LEES WOODC
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Most if not all hydro oil today is biodegradable. No worries.
Discovery channel's "extreme logging"
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I stumbled upon the old trick of throwing the five gallon bucket, one full of something, over the bank. He had quite a ways to pack it out because they'd closed the road. I figured that was good punishment. I am one who will check for that. I haven't figured out a way to see inside the slash piles though. At least they don't change the yarder oil up on the landing and let it spew all over like they used to--that was nasty.
Zodiac45
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No bout a doubt it. I run a year old Deere F/B and every morning she takes oil. The old Chipzilla eats it by the bucket daily.
chevytaHOE5674
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O trust me i know they leak. My point being that isn't something that should be spotlighted on national TV. So now instead of it being just kind of a trade secret its common knowledge to every tree hugging environmentalist out there.
IMO they should have just showed them cleaning it up so that they look environmentally conscious, even if they have never cleaned a spill up in their lives.
forestryworks
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from what i've read online of interviews with the companies in the show... season 2 of Ax Men will be a little more in depth than last season - not just falling and yarding and choker setting, but also showing the process of getting it to the mill and what happens once it's in the mills
The helicopter loggers said the interviews they went through were full of questions like, "Who is the best at ----------?" The loggers were uncomfortable in answering those questions for a tv show. I think that attitude shows good manners--of the loggers.
Tonight Mule Logging episode was okay; some saw action !
Seeing that young man skid and load logs with mules was pretty cool. I know that OSHA doesn't have much bearing in the woods but some of that stuff with the mules looked extrememly dangerous.
Overall an enjoyable episode. But what was with the boss saying he can't ask the employee why he didn't show up for work yesterday because the employee would get upset and stop working????????????????????? :jawdrop:
Seeing that young man skid and load logs with mules was pretty cool. I know that OSHA doesn't have much bearing in the woods but some of that stuff with the mules looked extrememly dangerous.
Overall an enjoyable episode. But what was with the boss saying he can't ask the employee why he didn't show up for work yesterday because the employee would get upset and stop working????????????????????? :jawdrop:
Backwoods
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Heck I need to get me a catapult for my truck then I can through heavy logs over my head, and hope they land on the truck. Then blow it with a par-buckle. The mules are tame compared to the truck.
I caught it about 30 minuts in. When the red oak got stuck in the ash. It "grazed the camera man's sholder" same dumb crap as ax-men..
How did ya'll like them boys notches? thats the way aLOT of folks do it around here.
How did ya'll like them boys notches? thats the way aLOT of folks do it around here.
Ground skidding with horses (and mules) means you best be on your toes. Horses can move fast over ground a man has trouble walking on. You always have to keep up with the horses. Learning how to drive those mules means you are going to take some lumps.
The truck action was nuts! I have never seen anything like that.
The truck action was nuts! I have never seen anything like that.
Zackman1801
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that truck looks like something i might think up, bare minimum just gets the job done, plus im too cheap to do things the right way most of the time.
Although it looked like the chaps they had on were awfully new, possibly they made them wear them so that i looked good for the TV show.
BTW did anyone else think that the way they were cutting the trees down was strange, they left some pretty awful looking stumps in there.
Although it looked like the chaps they had on were awfully new, possibly they made them wear them so that i looked good for the TV show.
BTW did anyone else think that the way they were cutting the trees down was strange, they left some pretty awful looking stumps in there.
The episode was all about the mules. Getting the trees on the ground didn't seem to interest the producers much until the hang up. The stumps were pretty ugly but they got the job done.
stihl 440
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Them guys didn't know WTF they where doing, cuttin'......they are gonna get someone killed doin' that kinda **** in the woods... Who seen the mismatch on the notch? I did. And do you think there where any hinges on those trees? No there wasn't.... The're gonna get hurt.....I've seen it happen, way too many times to not know.....they don't have a F^%kin clue what they're doin'.... Them stumps where horrible...... I could go on but I won't.......:monkey:
chevytaHOE5674
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I really enjoyed watching him cut the hanger out. Standing underneath the hanger cutting the tree with pressure.
My girlfriend can cut a stump that looks better than those.
But it was good to watch.
My girlfriend can cut a stump that looks better than those.
But it was good to watch.
redprospector
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I caught a late night re-run (paid for it this morning).
That catapult loader was hilarious. I work on my old stuff enough without catapulting a 12' log over the bunks to load it.
It was pretty interesting though. I've never done any "mule logging", but I'm pretty sure I could have got my little JD 440 in there.
Andy
That catapult loader was hilarious. I work on my old stuff enough without catapulting a 12' log over the bunks to load it.
It was pretty interesting though. I've never done any "mule logging", but I'm pretty sure I could have got my little JD 440 in there.
Andy
Zackman1801
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i can only imagine how many sets of shocks and leaf springs they go through in a year. It looked like slapping those big oak logs onto the truck was doing some bad stuff. i liked when they showed some shots of logs with cuts going in every direction from where the felled the tree, they bored in on almost every side of the tree on some of them. I also liked when they just handed the new guy the saw and said cut this tree down.
stihl 440
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lol
LOL.......but the thing of it is....that new guy still knows as much about cutting trees as he did BEFORE he even cut the tree.....them guys aren't teaching him anything....that's for sure.... And they also need taught how to file a chain......their chains didn't cut for ****..... Hey....nobody knows it all....but you gotta atleast know something in the woods to stay alive......them guys know nothing about cutting trees.....
LOL.......but the thing of it is....that new guy still knows as much about cutting trees as he did BEFORE he even cut the tree.....them guys aren't teaching him anything....that's for sure.... And they also need taught how to file a chain......their chains didn't cut for ****..... Hey....nobody knows it all....but you gotta atleast know something in the woods to stay alive......them guys know nothing about cutting trees.....
I guess all of yaw expect these boys to be perfect. The only stump I saw that looked bad was the one the greenhorn cut and I know it looked better than a lot of other folks' first cut.
As for the truck, it has got to be paid for and it doubles as a loader! Looks like to me these boys got it figured out. The only payment I can see in their equipment is feed for them asses. Practically no overhead at all! Who in their right mind would worry about shocks on a log truck anyway. Ever heard the saying "that thing rides like a log truck".
As for the truck, it has got to be paid for and it doubles as a loader! Looks like to me these boys got it figured out. The only payment I can see in their equipment is feed for them asses. Practically no overhead at all! Who in their right mind would worry about shocks on a log truck anyway. Ever heard the saying "that thing rides like a log truck".
redprospector
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Shoot, I don't even worry about shock's on my pickup. But I'd be willing to bet that with that "log chunker" them boy's own a welder.
Yep, them boy's gotter figured out. I don't have any payment's either, but I ain't tossing 12' log's through the air to load the truck either. Not that it didn't work, I just found it comical.
Andy
