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Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on February 10, 2015, 09:39:14 PM
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Some smaller cedar that had to be jacked over(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/10/4f6b9a962ac2424dfd110ca262d2eac3.jpg)(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/10/02ce3ff24c08b253cbaa9a7f4cb1f26b.jpg)
Had to take the swollen area (flukes) out to stand on for a double.
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Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: red88r on February 10, 2015, 09:52:57 PM
Wow I thought I cut big trees!  I cut wood on the side.  What are the specs on the saw?  I got a Husky 55/55 Rancher/353 E-tech/372xp with a 24" bar.
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Post by: Pumashine on February 10, 2015, 10:03:53 PM
We got big trees and big dunes in Oregon:rofl:
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Post by: Tbone07 on February 10, 2015, 10:10:51 PM
Are you select cutting or clear cutting? Does your company have a policy on replenishing what you harvest?

I'm curious because my family has a tree farm here in Ohio so i'm a bit of a hippie when it comes to that stuff
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Post by: udontknowme on February 10, 2015, 10:58:27 PM
a real lumberjack would cut them trees with a ax :glee:
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Post by: udontknowme on February 10, 2015, 11:01:53 PM
Quote from: Tbone07;50062
Are you select cutting or clear cutting? Does your company have a policy on replenishing what you harvest?

I'm curious because my family has a tree farm here in Ohio so i'm a bit of a hippie when it comes to that stuff

im all for replanting trees. i even take all plastic bottles, milk jugs etc to the local recycler. no sense in throwing the shit in the landfill where it sits for 400yrs. what do you do with yours ?
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Post by: Tbone07 on February 10, 2015, 11:35:38 PM
Quote from: udontknowme;50065
im all for replanting trees. i even take all plastic bottles, milk jugs etc to the local recycler. no sense in throwing the shit in the landfill where it sits for 400yrs. what do you do with yours ?

We select cut based on what tree is bringing in the most money at the time, or what trees are ready. Last winter it was about 250 ash trees that would have died anyways from the ash borer bug. They were mostly used for veneer. We see a ton of young tree growth after a harvest, the sun can finally reach the smaller trees.

We just use it to pay for equipment, fuel, and other related expenses to keep our family farm running. It's also used as a Christmas tree farm, so I try to plant about 50 or so per year.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 01:31:34 AM
Some is clear cut such as the first few pictures, those are small cedar at only 4' but they were solid. Well others such as the one with a spring board plus a step in the side of the stump and the one with the face out were selective cut thinning. We commercial thin from 25 years of age to roughly 200 on our own land, well others 20 years to 500. In that age they get to be a bit of a bugger.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 01:34:08 AM
Specs are from a 562xpw, 385/390xp ported, to a 395xp ported, bars from a 32" to 60".
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 01:37:10 AM
Ours as well is constantly getting replanted or gone through, just in front of my house is a 70 year old patch of Douglas fir that is on it's fourth thinning and most of the dbh Diameter breast heights are too large for the newer export markets at 32".
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Post by: havinnoj on February 11, 2015, 07:20:40 AM
Cool pics!
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Post by: Tbone07 on February 11, 2015, 10:36:18 AM
Quote from: Skeans1;50070
Some is clear cut such as the first few pictures, those are small cedar at only 4' but they were solid. Well others such as the one with a spring board plus a step in the side of the stump and the one with the face out were selective cut thinning. We commercial thin from 25 years of age to roughly 200 on our own land, well others 20 years to 500. In that age they get to be a bit of a bugger.

Quote from: Skeans1;50072
Ours as well is constantly getting replanted or gone through, just in front of my house is a 70 year old patch of Douglas fir that is on it's fourth thinning and most of the dbh Diameter breast heights are too large for the newer export markets at 32".

That's pretty cool, and good to hear. I always wondered how that system worked
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 10:50:07 AM
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I polish concrete. Take from this to that.


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Is that pretty much all the same idea as what they do for the counter tops too?


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Post by: C-Leigh Racing on February 11, 2015, 02:38:42 PM
Skeans, that 395 ported, what are they set at.
Shucks on a Husky, when you service up a new one out of the box, once its warmed up the carb is adjusted & set for 11,500 rpms, so how much more did you need on that 395.
Huskys, Jonsereds & Sthil sell the best around me, but I got them ol Homelites. People start doing some checking from years ago, man you talk about some different brands of chain saws. Ol David Bradly, Strunk, Lombard, Mercury, Olemac, Power Products, Wizard, West Bend.

If I was to put in all the different works I have done & do now, Jon would have to buy some more site space.
Neil
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 02:47:16 PM
The old homelites and poulans were good as well as Pioneer's. I wont port them that's done by a shop called madsen's, I do know they glue the cylinders on top the cases my main reason for porting is that saw only runs a 42-60" bar all the time and don't want the extra weight of a 3120, 088 or an 090.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 02:50:53 PM
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Here's the 60" bar on that 395
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Post by: Tbone07 on February 11, 2015, 03:59:15 PM
Why do you choose the other manufacturers over Stihl?
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 07:41:22 PM
Vibration dampening is better on husky is better, power to weight is better, filtration is better, and they are cheaper. Like a 660 is as heavy as a 395 with out the power, a 390 is the same cc as a 660 but lighter.


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Post by: Daniel370r on February 11, 2015, 07:48:19 PM
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Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Daniel370r on February 11, 2015, 07:55:46 PM
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Cutting pipelines in Ohio and Wv. I have some videos of me n another guy topping trees but can't figure out how to get them on here.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Daniel370r on February 11, 2015, 08:01:39 PM
I've run a few saws that been hot rodded by a guy in Oregon 390xp 441stihl and an 660. We run 372xp on the job im on now. There are 6 guys cutting on the same line here in Ohio from Oregon. Out here making some of this pipeline money.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 08:08:59 PM
Nice looking hardwoods we have some up here but not like back there, it all veneer grade?


