chainsaws rule

[MCW]

HaH! you said knob

Whoops. Sorry Randy. I know you can't handle words like that anymore now that you're getting on a bit.

He said "knob end". I don't speak fluent Australian but I'll bet that's worse than just a plain knob.

My son goes to school in Brisbane...I'll have him send me one of those American/Australian dictionaries.

Yep. It's worse. In Australian speak at least Why does your son go to school in Brisbane? Did he get extradited or sumfin?

 

[MustangMike]

Wow, I love to cut wood, but I know when I am way, way over my head.

Fantastic Pics, I love em. You guys are absolutely insane! You must also have one heck of a skillset, or we would not be reading your posts or seeing your pictures.

Thanks for sharing what most of us will never get to see.

Awesome!

 

[hseII]

My First thought was, Damn, I'm glad I wasn't on call if something went down on that 8

 

[RandyMac]

Whoops. Sorry Randy. I know you can't handle words like that anymore now that you're getting on a bit.



Yep. It's worse. In Australian speak at least Why does your son go to school in Brisbane? Did he get extradited or sumfin?

Getting on? Geeze, you couldn't run a chook raffle.

 

[RandyMac]

Logging was good, but it was work, with rules and ****. We also played. My Bro and I used to plow around Southern Humboldt on Saturday, in a beater pick-up, loaded with saws, PBR and heavy revolvers, looking for fun stuff to fall. Ranchers always had some old nasty thing they wanted on the ground. Most were just dumped, some were firewood, call it sport falling if you will, it was a public service to an extent. We had no problem dragging a heavy saw half a mile down a canyon, to fall one DF snag or nasty hardwood. Keep in mind the times and the area, this activity was as normal as spearing spring run salmon.






We played with little saws too.

 

[SCHallenger]

If people think AS is bad try posting a falling video on Youtube with open comments.
It's as if the whole global knob end population comes to life and you are inundated with half wit comments.
Like one guy last week who claims to have been falling for 30 years despite having the attitude of a 16 year old. His lack of knowledge became apparent when he called a Casuarina in my video a softwood. All he had to do was Google the species but he was probably busy Googling Justin Bieber's latest album.
The experienced loggers I've met don't beat their chests and certainly do not have extroverted egos. They don't have to tell the world they're good, the world already knows

By the way, I'm not a logger.

I saw that! You nailed it. That site is full of pseudo-macho knotheads.

 

[stihl sawing]

I saw that! You nailed it. That site is full of pseudo-macho knotheads.

Any larger site is like that, Always someone that knows it all and don't even practice on what they think they know. Watching a youtube vid does not make you an expert. but some thinks it does. Such is life.

 

[MCW]

Getting on? Geeze, you couldn't run a chook raffle.

No need to get nasty Randy

 

[jdhacker]

Wow some great pics, thanks a million I would work a week or two with you guys for free. Just for the experience, I hate that you tried to do a cool thing, sharing a piece of your life, and the dumb people ran in. My dad always told me to keep my mouth shut and my ears open, if I didn't he made me, didn't take to many times to learn fast that way. I see other people didn't learn that way.

 

[2dogs]

Like Randy I use to cruise the canyons around here looking for trees to cut. I usually went out with my trusty turkey by my side. She helped me gauge the lean and guarded the beer. This is her after a long day.


We made lots of stumps but here is a favorite of mine. It isn't perfect, though nearly so, but it was still fair size.


Here is me taking a break. Being on an inmate crew really taught me lots of skills I didn't know I needed. They learned me how to sharpen chain really good.


OK, I'll stop bragging. But I gotsta show this pic and tell you about a technique I invented. On rotten trees make your gunning cut deep enough to sit down on the bar and pinch it tight. That way it's easy to tell which direction the tree is going to kinda fall. The just notch it below the first cut and put in a slopping back cut. It is a little bit hard on that first saw.

 

[RandyMac]

LMAO!!

 

[Gologit]

 

[OnTheRoad]

Some crazy pics posted by Randy in this thread. Forgive my ignorance, but why are they logging ancient Redwoods? I honestly thought that practice stopped decades ago. I have no problem with logging in general but I don't understand why somebody would take down a tree that's thousands of years old for lumber.

 

[2dogs]

Cause...uh never mind.

 

[Gologit]

Some crazy pics posted by Randy in this thread. Forgive my ignorance, but why are they logging ancient Redwoods? I honestly thought that practice stopped decades ago. I have no problem with logging in general but I don't understand why somebody would take down a tree that's thousands of years old for lumber.

I think I'll go make a cup of coffee.

 

[2dogs]

Better ad a shot. Or three.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Better ad a shot. Or three.

Bailey's is good in coffee


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[Nuzzy]

 

[RandyMac]

Some crazy pics posted by Randy in this thread. Forgive my ignorance, but why are they logging ancient Redwoods? I honestly thought that practice stopped decades ago. I have no problem with logging in general but I don't understand why somebody would take down a tree that's thousands of years old for lumber.

In this area there were only two kinds of industry, lumber and fishing, we did what we could to support our families and build up our towns. The last large scale OG Redwood logging ended in the 1990s, pretty much the close of the of OG Redwood lumber era, which started in the 1860s. Of the 6% remaining, 1% of in private hands, that is still a s hitload of timber, come see for yourself.

 

[Nate66n1]

Randy it's good to see someone took pictures back then and thanks for sharing em