BOBCAT E50 EXCAVATOR & CHAINSAW **Clearing Trees~Hurricane Damage**

We had a Hurricane here in Nova Scotia back in 2022. Fiona was the most intense tropical or post-tropical cyclone to hit Canada on record. Last Spring, a customer asked if I could go help clean up some fallen trees at a lakefront cottage.Glenn was there with his Stihl Chainsaw and I had my Bobcat E50.
We had a little breakdown, but a quick fuel solenoid replacement for the excavator and we were back in business!
It was a fun job and I really enjoyed working with Glenn!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you,
Howie and Kelly
JimHowDigsDirt
Location: Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: April 2023
Mailing Address:
JimHow Digs Dirt
PO Box 1698
Stellarton, NS, CAN
B0K1S0

[@sinsloth12]

Excellent video, thanks for posting it .

[@Tbird1549]

Sure is a lot of work! Great job! Stay safe and stay healthy!

[@paulbennett9002]

Big help with your excavator being there Jim , and another excellent video..

[@regdeyoung1069]

Awesome work, Bud.

[@bradanderson1627]

Is rocktop a new type of tree? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 looks like you boys had fun anyways that’s always good. Thanks for the look at the storm damage.

[@jackseamon7064]

Without your excavator with the thumb, that looks like it would have been an almost impossible job.
We had an icestorm in 2008 that just destroyed a small pine grove behind my home. Couldn't walk through it. Started on the outskirts and just kept cutting and sorting. I burned brush, limbs, shattered wood for a week in the Spring.
Salvaged some, but everything was split inside from the weight they bore before shattering.
It's enjoyable watching your skill.

[@watchthe1369]

Someone has worked a felling crew for a couple years. it looks like the hurricane also did a good job of thinning down that stand. It looks like it needed it and There are years worth of stovewood seasoning now.

[@watchthe1369]

That is a mess that is going to take years. At least you have things trimmed back to where you have some access. Too bad you didn't have a machine that could handle a full size logging head, it would have gone a lot faster I expect.