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21st August 2013, 08:26 PM #1
A day at the dump
So a few pics of the kind of work I've been doing at the dump over the last months...
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The days logs setup ready for cutting... (we ended up adding 3 more through the day)
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The days timber
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My number one offsider bringing in more log for tomorrow's cutting...
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Logs loaded and ready for slicing in the 'morrow
I think I'm sitting around 27 days of slicing log at the dump so far, been a nice job to get onto and really pleased they are using some of teh stuff that gets dumped instead of chipping it all into mulch.I love my Lucas!! ...just ask me!
Allan.
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21st August 2013, 09:26 PM #2
Al
Looks like a good job. Brings a whole new meaning to being "down in the dumps."
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PaulBushmiller;
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21st August 2013, 10:03 PM #3
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22nd August 2013, 07:11 AM #4Senior Member
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Went to the tip the other day, thinking I might score some free logs.
No luck. They charge 180 bucks a ton to dump them. Huge pile of small branches though.
I did wonder why most arborists in town run a 24" chipper.
Good to see someone making use of them, any idea what they do with the timber.
Cheers
Andrew
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22nd August 2013, 07:42 AM #5
Good one Paul
Neil, its exactly what I intend to do mate
Andrew, they have a 'treasure market' - basically a shop onsite that sells anything which looks ok that comes into the dump. They have the timber on sale in the shop and also log offcuts for firewood (or any logs that where too ugly to mill which I docked into 8-12" rounds) and the milling tailings are to also be cut up for kindling/firewood - so they are really serious about reducing the amount of waste at the placeI love my Lucas!! ...just ask me!
Allan.
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22nd August 2013, 07:56 AM #6
Found any metal in the logs yet Allan?
Mapleman
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22nd August 2013, 08:04 AM #7
So far in the whole job, I've done one blade - so I'm pretty happy about that side of things...
But I have had to repair more than 6 tyres on the bobcat lost count - bit frustrating, but a few I've managed to catch with plugs and keep going, but twice have had to take the wheel down to the tyre blokes as I wasn't able to get it back on the bead and have had to take the geny and air compressor out a couple times too then add plugs - my tryes where 3 hours old when I started this job - now they look like swiss cheeseI love my Lucas!! ...just ask me!
Allan.
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22nd August 2013, 10:52 AM #8Member
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This is great stuff, Allan. How are the logs ending up at the tip? The arborists I've spoken to tend to chip their work. It costs them too much to move the logs around with a crane truck. I looked into hiring a crane truck in Melbourne. $500 for minimum 4 hours including travel. And that was for trucks with cranes that could only do a few tonnes so big logs would have to be cut up.
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23rd August 2013, 08:41 AM #9
MAI,
round here most tree loppers have their own trucks and something like a vermeer or loader of some kind so they dock the logs to what they can move and haul it to the dump. The charge the dump imposes is just passed onto the client. Some loppers have yards they can store log, but we are talking stuff that is too big for chippers - a tree lopper isn't going to have a chipper big enough to tear through tree trunks.
Also council works involving road widening etc means dropped trees come to the dump - since I've been at the dump they have had big commercial guys in to chip 4 times now.
I'm not saying the logs have been great, but they have been useful at leastI love my Lucas!! ...just ask me!
Allan.
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23rd August 2013, 09:34 AM #10Cliff.
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23rd August 2013, 12:02 PM #11Member
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I think they tend to rip or cross-cut the logs here into smaller pieces and feed them through the chipper. I happened to drive past (well, I heard the chainsaw and thought I'd go see what might be available one arborist in action around the corner the other day taking down a large liquid amber. Superb butt log about 5m high over 1m DBH. By the time I got there they were already cutting this up to put it through the chipper. I grabbed a few wedges for firewood but that was about it.
I think liquid amber isn't the greatest timber but there would have been some uses beyond mulch and a bit of firewood.
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23rd August 2013, 01:39 PM #12Senior Member
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Nicely set up!
Just wondering: why do you set up the logs like that if you have your bobcat on site? I normally have my pile of logs near the mill but then feed them in one by one with my loader straight under or over the rails onto the log chucks. Is that to stay away from getting too close to the mill? I must admit that every now and then my mill gets a little knock (hasn't caused damage yet, but is a bit more risky I suppose)
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27th August 2013, 08:34 AM #13
Bernt, I did a post on here about the setup a little while ago, the main reason for the skids sticking out the mill as they do is to load a days logs on in 10-20 mins, then not need to get on the machine again. Swapping between machines all day wastes time ( I feel) once on skids like this, as their is only two small points of contact the friction is very little and much easier to get logs into the mill as compared to rolling them along the ground, also the 'notch' for 'holding' the logs is incorporated into the skids, so the log essentially drops into the notch and is in place for milling.
I've knocked a flat on the bottom of the skids and have the skids sitting perpendicular to 8x3's on the ground, this way when using different length logs, say changing from 2.4m to 3.6m or right up to 5.4m whatever, I just slide the skids further or closer together to suit the log length, in this way it ensures I support the logs in the right place to give the best timber regardless of their lengths.
Another bonus, is with the weight of the skids and other logs, there is no fear the log may slide sideways even if slabbing right to the bottom of the log.
Just a few reasons I use this kind of setupI love my Lucas!! ...just ask me!
Allan.
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28th August 2013, 10:30 AM #14Senior Member
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Thanks, that makes sense.
For logs light enough to lift, I find it very easy and quick to lift over the rails (not as much winding up and down) for the big heavy logs I like to be able to get right under the mill, I suppose for me a log set up on skids would get in the way for doing it that way.
It would be best set up if instead of me moving the logs, it was e.g. the customer doing it with a tractor or so.
Thanks again, always learning here.
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