapple and the the friggin wheel motor hose ruptured. Thankfully due to the nettles and blackberries I was wearing long pants but I got a hot oil bath from the giblets to my toes. And the thing freewheeled until I ended up in the mess of the tree.

 

[Wagtail]

Well... bugger.

 

[SpringHollow]

That sucks.

Well, if we never used them, they would never break.

 

[airbiscuit]

How bad was it to get in there to replace the hose?

 

[m5040]

That was my nightmare, hose rupture, then freewheeling into a lake with the rotary cutter. Now I can add a 250 deg. oil bath.
How many hours does your machine have?
Doesn't that model have a hyd parking brake?

 

[Thomas]

Could been lot worse.

 

[oosik]

Nobody hurt - good. Only your pride. Man - that is one really large tree. A pic of your chainsaw would be impressive also.

 

[m5040]

Use a hose wrap on the replacement. When it happens again the wrap may keep the oil from spraying at you.

 

[MossRoad]

Yikes! Hope your giblets recover.

Reminds me I should put my center console covers back on.

 

[sea2summit]

Ouch. Why couldn't you lower the grapple to stop yourself?