Falling pics 11/25/09

[Twindad]

oh man that'll make ya sick........prolly lost 500 bucks right there.
some times there is nuthin ya can do short of having a climber come top it out. makes me awful mad when it happens.

Yeah, that one hurt. Fortunately, that was the 3rd log and not the butt log. Heavy down hill lean, and a large, spreading crown made up of large diameter limbs-- Like you said, sometimes there's not much you can do.
( at least there's not much I can do)

Mills around here don't usually take the split logs. I guess maybe if they are big enough- or with a specific market like staves.

 

[Plankton]

Been real busy lately, working on a building site. only time I thought about pictures are a few cleanup/remainder trees last week.

Been in real nice pine 120-140 ft tall which is crazy for what I've seen in mass. 70-80 ft of log.

 

[nbouley010]

Last blow down tree clearing out a 2mile long trail to a radio tower.

 

[Metals406]

Is that oak?

 

[nbouley010]

Is that oak?

Yup the whole trail was full of oaks 'bout that size. That was the only one that had the whole root mound still intact though.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Jon, keep in mind what you're doing is more like residential tree work than logging. I've done both, and it's different. When it's just that onee tree, you can't always pick your lay, sometimes the lay picks you. I'm pretty decent wiith wedges, but sometimes they just won't cut it. You're doing fine. One of these days I'll get back down south and we'll drop a few, and hoist a few.

 

[HuskStihl]

Looking forward to it

 

[coltont]

does anyone else fall the wild goodies?

 

[TheJollyLogger]

What you got there?

 

[coltont]

Chicken mushrooms and ginseng

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Nice

 

[coltont]

Started this piece on Monday. Lots of nice white oak and hard maple

 

[treeslayer2003]

View attachment 368710View attachment 368711 does anyone else fall the wild goodies?

yeah, blueberries, strawberries, walnuts...........there is plenty i don't care for like jack in the pulpit [mountain taters]

 

[coltont]

They call those Indian turnip here.

 

[Metals406]

Never heard of Mountain Taters? Now I have to look them up.

 

[treeslayer2003]

Never heard of Mountain Taters? Now I have to look them up.

gotta boil um, they bitter raw

 

[bitzer]

Yup the whole trail was full of oaks 'bout that size. That was the only one that had the whole root mound still intact though.

How come you offset your cuts? They going for sawlogs I hope? Looks like fun! Really. I like a challenge.

 

[bitzer]

Started this piece on Monday. Lots of nice white oak and hard maple

How come you're using such a long bar on a little tree? Seriously though what are those two things on the butt in the first picture? Nice lookin wood, thanks for sharing!

 

[coltont]

It's kinda like an s iron. They keep the log from checking and opening up.

 

[bitzer]

Been real busy lately, working on a building site. only time I thought about pictures are a few cleanup/remainder trees last week.

Been in real nice pine 120-140 ft tall which is crazy for what I've seen in mass. 70-80 ft of logs

Looks like fun Plankton! I'd love to lay into some tall pine. Never get to cut anything decent at the job. They don't grow this far south in the state (naturally anyway). So do you cut for a logging outfit full time?