getting into logging

[Gologit]

Getting back to the original question... find a Game of Logging class and get certified at the highest level you can. You'll get some great training and get to know the local logging companies. Even if you go elsewhere, having the training will show that you're serious about logging.

Dave, we're not bagging on you personally, really we aren't. It's just that anywhere west of the Rockies, and especially on the Left Coast, GOL is considered something of a joke.

A lot of people back East use it and maybe it works for them but out here it's never caught on. Doubt that it ever will.

When you have time do a Search on AS for GOL threads. They're some of the most informative and some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen posted here.

 

[Joe46]

Interesting that this has run out to three pages and we've not seen anything from the OP?:rolleyes2:

 

[slowp]

Axmen, which is even better than GOL, starts up on Sunday. :rolleyes2:

 

[Dave Boyt]

No offense taken. Lot of differences between eastern hardwoods and the western trees. If I cut a humbolt notch in a walnut tree, I be fired on the spot (you fight for every inch in a log you can get)! Whether you agree with the techniques or not, GOL has done a lot for safety in this part of the country, and is required when bidding on state timber tracts. A lot of people seem to think GOL is all about making a bore cut, but it covers a lot of other techniques. The original post was from NJ, so I figured it would apply. There are a lot of independent loggers out here that hit the woods with no protective gear. With no employer and no insurance, it is pretty tough when one winds up in the emergency room, or worse. I never did much care for the name of the program,though. To me logging is anything BUT a game. One thing for sure, loggers & sawmills in the midwest have hit a pretty rough time, too!

 

[Gologit]

Interesting that this has run out to three pages and we've not seen anything from the OP?:rolleyes2:

Maybe he got the message, enrolled himself in a good vocational program somewhere, and will live happily ever after.

 

[4x4American]

my crew had to clean up after a GOL class once...what a mess that was.

 

[Gologit]

my crew had to clean up after a GOL class once...what a mess that was.

Clean up what? Details please.

 

[Dave Boyt]

How's that old Willie Nelson song go? Something like

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be loggers
Don't let 'em drive skidders an' loaders an' such
Make 'em be cowboys and drive pickup trucks...

 

[redprospector]

Dave, we're not bagging on you personally, really we aren't. It's just that anywhere west of the Rockies, and especially on the Left Coast, GOL is considered something of a joke.

A lot of people back East use it and maybe it works for them but out here it's never caught on. Doubt that it ever will.

When you have time do a Search on AS for GOL threads. They're some of the most informative and some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen posted here.

West of the Rockies? West of the Rockies?
So what? The East Coast starts on the Western slopes of the Rocky Mountains now?
Well crap, I guess it's time to shorten the bars again and get me some of that GOL. :msp_rolleyes:

Andy

 

[Gologit]

West of the Rockies? West of the Rockies?
So what? The East Coast starts on the Western slopes of the Rocky Mountains now?
Well crap, I guess it's time to shorten the bars again and get me some of that GOL. :msp_rolleyes:

Andy

OOOPs. Okay, we'll make an exception for you. Just don't start borecutting everything. :msp_rolleyes:

 

[RandyMac]

Maybe he got the message, enrolled himself in a good vocational program somewhere, and will live happily ever after.

You know what the first thing you say to a new college graduate?


Yes, I'll have fries with that.

 

[redprospector]

OOOPs. Okay, we'll make an exception for you. Just don't start borecutting everything. :msp_rolleyes:

 

[northmanlogging]

think I tried bore cutting while falling a tree once, it just felt kinda silly, so I stopped and went back to humboldt cuts

 

[StihlKiwi]

think I tried bore cutting while falling a tree once, it just felt kinda silly, so I stopped and went back to humboldt cuts

Those two cuts aren't really interchangeable..

 

[Dave Boyt]

think I tried bore cutting while falling a tree once, it just felt kinda silly, so I stopped and went back to humboldt cuts

You think you did? You don't know for sure? Takes a while to get it right, and there are a lot of different ways to do it, depending on conditions. Same is probably true of the Humboldt notch. I'd bet a lot of people don't get it quite right the first time or two. Long as the tree goes down and you're still standing...

A friend described watching natives cut an 8' diameter tree in South America. Three of them went at it with chain saws from different sides. When it started to go, they scattered like ants. Labor is cheap, and if someone goes down, there are a half-dozen more waiting to take his place.

 

[OlympicYJ]

You know what the first thing you say to a new college graduate?


Yes, I'll have fries with that.

The day I graduated from 2yr college I had company fire training and then the forester who does all the fire stuff said load up were goin down to Vancouver to pick up the new tender... got back then went to graduation later that night... :msp_tongue:

 

[slowp]

Yup, Velcro is good. Dull, but good.
But drilling holes is just plain fun. Velcro is just, I dunno, so ordinary.

I went into Chehalis and did some shopping. While at Les Schwab, I put the little dog coat on the Kitty Dog so she would keep warm. I ran around town. I got home. The Kitty Dog had been very quiet and had not climbed into the front seat of the pickup since Les Schwab. When I grabbed her to get her out of the pickup, there was the riiiiip noise of velcro unhooking. The velcro on her little coat had also become stuck to the carpet like material on the back of the seat. Ruh Roh. :msp_ohmy: I velcroed a dog today.

 

[Cedarkerf]

I went into Chehalis and did some shopping. While at Les Schwab, I put the little dog coat on the Kitty Dog so she would keep warm. I ran around town. I got home. The Kitty Dog had been very quiet and had not climbed into the front seat of the pickup since Les Schwab. When I grabbed her to get her out of the pickup, there was the riiiiip noise of velcro unhooking. The velcro on her little coat had also become stuck to the carpet like material on the back of the seat. Ruh Roh. :msp_ohmy: I velcroed a dog today.

I havent heard of the kitty dog yet

 

[slowp]

I havent heard of the kitty dog yet

I am dog sitting. I took a picture of the Kitty Dog yesterday and e-mailed it to her people in Hawaii. Here she is. View attachment 265998

She and The Used Dog were following the sun beam across the floor.

She isn't cold worthy, fetches the tennis ball if it doesn't go into the brush, and has learned to respect the claw (of the Grapple Cat). She's a little bit bigger than the Grapple Cat, but not much. She has been going on our usual 3 mile walks with lots of energy left over. She'll go home on Monday.

Her people dogsit The Used Dog.

 

[expertech]

You think you did? You don't know for sure? Takes a while to get it right, and there are a lot of different ways to do it, depending on conditions. Same is probably true of the Humboldt notch. I'd bet a lot of people don't get it quite right the first time or two. Long as the tree goes down and you're still standing...

A friend described watching natives cut an 8' diameter tree in South America. Three of them went at it with chain saws from different sides. When it started to go, they scattered like ants. Labor is cheap, and if someone goes down, there are a half-dozen more waiting to take his place.

It does matter. Humboldts are used to maximize the board footage of the log length above the cut. And if you can't put it on a dime you shouldn't be logging.