KYLogger
Professional Tree Assassin
Special or "Special" ??? 
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"special"... for sure...
Just an assumption... but seems like a bunch of the east coast gang get away with a lot dumber **** then we can on the left coast? I know its a bit high minded to think like that but all the stories I here of guys cutting without hats, corks, or a clue seem to come from east of the mississippi...
Just an assumption... but seems like a bunch of the east coast gang get away with a lot dumber **** then we can on the left coast? I know its a bit high minded to think like that but all the stories I here of guys cutting without hats, corks, or a clue seem to come from east of the mississippi...
RandyMac
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We might be "special", but Easters are "different"
treeslayer2003
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KYLogger
Professional Tree Assassin
I had this conversation the other day. I can only speak for my neck of the woods. Timber falling is a profession out West, you are a logger or a timber faller........ I am sure there are many exceptions. Around here a dedicated "timber faller" is a hard thing to find. What it seems to be around here are a "jack of all trades" kinda guy. I fall, skid, buck, load and haul. But then again I am a two man show. Falling here seems to be looked upon very casually, and anything different is scoffed at. You should hear the remarks I get for calks, hard hat and wedges.............. The total lack of professionalism, and application of different techniques around here kills me. Jackstrawing is commonplace......... then you have the hardcore GOL type loggers................totally different. To the extreme.
Remember OLDTIMER? He was different. Very different. I think he was a one man band up in New England somewhere.
He was the one who explained to us how to get machinery under low hanging power lines...you just grab a pole or a stick and push the line up.
I thought Spotted Owl was going to have a stroke over that one.
He was the one who explained to us how to get machinery under low hanging power lines...you just grab a pole or a stick and push the line up.
I thought Spotted Owl was going to have a stroke over that one.
treeslayer2003
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but who do they call when big valueable sticks need cuttin? they don't laff at my bar when i save out a 1000 dollar stick. they just don't care enough to learn.
treeslayer2003
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what ever happened to him?Remember OLDTIMER? He was different. Very different. I think he was a one man band up in New England somewhere.
He was the one who explained to us how to get machinery under low hanging power lines...you just grab a pole or a stick and push the line up.
I thought Spotted Owl was going to have a stroke over that one.
My guess is ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAP!
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
You gotta know what you're poking at...i wouldn't suggest just anyone go touching wires.
KYLogger
Professional Tree Assassin
Yeah, I know............. I got called a couple months ago to fall 10 trees, large chestnut, and white oaks. The "faller" they had in there before me had busted 6 out of the 8 that he had cut. It was a shame to see a 30" plus 16' chestnut oak log laying in pieces. You should have seen it............. And of course I got asked if I knew what I was doing when I threw a humboldt in my first tree. They shut up pretty quick............ lol
treeslayer2003
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pisses me off to no end........oh they know how to cut trees but these are just to big...........bull chit
Spotted Owl
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Remember OLDTIMER? He was different. Very different. I think he was a one man band up in New England somewhere.
He was the one who explained to us how to get machinery under low hanging power lines...you just grab a pole or a stick and push the line up.
I thought Spotted Owl was going to have a stroke over that one.
He keeps that crap up and he's gonna die. My gawd electricity makes a horrific, mean, nasty noise.
Even when you know what you're doing things go wrong, we damned near lost a guy in the last blow here.
There are trades and inside those trades are trades. Logger v. faller case in point. Every faller has logged and moved wood, but not every logger can be a faller. Jack of all trades, doesn't leave time to get "good" at any one aspect. Don't take that wrong, you can be good but not excel at one aspect. Of coarse being a good jack is something in it's own right, how many guys can actually run a 1 or 2 man side and make it go.
Owl
hseII
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We've done it to get a 120 ton under 14.4kv.Remember OLDTIMER? He was different. Very different. I think he was a one man band up in New England somewhere.
He was the one who explained to us how to get machinery under low hanging power lines...you just grab a pole or a stick and push the line up.
I thought Spotted Owl was going to have a stroke over that one.
But we don't talk about that no mo
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
You can put on a pretty good light show
hseII
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It helps to have a lineman supervising, but hey, what does one of them know?
I bet you thought we just did it huh?
Yeah, ok.
treeslayer2003
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bout the only thing i hate is hauling.........skidding is boreing but i guess i'm good at it, as most guys just aggravate the hell out of me.........can't stand to watch um.
KYLogger
Professional Tree Assassin
I HATE having to run skidder or dozer, and I really HATE hauling.......... but you do with what you have. Alot less headaches with a two man show. I am decent at all of it I guess, but I didn't realize how mediocre of a faller I was until the last year or so...... I have really been working on my technique and taking the time to analyze each stump to read the story, and when I screw up to figure out exactly what went wrong.............. and LEARN. I have improved by leaps and bounds, but there is ALWAYS room for improvement!
treeslayer2003
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when we stop learning, we better quit..........i am more criticle of my falling than ever before......but, not much rattles me now. i have alot more tools now.
KYLogger
Professional Tree Assassin
When I screw one up, I go to friggin pieces............ I hold myself to a very high standard. I just have to accept that sometimes all the skill in the world cannot overcome the laws of physics................... I had two this week that fell 90 degrees off of intended direction of fall. Two in one week! I haven't had two in the last 2 years! Really tore me up....
