Land clearing pics

[Duramax8832]

Well we cut the trees today..The excavator is getting moved over Friday morning. I will have many more pics. We are setting a 2 car garage into the hill..The second story will be for storage and will have a walk out aound the back..The digging is very boney gravel, it would be great material if it was run through a crusher.

[02powerstroke]

Cool Like the skidder that must make life alot better clearing lots.

[Gravel Rat]

Isn't that overkill using a skidder for those baby trees :laugh:

Lots of good firewood for somebody don't get it too dirty skidding it because dirt sure makes the firewood cutting experience frustrating :D

Keep us updated on the progress :canadaflag:

[Duramax8832]

More Pictures

[Duramax8832]

I still have to dig the frost wall across the front..Thats my dad running the shovel, next to the chipper.

[Gravel Rat]

That 200 Hitachi looks in good shape good sized machine for doing most jobs.

[Duramax8832]

It has about 6,000 hours on it..Im pretty sure it got fresh paint and decals last winter..It really is the perfect size, plenty of reach and power..Not a whole lot of tail swing either

[coopers]

Okay I have to ask, I don't remember if I have read the answer to this before or not but I have noticed that it 'seems' that more excavators back east have more mechanical thumbs than hyd. thumbs? Is it just coincidence that I happen to see most from the east coast with them or is there an actual reason behind this? I know that we're closer here in Washington State to some big companies like PSM and CWS and HPF so it may cost less for shipping. I'm just curious.

Blake
WA

[gammon landscaping]

well here in the hills of east tennessee we just build our own stuff like that and mechanical thumbs are just easier. all that plumbing gets expensive

[jbone]

I love your truck!!!

[Duramax8832]

Well, around here. Owner/operators have hydraulic thumbs..Most of the larger companies with multiple operators just have the mechanical..All we ever really use them for is loading out stumps, even then sometimes it's just easier to get them in the bucket instead of dropping the thumb. The problem I have with them is, you always have to be reaching all the way out to pick up anything..In close to the machine the fixed thumbs are useless.

[Gravel Rat]

I guess its what you get used to. I don't think I could have a machine without a hydraulic thumb because we use them so much. Your using it to pick rocks out or picking up debris in the way. It is pretty rare to see a new machine on the West Coast without a hydraulic thumb right down to the smallest mini.