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Old 24th March 2007, 01:39 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Lightbulb How I drag brush and log to feed the chipper

2.24 mins and 12.3mb WMV featuring some Aussie fauna having a laugh and a fight.

www.palmtreeservices.com.au/video/tnt2.wmv
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Old 24th March 2007, 02:02 AM   #2 (permalink)
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What a slave driver you are, making those poor groundies push the fronds and logs into the rollers

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Old 24th March 2007, 06:51 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Great vid' Ekka, gotta love the OLD ac/dc too! Those branch manager grapples are sweet huh?
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Old 24th March 2007, 10:12 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Good vid!!!!

reminds of when i cleared a orange grove..Had the guys cuttin em down in front and i would grab entire trees and cramm them in the chipper.Just needed one guy to hold the safety bar....G00D Times!!!!
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Old 24th March 2007, 01:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Bloody good piece of equipment, I couldn't imagine doing the job without it now.

Come the tail end of the job where you got most busted now it's just a breeze.
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Old 24th March 2007, 08:27 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Watching that clip I felt like old,Homer you know when he thinks about food,grueling and dribling down the side of his cheek,man I want a 18" chipper
ohwell it will come,nice clip Ekka.

we still drag the brush,after we get our gear as close to the job thats practical.
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Old 24th March 2007, 11:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I hire that chipper in, and that truck holds 25m3, it was filled chock a block and Andrew had to climb in the back and shovel round some to make it fit.
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Old 21st August 2007, 03:08 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I've got my compact tractor , but to tell the truth I wish I had bought a mini skid instead, IMO they are much more versatile, my tractor weighs over 2.5 tons its 5' odd foot wide and needs a 16' trailer to cart it about.

Tractors and min-skids are totally different animals IMO
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Old 21st August 2007, 04:28 PM   #9 (permalink)
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who manufactures the grapple hook attach? my boss' got a little thomas 25g mini loader, same deal as your kanga, and he has a 4in1 bucket and a stump grinder attach for it but nothing beats that grapple hook in dragging rubbish. we use a chain and bundle piles up and snig them out, no way near as effective as the grapple tho.
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Old 21st August 2007, 11:41 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Ive emailed him to see if he'll join.

Comes from the States made by a tree guy. Runs in around $2k depending on freight.

Only 2 in Aussie I know of at this stage. I bought it off him maybe around 18months ago now, leaves buckets for dead but is heavier so cuts down lift capacity a little bit.

We'll see if he chimes in.
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Old 22nd August 2007, 03:07 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I'd seriourly look at getting a mini loader if i could get my hands on one of these grapples.
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Old 22nd August 2007, 01:48 PM   #12 (permalink)
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It wouldn't be hard to get an engineer downunder to make something close to Ekkas grapple, and I'm sure, with various differences it wouldn't be classed as copying.

Maybe if you guys got together and bought say half a container load, you'd save a lot of doller!
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Old 22nd August 2007, 09:26 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Hey Eric, thanks for sharing the video with me, very nice. Trying to break an addiction to the 'blogs', so purposely staying away.
Besides havn't had much of anything new to talk about, built a mini stump puller .. a little funky.. I'll post some media when I get out and test it more.
Oh yeah grapples are always in stock
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Old 23rd August 2007, 12:23 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Quote:
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who manufactures the grapple hook attach?
That'd be Dave, tnttree.

Click on his name and follow through to the home page.
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Old 27th August 2007, 01:57 AM   #15 (permalink)
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ahhh. good times. talked to the boss and hes really interested. showed him the pics of you lifting those logs over the fence and he was convinced. his wife's just had a baby tho so hes not really thinking about business and purchases, speaking of which im up in brissy as of tomorrow arvo to see some mates on my week off, if you need someone to film, im around til fri. i wouldnt mind seeing you operate anyway if you dont mind the intrusion, ekka.
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Old 27th August 2007, 03:36 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I got no work!

Where abouts ya staying suburb wise?
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Old 27th August 2007, 04:08 PM   #17 (permalink)
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sunnybank. got some uni mates that live out that way. no work eh? i guess you guys have got some pretty serious competition up your way. weve only got 7 or so guys in our local rag and half of them are hacks so were nearly always busy. anyways im coming up this morning so if you need a hand filming, ill be available during the next couple of days. i know thats why we dont film and take pics mostly, because there isnt an extra set of hands and theres work to be done!
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