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Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Daniel370r on February 11, 2015, 08:13:33 PM
I clear cut for right of ways I've never sold logs im not sure what grade they would be. Most of those pics are big sycamores and they are only good for blocking. The one pic is of a big white oak it was codominant meaning two trees out of the same stump wouldn't of made much lumber because of the way they grew together. They split when it hit the ground.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 08:15:27 PM
I don't blame them for being over there with everything getting plugged up and the slow downs at the ports,


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Post by: 312R1 on February 11, 2015, 08:21:48 PM
I'm a paving foreman.
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Post by: rough250r on February 11, 2015, 08:27:57 PM
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carpenter /woodworker here... curently working on restoration type work...
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: red88r on February 11, 2015, 09:58:04 PM
I am a diesel mechanic at a fleet.  We work on straight trucks/semi tractors/reefer trailers.  I forgot to add that before...I was to much in ahhh with all that big wood!
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 10:25:14 PM
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carpenter /woodworker here... curently working on restoration type work...
Wow that's some beautiful work
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 11, 2015, 10:27:42 PM
Quote from: red88r;50107
I am a diesel mechanic at a fleet.  We work on straight trucks/semi tractors/reefer trailers.  I forgot to add that before...I was to much in ahhh with all that big wood!
Thank you it's all fun and games till the blocks or faces weigh more then you. Nice I'm a faller by choice and a mechanic by training went through wyotech a few years ago right as all the emissions bs was coming about.
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Post by: red88r on February 11, 2015, 10:31:54 PM
Quote from: Skeans1;50111
Thank you it's all fun and games till the blocks or faces weigh more then you. Nice I'm a faller by choice and a mechanic by training went through wyotech a few years ago right as all the emissions bs was coming about.

That's cool!  Yeah I have been wrenching since high school and then went to tech school from 98-2000.  Been with this company since 99 now.  Finally got on days after 15 years of second shift.  Some of the guys have been there 35-40 years now.....they never leave. Lol
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Post by: T8R6X on February 12, 2015, 12:09:44 AM
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I'm a diesel mechanic for cat here in Longview wa I build engines and General truck bumper to bumper and some heavy equipment as well
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Post by: X~Stream Composites on February 12, 2015, 12:35:36 AM
I own a composites manufacturing company

http://www.patriotfactory.com

We build everything from aerospace tubing to fishing rod blanks
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Post by: T8R6X on February 12, 2015, 12:45:18 AM
Nice to see a few folks within 20 miles of me!
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Post by: broken1 on February 12, 2015, 01:07:21 AM
I was a 2nd year apprentice with Jimco electric in 2002 & we worked at the Weyerhaeuser mill in Longview. Stopped at porky's every friday for buffalo burgers, beers & pool. Great times & good grub in Longview.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 12, 2015, 02:17:00 AM
Yes it is, I'm just across the river from there and take pulp loads in right next door to Porky's.


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Post by: Skeans1 on February 12, 2015, 02:17:35 AM
Quote from: X~Stream Composites;50115
I own a composites manufacturing company

http://www.patriotfactory.com

We build everything from aerospace tubing to fishing rod blanks


Are you doing any 250r parts?


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Post by: Tbone07 on February 12, 2015, 09:13:30 AM
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carpenter /woodworker here... curently working on restoration type work...

Wow that looks awesome. Is that bowl from a burl?
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Post by: j@y on February 12, 2015, 10:36:28 AM
LTL driver for saia freight
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Post by: Hawaiiysr on February 12, 2015, 11:02:23 AM
Quote from: red88r;50107
I am a diesel mechanic at a fleet.  We work on straight trucks/semi tractors/reefer trailers.  I forgot to add that before...I was to much in ahhh with all that big wood!


What kind of reefers? I deal mainly with international/Cummins and thermo kings. Parts support here sucks for T/K.
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Post by: thesmith87250r on February 12, 2015, 12:56:18 PM
diesel mechanic here also for a fleet . straight , semi , trailers , reefers on both trailer and straight trucks. we have more tk series ts300 and 800 than carrier units. even do apu's on semi's. we have a tk vendor 30 mins from my shop but with all the info in the world some how they still send the wrong belts ahh.
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Post by: thesmith87250r on February 12, 2015, 01:06:27 PM
oh yea for you guys that cut trees i have a 1955 clinton 6 1/2 horse 2 stroke . its a beast got it a  yard sale for 5 bucks . some told me its a hot saw ? you pump the oil with the back side of your thumb knuckle while your cutting has a 24 or so inch bar thats 4 inch tall. i will have to get a pic .
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 12, 2015, 02:02:34 PM
Ever seen this done?(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/12/b08b2e9d8b4b75feb9715c6f8e322468.jpg)


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Post by: Daniel370r on February 12, 2015, 06:29:50 PM
^^^nope?
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Post by: red88r on February 12, 2015, 06:42:51 PM
Quote from: Hawaiiysr;50134
What kind of reefers? I deal mainly with international/Cummins and thermo kings. Parts support here sucks for T/K.

We have all Thermo Kings from like 1999 and up.  161 or so in our pizza fleet and then Nestle's big fleet has hundreds which we also work on if they need it.  All of our private fleet trucks are Volvo's with Volvo motors.  And they all have apu's on them(auxillary power unit) and they have espar heaters also.
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Post by: beobe99 on February 12, 2015, 06:56:46 PM
Quote from: X~Stream Composites;50115
I own a composites manufacturing company

http://www.patriotfactory.com

We build everything from aerospace tubing to fishing rod blanks


Very nice, after seeing your work on other quads I think it's mandatory you make some stuff for the R! :chuncky:
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Post by: StrokedAZ on February 12, 2015, 07:17:13 PM
I am a med tech in the lab of a hospital. I don't get to cut ANYTHING down!!  This is total bulls**t!  :eek:  

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Post by: rough250r on February 12, 2015, 08:10:13 PM
Quote from: Skeans1;50109
Wow that's some beautiful work

Thanks skeans Been banging nails for about ten years now...  Tbone, that bowl is actualy from a piece of ambrosia maple. If I remember right it came from a crotch in a tree so that would explain all the "firey" patterns on the grain
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 12, 2015, 08:30:07 PM
Quote from: Daniel370r;50150
^^^nope?


