Pictures from a skid steer mowing contractor

[Complete Turf Care]

Do you keep a cutting torch handy? For when crap gets tangled up in your equipment?

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Do you keep a cutting torch handy? For when crap gets tangled up in your equipment?

I'm usually able to cut it out with bolt cutters, wire cutters , end snips, etc, but every now and then it's a torch. You are going to get in hidden stuff it's inevitable but you do learn to look for signs to help minimize it.

 

[BackRoad]

Looks like PA is not the only state with "treasure" collectors!

Finding the fence wire seems to me at least, to be the highest risk! Do you generally take your grapple with you on clearing jobs?

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Looks like PA is not the only state with "treasure" collectors!

Finding the fence wire seems to me at least, to be the highest risk! Do you generally take your grapple with you on clearing jobs?

I do take it with me most of the time especially when what I am cutting in is to thick to see what all is in there, there are almost always fell tree logs to move. I finished up this job today with one final dumpster and some additional forestry mowing.

 

[Hay Dude]

I do take it with me most of the time especially when what I am cutting in is to thick to see what all is in there, there are almost always fell tree logs to move. I finished up this job today with one final dumpster and some additional forestry mowing. View attachment 3507955View attachment 3507956View attachment 3507957

I find when I do a job like this, the customer wants the vines pulled out of the trees. Vines seem to bother my Customers as much as the brush. They are a real nuisance.

Nothing a good pull rope attached to the tractor won’t solve, but sometimes tree branches get broke in the process.

 

[Gmallory]

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[Lineman North Florida]

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It worked, nice hi line ROW. Welcome to the forum.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I find when I do a job like this, the customer wants the vines pulled out of the trees. Vines seem to bother my Customers as much as the brush. They are a real nuisance.

Nothing a good pull rope attached to the tractor won’t solve, but sometimes tree branches get broke in the process.

I cut the vines with my forestry mower usually about 8' high and let them die and rot , there are places down here where the vines are so tangled and thick that I would be there forever trying to pull them out but I'm kind of like you if the customer want's to spend the money I usually use my grapple and try to get a good bite and drag them down. Nothing will interfere with throwing a tree in the direction that you want like a bunch of vines.

 

[EddieWalker]

First time I ever saw a vine up in a tree was when I bought my land in Texas and started clearing it. Of course, I had to do the Tarzan thing and swing from it. That was so much fun that I did it again. That's when gravity showed up and I landed on my rear!!!!

 

[LHF2019]

I find when I do a job like this, the customer wants the vines pulled out of the trees. Vines seem to bother my Customers as much as the brush. They are a real nuisance.

Nothing a good pull rope attached to the tractor won’t solve, but sometimes tree branches get broke in the process.

We have grape vines that will grow into the trees. When I bought grandma's place had a bunch we cut at the ground. Pulled out the easy ones by hand and left the rest. They really are not noticeable. Be nice to convince your customers that the more damage can happen to the tree by trying to pull them out then to just leave them. One year and most pull easy with no damage. Patience. Something not many have.

 

[Hay Dude]

We have grape vines that will grow into the trees. When I bought grandma's place had a bunch we cut at the ground. Pulled out the easy ones by hand and left the rest. They really are not noticeable. Be nice to convince your customers that the more damage can happen to the tree by trying to pull them out then to just leave them. One year and most pull easy with no damage. Patience. Something not many have.

Down here, we get vines that are like 2” thick and so strong, you could use them as rope!
Try pullin them down and you’ll damage the tree, but even after they’re cut, they’ll hang up in the trees for years.
Kind of a “no-win situation”.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

People ask me all the time how big of a tree can you cut with that forestry mower, here is a softwood stump where I cut it down after I ground it down to ground level, I didn't have a tape measure with me but my boot is a size 12, hardwood trees a little less than half that size and those stumps don't grind down as nice they mostly shatter and splinter.

 

[LHF2019]

Down here, we get vines that are like 2” thick and so strong, you could use them as rope!
Try pullin them down and you’ll damage the tree, but even after they’re cut, they’ll hang up in the trees for years.
Kind of a “no-win situation”.

Same here. It is all those little "tentacles" that wrap around limbs that hold them tight. Those breakdown pretty quickly making pulling out later much easier.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Finished out the week with about a 900' limerock driveway I put down around 125 tons +/- of material and built up a slight hump up at the hard road to help keep the water from washing down the driveway.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Do you spread it with your skid steer bucket? Or do you have a blade?

Several years ago I bought a blade for my skid steer with the wheels out front with the intention of using it with my laser equipment. I did get it all connected, but never did get the hang of using it for laser grading. Now it just sits out in my yard.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Do you spread it with your skid steer bucket? Or do you have a blade?

Several years ago I bought a blade for my skid steer with the wheels out front with the intention of using it with my laser equipment. I did get it all connected, but never did get the hang of using it for laser grading. Now it just sits out in my yard.

I spread it with my bucket but I have been thinking about getting a land plane to do the final grading on these driveways, I bet your blade with the wheels would do a great job.

 

[BackRoad]

It's amazing how easy and efficient a landplane is on driveways.

For the last few years, I've worked the church parking lots and driveways (along with my own). It's a game changer and less gravel is required for a nice finish.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

It's amazing how easy and efficient a landplane is on driveways.

For the last few years, I've worked the church parking lots and driveways (along with my own). It's a game changer and less gravel is required for a nice finish.

I think I am going to try to pick one up when I see one on Marketplace or one of these equipment auctions.

 

[paulsharvey]

Been a couple months back, but some 6-way dozer blades for skid steers went dirt cheap at the Ocala Weeks auction. Yes, 100%, cheap imports, but I'm talking Cheap.

 

[paulsharvey]

Found it, it went for $400. Seems like they sometimes get an entire "going out of business" inventory