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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 |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 21:56:33 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 10/21/17 9:45 PM, 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 I knew you could fool those duck guys into cutting down the tree and maybe painting your fence, too, Tom Sawyer. You know, I looked around and those duck ****ers were nowhere to be seen. My neighbor came over to help but he slipped away as soon as he could. I go a little too fast for most people and I don't stop very often. I don't know how many tons of hort I moved in the last several weeks but a smaller part of that tree was 8 tons when I took it down several years ago and it filled a 30 yard dumpster. That was just the biggest tree. We had lots of stuff down here. I just found out I am taking down another one here tomorrow, a 30' sea grape. |
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On 10/21/2017 10:41 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 21:56:33 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 10/21/17 9:45 PM, 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 I knew you could fool those duck guys into cutting down the tree and maybe painting your fence, too, Tom Sawyer. You know, I looked around and those duck ****ers were nowhere to be seen. My neighbor came over to help but he slipped away as soon as he could. I go a little too fast for most people and I don't stop very often. I don't know how many tons of hort I moved in the last several weeks but a smaller part of that tree was 8 tons when I took it down several years ago and it filled a 30 yard dumpster. That was just the biggest tree. We had lots of stuff down here. I just found out I am taking down another one here tomorrow, a 30' sea grape. You're a regular Paul Bunyan. https://tinyurl.com/ybzztu9s |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 22:55:05 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 10/21/2017 10:41 PM, wrote: On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 21:56:33 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 10/21/17 9:45 PM, 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 I knew you could fool those duck guys into cutting down the tree and maybe painting your fence, too, Tom Sawyer. You know, I looked around and those duck ****ers were nowhere to be seen. My neighbor came over to help but he slipped away as soon as he could. I go a little too fast for most people and I don't stop very often. I don't know how many tons of hort I moved in the last several weeks but a smaller part of that tree was 8 tons when I took it down several years ago and it filled a 30 yard dumpster. That was just the biggest tree. We had lots of stuff down here. I just found out I am taking down another one here tomorrow, a 30' sea grape. You're a regular Paul Bunyan. https://tinyurl.com/ybzztu9s I was expecting Monte Python ;-) |
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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. |
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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 Not a bad days work. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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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. |
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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. |
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On 10/22/2017 9:17 AM, 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. Some of those chippers are pretty amazing though. I was watching a crew remove a large tree from a congested, developed area. They use a huge crane to lift the tree in sections after being cut by a nut with a chainsaw, hanging halfway up the tree on a rope. They then cut the limbs off and fed a chipper with long sections up to a foot in diameter. They bogged the diesel engine down a bit but chewed them up. The larger tree trunk sections were hauled away uncut to be processed into firewood or other usages. |
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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. |
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On 10/21/17 11:44 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 22:55:05 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/21/2017 10:41 PM, wrote: On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 21:56:33 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 10/21/17 9:45 PM, 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 I knew you could fool those duck guys into cutting down the tree and maybe painting your fence, too, Tom Sawyer. You know, I looked around and those duck ****ers were nowhere to be seen. My neighbor came over to help but he slipped away as soon as he could. I go a little too fast for most people and I don't stop very often. I don't know how many tons of hort I moved in the last several weeks but a smaller part of that tree was 8 tons when I took it down several years ago and it filled a 30 yard dumpster. That was just the biggest tree. We had lots of stuff down here. I just found out I am taking down another one here tomorrow, a 30' sea grape. You're a regular Paul Bunyan. https://tinyurl.com/ybzztu9s I was expecting Monte Python ;-) What's your county going to do with all this crap, yours and everyone else's? Landfill? |
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:26:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 10/22/2017 9:17 AM, 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. Some of those chippers are pretty amazing though. I was watching a crew remove a large tree from a congested, developed area. They use a huge crane to lift the tree in sections after being cut by a nut with a chainsaw, hanging halfway up the tree on a rope. They then cut the limbs off and fed a chipper with long sections up to a foot in diameter. They bogged the diesel engine down a bit but chewed them up. The larger tree trunk sections were hauled away uncut to be processed into firewood or other usages. They are not sure what they are going to do with all of this stuff. Most of this ends up being horrible mulch. There is too much "exotic" content that might actually sprout and grow. There will be enough pine in the mix to make it unattractive as firewood. I suppose the easy answer would just be to make big burn piles but that comes with it's own ecological problems. |