It's what we call a block face to make the top and butt hit at the same time as well as having little to no pull out of the log.


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Post by: Daniel370r on February 12, 2015, 08:36:43 PM
Interesting I don't know much about cutting wood for timber. I've cut some  timber select cut for ppl I used a humbolt notch a small open face. All the cuts I use are to keep control 90% of the cutting I do is around powerlines water ways houses etc.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 12, 2015, 09:03:58 PM
I do lots of humboldt faces in different degrees of angle with a snipe off the stump or the butt if I want it to slide off the stump and not leave or to jump off the stump aways. The blocks are used a lot in bigger stuff just because of the control you or if the wood is too large for the bar so you can crawl in and cut.


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Post by: X~Stream Composites on February 12, 2015, 11:56:33 PM
Quote from: Skeans1;50119
Are you doing any 250r parts?
No, other than tie rods, as those are kind of universal. The atv retail world just isn't a place for me take make any money other than one off stuff like I did for Higgy.
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Post by: X~Stream Composites on February 13, 2015, 12:00:15 AM
Quote from: beobe99;50153
Very nice, after seeing your work on other quads I think it's mandatory you make some stuff for the R! :chuncky:

Thanx!
I still have my 87 250R that has an LRD motor and I morphed a JP Owtlaw 250R into a CR250F that I custom built with Dave Moore for my then 14 year old son to race. He is now on a KTM 450SX... so the JP is now mine, and since it has 13" of rear wheel travel... it is nice on these old bones!
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Post by: hub97119 on February 13, 2015, 12:09:28 AM
Urban logger here...used to work in the woods way back ( 70's )  started high climbing early 80's till today. That's a 3ft. bar on there and there has been too many times when Iv'e had to haul that bastard 60ft. into a tree.  (http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/614_4574_2017-04-18_7064.jpg)
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Post by: hub97119 on February 13, 2015, 12:27:03 AM
(http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/614_4575_2017-04-18_4817.jpg)but this is my real pride...coaching my youngest. Hope to move her up to a blaster this year
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 13, 2015, 01:41:52 AM
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Urban logger here...used to work in the woods way back ( 70's )  started high climbing early 80's till today. That's a 3ft. bar on there and there has been too many times when Iv'e had to haul that bastard 60ft. into a tree.  (http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/614_4574_2017-04-18_597.jpg)


Looks good.


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Post by: Skeans1 on February 13, 2015, 01:43:17 AM
Quote from: hub97119;50165
(http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/614_4575_2017-04-18_8785.jpg)but this is my real pride...coaching my youngest. Hope to move her up to a blaster this year


Congrats I'm not too young but don't have any of my own yet enjoy it well you can.


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Post by: Skeans1 on February 13, 2015, 01:44:22 AM
Quote from: X~Stream Composites;50162
No, other than tie rods, as those are kind of universal. The atv retail world just isn't a place for me take make any money other than one off stuff like I did for Higgy.


If you need anything off a 250r or lt500 I'm just across the river.


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Post by: JesseA420 on February 13, 2015, 08:01:44 AM
machinist in a tool and die repair department of manufacturing facility. mostly been working on redesigning and replacing 20-30 yr old progressive die sets that were made with cutting torches and hand drills LOL
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Post by: Rupp250 on February 13, 2015, 10:36:48 AM
I work for our local gas&electric utility managing guys out in the field on the gas side. Boring as heck but it is worth it every 2 weeks.
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Post by: aberegg05 on February 13, 2015, 10:58:20 AM
I'm a coal miner.
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Post by: pinned250r on February 13, 2015, 02:07:06 PM
I do commercial insurance. Like the insurance world, can't stand most of the people in it. Half searching for a career change.

I guess I didn't realize how prevelant logging still is! Pretty neat stuff!
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Post by: F-Red on February 13, 2015, 04:52:09 PM
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I guess I didn't realize how prevelant logging still is! Pretty neat stuff!

Or coal mining! I love Ax Men!
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 13, 2015, 07:45:43 PM
Quote from: pinned250r;50174
I do commercial insurance. Like the insurance world, can't stand most of the people in it. Half searching for a career change.

I guess I didn't realize how prevelant logging still is! Pretty neat stuff!


Oh yeah there's still a lot going on, not as many timber companies up here anymore but there's still work and will always be some as long as people need paper and lumber.


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Post by: Skeans1 on February 13, 2015, 07:48:29 PM
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Here's how the patch looked before I started.(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/13/ea8c17140404ec91b86112689e7a3fbf.jpg)
12 hours of cutting later so two days worth.(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/13/e1a1b8ea71583be931ee11f72076ee28.jpg)
Red alder swung 180 degrees out of the lean.


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Post by: broken1 on February 13, 2015, 09:37:43 PM
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Oh yeah there's still a lot going on, not as many timber companies up here anymore but there's still work and will always be some as long as people need paper and lumber.

