Finally downloaded some pics of work.

[nhlogga]

Where do you live?

With this last "big" snow our trails have been flooded with sleds. I counted over 50 between 5PM and 10:00 PM while grooming.

Farmington. Rt 11. I noticed this afternoon that the trail looked like it was all slush.

 

[Oldtimer]

Yeah, down that far it's all over. Terrible winter for most. Our trails have been pretty good the last month or so. Better than anyone would have thought.

 

[Oldtimer]

Today's logs.

 

[tramp bushler]

Looks good OT . Are they 16s . Pine ? What will they be used for ?

 

[Oldtimer]

Looks good OT . Are they 16s . Pine ? What will they be used for ?

It's a mixed bag. Mostly 12', some 10', some 14', some 16'. The mill prefers 12' and 16'. Only 3-4 each of 10' and 14' to a load is the rule, but I refuse to waste good wood...so I cut a 10 or a 14 if that's what there is.
The mill is Hanckock Lumber, Bethel Maine.

[video=youtube;YDvDosXr_Wc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDvDosXr_Wc[/video]

 

[Samlock]

Nice looking logs, Oldtimer.

The desired lengths are a lot shorter than over here. What about the minimum diameter of a saw log on the small end?

 

[Oldtimer]

Nice looking logs, Oldtimer.

The desired lengths are a lot shorter than over here. What about the minimum diameter of a saw log on the small end?

White Pine is milled into finish lumber here. Sometimes it's sawn as 5/4 or dimensional for furniture..maybe 5% of it. As such, the market has no need for any longer than 16'. It's used as trim or re-sawn into V-groove or tongue and groove or shiplap or clapboards..no structural to speak of.

Minimum small end @ Bethel Maine is 7" I think. Again, it's due to the product being made from it. If it were a stud mill cutting Spruce & fir the minimum would be around 4".

Max diameter on the logs is 52" I think.. I cut stuff that pushes 50" at times.

 

[Samlock]

White Pine is milled into finish lumber here. Sometimes it's sawn as 5/4 or dimensional for furniture..maybe 5% of it. As such, the market has no need for any longer than 16'. It's used as trim or re-sawn into V-groove or tongue and groove or shiplap or clapboards..no structural to speak of.

Minimum small end @ Bethel Maine is 7" I think. Again, it's due to the product being made from it. If it were a stud mill cutting Spruce & fir the minimum would be around 4".

Max diameter on the logs is 52" I think.. I cut stuff that pushes 50" at times.

Those measures would be a wet dream for the land owners in my country... Shorter logs + smaller required diameters = less pulp = more money.

 

[tramp bushler]

Heres a pic from Saturday

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I did this just because I could .

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this was a nice blowdown . If you haven't spent 3 winters in interior Alaska logging with a sno go +sled you may not be able to appreciate heavy equipment as well as I

 

[tramp bushler]

My 2nd faller at the wheel

 

[tramp bushler]

My 2nd faller/ saftey man at the wheel.

 

[tramp bushler]

Net is kinda funky.

 

[Oldtimer]

Good pics. If that were a Chevy, the springs would break ad the frame would crack.

 

[tramp bushler]

Ya that Ford has been the best truck I've ever owned . I should put duals on it and I need some Timbren long bump stops or air bags . Before the winter is over I will have hauled 400 cord of wood on it . Not bad for a truck I only paid 3k$ for . I didn't mean to hijack your thread . Your skidder is way cooler than my loader . But for 2,000$ and 18 cord of wood its doing a real good job .