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  1. australian pete

    holiday?

    hi guys, was it a holiday in the USA on monday ?
  2. australian pete

    at oran park again

    we are grinding more trees at oran park, will be around 3000 cubic metres of mulch. the clearing was done by the civil contractor, around 50 or 60 triaxle loads of logs went to a sawmill and for firewood, we sheared and ground the rest.
  3. australian pete

    loading mulch

    loading mulch on a recently completed job in sydney's west.
  4. australian pete

    now clearing another landmark

    for those of you who rmember the old bass hill drive in, all the bitumen, buildings and screen have been demolished we cleared a few trees, housing will now occupy the site.
  5. australian pete

    off to hospital yesterday

    over the last couple of months my C16 CAT engine in my vermeer horizontal grinder has been using a lot more fuel and has a slight miss under heavy load, it has done 800 hours. still under warranty. called local cat dealer who sent a guy out, hooked up laptop while we loaded timber in grinder...
  6. australian pete

    rayco T275 forestry mower rocking & rolling.

    have finallly made a start on rebuilding the rayco,had the cab off to repair transfer case that drive hydraulic pumps, transfer case was noisy, reason was no oil , dipstick missing and full of dirt, .
  7. australian pete

    building new house

    we moved in to a 1 bedroom house 2 and a half years ago, now building a new house, finished the cut and fill a couple of days ago,drilling pier holes soon. will be good to move out of the shoebox.
  8. australian pete

    clearing at oran park race track

    dropped off the excavator at oran park today, trees have been cleared, we have to shear and grind stumps and branches, logs have been taken..
  9. australian pete

    the driverless crash

    a couple of months ago i was getting my mack painted (normally pulls low loader ) so i was using my MAN (which is usually pulling a tanker.a mate of mine was building a gravel driveway and wanted to borrow my water cart, i arrrived home with an excavator on the float, pulled up and went to start...
  10. australian pete

    old boral quarry, prospect

    did some clearing last week at the old boral quarry, prospect, 60 kilometres west of sydney.it used to be a big hill, they have mined the hill to leave a site level with surrounding land, no hole, it is now being turned in to industrial land, foreman was telling me there are around 90 pieces of...
  11. australian pete

    lightning strike

    we had a huge thunderstorm with heaps of lightning last monday night. this tree is just down the road from home, i was sitting on the front steps watching the lightning when it hit the tree, made me sit up and take notice, a bit scary, glad it did not hit me, i dont think i wouls look too good...
  12. australian pete

    loading mulch

    loading mulch at a recent job
  13. australian pete

    got a new mack magnum

    well new paint , it used to be an ugly truck when it was blue,now i think it looks half allright.
  14. australian pete

    going back to school

    i left school at age 14, i must have really impressed some of my teachers with my intelligence as a quite few of them told me they could not teach me anymore stuff. due to the global financial crisis i thought it may be a good time to go back to school and see if i could learn some more to help...
  15. australian pete

    grass mowing

    the kangaroos keep the grass down at home.
  16. australian pete

    living on the edge.

    if your not living on the edge your taking up too much room
  17. australian pete

    triple grinding waste timber

    this is what i did between new year and christmas, a late rush job to grind waste timber at a local tip, they wanted it fine enough to use as litter/bedding in a chicken shed, ground it 3 times, was nery dusty
  18. australian pete

    need help finding track chains rayco T275

    i have a rayco 2000 year model T275 forestry mower i purchased at auction, it is in rough condition and i am slowly rebuilding, need a set of track chains and sprockets, rayco dealer in australia has quoted me $1750 each for sprockets and $15,000 each side for track chains, ( prices are...
  19. australian pete

    rayco T 275 forestry mower

    i have a rayco 2000 year model T275 forestry mower i purchased at auction, it is in rough condition and i am slowly rebuilding, need a set of track chains and sprockets, rayco dealer in australia has quoted me $1750 each for sprockets and $15,000 each side for track chains, ( prices are...
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