How I spent my Sat this weekend
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Jagmandave
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I used a 12" Vermeer chipper rented from the local rental yard to do the deed. It was a lot of work, but the results are worth it. I don't have any water plumbed here yet, so I wasn't comfortable with burning them, although it was probably wet enough to do so safely.
Chuck52
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The way the wind's been blowing, if you had burned that pile you might have set my house on fire!
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Jagmandave
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Dan...
yes, we loaded the chipper hopper by hand. I had a buddy helping me, and it took two of us to lift some of the bigger/heavier logs...........
I rented a Vermeer 12" chipper, it cost me $300 for one day, but we only had 4 hours on the hour meter at the end of a 9 hour day, and we were wiped out. I still had a few more big pieces in another location that I wish I had gone ahead and chipped up, I still had about an hour before I had to have it back and we could have done them in about 20 minutes, but we were both just too tired!
That chipper would take a 30' long tree and make mulch out of it in less than a minute!
The pics don't do justice to the size of the pile, it was about 30' by 20' by 10' high, and I had two piles!
yes, we loaded the chipper hopper by hand. I had a buddy helping me, and it took two of us to lift some of the bigger/heavier logs...........
I rented a Vermeer 12" chipper, it cost me $300 for one day, but we only had 4 hours on the hour meter at the end of a 9 hour day, and we were wiped out. I still had a few more big pieces in another location that I wish I had gone ahead and chipped up, I still had about an hour before I had to have it back and we could have done them in about 20 minutes, but we were both just too tired!
That chipper would take a 30' long tree and make mulch out of it in less than a minute!
The pics don't do justice to the size of the pile, it was about 30' by 20' by 10' high, and I had two piles!
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Jagmandave
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Problem is, I could make 4 more piles bigger n those with what I have left to chop down/up! Those had been sitting out in the middle for about 2 years and I was tired of looking at them, mowing around them and wondering what was living inside of em! I feel much better now that they're gone. next I'll start spreading the chips around the trees and fill in where the dirt has eroded away over the roots.
More seat time, yay!
PS to Dan, I'll be over your way end of the month, visiting grandkids in "West" Carolina /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
More seat time, yay!
PS to Dan, I'll be over your way end of the month, visiting grandkids in "West" Carolina /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
newcountry
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Burning slash ain't no walk in the park either, even that beats you up pretty good. )</font>
You got that right! We had five piles going two weeks ago, I thought I'd been through the ringer! It was a blast but I didn't expect to be so tired. Thing is, I've still got three massive piles, and just like Dave, lots more cuttin'!
You got that right! We had five piles going two weeks ago, I thought I'd been through the ringer! It was a blast but I didn't expect to be so tired. Thing is, I've still got three massive piles, and just like Dave, lots more cuttin'!
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I've reached the age that turning my brush piles into ashes is a lot easier.
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Jagmandave
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Well I'd much rather burn too, but with no water available, I had visions of starting some kind of neighborhood wide brushfire, and that would cost a whole lot more than renting the chipper!
dmccarty
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Jagmandave,
I have a pile the size of a two story house. And not everything is in the pile. If we put everything in the pile it would like a three story house. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I have burned some big piles when we did not have water on site. I just waited until it was very wet , usually the winter time, and when there was no wind. I think I pulled 3-6 burn permits for every actual fire I had. If the conditions were not right then no burn.
I'm thinking we will have to bring in a big drum chipper to handle our pile. I talked to a contractor who has the chipper one day. I talked to him for about 15 minutes. He was running the drum chipper and feeding it with two excavators. They reduced the pile in half while I was standing there. The pile he was working on was about the same size as what I have. I figure he could drop the equipment, do the job and load up in one day. He was iffy on the price, something like $2-3,000. Expensive but it would be done in one day and I would have a heck of a pile of wood chips! I just paid over $800 for 46 yards of wood chips which puts things in perspective.
Couple thousand dollars to clean up the mess in one day leaving me with a pile of wood chips would be a good deal. Burning takes DAYS on the pile I have.... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Later,
Dan
I have a pile the size of a two story house. And not everything is in the pile. If we put everything in the pile it would like a three story house. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I have burned some big piles when we did not have water on site. I just waited until it was very wet , usually the winter time, and when there was no wind. I think I pulled 3-6 burn permits for every actual fire I had. If the conditions were not right then no burn.
I'm thinking we will have to bring in a big drum chipper to handle our pile. I talked to a contractor who has the chipper one day. I talked to him for about 15 minutes. He was running the drum chipper and feeding it with two excavators. They reduced the pile in half while I was standing there. The pile he was working on was about the same size as what I have. I figure he could drop the equipment, do the job and load up in one day. He was iffy on the price, something like $2-3,000. Expensive but it would be done in one day and I would have a heck of a pile of wood chips! I just paid over $800 for 46 yards of wood chips which puts things in perspective.
Couple thousand dollars to clean up the mess in one day leaving me with a pile of wood chips would be a good deal. Burning takes DAYS on the pile I have.... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Later,
Dan
