Falling pics 11/25/09

[Metals406]

I got to tip some timber last week.

I chose to use the 066 I built for the guy. . . It was waaaaay more saw than needed -- and I was pretty damn sore by the end!

You can tell when you aren't used to tossing a 066 around all day fer sure. I'm hoping to go back again this week -- I love falling trees.

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[bitzer]

Those are some fine loads bitzer! I hope you start buying timber like that and sending the kids to camp and ####. Could be 5500' or more on each of those.

Thanks Hammer! Yeah its always in the back of my head, "man I wish I was buying instead of contracting." I'm the lead guy cutting now for my mill and I'd hate to give up that spot on the steady work train, ya know? I don't know. I could be makin a hell of a lot more on my own I'm sure, but keeping wood in front of me everyday could be tricky. The forester has been buying a lot of sales within 50 miles of my house to keep my costs down and hes got work lined up right now for at least a year for me. He is always looking too. There is a 450bf/tree average job comin down the pipe at some point which I'm pretty excited about. Anyway, the truck and pup had 5400bf and some change and the flat bed had 4700 or so. The flatbed is only rated for 80k. Its nice when they run two a day for me like that. You as tired as I am with the young'ns in toe?

 

[bitzer]

Paccity- Thanks for sharing! Thats pretty much it. In the #### everyday. The trees may look different, but all in all timber falling is basically the same no matter where its at.

Metals- It always feels good to get in the woods, huh? I'm thinking about tomorrow's lay out right now. I can't wait for sun up!

 

[KiwiBro]

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Wow. I thought 1:40 was a hairy moment until 2:50 rolled along.

 

[OlympicYJ]

Thanks Hammer! Yeah its always in the back of my head, "man I wish I was buying instead of contracting." I'm the lead guy cutting now for my mill and I'd hate to give up that spot on the steady work train, ya know? I don't know. I could be makin a hell of a lot more on my own I'm sure, but keeping wood in front of me everyday could be tricky. The forester has been buying a lot of sales within 50 miles of my house to keep my costs down and hes got work lined up right now for at least a year for me. He is always looking too. There is a 450bf/tree average job comin down the pipe at some point which I'm pretty excited about. Anyway, the truck and pup had 5400bf and some change and the flat bed had 4700 or so. The flatbed is only rated for 80k. Its nice when they run two a day for me like that. You as tired as I am with the young'ns in toe?

Hard to beat steady work!

Hey pac think you could make the vid visible? Says it's been removed or unavailable because of privacy settings.

 

[Metals406]

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I can't see this either Fraze -- not sure why?

 

[Metals406]

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Metals- It always feels good to get in the woods, huh? I'm thinking about tomorrow's lay out right now. I can't wait for sun up!

It does feel good! Not sure if I'll break the 066 in anymore though. :msp_tongue:

I'll probably grab the 046 or something smaller yet (ms200t).

The nice thing about falling fer the processor, is I can cross the lay a little here and there, and it doesn't bother him -- he can pick them off no problem.

I was camping the last few days with the family (last hurrah fer the year), but I need to call Ron and see if I made him some money. He was thinking he'd burn way less diesel if I was scrubbing and falling ahead of him.

 

[paccity]

i can see it.? i'll post it again and see what happens.

 

[pdqdl]

... I told him that if I didn't have the cash in my hand by dark the next day, I would cut every remaining tree on his sprawling 2 acres ...

Then there was the time that I wound up in court over a very similar situation. Turns out that it's illegal to tell someone what you're going to do if they don't do what they said.
I don't care much for "gentlemen".

Andy

Next time just explain to the officer that you simply planned on continuing to work on site until the customer felt you had earned the agreed upon price. It's pretty hard to prosecute someone on "They said/I said" issues. The only thing that really counts is what you tell the officers that come to investigate.

Be sure that you explain to them the illegal threats your customer made against you first. All of a sudden, the cops generally won't want anything to do with the whole mess. Unless, of course, you have the misfortune to be in conflict with somebody politically connected or that the cops like much better than you.

 

[northmanlogging]

I'm a think'n the "police" in Kansas must be a hell of a lot more polite then around here, Here they just haul both parties of and charge em with felony threat, or terrorism. But then again the last two chief pigs have been brought up on charges of fraud or drugs so maybe I'm biased

 

[hammerlogging]

Thanks Hammer! Yeah its always in the back of my head, "man I wish I was buying instead of contracting." I'm the lead guy cutting now for my mill and I'd hate to give up that spot on the steady work train, ya know? I don't know. I could be makin a hell of a lot more on my own I'm sure, but keeping wood in front of me everyday could be tricky. The forester has been buying a lot of sales within 50 miles of my house to keep my costs down and hes got work lined up right now for at least a year for me. He is always looking too. There is a 450bf/tree average job comin down the pipe at some point which I'm pretty excited about. Anyway, the truck and pup had 5400bf and some change and the flat bed had 4700 or so. The flatbed is only rated for 80k. Its nice when they run two a day for me like that. You as tired as I am with the young'ns in toe?

contracting is the way to go with steady work like that. If the volume stays there, and the relationship is good, the other is not worth it, even if you came across something for yourself, send it his way anyhow, just to say thank you! Especially with the little ones, and yes, lots of time taken up by things other than sleeping! Best to you man.

 

[pdqdl]

I'm a think'n the "police" in Kansas must be a hell of a lot more polite then around here, Here they just haul both parties of and charge em with felony threat, or terrorism. But then again the last two chief pigs have been brought up on charges of fraud or drugs so maybe I'm biased

It probably has more to do with job security. Lots of real criminals around here, the cops don't have time to play games with loudmouthed contractors and uppitty homeowners. The prosecution won't even prosecute a real criminal when they catch one, unless it is a slam-dunk conviction.

Cops in KCMO are real crime busters. They are generally some bad boys; "polite" is an insult they might ask you to retract. Honestly, their worst enemies to crime fighting are the prosecutors that keep them from doing their job. The nice cops are out in the small towns, where a big day is busting somebody for "felony threat".

 

[Metals406]

i can see it.? i'll post it again and see what happens.

Fraze, this is what I see:

 

[Gologit]

Same here.

 

[paccity]

don't know ? workin on it.:dunno:

 

[056kid]

Mostly hammer and his apprentice, but I have some in there from the last 7 days.

 

[Metals406]

Mostly hammer and his apprentice, but I have some in there from the last 7 days.

That's some good looking wood!

 

[paccity]

I can't see this either Fraze -- not sure why?

can't figure it out? it's one of miles's vid's from just west of me. kinda cool . i think you have seen it nate.

 

[Metals406]

can't figure it out? it's one of miles's vid's from just west of me. kinda cool . i think you have seen it nate.

Wonder if it'd work if it isn't linked thru FB?

 

[forestryworks]

can't figure it out? it's one of miles's vid's from just west of me. kinda cool . i think you have seen it nate.

IF the video is uploaded onto facebook's servers through their video uploader, it usually doesn't show up outside of facebook. Or the video is set to "friends only".

I sure don't miss that damn website