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Rent a good sized Vermeer. They can chip down railroad ties.


A Dutch Renaissance painter can chip down railroad ties??
Wow that girl with the pearl earring must be tough!


Scout wrote:
Years ago a neighbor who worked for a tree service let me use his industrial
chipper. That thing could handle small trees. It liked to reach out and
greet the user, pulling the wood from one's hands. I quickly learned to
throw the trunks and branches like a spear. Awesome.


Conversely, one of my favorite emergency room stories is
about a man who tried to commit suicide by diving head first
into a machine like that. It stalled, but only after tearing
away part of his scalp. Bad idea.

PS his attempt was not successful but left very interesting
scars.

DSK

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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:17:51 -0400, "Scout"
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"DSK" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
I will require all your talents Grasshopper, as I must
flawlessly erect
800 feet of chain link fence!


You want that in foil or saber?

Gilligan would have been more help earlier, he can fell
the mightiest oak
with a single karate chop.

DSK

Well, I'll settle for a mighty leaf and twig eater now!

Home Despot usually has a ton of those for sale this time
of year. This year
they have gone straight to Snow Blowers. A container ship
must have sunk or
something because the 10 hp chipper shredders are not
available nationally and
the little useless 5.5 hp models are even in short supply.
I finally found a 10
hp model at the 7th HD I checked. They had ONE. It's now
in my barn.


What do you use it for, primarily?

Scotty

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Scout wrote:
"Gilligan" wrote in message
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"Scout" wrote in message
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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:17:51 -0400, "Scout"
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"DSK" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
I will require all your talents Grasshopper, as I must flawlessly
erect
800 feet of chain link fence!

You want that in foil or saber?

Gilligan would have been more help earlier, he can fell the mightiest
oak
with a single karate chop.

DSK
Well, I'll settle for a mighty leaf and twig eater now!
Home Despot usually has a ton of those for sale this time of year. This
year
they have gone straight to Snow Blowers. A container ship must have sunk
or
something because the 10 hp chipper shredders are not available
nationally and
the little useless 5.5 hp models are even in short supply. I finally
found a 10
hp model at the 7th HD I checked. They had ONE. It's now in my barn.

CWM
Thanks Charlie,
I actually have the Craftsmen 7.5 chipper-shredder and it's done an
excellent job so far. I've put some heavy duty hours on it. I've tried to
beat it up but it just beats me up even more. It'll take up to 3" dia and
about a 10 gallon bucket's worth of leaves and twigs per load. (or, a
bushel and a peck!).
Scout

Rent a good sized Vermeer. They can chip down railroad ties.

Years ago a neighbor who worked for a tree service let me use his industrial
chipper. That thing could handle small trees. It liked to reach out and
greet the user, pulling the wood from one's hands. I quickly learned to
throw the trunks and branches like a spear. Awesome.
Scout


My son in law has one of those...gets rid of a mountain of stuff in 15
minutes...never wear gloves when using one...a branch snagged on a gloce
can drag you in..of course, that would make nutrient rich mulch...

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"Scout" wrote in message
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"Gilligan" wrote in
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"Scout" wrote in message
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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:17:51 -0400, "Scout"

wrote:

"DSK" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
I will require all your talents Grasshopper, as I
must flawlessly
erect
800 feet of chain link fence!


You want that in foil or saber?

Gilligan would have been more help earlier, he can
fell the mightiest
oak
with a single karate chop.

DSK

Well, I'll settle for a mighty leaf and twig eater
now!

Home Despot usually has a ton of those for sale this
time of year. This
year
they have gone straight to Snow Blowers. A container
ship must have sunk
or
something because the 10 hp chipper shredders are not
available
nationally and
the little useless 5.5 hp models are even in short
supply. I finally
found a 10
hp model at the 7th HD I checked. They had ONE. It's
now in my barn.

CWM

Thanks Charlie,
I actually have the Craftsmen 7.5 chipper-shredder and
it's done an
excellent job so far. I've put some heavy duty hours on
it. I've tried to
beat it up but it just beats me up even more. It'll
take up to 3" dia and
about a 10 gallon bucket's worth of leaves and twigs
per load. (or, a
bushel and a peck!).
Scout


Rent a good sized Vermeer. They can chip down railroad
ties.

Years ago a neighbor who worked for a tree service let me
use his industrial
chipper. That thing could handle small trees. It liked to
reach out and
greet the user, pulling the wood from one's hands. I
quickly learned to
throw the trunks and branches like a spear. Awesome.


Industrial chipper? Phhht. One of my customers has a
chipper/shredder that can take a dozen pallets at a time,
runs off a Cat 3408 diesel. Now THAT's a chipper!

Scotty

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"Scout" wrote in message
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If you lived in a cramped, second floor apartment in
Queens you would have
more time for sailing.

Once the macadam is down, I can do a dry run (play with it
in the backyard, per Scotty!) and then I'll be slipping her
into the Bass River for the maiden voyage of Sheryl Lee, a
30 mile sail around the Great Bay and Long Beach Island. God
willing.


Hah! You'll have sailed more than RB has all season.

;))

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Gilligan wrote:
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Scout wrote:
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Gilligan wrote:
You obviously did not see the Steven Segal movie.
I can't remember if I have or not... probably not, since I don't
watch many movies.

.... He was in a coma for 15 years, came out of it, buried a
railroad tie in the ground as a makiwari board and within weeks of
his awakening managed to snap the untapered tie right off with one
blow. Plus he was married to Kelly LeBrock! No need for a weight
bag at all.

Wow! Was that a true story? It would certainly change my opinion!

Except I don't think my wife would like the Kelly LeBrock part.


Did you study Shotokan?
No. But I have been in several dojos that took practices from a wide
range of disciplines.

Fencing is more fun and almost as good exercise.

DSK
I will require all your talents Grasshopper, as I must flawlessly
erect 800 feet of chain link fence!
Scout
My God you must have awfully big squirrels!!!!!!

And awfully big nuts!
That's a kind of personal observation....

One would think that large squirrels would be large because they consume
large nuts since trees usually have a fixed number of seeds.

I suspect you are right because I saw neighbors looking my way and I
overheard one of them commenting on the big f-ing nut.
Now I understand!
Scout


See!

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"Gilligan" wrote
| They can plainly see that sailing (as RB does it) burns the same amount of
| calories as bowling!


Sailing the right kind of boat does burn lots of calories. I've got good muscle tone and
some of it's because of sailing. It's good for the abs hiking out and leaning back on dinghies.....
If your interested I could post a photo of my flat tummy with abs better than most men have.
It goes to show that sailing can be physical. But only if you stick with the basics.

Cheers,
Ellen