A Day of cuttin' Pine..

[logcutter429]

Nice pics Rob, glad to here the little skidder is working out, i think them knots grow back after they get to the landing.

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Ryan,

You must be talking about the pic that shows the whole tree on the ground I took that before I did any limbing..So no you saw it right,I just did'nt cut any limbs yet thats all.

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

429,

I hear ya there them knots have the tendency to grow back when they hit the landing you got that right,I find more knots and 2" limbs when I get there than after I finish delimbing in the bush.. but hey thats logging for ya always something.The skidder is working out great the one thin I need to do is get the brakes fixed on it asap.

Later Rob.

 

[Ryan Willock]

Na, brakes are for *****'s!!! thats what the decking blade is for!!!

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Thats what I have been using,but it would be nice to have a little stopping power when I need it though..


Rob.

 

[Jumper]

Neat pics. Look like you guys in NH finally got some sunshine too. What did you do with the pine??

 

[Ryan Willock]

He sold the pine and used the $$$ to purchase one of those crappers on wheels from Dennis

 

[Jacob J.]

That's a "bar stool hop-up".

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Jumper in all reality I sell all mine timber to New England Forest Products they are in Greenfield NH great mill to deal with and they give me work when it comes up.This job is not done yet I'll have more pics next week,there are still 25 more Pines and 2 big Oaks to come down this job will net rought 9,500 bdft when all said an down..Yes we finally got some sun but today is another washout


Later Rob.

 

[Ryan Willock]

Whats pine paying up in NH Rob??

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Ryan,

It all depends what grade but I'm getting $250 mbf but it goes as high as $400 mbf for a perfect clear log.

Rob.

 

[Ryan Willock]

Wow, I'm getting $200 MBF down to 8'' for saw logs and $18.25 per ton for pulp

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

See I told you that you should come up this way

Later Rob.

 

[Ryan Willock]

Here in chapel hill there is no white pine and as far as regular pine pulp it goes for $12 per ton

 

[Ed K]

You definitly need brakes, try backing down over a hill to get a hitch, and find you have lost the brakes . A 14" beech helped slow the taylor to get it back in foward gear. The hitch of black birch is still down there .
Ed K

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

I hear ya there Ed,I'm going to try and fix them this weekend hopefully I can get them to work again ..

Rob.

 

[jokers]

Hi Rob, thanks for the pics of your job. Being a man, I am very "visual" so I always enjoy pics, LOL. They should also put to rest some of the speculation that has been going on here. Keep it up.

Russ

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Hello Russ,

Thanks I thought everyone might enjoy some pictures I have taken over the past week,I'll have more soon hopefully I'll have to get some when they come to haul the logs to the mill and stuff..I was hoping it would put a end to some of the speculation.

Rob

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Here are some shots of Evergreen Trucking loading logs on Wednesday morning

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

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