On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:25:17 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:17:24 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 07:12:25 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 21:45:33 -0400, wrote:

The ficus tree is on the curb.
The biggest of those logs is about 1000 pounds. I hope the claw truck
is working well. Not bad work for an old guy tho.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/fichus%20killer.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Tree%20on%20the%20curb.jpg

I am guessing 3 18 wheelers
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Hort%20pile%2010-21.jpg

Up here most of that would be run through a chipper (diesel operated of course). Then you'd probably
be down to a couple deuce-and-a-halfs.

I haven't seen a chipper with a 3 foot throat. The county says they
are planning on 2.5 to 3 million yards of stuff so the chipper method
might be to slow. They are here with a gradall and 10 yard dump
trucks. It is going to be a while for that too. Last time (Charley)
they had 18 wheelers.
That was a contractor, this is county DOT.

'Most' (as in volume). The biggest chipper I've seen (and used) would take up to 12" (according to
the manufacturer). About the biggest we put in it was 8-10". No, the ficus wouldn't go there! I was
thinking the piles in your last picture.

There are some "surprises" in those piles too ;-)
I agree it would be more efficient if they chipped everything up on
site but they are looking for speed right now. We are going into the
dry season and they don't want big piles of kindling along the side of
the road all over the county.