Falling pics 11/25/09

[Trx250r180]

wish my lil skid steer had tracks,this 30 foot cedar log was making it wheelie dragging it out ,i built a set of forks for it for moving logs for the chainsaw mill View attachment 293714View attachment 293715

 

[strangersfaces]

Brian,

I noticed the boundary ribbons... Is this your own property you're pulling milling wood from? If so, glad you were able to get the borders marked.

 

[Trx250r180]

Brian,

I noticed the boundary ribbons... Is this your own property you're pulling milling wood from? If so, glad you were able to get the borders marked.

thats actually a rope hot line for my horses in case they wander out back ,my property goes about 100 feet into the trees behind that line ,but it drops down to a creek ,so i don't cut those ,i have 5 acres ,a lot is timber still standing i can use ,i like making stuff with lumber off my own land ,its self rewarding i guess to see something you milled and built out of a tree ,thats a leftover cedar from when i cleared about 6 loads of logs ,they were decked there ,and a self loader backed in ,theres a road about 8 feet below that line on other side ,im still cleaning up logging debris ,have about 2 loads of misc smaller stuff decked to the right of where that skid steer is now ,but they only offered a few hundred a load for pulp so i kept it for firewood

 

[Hddnis]

wish my lil skid steer had tracks,this 30 foot cedar log was making it wheelie dragging it out ,i built a set of forks for it for moving logs for the chainsaw mill View attachment 293714View attachment 293715

Hey, your little machine sure beats trying to drag it by hand, or any other way of moving it using nothing but armstrong tools for that matter. I can't count how many times I've wished I had some sort of machine, any sort of machine, to make my work just a little easier. Trouble is every time I get one I always want a bigger one.




Mr. HE

 

[bitzer]

Ted - nice pics! Looks like fun. It was raining and in the upper 30s on Friday when I cut. My favorite kind of cutting weather.


The tool steel spikes suck and definitely run down faster than the champs. The cermacs never seem to wear.

 

[northmanlogging]

Ok so where are you guys/gurl finding all these different types of calks, all I ever seem to find are champs, while they work for my needs its always good to have choices.

 

[056kid]

Ted - nice pics! Looks like fun. It was raining and in the upper 30s on Friday when I cut. My favorite kind of cutting weather.


The tool steel spikes suck and definitely run down faster than the champs. The cermacs never seem to wear.

I might try some. That red oak and hickory demand a sharp nail or your going down.

 

[RVALUE]

It's a Motorola Tundra, their heavy duty phone designed for military use.

Take care of it. I can't get parts anymore, so, ......

 

[RandyMac]

Don't know if this is going to work.
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=4982322844544

 

[Gologit]

Good video. That ought to be required viewing for anybody wanting to cut a tree.

 

[056kid]

I hear their looking for cutters up there.

 

[rwoods]

Good thing Mr. Hawkins doesn't dilly dally at the stump. By tossing the axe it certainly looked likely he anticipated what was coming. Ron

 

[Gologit]

Good thing Mr. Hawkins doesn't dilly dally at the stump. By tossing the axe it certainly looked likely he anticipated what was coming. Ron

I think you're right. I was wondering why he left the tree so early and didn't saw it up a little more. When all that crap started coming down it sure answered that question. He did a fine job.

He knew what was coming. That's what separates the fallers from the wannabes.

 

[paccity]

I hear their looking for cutters up there.

yes they are. but you have to commit. i can throw down a p # for the willing.

 

[OlympicYJ]

Guy that runs a lil saw shop I've done business with was a cutter out of Rayonier's Res. operations, can't remember the name of the camp for the life of me. Anyways he said you'd be cuttin on a nice big stick and all of a sudden she'd just uproot and let go. Don't let the good healthy look fool ya. Those roots could be rotten, keep ya on yer toes! Vid reminded me of that with those sticks up above comin down. Saw him drop his saw but didn't see an axe tossed.

 

[OlympicYJ]

yes they are. but you have to commit. i can throw down a p # for the willing.

That's for sure! I know a guy that just quit up there in December. Said he was getting tired of the camp life. Mark Carter keeps an add up in Harbor Saw all the time for cutters.

 

[rwoods]

No doubt that he knows what he is doing but even so that is some dangerous stuff. I guess that is part of the appeal to pro and the wanttobe alike. The adrendaline boost alone would be enough to kill me from just attempting to cut a tree of that size in a flat open field on a clear windless day. Ron

 

[rwoods]

... . Saw him drop his saw but didn't see an axe tossed.

At the 25 sec mark, just before he reaches for a wedge. Ron

 

[paccity]

just had a set triples with a four speed sent up there.

almost kept them myself but there worth more to them

 

[Gologit]

No doubt that he knows what he is doing but even so that is some dangerous stuff. I guess that is part of the appeal to pro and the wanttobe alike. The adrendaline boost alone would be enough to kill me from just attempting to cut a tree of that size in a flat open field on a clear windless day. Ron

Hmmm...not part of the appeal, just part of the job. I don't think I'd want a guy on the saw who was attracted by the danger. Those kind of people worry me.