There was some tree hugging hippy's going through my neighborhood years ago trying to get people to sign a petition to stop logging in Oregon. I laughed & than pointed out to her that she was using a wood clip board, wood pencil & paper which all come from tree's... DUH!... Than I went on to ask her if she lived in a house, had furniture, owned books, use toilet paper? She was cute so I wasn't mean about it but she got the point.
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Post by: Daniel370r on February 13, 2015, 10:26:19 PM
Pipelines going on every where in part of ohio wv and some of pa. They can't find enough good cut cutters. Can only cut in the winter because of the Indiana brown bat. Alot of rules and regs for pipelines makes cutting more difficult. Besides the hills streams, roads, and powerlines.
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Post by: aberegg05 on February 13, 2015, 11:30:52 PM
Dan. Post some videos of you topping those trees. Your stinkin nuts.
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Post by: bnau267 on February 14, 2015, 03:22:54 AM
I'm Director of Supply Chain for the Americas and Plant Manager of one of our Roller/Structure fabrication shops.  The company I work for provides Engineered Conveying Solutions.  We make conveying systems, idlers, transfer stations, the actual belt, and pretty much solve problems related to moving coal, rock, and minerals via conveying systems.  I have a real appreciation for the hard dangerous work coal miners and others do on a daily basis.  We have plants in GA, PA, OH, and Canada and service branches all over the US and in South America.
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Post by: jcs003 on February 14, 2015, 04:35:29 AM
I am a Mechanical Engineer and in charge of the manufacturing side of a flight simulator company.  This job also has the benefit of facilities manager.  currently we are building a cessna citron 550 for a private client, a fleet of beechcraft kingair t-44s for the navy and six uh72A helicopter simulators for the US army.  The uh72As will be in trailers and be transported all over the country for training.

John
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Post by: aberegg05 on February 14, 2015, 01:06:13 PM
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I'm Director of Supply Chain for the Americas and Plant Manager of one of our Roller/Structure fabrication shops.  The company I work for provides Engineered Conveying Solutions.  We make and conveying systems, idlers, transfer stations, the actual belt, and pretty much solve problems related to moving coal, rock, and minerals via conveying systems.  I have a real appreciation for the hard dangerous work coal miners and others do on a daily basis.  We have plants in GA, PA, OH, and Canada and service branches all over the US and in South America.
Bob have you heard of the Ohio county coal mine (AKA  Shoemaker)? That's where I work. Fenner has come to our mine on more than one occasion.
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Post by: bnau267 on February 14, 2015, 03:47:09 PM
I sure have and hope those visits always result in a good outcome.  You're a very important customer of ours.  Please be safe.  Ha ha you have an inside line to getting things done faster if the need ever comes about.  Funny how we're all just one connection away.  Later, Bob
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Post by: Flyin_250r on February 14, 2015, 04:16:42 PM
I'm just a steel worker working with 1500 degree C molten iron lol
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Post by: Daniel370r on February 14, 2015, 05:45:54 PM
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Dan. Post some videos of you topping those trees. Your stinkin nuts.
Can't get them to upload
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 14, 2015, 06:24:41 PM
Load them on YouTube and post the link


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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 14, 2015, 07:28:03 PM
You guys have cool jobs.  I should probably keep my career to myself.   :grumpy:
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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 14, 2015, 07:28:58 PM
I do love chainsaws though.  I have rebuilt many stihls as a hobby, and still have a few, and love to cut when I get a chance.
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Post by: aberegg05 on February 14, 2015, 07:42:36 PM
Don't be shy about your occupation. At least you have a job. Many out there don't or won't go to work.
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Post by: trx250r88 on February 14, 2015, 11:56:44 PM
Millwright for 10 years for a steel company,they shut down 2 years ago for good.now working in a hydraulic shop for cat last 2 years.
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Post by: sameltoe on February 15, 2015, 12:23:50 AM
(http://i1310.photobucket.com/albums/s659/cynnsam/Mobile%20Uploads/20141230_140443_zpstyxfubjc.jpg) (http://s1310.photobucket.com/user/cynnsam/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141230_140443_zpstyxfubjc.jpg.html) I build all the guard rails inside a Firestone ag tire plant. I just moved that wall over our last "shut down" over Christmas. 8'×40'
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Post by: rablack21 on February 15, 2015, 07:27:01 AM
I'm a design engineer for Komatsu. I currently design these things. (http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/100_4580_2017-04-18_5679.jpg)
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Post by: jwraymond6 on February 15, 2015, 10:58:27 AM
I'm a gold miner for barrick goldstrike in the autoclave process department in northern Nevada
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Post by: C-Leigh Racing on February 15, 2015, 11:32:44 AM
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I'm a design engineer for Komatsu. I currently design these things. (http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/100_4580_2017-04-18_1134.jpg)

Man, I would love to have one of those, got a bunch of work to do with one.
Neil
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Post by: KASEY on February 15, 2015, 11:58:35 AM
I run a shop building mining equipment  we build feeders ,screens ,conveyors,
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Post by: jwraymond6 on February 15, 2015, 12:13:47 PM
Spent 11 years in Vegas running crushers and screens in sand and gravel
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Post by: jfwyatt1 on February 15, 2015, 12:32:07 PM
im a self employed autobody tech. have my own shop where i do restorations and show cars but mostly just do contract labor for a local shop. also do some Fab work on the side
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Post by: rablack21 on February 15, 2015, 05:46:55 PM
Wow! What an amazing variety of people we have! Fascinating jobs, guys.
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Post by: RyanWsly on February 15, 2015, 09:08:34 PM
I work at a Cat dealer and I have noticed two funny little dozers in these pictures that I have seen at work recently, the little Komatsu and the logging dozer in one of the Oregon pictures. The Komatsu looks funny because of its shape compared to what I am used to seeing a finish dozer look like and the one in Oregon has whatever that odd undercarriage arrangement is on it that makes the tracks like a triangle. We have a few small logging companies around work and one of them actually has one of those machines and it still has decals on it from the Cat dealer it came from in Oregon.
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Post by: Daniel370r on February 15, 2015, 10:34:08 PM
Odd triangle? You meaning the high track dozer? That should be common if you work for cat  6n 6t n up all those series are all high tracks.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 15, 2015, 10:46:26 PM
That style high is different too with the sprocket placement for better weight distribution when pulling turn unlike a standard set up that would be standing up or be stuck on stumps all the time. Even our shovels are high walkers you can almost walk under the undercarriage.
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Post by: RyanWsly on February 16, 2015, 12:03:06 AM
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Odd triangle? You meaning the high track dozer? That should be common if you work for cat  6n 6t n up all those series are all high tracks.