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On Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 9:26:58 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/22/2017 9:17 AM, 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. Some of those chippers are pretty amazing though. I was watching a crew remove a large tree from a congested, developed area. They use a huge crane to lift the tree in sections after being cut by a nut with a chainsaw, hanging halfway up the tree on a rope. They then cut the limbs off and fed a chipper with long sections up to a foot in diameter. They bogged the diesel engine down a bit but chewed them up. The larger tree trunk sections were hauled away uncut to be processed into firewood or other usages. Yes, they make some amazing tree shredders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K6_AlU2eCQ |
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:01:56 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: What's your county going to do with all this crap, yours and everyone else's? Landfill? Nobody knows. I doubt it will go into the landfill tho. It might get composted and sold as topsoil. I imagine the county is just looking for anyone who will take it. We already have more free mulch than they can give away, just from the normal horticulture pick up every week. As I said to Richard, it is not really very good mulch. The "exotic" content is pretty high and palm stuff is just mush when they chip it. Most of the other stuff turns to mush pretty quickly too. People want cypress mulch. |
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On 10/22/2017 10:04 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:26:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/22/2017 9:17 AM, 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. Some of those chippers are pretty amazing though. I was watching a crew remove a large tree from a congested, developed area. They use a huge crane to lift the tree in sections after being cut by a nut with a chainsaw, hanging halfway up the tree on a rope. They then cut the limbs off and fed a chipper with long sections up to a foot in diameter. They bogged the diesel engine down a bit but chewed them up. The larger tree trunk sections were hauled away uncut to be processed into firewood or other usages. They are not sure what they are going to do with all of this stuff. Most of this ends up being horrible mulch. There is too much "exotic" content that might actually sprout and grow. There will be enough pine in the mix to make it unattractive as firewood. I suppose the easy answer would just be to make big burn piles but that comes with it's own ecological problems. Up here they would probably make pellets out of it for burning in pellet stoves. |
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On Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:45:55 UTC-3, 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 Yikes...you seem a little light on proper safety gear recommended when operating a chainsaw. |
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:21:36 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
On Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:45:55 UTC-3, 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 Yikes...you seem a little light on proper safety gear recommended when operating a chainsaw. He's probably wearing 'in the ear' earplugs. Hard to see from head-on. |
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 12:26:43 -0400, John H
wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:21:36 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote: On Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:45:55 UTC-3, 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 Yikes...you seem a little light on proper safety gear recommended when operating a chainsaw. He's probably wearing 'in the ear' earplugs. Hard to see from head-on. I have my safety glasses, what else am I supposed to use? This new Husky is not really that loud. Certainly not louder than my riding mower with the blade deck going. |
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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/22/2017 9:17 AM, 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. Some of those chippers are pretty amazing though. I was watching a crew remove a large tree from a congested, developed area. They use a huge crane to lift the tree in sections after being cut by a nut with a chainsaw, hanging halfway up the tree on a rope. They then cut the limbs off and fed a chipper with long sections up to a foot in diameter. They bogged the diesel engine down a bit but chewed them up. The larger tree trunk sections were hauled away uncut to be processed into firewood or other usages. Heck they got chippers that take a whole car. |
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 13:07:35 -0400, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 12:26:43 -0400, John H wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:21:36 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote: On Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:45:55 UTC-3, 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 Yikes...you seem a little light on proper safety gear recommended when operating a chainsaw. He's probably wearing 'in the ear' earplugs. Hard to see from head-on. I have my safety glasses, what else am I supposed to use? This new Husky is not really that loud. Certainly not louder than my riding mower with the blade deck going. Don't know. I didn't make the comment. If your riding mower is loud, with or without the blade deck going, you should be wearing ear protection. Don't argue. I'm the local expert on 'profound hearing loss'! |
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 13:58:34 -0400, John H
wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 13:07:35 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 12:26:43 -0400, John H wrote: On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:21:36 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote: On Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:45:55 UTC-3, 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 Yikes...you seem a little light on proper safety gear recommended when operating a chainsaw. He's probably wearing 'in the ear' earplugs. Hard to see from head-on. I have my safety glasses, what else am I supposed to use? This new Husky is not really that loud. Certainly not louder than my riding mower with the blade deck going. Don't know. I didn't make the comment. If your riding mower is loud, with or without the blade deck going, you should be wearing ear protection. Don't argue. I'm the local expert on 'profound hearing loss'! I don't know about that. I worked in computer rooms for 30 years. You may be right tho. |
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