Humptulips
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I remember a story of an old logger that had rose through the ranks from chokerman to hooktender to camp foreman. His old age was the reverse culminating back where he started setting chokers.
It looks like my career could be on a similar path.
One of the first jobs I had when I was still in school was getting out shake blocks. I have been cutting shingle blocks of late. Shake rat then and shake rat now.
Here's a few pictures.
A cedar slab I rolled out. Hard to say how long it had been buried in the ground. There was a 4 foot spruce stump growing over it on the other end. Didn't get a picture of that.
My yarder!
Old growth shingle blocks. Worth about $800/cord.
Some second growth cedar shingle blocks on the right. Worth about $300/cord.
Hard on chains. Lots of filing. Close to home though. You can see the roof of the house in the first pictures. Next show is about a half mile down the road. God, I hate the long commutes.
The aftermath.
It looks like my career could be on a similar path.
One of the first jobs I had when I was still in school was getting out shake blocks. I have been cutting shingle blocks of late. Shake rat then and shake rat now.
Here's a few pictures.
A cedar slab I rolled out. Hard to say how long it had been buried in the ground. There was a 4 foot spruce stump growing over it on the other end. Didn't get a picture of that.
My yarder!
Old growth shingle blocks. Worth about $800/cord.
Some second growth cedar shingle blocks on the right. Worth about $300/cord.
Hard on chains. Lots of filing. Close to home though. You can see the roof of the house in the first pictures. Next show is about a half mile down the road. God, I hate the long commutes.
The aftermath.
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