Falling pics 11/25/09

[mingo]

Nice pics Sam! I'd like to cut on some real slopes sometime. The hills I have worked I can make more fun things happen.

I had a nice tight hickory stump all ready from last week and my old phone took a crap. Ah well. When they start going over slow its either run in there and cut or get the hell out and watch them split.

First stump of the day the other morning. Some light wedging. Everything is getting a snipe lately. It was a productive day.

Red oak leaning hard into hard leaning white oak. Faced the white then back cut and flushed up wedges in the red. Face that up and wedged a little more. Came back to the white and bored the #####. I left a little plug because there was some dead #### hanging about head high out of the white and I had to jump over a couple of logs behind me to bail. Worked out.

Add: that branch perpendicular to the white was the dead ####. Just realized where it ended up.

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Nice looking stump.

 

[Driver625]

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Some pics from today. One of them I had to stack wedges. First time doing that, kept it off the wires anyway. Really had to work on that one. Figured I sit and think a minute. Disclaimer- I'm a truck driver with a chainsaw and that's all. My axe was the victim of a big swing and bad aim, spider monkey on Mountain Dew style. Got a new handle and another axe. Should have a spare anyway. I did wear a hardhat. It's on the ground behind the tree I'm sitting on.

 

[slowp]

Disclaimer- I'm a truck driver with a chainsaw and that's all[/I]. .

According to Hooktender Keith, that makes you a faller.

 

[Rounder]

Hey Madhatte- hickory is a tough one, even this one managed to pull a fiber or two-

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Sam, that hair cut looks a lot like jammer logging in WV did. Does the yearder run on each of those benches? Did you all doze those benches or are they from previous logging?

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All pre-existing road Joe, save for a few excaline trails. Most of the face was originaly cat logged when operators were men (nuts!).

 

[bitzer]

Nice looking stump.

Thanks! Yeah I tell ya that first tree of the day really seems to set the pace for me. If its a ##### then usually the day is. Ya gotta win one once in a while right?

 

[Rounder]

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Getting a few decent ones. Always look nice in the road.

 

[Greenwedge]

According to Hooktender Keith, that makes you a faller.

Funny Slowp. lol

 

[Metals406]

Funny Slowp. lol

Hey ya rascal!!

How bout some pics of your little operation?

 

[Greenwedge]

According to Hooktender Keith, that makes you a faller.

My wife acts like a hooktender for a few days each and every month.

 

[Metals406]

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Getting a few decent ones. Always look nice in the road.

Sam, Pondy's don't count. :yoyo:

 

[Greenwedge]

Hey ya rascal!!

How bout some pics of your little operation?

You got er....just give me a minute.

 

[Gologit]

Sam, Pondy's don't count. :yoyo:

What??!!

 

[Sport Faller]

Funny Slowp. lol

Holy #### on a peach orchard boar, Pat's back

 

[Metals406]

What??!!

Ponderosa Pine. . . They tend to be pretty dern big, bout anywhere you go and find them here. Best load counts I ever got when I was pulling wood was on a Pondy unit.

So they're cheating -- now if'n that woulda been a big ol DF. . . :msp_thumbsup:

 

[slowp]

Did I see yellow paint on that log? :eek2:

 

[plasticweld]

My daughter Cathy works with me once in awhile, yesterday skidding logs she managed to lose to choker chains in the mud and then set the skidder on fire when she forgot to take the parking brake all the way off. I got a panicked phone call asking me what to do when she saw the smoke and flames coming out. Park it next to the creek and put out the fire :msp_mad: I will go back when it dries out and find the two chains with the metal detector, Not often she has brain fade but yesterday seemed to be one of those days. I asked her if I could take her picture with the idea it would be a day to remember and one to share with her brother who often argue over who has more experience. We are cutting some large red oak blow downs from last summer and the help is always welcome, I am working most days by myself so even if I have to put up with a few mistakes it is nice to have someone around

 

[Rounder]

Did I see yellow paint on that log? :eek2:

Orange with blue over top. Cooridor tree.

The rest of them, you just take your axe and chop that pesky orange painted bark off the tree.....:msp_tongue:

Edit: The yellow on the butt is a shot of paint the chaser put over the brand

 

[tramp bushler]

did she get the fire out

Did the skidder live . ???

If I wasn't so cranky and mean my wife might work with me . . But I am and she don't

 

[hammerlogging]

Did the skidder live . ???

If I wasn't so cranky and mean my wife might work with me . . But I am and she don't

Hi tramp, good to hear from you and we know, I atleast like you anyway.
bacon and coffee will be going in a few hours, hopefully tomorrow will turn out to be a real charmer.

 

[Hddnis]

You got er....just give me a minute.

Times up!:hmm3grin2orange:




Mr. HE