Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

just planted 9 shrubs and was happily covered in dirt when done. Worked in the garden, watered everything, and said that's enough. Half done was fine for today, finish tomorrow if not pouring, which the forecast says it will. Toppop/Randy, if I have four days of rain coming, you might too....why are you so wet? I thought the East was supposed to be hot and dry. Guess not this week.

I guess i'd better think through word meanings a bit more...

packing a bag and going to stay the night in the travel trailer, since it's supposed to rain tonight.
Should be a nice sound on the roof. Only half an hour from home so easy to do.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .05 inches rain last 24 hours.

Sold my old, non running Honda Eu3000 on CL yesterday. Must not have asked enough as I had buyers coming out the woodwork. Considering I sold it as is for parts, no complaint and glad it got a new home.

Hope I get good news about the Ridgid unit today. Planning on stopping in town to look at possible replacement.


Be safe
Have a good day.

 

[rswyan]

Don,

I have no idea what that tree trunk actually weighs, and I don't know exactly were you are at, but if you have a crane rental available somewhere nearby, it might be worth considering, given the cost of replacing the 'hoe ... and the potential for further damage.

Replacing the cylinder/rod is bad enough ... adding the stack valve or other stuff to it would be rather unwelcome I would think.

The tree service that the neighbor kid works for has one they use on large jobs to load their trucks, so that might be an option as well.

 

[txdon]

RS it is extremely heavy. I'm taking a break from thinking. I almost started to go with a plan - my wife said I was over analyzing it. So I took her to the BH and explained every cut and brace and possible actions and reactions. She went inside and googled it - like that was going to help, and she came up with this find:
Tree Falls from Tractor Loader
(Make sure you read at least to where the wife helps.)
All this thinking is getting me tired, nap time.

 

[toppop52]

just planted 9 shrubs and was happily covered in dirt when done. Worked in the garden, watered everything, and said that's enough. Half done was fine for today, finish tomorrow if not pouring, which the forecast says it will. Toppop/Randy, if I have four days of rain coming, you might too....why are you so wet? I thought the East was supposed to be hot and dry. Guess not this week.

I guess i'd better think through word meanings a bit more...

packing a bag and going to stay the night in the travel trailer, since it's supposed to rain tonight.
Should be a nice sound on the roof. Only half an hour from home so easy to do.

Drew, that same back door cold front that brought you rain, shifted the wind where to northeast, this time of year that's a recipe for cool and damp. Same setup in June would be hot and humid. Water temps are the story.

 

[toppop52]

Don, don't survive a heart attack, just kill yourself with a tree! If you can't secure it so it can be cut into smaller sections, pay someone!

 

[txdon]

Don, don't survive a heart attack, just kill yourself with a tree! If you can't secure it so it can be cut into smaller sections, pay someone!

:thumbsup:

 

[mkr7734]

RS it is extremely heavy. I'm taking a break from thinking. I almost started to go with a plan - my wife said I was over analyzing it. So I took her to the BH and explained every cut and brace and possible actions and reactions. She went inside and googled it - like that was going to help, and she came up with this find:
Tree Falls from Tractor Loader
(Make sure you read at least to where the wife helps.)
All this thinking is getting me tired, nap time.

Don,
Wow what a shame, one would think by 61 one would know better. He could of used a grapple thumb on that loader.
After many many years of felling trees not as a professional but as a wood burner I would guess I have missed the bullet more than once that I don't even know of. :shocked:

The outside faucet job is done and good to go and I made the 12" one fit when I found out I could not find the receipt to return it. :duh: So much for today's job. :thumbsup:

 

[mkr7734]

I guess i'd better think through word meanings a bit more...

:laughing:

 

[daugen]

84 degrees, sticky and nasty grey out, the air is thick, soon the the storms will light off. Radar shows popcorn storms popping up all over the place.

Bad things can happen so quickly...and sometimes familiarity breeds contempt (of safe practices)
Now saying any tractor working in the woods should have ROPS is a really good idea. If you use your FEL, and you don't have enough weight in the rear, easy to pick up the wheels and on a slope, wow that gets frightening in a heartbeat. In the example the operator got speared by the tree when it slid on him. Many farmers don't have woods or a grapple. This one had the woods and no grapple.
Another example of not enough grip.

With my ballast box and weighted tires I can't pick up a tire any more. The hydraulics just stall.
Probably a safer alternative, though I sure wish I had more lift capacity. I have the same loader as Don and that tree is out of his league as it stands.