The picture is on page 3, you have to look at it closely to see that the roller frame is almost or is centered with the final drive.  The one we had in was like a D4H with the same type of arrangement the one in the picture has, grapple and the different roller frames.
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Post by: Rupp250 on February 16, 2015, 02:43:55 PM
This is the view of my day. Boreing as heck at times but it fits my life right now. Wish to be back in the field.
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Post by: Tbone07 on February 16, 2015, 03:40:15 PM
I work in the IT industry for the government, dealing primarily with Cisco network equipment.

Here's a pic of a piece of equipment I work with frequently, although I can't take pictures of this stuff at work so it's just an image I found with a Google search
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Post by: StrokedAZ on February 16, 2015, 06:02:35 PM
Quote from: Tbone07;50305I can't take pictures of this stuff at work [/QUOTE

Man I feel ya.  I think my supervisor would would s**t a brick if they just SAW my phone - let alone if I actually took a picture with it lol.  They are crazy about protecting patient information (which is a good thing) and no matter what angle you took there would be a monitor in view with patient info.  I am a little jealous, I work with some pretty crazy analyzers that performs some heavy shit but no pics. pobre cito
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 16, 2015, 10:56:12 PM
I'll see if I can get some tomorrow on swinging some of the alder again since I'm out of the fir and cedar parts for the most parts.
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Post by: thesmith87250r on February 16, 2015, 11:28:52 PM
Here is a pic of my 1955 Clinton  6 horse 2 stroke .still on original  piston  and has some serious  compression . It  has some pull back lol that rip your  arm off .
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Post by: thesmith87250r on February 16, 2015, 11:31:19 PM
Thought  ya tree guys might dig it.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 17, 2015, 11:48:12 AM
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Thought  ya tree guys might dig it.
Nice do you know how many cubes? About the same horse as my 385/390 mix saw.
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Post by: thesmith87250r on February 17, 2015, 03:25:29 PM
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Nice do you know how many cubes? About the same horse as my 385/390 mix saw.
well this is  a lil info i found on the saw. but I dont know about the 4800 rpm this sucker sounds like a cr80 in 6th gear wide open with no silencer hahah. also it was a speedcut saw.   MANUFACTURED BY:CLINTON MACHINE COMPANY,CLINTON, MICHIGAN, U.S.A.
SERIES OR ASSEMBLY NUMBER: E
YEAR INTRODUCED:1959
ENGINE DISPLACEMENT: 5.78 cu. in. (94.7cc)
NUMBER OF CYLINDERS:1
CYLINDER BORE:2.125 in. (53.9mm)
PISTON STROKE:1.625 in. (41.27mm)
CYLINDER TYPE:Aluminum with cast iron liner
INTAKE METHOD:Reed valves
MANUFACTURER ADVERTISED H.P.:6
WEIGHT :22.25 lbs.
OPERATOR CONFIGURATION:One Man operation
HANDLEBAR SYSTEM:Rigid
CHAIN BRAKE:none
CLUTCH:Centrifugal
DRIVE TYPE:Direct
CONSTRUCTION:Die cast aluminum
MAGNETO TYPE:Clinton
CARBURETOR:Tillotson HC-11A
AIR FILTER SYSTEM:Wire screen
STARTER TYPE:Clinton automatic rewind
OIL PUMP:Manual
OPERATING RPM:4,500 to 4,800
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 17, 2015, 03:49:08 PM
Sounds like someone removed the governor spring off the carb and actually tuned it right.


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Post by: Skeans1 on February 17, 2015, 04:26:47 PM
Sounds like someone removed the governor spring off the carb and actually tuned it right.


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Post by: thesmith87250r on February 17, 2015, 04:42:19 PM
got this  saw in Michigan up north on mullet lake lol. im sure who ever  ran this  thing  wasn't  trimming  limbs lol.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 17, 2015, 08:42:17 PM
It's lighter then the 090's were and really not much heavier then an 088 or 3120 and lots of guys out here still run them with long bars. That being said I've ran an 090 with a 6' foot bar and hope to never again I swear it out weighed me.


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Post by: jadleybray on February 18, 2015, 12:29:54 PM
Commercial Construction Superintendent - Boot wearing paper pusher  ;)
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Post by: Burns363R on February 18, 2015, 01:34:02 PM
Degree in Mechanical Engineering from ISU.  Started out at GPC as a Maintenance Reliability Engineer for 5 years.  Now I'm the Maintenance Supervisor for a new $80 million dollar dryer building.

GPC (Grain Processing Corp) is the countrys largest beverage grade alcohol producer.  We sell it to all the difference companies like Smirnoff...ect
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Post by: broken1 on February 18, 2015, 11:35:02 PM
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Commercial Construction Superintendent - Boot wearing paper pusher  ;)

What company do you work for?
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Post by: jadleybray on February 18, 2015, 11:37:21 PM
Baldwin General Contracting Inc
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Post by: udontknowme on February 19, 2015, 01:07:54 AM
hope nobody has affiliation with case equipment. thats stuff is junk. got one of them 580 backhoes that i would rather put dynamite in the fuel tank
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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 19, 2015, 01:56:49 AM
My dads 580D is about 30 years old and runs like a champ. :coffee_pc:
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Post by: JesseA420 on February 19, 2015, 07:18:51 AM
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hope nobody has affiliation with case equipment. thats stuff is junk. got one of them 580 backhoes that i would rather put dynamite in the fuel tank

