One of the neighbouring properties had the builders in (just been sold). Nice couple bought it. They asked the builders to clear some trees for their horses. The builders piled them up. In a stack 15' high by 30' long. Entire trees. Then dumped mud over the lot.
My buddy and I said we would help clear them. We moved some trees by tractor - then blew a hydraulic line.
So we used a Unimog. That shifted about half.
We rang my farmer friend who came with his huge MF tractor with forks on. Even that couldn't shift it.
So he brought a teleporter in. (If you haven't seen one - one of these - but with a grab not a bucket). He was picking up trees 15' out and 10' up and putting them where I wanted them to cut up . Now, I have no need of one of these beasts. Or anywhere to put it. But Damn they are cool!
With that we managed to spread the remaining trees out and get cutting. We have about five hours left for two saws tomorrow - done about 20 hours each so far cutting, burning brash and transporting wood.
But the new neighbour will get it all shifted - me and my buddy each get a Winters worth of fuel - and another guy who is now bought into "self sufficiency". He confessed that he realised that it would have cost him several grand to pay a firm to bring in the gear to shift that lot.
A little demonstration of the value of self reliance goes a long way
But above all else - has anyone got a teleporter to trade for some mead?
My buddy and I said we would help clear them. We moved some trees by tractor - then blew a hydraulic line.
So we used a Unimog. That shifted about half.
We rang my farmer friend who came with his huge MF tractor with forks on. Even that couldn't shift it.
So he brought a teleporter in. (If you haven't seen one - one of these - but with a grab not a bucket). He was picking up trees 15' out and 10' up and putting them where I wanted them to cut up . Now, I have no need of one of these beasts. Or anywhere to put it. But Damn they are cool!
With that we managed to spread the remaining trees out and get cutting. We have about five hours left for two saws tomorrow - done about 20 hours each so far cutting, burning brash and transporting wood.
But the new neighbour will get it all shifted - me and my buddy each get a Winters worth of fuel - and another guy who is now bought into "self sufficiency". He confessed that he realised that it would have cost him several grand to pay a firm to bring in the gear to shift that lot.
A little demonstration of the value of self reliance goes a long way
But above all else - has anyone got a teleporter to trade for some mead?