oosik
Epic Contributor
sea2summit - my PanAbode house is solid cedar, double wall, 4 x 6 timbers. My way of thinking - Cedar is about the same as Pine, maybe a tad softer even. But DIRTY - then that's a whole different ball game.
Chipping green pines is like chipping big 'ol long bars of soap or bee's wax candles. I don't really think there is much that could be softer/easier than pines. But the pine I chip is clean, clean - not dragged thru the dirt. Now that will make a BIG difference. And they are still "green" when chipped.
And that is all I EVER chip. For that matter - that is ALL I have here on the 80. Other than the few Mt Ash and one weeping willow that we planted.
I think I would be looking into some type of DIY sharpening system if I had to rotate my blades every nine hours. I can take my blades back to the Kubota dealer to have sharpened. All four, both sides - - $100. But I'm looking at something beyond six years before even the first rotation.
For any operation that must chip dirty stuff - it's a shame that they don't have something like carbide tipped blades. But they may be harder and more expensive to sharpen - so it could just be a wash.
I getting ready to start the annual project here, in a couple weeks. I've got a lot to cut/chip down my mile long driveway this year too. That will be the easy part of this years project. Just fall them into the driveway and follow up with the tractor/chipper. No dragging/piling for these.
Those out in the new pine stands - the thought makes my back ache. It's the dragging/piling that is so very tough. When I'm done in a stand it looks just like a game of Pick Up Sticks. Between 60-80 small, felled pines per stand. And, usually, I will thin around a dozen new pine stands every spring.
It's a real project, for me.
Chipping green pines is like chipping big 'ol long bars of soap or bee's wax candles. I don't really think there is much that could be softer/easier than pines. But the pine I chip is clean, clean - not dragged thru the dirt. Now that will make a BIG difference. And they are still "green" when chipped.
And that is all I EVER chip. For that matter - that is ALL I have here on the 80. Other than the few Mt Ash and one weeping willow that we planted.
I think I would be looking into some type of DIY sharpening system if I had to rotate my blades every nine hours. I can take my blades back to the Kubota dealer to have sharpened. All four, both sides - - $100. But I'm looking at something beyond six years before even the first rotation.
For any operation that must chip dirty stuff - it's a shame that they don't have something like carbide tipped blades. But they may be harder and more expensive to sharpen - so it could just be a wash.
I getting ready to start the annual project here, in a couple weeks. I've got a lot to cut/chip down my mile long driveway this year too. That will be the easy part of this years project. Just fall them into the driveway and follow up with the tractor/chipper. No dragging/piling for these.
Those out in the new pine stands - the thought makes my back ache. It's the dragging/piling that is so very tough. When I'm done in a stand it looks just like a game of Pick Up Sticks. Between 60-80 small, felled pines per stand. And, usually, I will thin around a dozen new pine stands every spring.
It's a real project, for me.
