Falling pics 11/25/09

[tramp bushler]

53 under @ 9:30 this morning. Course the government controlled temp are as much warmer. It would be hard to get all the enslaveing laws past if they couldn't scare everyone with it being all hot. I don't think the polar ice caps will melt with these temps.

 

[Samlock]

Well, the extremely cold temp readings vary a lot depending on the specific circumstances of the measuring spot. My thermometer gives usually approx 5 C's warmer readings than the official. Anyway, either it is -40 or -50, one can say that's bloody cold. I watched a video somebody put on youtube in Siberia. A guy threw a pot of boiling water from 4-5 stairs balcony, and the water froze before hitting the ground.

 

[Metals406]

Y'all can have the arctic winter this year.

We have yet to break anything under 10° at night so far, and that's fine by me.

Hell, at 10°'s. . . I reckon Glen strips to near naked and get's his sun bathing chair out!

 

[Hddnis]

Yeah, pretty mild here. Lowest at the house last week was something like 19° and normally we've seen about 20 lower than that by this time.

Only trouble is all this hanging around in the mid 20's to mid 30's makes it hard to keep the house at an even heat. The woodstove will drive you right out of the house in this mild weather. I start a small fire in the morning, let it burn hot-n-quick, then another in the evening. Max inside temp hits 74° and it never drops below 68° So far this year I've only burned about 1/3 of a cord between the house, the cabin and the shop.




Mr. HE

 

[Metals406]

Yeah, pretty mild here. Lowest at the house last week was something like 19° and normally we've seen about 20 lower than that by this time.

Only trouble is all this hanging around in the mid 20's to mid 30's makes it hard to keep the house at an even heat. The woodstove will drive you right out of the house in this mild weather. I start a small fire in the morning, let it burn hot-n-quick, then another in the evening. Max inside temp hits 74° and it never drops below 68° So far this year I've only burned about 1/3 of a cord between the house, the cabin and the shop.




Mr. HE

No truer words there! Although, mamma likes it about as hot as Satan's taint in here -- so she doesn't mind.

 

[Virginialogging]

Poplar

Pine and Pop

 

[Virginialogging]

Felling a Poplar. My son and I work together, we're the extent of our crew. He took some pics one day.

He's got a few inches of height on me.

 

[tramp bushler]

your loggin now!

Robert ; looks good. Are you horse loggin?

 

[Virginialogging]

Robert ; looks good. Are you horse loggin?

I'm afraid not. Did for 12 years but then my son went to work with me and we had to move more timber.
And the ground got steeper and rockier and the skids longer...you get the drift. I lost my old Tuck horse in March of 2009.
Nip is still in the pasture and acts like a young horse lots of days.
I'm glad I got to make a living logging with horses for 10 years by myself and another couple with some help from my sons.
I've an article on my time line on FB, 2009.
Now a days I do the falling and Jordan drives a timberjack.

 

[northmanlogging]

looked at a little danger tree job yesterday, may do it today or sometime soon... anyway steepest ground I've ever fell on, I'll try to get some pictures... might need a spring board

 

[Virginialogging]

looked at a little danger tree job yesterday, may do it today or sometime soon... anyway steepest ground I've ever fell on, I'll try to get some pictures... might need a spring board

we work the steep ground most all the time now it seems. Don't you fellows use that humbolt lead notch?
Makes it easier if your felling down the mountain. I particularly like really steep ground if the skid trail is at the bottom.
Pretty easy to get the tree to de-limb it's on self on the way down to the bottom. But if your skidding it back up
to the top watch out for boulders. My son knocked one lose this fall and said I looked like Indiana Jones running
down the mountain.

Be safe.

 

[H 2 H]

looked at a little danger tree job yesterday, may do it today or sometime soon... anyway steepest ground I've ever fell on, I'll try to get some pictures... might need a spring board

Heck your in my area (North Snohomish County) if you need some pic's taking shot me a pm

 

[northmanlogging]

this jobs is right in the neighbor hood, so taking some pics is more a matter of remembering to walk home and grab the camera...

Going to have to skid the logs up in a the guys back yard... should be fun not smashing his drain field with the skidder...

its just a matter of scheduling, home owner needs to be there and he's home less then me...