must have accidentally put amsoil in it. :coffee_pc:
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Post by: udontknowme on February 19, 2015, 08:08:56 PM
most things will run for years if you do the maintenance. that isnt the problem. the machine as a whole is the problem. use one of the new cats or even johne deere and youll never want to look at a case again. ferarri vs ford pinto. even the newer case stuff seems to be very antiquish
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Post by: The Phantom on February 19, 2015, 10:59:48 PM
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hope nobody has affiliation with case equipment. thats stuff is junk. got one of them 580 backhoes that i would rather put dynamite in the fuel tank
I 100% agree.  Heavier than hell and damn near impossible to walk out of the deep mud compared to a deere.
Underground Utility(Gas) Construction Foreman here:nightmare:
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 19, 2015, 11:54:14 PM
I know the Deere skidders were always the best when we ran them with an unlocking front end and didn't have air brakes or a pickup transmission. Now the shovels are kind of junk same with cat but ours are conversions by Jewell Kobelco shovels fast smooth and cheap, next is Komatsu.
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Post by: etccb on February 20, 2015, 10:19:05 AM
I am a phone answering dispatching crew and fleet managing invoicing quoting stock ordering chair spinning 2 desks in 1 10 x 12 2 door no window room R possessed zombie.
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Post by: oldschoolr on February 20, 2015, 12:05:17 PM
I have a small window tinting business I started about 6 yrs ago doing automotive,  commercial and residential tinting. I enjoy it but it can be a headache sometimes.
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Post by: Sky on February 20, 2015, 12:14:18 PM
Creating Black Belt leaders for life.
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Post by: RyanWsly on February 20, 2015, 10:54:30 PM
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I know the Deere sliders were always the best when we ran them with an unlocking front end and didn't have air brakes or a pickup transmission. Now the shovels are kind of junk same with cat but ours are conversions by Jewell Kobelco shovels fast smooth and cheap, next is Komatsu.

Mitsubishi Cat is where most of them come from in mid sized like you would probably run. You can make them a lot better but it takes lots of time balancing pumps and messing with the negative flow, I would assume a Deere is the same way because the operating system is basically the same. They have changed the pump system on the recently (E or F series) but I'm not sure how much it changed the operating characteristics. They also have an EH now which they have labeled as a "Hybrid" and the swing system is ran partially off of accumulators. I have only been around one and haven't done much to it but I would assume the swing operation would be noticeably different operating. Most people I know say a Hitachi is the best hydraulic excavator on  the market, higher cycle times ect, coal mines seem to prefer them over the large excavators and shovels like 5130s or 374s from Cat.
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Post by: Rupp250 on February 21, 2015, 09:42:21 AM
Nice Sky. My 4yo son just did his belt promotion routine last night. So fun watching the little one do it. A 10ish boy did a promotion using sais and my son said he is going to do it. I told him sure. Takes a lot of time and practice.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 25, 2015, 10:20:32 PM
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/25/faf31d2f3459d24449acd89078aa9266.jpg)
Top was exactly where it was suppose to be to miss a stump field just ahead the butt slid down on a log just ahead.(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/25/4f62a2ecb3498619c609eb4c35d63ed6.jpg)
Soft face Dutchman allowing the butt to twist around with a small swinging Dutchman to bring it around a little more and so I don't have to pound wedges.(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/25/54c58d2eb709ed1fd526e796f87964eb.jpg)
Kept in a nice tight lead.


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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 25, 2015, 10:53:00 PM
I want Skeans' job.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 26, 2015, 01:08:41 AM
I'll see if I can get a few of working on springs boards tomorrow got a few big cedar that are hanging over a ten foot drop.
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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 26, 2015, 09:30:53 AM
Skeans, do you arboristsite.com?
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 26, 2015, 03:26:52 PM
I am on there
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Post by: Daniel370r on February 26, 2015, 06:56:46 PM
A couple sycamore trees we had to strip out and fell. I was the one in the green i stripped the hollow one.
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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 26, 2015, 09:00:19 PM
You guys that get to play with saws are making me jealous.  I want to trade jobs!  Nothing like warming up a Stihl, smelling that HP oil burning, tuning the high side just right, so it just cleans up in the cut, and making huge wood chips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   LOVE IT.  I need to cut something this weekend.  Its been a while.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 27, 2015, 12:18:13 AM
I'd trade you tomorrow, time to get the 60" bar back out sick of cutting over my head.
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Post by: thesmith87250r on February 27, 2015, 12:32:27 AM
i would drill a deep hole and fill it with gun powder light fuse and run haha no more tree.
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 27, 2015, 12:42:10 AM
Not in cedar it's too good of money to do that with and we're not in Canada, even old growth stumps we'll board up them and cut them it's just too much money at stake plus you're never sure where they will. I do remember being a kid and an older that worked with us still had stump powder and was really good with it the stump would barely jump up then they'd roll them out with the cat.
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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 27, 2015, 01:16:43 AM
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I'd trade you tomorrow, time to get the 60" bar back out sick of cutting over my head.
Do you like dealing with the public? Unreasonable, rude, dangerous public?  Lol
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Post by: Skeans1 on February 27, 2015, 01:19:43 AM
There's a reason I'm out there it's quiet and not getting bugged other then a deer or elk.
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Post by: Jimbo45 on February 27, 2015, 01:31:28 AM
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There's a reason I'm out there it's quiet and not getting bugged other then a deer or elk.
Darn.  That is the reason I want to trade.
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Post by: hurricanespike on February 27, 2015, 05:45:30 PM
I work for a company called Verdigris Valley Sod Farms. Obviously, our main focus is growing and installing solid slab Bermuda sod. We provide other erosion control services such as installation of silt fence and silt dikes, hydro seeding, temporary vegetative mulching, and sprigging.  About 95% of our work is done under sub contracts with larger road construction companies here in Oklahoma. We do a lot of work for ODOT.

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These are the only pictures I have so far. My phone is just a few weeks old. It's snowing here now, so we definitely aren't doing much. Haha.

All of the tree cutting and chainsaw business looks very interesting. I've never even seen saws like those before.


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Post by: Skeans1 on February 27, 2015, 07:28:22 PM
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Ready for Monday morning.


