[AT] Don't scratch the paint!

[John Hall]

 Slightly OT but we have been working 1-2 days a week for the last month 
clearing trees around the field edges--tired of dodging limbs and risking 
damaging equipment, or worse yet operators. Anyway, I bought an electric 
pole saw a while back and must say it sure is safer and faster than riding 
in a loader bucket with a chainsaw. I know there was great discussion over 
the last year on the list about grounding the generator for this type of 
work. We decide to do it. It only takes about 15 sec to set up the ground. I 
have the ground lead attached to a metal T I use to check how hard the 
fields are before drilling. A couple whacks with a mall and it is in the 
ground. If you use a 100 ft drop cord you can cut 200" of  treeline before 
moving the generator (mine rides in the back of the Mule). Trust me, you'll 
be more than ready  to take a break by the time you need to move the 
generator. Today we  used a hay wagon with the tailgate out so I could reach 
another 3 ft. higher. Also, we had one area where the brush had to be hauled 
away. Dad devised a neat trick to unload the wagon. We ran a chain the 
length of the wagon and hooked one end at the back of the wagon. When we got 
ready to unload we tossed another chain on top and hooked it into the  chain 
underneath the load. The other end was hooked to the tractor and a few 
seconds later had the entire load off on the ground---sure beats having to 
unload that mess by hand! Dad told me he had used this same method for 
loading logs.

John