Storm clean up still underway with the Roxor helping out.

[lost1wing]

I have mainly used the Roxor to hold the chainsaws fuel and oil, tools and straps. I have used the winch a few times to direct trees when I drop them. I have been hauling my 18' trailer with the storm debris on it to the burn pile. I had some help as you can see in the photo. The neighbor works for a large timber company. One of their contractors sent a crew over to help clean up his mess. I believe my neighbor lost 50 trees. I lost over 40 trees. They were kind enough to fell a few on my side of the property line and haul off the timber.

 

[Bob R1]

I hope that you get things back to normal shortly. This is a good example of why we all should make our Roxor's more useable. Bumpers, D-Shackles, Hooks, Winch's, Pull Strap's, etc. really come in handy when you need to really use your Roxor.

The last "almost" disaster that we had was a Wind Storm. Two big White Oaks went over on each side of the Barn, and neither one hit the Barn. Between three trees they did over $3K in damages to a Pipe Corral, Gates, Fencing, and they killed an Osagian Classic 17' Aluminum Canoe that had only been in the water a hand full of times. That is as close to a disaster as we have come to lately. The trees could have hit the Barn or House depending on which way they went over. We were lucky that we did not have more damage to property. We had other trees blown over on the property but they only required a Track Loader to push them on out of the ground, then cut everything up into fire wood, and push the Root Wads into the woods line out of the pasture.

Keep us posted as you have time.

Bob R

 

[lost1wing]

I spend most of my days cutting, pushing, pulling, lifting and burning. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have the Roxor and the 5555 with the backhoe. A neighbor let me use his quick attach rake for the loader. I have 14 stumps in que for burning when I get the other 30 or so out of the ground, the smoke signals will be seen by the space station.

The Roxor has been a very convenient place for the tools. The winch has proved to be one of the better accessories I have on it.
The Roxor got it's first dent the other day. I asked my wife to get it for me. She backed into a stump. The bumper didn't bend or dent nor did the rear frame member. The EAG bumper flexed enough to contact the rear corner of body.

 

[txroadkill]

EAG bumpers are crap. Made from chinesium. Get you a cecco bumper. I backed my tire carrier into a tree and it bent the tire mount plate which I bent back straight enough to use. And it slightly tweaked the carrier hub but you have to look close and/or operate the carrier to even notice. Buy quality. It’s cheaper in the long run.

 

[Sasquatch]

Still got a pine tree in my pond I’ve got to get out

 

[lost1wing]

We used the Roxor winch to straighten out 5 trees hanging over the power wires. Once we got it standing straight with the winch, we followed through with the chainsaws. Another few seconds on the winch until it was unloaded, and I hit reverse on the Roxor. We dropped 5 trees without breaking anything.

First YouTube upload.

 

[Bob R1]

It sounds like you are making progress.
Looks like the Roxor is working out very well for your clean up work. Situations like this is why I have the Front Hooks, and D Shackles on all four corners, along with HD Bumpers on both ends.
You will probably have a very good handle on exactly how a Roxor should be equipped to take care of situations like this when you are done.

Bob R

 

[lost1wing]

You can't see it to well, but we also had an excavator pushing from the other side. 3 of the trees were at a 70deg angle over the power wires. When you put 40 feet of strap, 40 feet up the tree, you have quite a bit of leverage. I would have more pulling power with my Duramax, but having a tree land on a synthetic rope wasn't a good idea. The Roxor did just fine. 3 more trees in the morning and that will finish along the power lines.