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Post by: Skeans1 on March 06, 2015, 09:06:59 PM
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/06/1870c4697e1b2b598689b65709c4ebf5.jpg)(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/06/58772c800498070a58da5d3b6a93613f.jpg)(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/06/aa898ee7ec35650b4adf78e0784b36cc.jpg)(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/06/140996ea00047da148d143659c584107.jpg)(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/06/3560fc84396cc346c5a78d412130a586.jpg)
The big one was cut with the 60" bar with a 32" bar on a 372 to start the cuts, anyone know why the bottom of the face would be slanted? The other was a 4 footer done with a 32" bar on a 385.


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Post by: hub97119 on March 06, 2015, 10:57:13 PM
directional fell...one side closes earlier allowing the butt to roll off to the slant. Not much holding wood on a cedar
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Post by: hub97119 on March 06, 2015, 10:59:13 PM
nice work by the way
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Post by: Skeans1 on March 07, 2015, 01:19:26 PM
Thanks, I hate running that long bar but it sure is nice having cuts that are dead on the first time.
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Post by: Skeans1 on May 20, 2015, 01:54:33 AM
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Post by: Pumashine on May 21, 2015, 11:08:11 AM
I do flat part layout in precision sheet metal. Take a part that you can use and create a flat layout with all the dimensions the machine needs to cut the part. The waterjet makes nice clean parts if you wash them off after cutting. But as the tank fills with sand and demolished sand (mud) the parts get dirtier and dirtier as time goes on. You can see the 3 foot tank is filled to the top towards the rear with a mound of mud.
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We rent a 4" trash pump and pump all the sand/mud out about once a year. So my job gets dirty once a year. The mud has the consistency of baby doo doo. I get covered head to toe.
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Post by: TRXjeeper on May 21, 2015, 12:40:45 PM
Quote from: Pumashine;54571
I do flat part layout in precision sheet metal. Take a part that you can use and create a flat layout with all the dimensions the machine needs to cut the part. The waterjet makes nice clean parts if you wash them off after cutting. But as the tank fills with sand and demolished sand (mud) the parts get dirtier and dirtier as time goes on. You can see the 3 foot tank is filled to the top towards the rear with a mound of mud.
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We rent a 4" trash pump and pump all the sand/mud out about once a year. So my job gets dirty once a year. The mud has the consistency of baby doo doo. I get covered head to toe.
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I know that all to well,  we get a giant vacuum truck to come suck ours out every 6 mos or so.
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Post by: Tador on September 16, 2015, 09:45:55 AM
Well haven't checked in here yet, so here's my weird background. Worked quite a while in a local concrete plant, did a lot of maintenance on equipment, custom mold fabrication, yarded tanks, etc... Eventually got an AOS in machining / CNC technology and worked as a machinist for a long time, mainly mill and lathe work both manual and CNC. The last stint landed me doing hypoid bearing pattern development on Gleason 7-axis CNC bevel grinders. Long story short, it was an aweful job and worked 2pm to 1am. Got laid off in the recession, couldn't find work and went back to school. Got my ME from RIT and now work as a design engineer for a company in the rail industry; we design brake components and brake systems for freight trains.
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Post by: fast350r on September 16, 2015, 01:12:49 PM
I do Credit admin, handle and lend credit for large commercial accounts. like FedEx, UPs, USPS, BIMBO , SAIA, automotive dealers, ect ect ect
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Post by: The norm on September 20, 2015, 01:09:46 AM
I am a steam plant mechanic (millwright). I started out right after high school sweeping a floor at a fab shop. Then became a welder because sweeping sucked. I worked as a welder for six years and then got an apprenticeship at a chlorine plant. Worked in the chlorine for 5 years. Now at the coal burning power plant for 6 years.
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Post by: hickwheeler on September 20, 2015, 01:30:44 AM
I drive a garbage truck. Been doing it for ten years.
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Post by: Allison#51 on September 20, 2015, 02:20:27 AM
Well I was a welder but my company is moving away. Thinking about getting my CDL
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Post by: pantera1975 on September 20, 2015, 11:49:38 AM
I paint semi trucks, silage trailers, farm equipment dump truck boxes.  Looking to get in to motorsports sale or something in that line my body is shot from all the crawling around.  I also customize farm toys to look like pulling tractor and design and sell decals
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Post by: Tador on September 21, 2015, 08:42:55 AM
Holy cow man, that's legit! At first glance I thougth that was a real tractor! Very cool.
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Post by: Skeans1 on October 13, 2015, 09:51:32 PM
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Some pictures of some poles we did in the 90's when I was a kid.

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Post by: traxman on October 13, 2015, 10:37:27 PM
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Some pictures of some poles we did in the 90's when I was a kid.

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The pole you did last night...

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Man, your gay when your drunk.. lol

I'm a stripper.... and I'm broke..  I almost got paid once to leave, but the bouncer was too quick.. lmao..
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: 86Rrider on October 14, 2015, 12:27:47 PM
Originally a trained automotive technician, went into the Navy as a Construction Mechanic. Got out and went to college for more mechanic training but stuck around a couple more years and got a specialized automotive management degree. Started out as a dealership service advisor, went to a assistant service manager at a Navistar garage, then to Oldsmobile as a dealer technical assistance advisor. Oldsmobile folded-up, so into GM Service Operations as a service manual author, then advanced service engineer. Left GM when there were a lot of changes happening in '99 & 2000, ended up at a Tier 1 supplier 5 miles from my house as their test lab engineer. Been doing that for 15 years now.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: JohnTabata1 on March 13, 2016, 05:04:24 PM
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I'm a machinist and machine ATV parts for fun
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: JohnTabata1 on March 13, 2016, 05:23:46 PM
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Here's some work pics
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Big_Mike on March 14, 2016, 10:32:17 PM
4th generation concrete and excavation contractor...  Work all over NYC, Long Island and Northern NJ.
4' thick concrete walls for a Linear Acclerator:
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/bigmike11554/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/AF8D1366-D3EA-4E1C-8151-B6AC9FBBDB13_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bigmike11554/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/AF8D1366-D3EA-4E1C-8151-B6AC9FBBDB13_1.jpg.html)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/bigmike11554/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/92D263CD-E5A8-44C9-A8C8-48974E453BE7.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bigmike11554/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/92D263CD-E5A8-44C9-A8C8-48974E453BE7.jpg.html)