 

[northmanlogging]

we work the steep ground most all the time now it seems. Don't you fellows use that humbolt lead notch?
Makes it easier if your felling down the mountain. I particularly like really steep ground if the skid trail is at the bottom.
Pretty easy to get the tree to de-limb it's on self on the way down to the bottom. But if your skidding it back up
to the top watch out for boulders. My son knocked one lose this fall and said I looked like Indiana Jones running
down the mountain.

Be safe.

not to many boulders in these parts, be lucky to find rocks bigger than fist sized, almost all sand.
go a mile any other direction and its hard granite and shale as far as the eye can see, but our little patch is a bit of an anomaly.

Yes most of the PNW fallers/cutters use the Humboldt, Using a conventional face round here is a good way to get laughed off the mountain, Welcome to the forum...

 

[Virginialogging]

Yes most of the PNW fallers/cutters use the Humboldt, Using a conventional face round here is a good way to get laughed off the mountain, Welcome to the forum...

rarely is it used in these parts, I occasionally do but rarely myself. I don't think there is an advantage. Maybe has to do with the
swell butt of hardwoods or something, or just a regional thing?

Thanks for the welcome!

 

[northmanlogging]

We gets lots of swell butts, for one thing. Plus falling on steep hills and laying em quarted up hill it helps prevent the whole tree from chasing you down the mountian (the stump acts as a chock) or if yer cutting in some thick bush and hang one up it will prevent kick back there too. You can also get the stem to sorta jump off the stump by using some other tricks in combination with the Humboldt, not so much with a standard face. An advantage to the standard is you get a lower stump, which means a cleaner looking unit, and happy skidder drivers, most of the work around here is tower/yarder logged so the logs and rigging are in the air for the most part anyway. My own Opinion is that the Humboldt is just more versatile and safer, plus the chunk (piece o pie bit) falls right out if you make the slope cut second...

 

[Virginialogging]

We gets lots of swell butts, for one thing. Plus falling on steep hills and laying em quarted up hill it helps prevent the whole tree from chasing you down the mountian (the stump acts as a chock) or if yer cutting in some thick bush and hang one up it will prevent kick back there too. You can also get the stem to sorta jump off the stump by using some other tricks in combination with the Humboldt, not so much with a standard face. An advantage to the standard is you get a lower stump, which means a cleaner looking unit, and happy skidder drivers, most of the work around here is tower/yarder logged so the logs and rigging are in the air for the most part anyway. My own Opinion is that the Humboldt is just more versatile and safer, plus the chunk (piece o pie bit) falls right out if you make the slope cut second...

Interesting and thanks. we got to have those lose stumps. I get tired of my son fussing about it. None of that rigging in the air round here, though I've seen a few places I'd like to try it. We generally push in skid trails and I guess the boundarys are not big enough except in rare instances to even consider air rigging. My father-in-law once told me that when he and his dad worked the swamps where I was raised they used a high rigging of some sort there and a steam donkey. But I've never seen a picture of how it was done back then. I guess the main thing round here is we're to stingy to cut a high stump unless absolutely positively with out question the only way. Scottish blood I suppose. However, I don't think the humbolt works as well on Oaks or poplars.

the ground where this pic was taken wasn't to steep, this is after she fell in the other pic,

and a couple more at the same site.

some nice pop

this ground had some steep sections,threw this one down to the bottom.

 

[northmanlogging]

the Humboldt vs. Conventional debate is fought over about once a month on here... both sides are right depending on species, skid method, mills, whatever... but it seems to come down to an east coast west coast thing. Makes some interesting discussions though ( i.e. pass the popcorn and get the first aid kit handy)

I've been doing some small jobs with my homemade yarder (the gypo yarder mk II) it works ok on flat ground for clearing 1-5 acres, and horrible on thinning... you just need to get some lift, but skidders are faster, by far on flat land

 

[slowp]

looked at a little danger tree job yesterday, may do it today or sometime soon... anyway steepest ground I've ever fell on, I'll try to get some pictures... might need a spring board

A tutorial. What a nice place for a picanic!

[video=youtube_share;V-SwpDKkHko]http://youtu.be/V-SwpDKkHko[/video]

 

[paccity]

randy will be along shortly.:smile2: