Falling pics 11/25/09

[bitzer]

Thats just it, walk, walk, walk. Typically I will get a grouping of maybe 5-10 trees and its a puzzle to lay them out the best way. The hills I have cut pretty much lay out for me and depending on the exposure seem to cut out pretty easily. That makes sense, but for some reason it hadn't really dawned on me until now. Dumb. Still it seems like you can do some pretty fun things with gravity and slopes. Eh I better hit the sack. Took way too long sharpening chains tonight and I've got to get up in about 5 hours. I'll dream of steep hills and 2 bushel red oaks.

 

[hammerlogging]

Walk, walk , walk :msp_sad:

precisely!

 

[Greystoke]

Hey Cody....juicy cutting and we need 4 temp cutters ASAP...Great cutting....Would I lie?

Not me pard. Just had my nose roto rootered and my tree jobs are startin to stack up. I left a number on that old stubborn pot lickers message machine anyhow What helicopter outfit is it? You guys were all talkin about gettin hot logged...Columbia used to do that #### all the time. I have literally had hookers chokin the butt of a tree that I was workin up...you just had to learn to make the best of it. Sometimes you could use the rotor wash to help push a tree Biggest thing that used to piss me off is on jobs where they were flyin us in, they would always fly the hookers in first, and you would get to your saw and there would be a hooker right there by it with a bunch of turns set :bang: Sometimes I had fun working with some of those riggin rats.

 

[bitzer]

A few this week-

Tramp- Usually how I lay the trees out depends on the save trees. A lot of times I will find the best hole to put them in and open up that area. Its almost like pockets of clear cut. Like here. There are 2 maples and 3 beech buried in the picture. When its nearly clear cut its easier to pick everything up later too. When I do come in to pick up I'll back up to about the middle of the big maple- perpendicular to it. The landing is off to the right and I always back in the woods to the trees. I will pick up what is directly behind me and whatever else I can reach and bunk it. Then I'll back through the hole and pick up the rest on the left and right of me. There should be enough here to fill up. Sometimes I have to pull ahead and back to move over a little here and there. It seems like the key is too keep moving. If the boom is fully extended, unless its for the last piece its a waste of time. I usually pull together smaller stuff to make a grapple full before I swing it up on the bunk. If its a bigger log I have to swing one at a time. Smaller straight saw timber I can almost bunch up the logs from the whole tree before I swing it onto the bunk. The more bunching before I swing the faster it goes. If the wood was parallel to the main skid trail and I laid it either close enough or left a gap to drive in between I will pull alongside (parallel) and load it that way. If one tree is off by itself I find the easiest hole to dump it in and pound in with the machine to get it later.

These basswoods were all tied together. The one closest to the camera was on the far side of the big stump and leaning 180 away from the lay. The furthest small one was in front of the big stump and leaning pretty hard to the left of the lay. I dutched the crap out of that one. The big one was leaning ahead and to the left so it needed a dutch too. I bored this one becuase it was a flat out sprint situation and I was not going to try chasing the hinge. I was not 100% sure how that one on the far stump was going to act and when it was going to let go. They behaved.

Hit the hole! 10- 8 fters and 2 10s. Several of them were number 1s. The best looking basswood I've seen in a while.

Topped and skidded back. Everything is supposed to stay out of the creek on this one. Godamit I'm a long winded son of a ##### today.

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[tramp bushler]

Looks nice . Thanks for the explanation . You ran a Stihl tday :confused2:
460 or 660 ? Do u use a tape or your saw to measure your logs ?

 

[beelsr]

Todays load wasn't as pretty but it pays the same .

I gotta go hunting another patch of timber tomorrow.

(Hate quoting pics, but) just noticed the shovel on top. Didn't lose it, didja? :msp_unsure:

 

[KiwiBro]

Anyone remember that old show the Beverly hill billies? The theme song started playing in my head when I looked at that picture above. Jed with the wagon all loaded, all sorts tied off to it.

 

[tramp bushler]

Nope .I swung it around and netseled it in between 2 fatties
. Can't loose my coal scoop.

 

[tramp bushler]

Well . Put you in a sub arctic enviornment in the winter . Working alone , off highway on a winter road . Running old iron . Everything I do either takes time , costs money or adds weight . . A shovel + some empty jugs doesn't add a thing . And it makes stupid city people want to pass me and smart drivers to stay out of the way . And it gives me something to do with my strap ends .

No doubt your rollin in $$ but for me a 400$ day is ok . Thats a 400$ load . Just right . The truk is paid for + the loader is too .

 

[tramp bushler]

The back seat is full of arctic gear ,oils ,grease , power saws,, spare tire . Snowshoes . I don't let gas or deisel warm up in the winter . Makes too much water .
And 3 tool boxes.
Ect.ect.ect

 

[KiwiBro]

No doubt your rollin in $$

Far from it. I love seeing trucks like yours on the road and my pick-up has done many miles with all sorts loaded on it. It's great to see how different people configure their loads and get the most out of their trucks. It just reminds me of the start of that aforementioned movie, every time I see or do it. No disrespect intended.

 

[tramp bushler]

I tend to have stuff hangin off the front end too

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[tramp bushler]

 

[beelsr]

Nope .I swung it around and netseled it in between 2 fatties
. Can't loose my coal scoop.

my coal scoop is poly but then, it'd probably crack for you. and at the worst possible time...

 

[tramp bushler]

Nice rigs , Tramp.

. Thanks . The Ford has already killed 2 moose . With previous owners . Why it looks a little rough in the front . The blue filters are great in blowing snow . Cut right threw it . I need to put HID bulbs in them , cut down on power draw .
The Duce needs about a dozen more foreward gears in the tranny and some kind of engine brake .

 

[tramp bushler]

my coal scoop is poly but then, it'd probably crack for you. and at the worst possible time...

The good poly ones that we use on the coast won't w
K up here . They break in the cold . We have this strange kind of snow in the interior . The steel shovel is the best for the things I do .

 

[RandyMac]

As with most things, metal beats plastic.

 

[Metals406]

As with most things, metal beats plastic.

That's a good sig line for you Randy! :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Samlock]

As with most things, metal beats plastic.

I've heard they're fixing broken bones with plastic now, not with metal screws and plates, as they used to.

 

[Sport Faller]

I've heard they're fixing broken bones with plastic now, not with metal screws and plates, as they used to.

I think the kind of plastic you're talking about is just a bit different than the kind they make a #12 grain scoop out of