Underpinning a school built in 1920:
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/bigmike11554/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/340EE586-8472-4F03-8964-D7C2E69B82B1_1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bigmike11554/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/340EE586-8472-4F03-8964-D7C2E69B82B1_1.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/bigmike11554/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/0D98F27D-8268-4B57-94A6-07EAB16F3AEF.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bigmike11554/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/0D98F27D-8268-4B57-94A6-07EAB16F3AEF.jpg.html)
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Ring Tank for waste water treatment plant:
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Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: wretched73 on March 16, 2016, 10:10:34 AM
I am the Inside Sales Manager for a specialty metals distributor. My branch is located in Central NJ, but we have warehouses all over the world.

We stock pipe, tube, bar, sheet, and plate. Mostly in stainless steel, aluminum, high nickel alloys, and titanium.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: JohnTabata1 on March 18, 2016, 02:47:09 AM
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I designed and machined custom PWK seats. They allow new PWK carbs to be modded for a fuel pump and also have high fuel flow.  The standard gravity seats are removed and replaced with precision machined seats. The needles will be replaced with a set of pumper carb needles.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: spiritaces on March 18, 2016, 07:22:38 AM
I am a concrete polisher.... Work mainly at Home Depot but we got tons of other contracts but I like just doing Depots. I started back in March 2014 worked as a laborer learning for 10 months. Got a promotion to crew leader but I was an asshole and told my boss to get ****ed. I crawled back cause i couldn't find a job, had to be a laborer again and 2 days ago was promoted again to crew leader. I absolutely hate it, only cause I work away form home for months at a time.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: spiritaces on March 18, 2016, 03:55:52 PM
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Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Big_Mike on March 18, 2016, 04:08:33 PM
Looks good spirit!  I pour those slabs and you polish them.. I've done a total of 2 Home Depots and 3 Lowes, also 2 Wholefoods Markets which also has polished concrete as the finish floor..
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: Rupp250 on March 18, 2016, 06:36:46 PM
Where are you located John. I think you said SLO? I can think of a few things to get done.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: spiritaces on March 19, 2016, 07:03:35 AM
Quote from: Big_Mike;65592
Looks good spirit!  I pour those slabs and you polish them.. I've done a total of 2 Home Depots and 3 Lowes, also 2 Wholefoods Markets which also has polished concrete as the finish floor..


I have worked in NYC only a few times. I did a harbor freight on Staton Island, a depot in Queens and a depot in Long Island City. Oh I also did work on terrazzo at the old toy store from Big on 23rd and 5th in downtown Manhattan. I try to avoid that place if possible. I dont like it at all, mainly cuz of driving the truck around.
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: spiritaces on March 19, 2016, 07:10:18 AM
(http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/1_7418_2017-04-18_9972.jpg)(http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/1_7419_2017-04-18_6669.jpg)(http://forums.trx250r.org/vbulletin_imports/1_7420_2017-04-18_8119.jpg)
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: spiritaces on March 19, 2016, 07:11:19 AM
That street shot is Out in front of the depot on 23rd and then Im sitting in front of the depot waiting for a parking sot to park my truck
Title: Everyone's profession
Post by: mudbogger on March 19, 2016, 05:04:17 PM
I am in the heavy highway construction/pile driving field and also work in the NJ, NYC, PA, DEL areas. I bet we have crossed paths before. Does your firm have pumpers as pictured?
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on August 09, 2017, 12:29:03 AM
A video from work this morning https://youtu.be/96RzYkOD4M0
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: F-Red on August 09, 2017, 12:38:00 PM
Nice work Jared.
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on August 09, 2017, 07:50:45 PM
Nice work Jared.
Thanks Fred, how you been doing?
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: jcs003 on August 11, 2017, 04:26:47 PM
i just changed careers to porn actor.  however, i can't seem to get any work.haha
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on January 05, 2021, 07:37:08 PM
Just for giggles have any of you guys changed your professions?
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: 2ndmoto on January 05, 2021, 11:21:53 PM
Over the years, yes. Recently...no
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: 2Nubs on January 06, 2021, 12:49:58 AM
Ha some funny posts in here. Never posted in here before but recently changed. Was in aviation and now in petroleum. Enjoying it so far.
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: croat1 on January 06, 2021, 07:30:36 PM
Nope...still working in a shop machining the same parts.

Joe
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: jcs003 on January 08, 2021, 06:00:05 PM
i went from machinist to mechanical engineer to "top tier" manager.  lots of college and wasted money to do what any asshole can do.
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: broken1 on January 08, 2021, 10:15:50 PM
Got into the electrical construction field a few years after high school & put in 18 years, 13 as an electrician. Quit doing that 6 years ago & started a general contracting business & now do mostly handyman type work & small construction projects. Also do mechanic, fabrication & custom wood working jobs on the side sometimes.
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: The norm on January 08, 2021, 11:54:54 PM
I beat on shit with a hammer. Sometimes referred to as a "Cold Iron Blacksmith ". Been doing that since forever.....
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: jcs003 on January 09, 2021, 02:10:24 PM
I beat on shit with a hammer. Sometimes referred to as a "Cold Iron Blacksmith ". Been doing that since forever.....

there is a marriage analogy in there somewhere.haha
Title: Re: Everyone's profession
Post by: Skeans1 on April 15, 2021, 08:33:03 AM
Some fun from the last few days with leaners (https://i.ibb.co/CJMFRDx/0-C2561-EE-242-E-4-A8-C-879-C-6-AD44-A3-C675-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TKb59dz)
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