Skeans
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Anyone have anymore ideas of what to do with cedar slabs basically?
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Falling pics 11/25/09
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Fence rails?
There are still a few outfits that buy shake blocks, couldn't tell ya any down yer way though.
There are still a few outfits that buy shake blocks, couldn't tell ya any down yer way though.
Skeans
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Far as I know the shake mills are all gone as far as I know plus that was for old growth, got a few guys buying rounds for rails and fence posts. I'm thinking the city people only being an hour from Portland and about two and a half from Seattle, does anyone still seal them for coffee tables? Or something like that.
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? not sure if their still operating yet. in the longview area you could try the kalama shake mill or the rose vally mill north of town.....
treeslayer2003
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couple years ago i sold some hollow poplar logs for caskets.......go figure lol. they had to be big, i figure it was just a way to get cheaper logs that were good enough.
LOL????C.T.L. cheap caskets hey! no building of such, just roll the customers till they fit the product size! I "wood" be guessing? so was that in 100" or tree length? LOL
Skeans
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Gram Kalama isn't a shake mill it's a fence post mill anymore. Only one around that I know of without some distance, plus they won't take those split ones.
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Forgive the ignorance, what is a sis?
Skeans
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A sizwheel or siswheel
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I need one for the bar in my basement. It's recovered from a local place that closed, I want to replace the worn out laminate top.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Extra cedar can be advertised on CL, FB, etc -- for guys who want to mill it themselves. Lots of band and CS mills out there.
12 yo grandson 'logged' his first 2 trees 'solo' with chain saw (small electric) today. He was pleased with himself.
Determined preferred fall direction with plumb line first, etc. Opened the notch with ax, backcut with electric chain saw.
Trees were near the house also - 'wild' red cedar that had been 'let go' in mom's rose garden. Did take a precaution of roping 'just in case' gs miscalculated on depth of notch.
Determined preferred fall direction with plumb line first, etc. Opened the notch with ax, backcut with electric chain saw.
Trees were near the house also - 'wild' red cedar that had been 'let go' in mom's rose garden. Did take a precaution of roping 'just in case' gs miscalculated on depth of notch.
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My first tree was a magnolia. Didn't have the luxury of family that knew chainsaw technique. I climbed it with a 24" manual bow saw and chunked it down, trimming limbs off the trunk as I came down. Mom had me do it when Dad was TDY. He wasn't happy when he got back. Lol
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Well when I finally got my act together to make some videos of course my number 1 saw had to have the coil quit on me after a few tanks. So in all of these videos I'm running the back up saw. The handle bar is tweeked pretty bad from having a tree roll over on it and that threw my game off some (kept missing the inside corner of the face which I almost never do). The oiler is not working at all in any of these videos either. Apparantly at 5 below you don't need oil. I ran the saw for 3 hours without filling the tank once. Sometimes the chain would run tight and then it would hang several inches slack. So if it seems like I was being heavy handed with it that was why. This was the last day on this job and despite the saw trouble it turned out to be my best ever with 8mbf cut and skidded that day. I picked up 6 cords of pulp the next morning from this day's cutting. The trees in the videos were about average for the entire job. All soft maple. I did have video of some of the bigger ones, but of course they didn't show well. And oh yeah my knees were fricken killin me! Yeah I know, *****, *****, excuses, excuses. Hopefully these damn videos work! Let me know!
bitzer
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Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Too quick to be an east coast faller. If it wasn't fir that overhand notch, I couldn't tell the difference.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Thanks a lot Bitz. I liked watching you sometimes dutch from the face, and sometimes turn from the back. My noob self would have loved a running commentary on what you were thinking. I involuntarily got into a fetal position and started crying as soon as I saw the subject of the middle video on your second post. I hope Old Bob doesn't watch these, he'll be offended by ur potty mouth
bitzer
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Thank you sir! When i get into the hills you'll see plenty of smiling stumps. I did use a lot of humboldts on the marms in here. Just no need in the swamps when you're buttin off. I do like how trees come off the stumps better with a humboldt.
bitzer
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I like cussin. I don't get to do it at home though. That was the last tree of a long day with that saw. If ya got any questions ask. I was on auto pilot with most of those.
treeslayer2003
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thats good logger falling in good working size timber. i can't like that one vid bro, in light of what happened here last week.
soft maple? they tall and straight.......looked like you gutted one of them.
whats that rig you have your axe in? i kinda like that rig.
now.....what happened to that hooskie there? blowed the muffler right off?
no sound for me as usuall
soft maple? they tall and straight.......looked like you gutted one of them.
whats that rig you have your axe in? i kinda like that rig.
now.....what happened to that hooskie there? blowed the muffler right off?
no sound for me as usuall
