Falling pics 11/25/09

[056kid]

73'' . .

 

[Gologit]

I prefer taking a wedge block out , just enough for the jack to fit in fully and backing it up with wedges on each side .. Blow a seal on a hyd. jack and stuff can get real ugly real fast !!!!!!!!!! if you have a couple wedges in and up tight it helps keep the blood pressure between the ears and adrenalin within reasonable zones ... . The max red line on a Silvey is a scary place to be ..!!

Well said.

 

[skyhi]

Charlie

I knew Charlie well for about 10yrs, he was good man who loved to make people laugh, he was hard working, ethical and proffessioal he will be missed by everyone who knew him

 

[mdavlee]

73'' . .

Ya'll are finding all kinds of big wood over in them hollers.

 

[coastalfaller]

I knew Charlie well for about 10yrs, he was good man who loved to make people laugh, he was hard working, ethical and proffessioal he will be missed by everyone who knew him

Absolutely.

 

[bitzer]

Man, theres some big wood over there huh Ted? Good pics!




Hey Tramp,

I'll take the steep and ugly stuff you're offering. Thats were all the fun is!

 

[Burvol]

Ted there ain't no timber left out there like that!!! LOL Hell yes brother! Good to see you at it, having some juice wood!

 

[RandyMac]

Yep, always good to see fresh stumps.

Burv, how is the lad today?

 

[tramp bushler]

I knew Charlie well for about 10yrs, he was good man who loved to make people laugh, he was hard working, ethical and proffessioal he will be missed by everyone who knew him

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. I was up north and off line for a while , Who was Charlie ? and what happened ?

 

[tramp bushler]

Man, theres some big wood over there huh Ted? Good pics!.




Hey Tramp,

I'll take the steep and ugly stuff you're offering. Thats were all the fun is!

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.Ya , get u started buckin for a little bit , show ya some of the hundred things that will get you ... If I could get rid of 65 lbs or chub chub that I,m packin around with every step I would be fine . My knees and ankles still work ok . Bein married and having steady food makes that kinda tough ....
. Sure does make the spurs sink into these Silver Poplars a long ways now that the sap is starting to run ..

Looks good 56 . What length bar are u running . I'm kind of unfamilar with looking at big dia . logs in bright sunlight as the Most of mine have been in solid overcast at best . ..
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. Watch out for dem alligators!!

 

[coastalfaller]

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. I was up north and off line for a while , Who was Charlie ? and what happened ?

Charlie was one of my guys who passed away two weeks ago today. There's posts about him earlier in this thread, but he was on his time off from camp, and was helping out a friend with a small job and was fatally hit with the top of a fir snag. One of those genuine guys who simply loved to fall timber. Never had a bad thing to say about anybody, nothing ever bothered him, and he always had a smile on his face. I don't think I ever saw him in a bad mood. He was a talented and skillful professional faller.

 

[tramp bushler]

I'm very very sorry to hear about that ...

 

[Hddnis]

Charlie was one of my guys who passed away two weeks ago today. There's posts about him earlier in this thread, but he was on his time off from camp, and was helping out a friend with a small job and was fatally hit with the top of a fir snag. One of those genuine guys who simply loved to fall timber. Never had a bad thing to say about anybody, nothing ever bothered him, and he always had a smile on his face. I don't think I ever saw him in a bad mood. He was a talented and skillful professional faller.

I've thought a lot about Charlie, and I only know him through what you have said about him here. Sometimes I think guys like him go young because God knows they are too good for us. I don't know that, it makes me feel better to think so anyway; they get their reward sooner.

I'm not trying to start anything by saying this, and I mean it with the greatest respect for all involved. I'm just sharing my thoughts that have helped me cope when I lost friends like that; good salt of the earth type men and women that really made everything around them better just by being who they were. Gosh I miss them!

Darn memories, I'm going to go cut wood till I feel better.



Mr. HE

 

[coastalfaller]

I've thought a lot about Charlie, and I only know him through what you have said about him here. Sometimes I think guys like him go young because God knows they are too good for us. I don't know that, it makes me feel better to think so anyway; they get their reward sooner.

I'm not trying to start anything by saying this, and I mean it with the greatest respect for all involved. I'm just sharing my thoughts that have helped me cope when I lost friends like that; good salt of the earth type men and women that really made everything around them better just by being who they were. Gosh I miss them!

Darn memories, I'm going to go cut wood till I feel better.



Mr. HE

I agree.

 

[GASoline71]

Here are some pics of a bud of mine (Nice Guy Dave) on a Hazard Removal in Snohomish County, WA. Trees were off of a well used hiking trail, and he went in and did the J.O.B. !!!

This pickle was ROTTEN... and BIG. Still 125 feet tall... and that was where it was broke off up top.

Gary

 

[Jacob J.]

Nice guy Dave looks like he knows what he's doing. Good pics Gary!

 

[GASoline71]

Dave is possibly the best faller I know... on the planet. Dude is awesome.

He is the same guy that put the big Dougie between 2 houses for Roger (rbtree). Because they were able to get some serious BF out of the log.

Cool cat too...

Gar

 

[slowp]

He would be one of the group of best fallers. We've got one here. He doesn't do it full time anymore.

That picture reminded me of the big old snags that would get felled during our slashburn excitement. It was scary to watch, and a wonder nobody got hurt or worse.

 

[madhatte]

Hooy! That's a lotta snag there! WAY beyond my modest skills. Two thumbs up!

 

[forestryworks]

He looks like a good guy.

What is he doing in picture #3?