Falling pics 11/25/09

[coltont]

going to kill these next week. Have 26 acres of it to kill!

 

[Metals406]

View attachment 372900View attachment 372901View attachment 372902 going to kill these next week. Have 26 acres of it to kill!

We'll, now you by god HAVE to take a video! :0)

 

[coltont]

I'm sure we will take several! I'll get them up on here asap

 

[treeslayer2003]

View attachment 372900View attachment 372901View attachment 372902 going to kill these next week. Have 26 acres of it to kill!

nice Colton! i am jelous lol.

 

[1270d]

that is some mighty fine hardwood!

 

[coltont]

They can never grow in such a place that you can just cut them down.

 

[coltont]

 

[mdavlee]

Big oak falling:

 

[mdavlee]

I put the face in for Keith and he tipped it. Little rusty lining up the face with a 36". I threw the chain on the 395 cleaning the face out. I think it was 40" across it.

 

[coltont]

. That's the only way I know how to put videos up on here. That was from a sale earlier this year. It had to swing to the right pretty hard to not land in the drink.

 

[coltont]

 

[coltont]

. Highly valuable black walnut tree.

 

[bitzer]

Colton, you've got to get those saws hopped up man! You could be cutting so much more per day. I don't know if your daywagin or volume or what, but you're missing out big time. I notice you also cut the same wood twice a lot. Not trying to be a dick I just don't like seeing guys waste their time. Things like looking in the brush for an axe, bar wrench, sharpening chains in the woods all add up pretty quick. Those things don't make money. I'm not directing that all at you, just what I've seen in general over the years on here.

 

[Metals406]

Yeah, & look up more. ;0)

 

[coltont]

If I got paid by production I could agree with all that you say. But I'm hourly. I've cut for this guy for 7 years and its been working alright.

 

[coltont]

There's two of us on this crew . We do everything by hand and do and average if two loads a day. It works for us.

 

[bitzer]

I get it man, as long as the boss is happy. It drives me nuts when I know I could be more effcient. Its very easy to become stagnant in production. A guy who ran the skidder for me for a month said thats its like I'm always trying to beat myself. Like I'm in competition with myself. I have a bar I try to raise every day. Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. I work alone though so I kind of need that to keep a good pace. I typically cut 4-5mbf plus 4-5 cords every morning (bucking in the woods in 4-5 hours). Then I pick it up in the afternoon. Big timber add another thou or so. Sometimes I out cut what I can pick up with the skidder in the same period of time (4-5). At the end of the day as long as a guy is making money and everyone is happy and safe, thats the main thing.

 

[HuskStihl]

I get it man, as long as the boss is happy. It drives me nuts when I know I could be more effcient. Its very easy to become stagnant in production. A guy who ran the skidder for me for a month said thats its like I'm always trying to beat myself. Like I'm in competition with myself. I have a bar I try to raise every day. Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. I work alone though so I kind of need that to keep a good pace. I typically cut 4-5mbf plus 4-5 cords every morning (bucking in the woods in 4-5 hours). Then I pick it up in the afternoon. Big timber add another thou or so. Sometimes I out cut what I can pick up with the skidder in the same period of time (4-5). At the end of the day as long as a guy is making money and everyone is happy and safe, thats the main thing.

If I got paid by production I could agree with all that you say. But I'm hourly. I've cut for this guy for 7 years and its been working alright.

Colton, one thing you gotta understand is that Bitz has something like 9 kids. He starts the day 3mbf behind the 8-ball, and has to catch up from there

Seriously tho, you should check out some of his videos. It doesn't look rushed, but the dude is definitely not ******* around. If Handsome Mike would ever get around to putting a video up, I'd bet it would look similar, just more handsome.

 

[Metals406]

If I got paid by production I could agree with all that you say. But I'm hourly. I've cut for this guy for 7 years and its been working alright.

Does he ever tell you to look up more? [emoji14]

Seriously though, watch yer videos, there's danger up there bro -- ya gotta look up to see it coming!

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[treeslayer2003]

look up...............yes..........i have to do it before i start, i can't while at the stump..........neck to stiff and efed up. i will say it is easier with a wrap and the saw tuned over cutting a higher stump.
don't any body else here have the neck problem?