Arborists/Chainsaw Jockeys - a moment of your time? UPDATE

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Arborists/Chainsaw Jockeys - a moment of your time? UPDATE - It's Down.

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November 18, 2018, 08:01 PM

slosig

Arborists/Chainsaw Jockeys - a moment of your time? UPDATE - It's Down.

I’m guessing nobody nearby has an excavator with a thumb you can borrow. My little 312B (~30k pounds) would make short work of that and the rest of the poplars while you were at it, but the hauling across the country and back would be prohibitive. I’ve done some stuff with cables or chains, but being able to grab onto and positively control branches or whole trees really spoils a guy.

November 24, 2018, 10:31 AM

PHPaul

Put the ladder up and put a choker and wire rope up as high as my wrinkled old ass was was willing to climb.

Wire rope and 2 lengths of log chain out to the Cabota, just in case it decided to head for the tractor.

Cut the bottom side as deep as I dared. (Saw ain't running for shit, need to look into that.)

Drove off. It stood up a LOT straighter than I expected before the hinge let go.

I guess I could've gotten away with a little deeper cut, but it's down and nothing got smushed.

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