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Leaving for our first job Aaron pulling out of the driveway to go to our first official job as Landon Tree and Stump Removal Services. But the engine did not even get warm before he reached the first job... first house at the end of the culasac
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There it is Jerry, stares at the object of our first job as if wondering... "which end do we start on?"
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Let's start with this one Aaron is quick to get started as if he has been doing this for some time. Maybe he has just been thinking about it for so long that he just seems to know just what to do.
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First cut At least he seems to know exactly what to do and sets to work putting wood on the ground.
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Half done Aaron stops to admire his work as the rest of us struggle to clear the landing area around the tree.
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Little Chipper This is a chance to try out our little DR CHIPPER since we do not have all that much brush to chip.
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Rick n chips Rick working the DR CHIPPER
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The Worksite This picture is taken from our house. As you can see we are not too far away. This is good so we do not have too far to go when we discover tools that are not in the truck!
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Last Pole When all the limbs are down only the main pole is left.
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Cutting to length Now all we need to do is clean up the mess, even Aaron helps with that.
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Almost done |
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Stump Removal We have a problem with the stump grinder and had to come back about 2 weeks later to remove the stump.
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Large Stump It is a large elm stump that is alive and very hard wood.
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Chip Catcher First we erect a screen around three sides of the stump to catch the chips ejected by the spinning grinding wheel.
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Three Panels For this stump we are using only three panels. We could use up to six panels for large stumps.
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Tarp on Top A tarp over the top to prevent the wheel from throwing chips up in the air.
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Bring in the grinder The grinder is held up in the air with the blade down so the operator can see the blade while seated on the Multi-tract
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New Design This grinder is designed by Stonebrooke, the company that sells the Multi-trac. It is a fantastic grinder and has been a real work horse for our company.
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First Cut This is only about a half the cut the grinder is capable of making.
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Couple of minutes of grinding |
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Chips collect at the back Working the stump from the back to the front pervents the grinder from chattering on the stump but also provides a method of clearing the back portion of the screened area to collect wood chips and other debris.
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Finishing the first pass |
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Second pass Landon Tree and Stump Removal Services always grinds a stump to a foot below ground level and then fills it the hole with black dirt and spreeds grass seed on the dirt.
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Checking the progress Aaron digging the loose chips out of the hole to determine where the stump still needs to be ground.
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Completed Debris from the stump averages about 6 to 1
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Clean out the site Once the stump is ground up the debris is removed.
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Several Buckets Full This stump generated 4 buckets of debris.
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Final Site Once the debris is removed the sides of the site are removed so that there is no slope where the stump used to be. Black dirt is then used to fill the remaining hole in the site.
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Lawn Vaccumum One item Landon Tree and Stump Removal Services uses that most other services DO NOT is our lawn vacumm. After every job we use it to remove as much debris as possible and to restore the grass that has been trampled on during the job.
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Notice were the vac was As you can see in this picture where the lawn vac was used to restore grass that was crushed during the stump removal process.
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Vacumming the site |
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Chippper The vac also has a built-in chipper for up to 3.5".
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Add Black Dirt The site is filled with black dirt
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Seed is added |
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Final Site The site as the last person left.
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