Office views

[Ed_K]

 Sunrise at Pine Shadow Farm.



 

[Skeans1]

 

 

 

[doc henderson]

big sky!

[barbender]

A horrible picture, of a beautiful sunset. We were discussing scratched, hazy equipment windows on here somewhere the other day. Well, this is the view from a forwarder that has 25K hours or so 😁

[SwampDonkey]

Nativewolf's photo reminds me of driving through Glassville, Kenneth or Upper Kintore.

[nativewolf]

 

 

It is a pretty spot

[Resonator]

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Couple sunrises at my sawmill. View I get to see when I look out my front door each morning.

[Andries]

You're working hard and there must've been a strong West wind.
The sawdust has covered all the snow in the second picture. 😉

[Resonator]

Two different days weeks apart, supposed I could of put them in order. :D :D

[treemuncher]

Doing some slope work along a local highway clearing project. I'm really liking the new chains. They really keep a good grip when things start to pucker up pretty tight. Most of this slope has been running right at 35 degrees or so, as long as I don't drop off of the rip-rap edge that is considerably steeper. If it ever stops raining, I'll run across the bridge and start on that other side. I got this side completed to the bridge just before the heavy rains started.



 

 

 


 

[Walnut Beast]

Glad you got that beast in action! They are absolutely amazing machines!!!!

[Grandpa]

Resonator, maybe leave the pictures in that order and we can pretend it's spring.

[Old Greenhorn]

Well, two and a half years ago my office view was, well, an office. 3 walls and a wall of windows looking out over the Hudson River, but it was an office. I have no photos (your welcome).
 But now my office time is split between the sawmill, the woods, and the shop. So yesterday's views:
Looking south


 

 Looking North:


 

Looking east-ish:


 

Todays view from the front of the shop, just pre-dawn:


 

 Today is another day.

[teakwood]

Doing some slope work along a local highway clearing project. I'm really liking the new chains. They really keep a good grip when things start to pucker up pretty tight. Most of this slope has been running right at 35 degrees or so, as long as I don't drop off of the rip-rap edge that is considerably steeper. If it ever stops raining, I'll run across the bridge and start on that other side. I got this side completed to the bridge just before the heavy rains started.



 

 

 

How is the learning process with the menzi going? are you a pro already? they are one of the most complicated machines to operate. Swiss Power!!

[logriteofficial]

The view from the Logrite office yesterday! We had a special little visitor stop by!

[bigblockyeti]

^ Looks like fast food!

[Peter Drouin]

^ Looks like fast food!

:D :D :D :D

[treemuncher]

Doing some slope work along a local highway clearing project. I'm really liking the new chains. They really keep a good grip when things start to pucker up pretty tight. Most of this slope has been running right at 35 degrees or so, as long as I don't drop off of the rip-rap edge that is considerably steeper. If it ever stops raining, I'll run across the bridge and start on that other side. I got this side completed to the bridge just before the heavy rains started.



 

 

 

How is the learning process with the menzi going? are you a pro already? they are one of the most complicated machines to operate. Swiss Power!!

I've been running a hoe for nearly 30 years. The Menzi is a different animal. The basics of the Menzi are fairly easy but there are a lot of interference points that you have to be careful of at all times. Get in the wrong position and you can hit the tires or legs with the attachments or, worse yet, hit the boom cylinder into the legs. The tight tailswing radius is great! 

The hardest thing to get used to is the severe pucker factor when you're working a difficult situation. Gravity is unforgiving so you better be sure to keep your traction at all times when in those challenging positions if you don't have a tether. It takes a lot of thought to how your machine needs to be placed for the safest working conditions. I'm really liking the chains on the front tires, well enough that I ordered another set for the back tires too. New tires are nothing compared to tire chains, especially on rock or gravels.

I've have 29 functions per hand, 4 foot pedals and a bank of about 30 switches. It's not something you memorize to reflex memory in a matter of days. It's certainly challenging to operate efficiently but I'm getting better at it each day I spend in it. My only real disappointment with the machine is the wimpy performance of the mulcher, otherwise, it's got the power of a 150 class machine in a 120 weight. It digs and moves about rather quickly. The mulcher runs at 5k psi and 45 gpm which is decent, but I'm used to running my bigger hoe with a 300hp dedicated power pack just for the mulcher system. Of course the big machine won't go were the Menzi will. Just like everything else in life, there are trade offs. I guess what I like best about the machine is that it keeps my mind busy thinking at all times when I'm working it.

[barbender]

Chains win the traction game every time.
That looks like a great machine👍👍

[cutterboy]

 

 
Yesterday, the first day of winter, was the perfect winter's day here. At 1:30 in the afternoon it was 33 degrees under a deep blue sky with no wind. Perfect for cutting wood.

The picture above was taken at the highest point of the farm and the picture below is of a grand old hickory tree at the edge of the highest field.


 
A day like yesterday makes me realize how blessed I am to have grown up on this farm and to have experienced the beauty of the natural world.

Bless you all. Merry Christmas!         Cutter

[treemuncher]

Chains win the traction game every time.
That looks like a great machine👍👍

Absolutely. My rear set came in so I could finish the worst part of the job and now it's like having velcro tires. I was able to climb a bunch of limestone rip rap without much slippage. Actually, the chains crushed many of the rocks into smaller pieces. It's certainly nice to drop the pucker factor a few levels.



 

 

[DDW_OR]

 Oregon


 
Bear canyon Lake, AZ


 
Bear canyon Lake, AZ


 

[aigheadish]

I feel like maybe I should be banned for this but I'm going to post it just the same, wishing it was more forestry related, but we do chew up a LOT of paper, that's kind of forestry related... Also almost entirely pictures of nature going on that 2nd monitor...



 

[Wlmedley]

Before I retired this was my office view.Not a tree in sight.Can't say that I miss it.

 

[teakwood]

Wow, nice machines. I would love to see that!