Gridlock In The Woods (Lowboy delivereth and taketh away)

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I had to go out this morning to defend my marking of corridors. A cutter thought I had missed one, I hadn't but I thank him for the aerobic workout. And he was pleasant and apologized profusely.

It never fails, when you are in a hurry, something happens. I got caught in between a buncher and a log truck.
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I thought about taking the tippy, four wheel drive detour but feared that the yarder they were walking in, would have the exit from that blocked. And they did.
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They had worked a bit of traffic control to get the lowboy past the yarder and heading back to a place where the buncher could be loaded. I was stuck so I took pictures and munched on cherries. I must say, these guys loaded up the buncher with no yelling, the cussing was quiet so I didn't hear any if there was any to be heard, and quickly. The guy with the hardhat on is the returning from last year hooktender. I'll go and traipse about after him tomorrow. He was pleased to find out we moved the road so no downhill yarding would be happening in that unit.
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I'll see how well the Kuliens do as I run in the first hooktender event of
"The Season".:D
 
Nice pics Slowp. Youve got your own logger show going on here at AS. Not as much drama though. Eating cherries waiting for the carryall wont draw much in the way of ratings.:hmm3grin2orange:
 
Kulien Smurf feet

I'll see how well the Kuliens do as I run in the first hooktender event of
"The Season".:D[/QUOTE]

You know they will perform like champs:clap: You will have those little smurf feet smokin :blob2:as you sail up the mountain! LOL! I figured I better chime in with my other CHI brethren. You still working with them (Columbia)? Who was the Bullbuck?

Cody
 
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We have a timbco like that contracted on our current job- us cutters are only limbing and topping the larger trees, all other are felled and left, whole trees are bunched on the skid trails then processed then skidded, its pretty nice. We're also trying it on some of our more moderate ground cutting a little shelterwood area, not bad as along as they dont turn to much which creates a loittle more disturbance than we like to see. But "ours" has a felling/processing head on it, fabtek. Nice machine, sure does break down a lot- LOTS of little things to break. Its a good expiramnet for us though, to see if we want to adapt one into our shed.
the other cutters call it a "fellerfu**er"
 
There was gridlock of a more serious nature today. I'd just come up from huffing after the hooktender's pimp ( I'm guessing though, that the whole crew may be hooktenders who they kept on) and after watching what we joked about being a faller's attempt to stimulate the auto industry (he didn't)
heard that the lowboy, which was bringing up another loader, broke down on a switchback and there was no way to get by. A discussion of being stuck up there all night started.

I mentioned that I had a box of vegetarian MRE's but then admitted to knowing The Old Road Over The Top. There were 2 of us who knew the way. The rigging crew continued to rig up the yarder and I went off to do a bit of brush cutting on a curve.

A fact finder was sent down to find out the story. And, it proved to be partly false. Yes the lowboy was broke down in the middle of the road BUT pickups could squeeze by. Happy day. The Old Road Over The Top is a rough trip.

The Kuliens work well. I didn't fall too far behind the 20 something year old guy! I'm sure he would have heard me if I blew my whistle. :)
 
The last pair of Culiens I saw ,the guy paid over 600 bucks to have built ., but that was 18 years ago ........
. I wear Vibergs ... 105Ts ...... Man are they nice ... So much better boot than anything I have ever wore , and I used to wear Whites ,. Custom built High Lines and Buffalo Fly Weights .....The Buffalos wear the next best to the Vibergs . I got 14 months of 6 days a week on one pair , and 16 Months on another pair of 6 days a week . They had the Neolight ,nylon soles and as I use #2 redwood screw ins I never had a nut pull out ... Havn,t on the Vibergs either ... The Vibergs are also the most comfortable boot when wearing spurs ... I don,t hardly even feel the spur sturrip , let alone have to hang from my belt to get my feet to stop killing me .. and right now this fat boy weighs 250 lbs .......... MUSCLE , GUTS , AND SPEED !!!:dizzy: Too much food ,and sleeping on the bus in Prudhoe Bay @ 50 below with 20 plus knot winds ........ I,ve lost 25 lbs in 2 months tho so I,ll get back down to running weight ...
 
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Those new style Low Boys are sure nice , so easy to load and unload ... Lot of rubber on that one just for moving a buncher .....
. What kind of yarder is that .. .. Most towers to me are 009 Madills , or Madill or Cypress/American Swing/grapple yarders ...... Hammer . One outfit I worked at , I taught my dog to piss on the processor head :), guess what on the bunchers base plate ........:chainsaw:
 
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The last pair of Culiens I saw ,the guy paid over 600 bucks to have built ., but that was 18 years ago ........
. I wear Vibergs ... 105Ts ...... Man are they nice ... So much better boot than anything I have ever wore , and I used to wear Whites ,. Custom built High Lines and Buffalo Fly Weights .....The Buffalos wear the next best to the Vibergs . I got 14 months of 6 days a week on one pair , and 16 Months on another pair of 6 days a week . They had the Neolight ,nylon soles and as I use #2 redwood screw ins I never had a nut pull out ... Havn,t on the Vibergs either ... The Vibergs are also the most comfortable boot when wearing spurs ... I don,t hardly even feel the spur sturrip , let alone have to hang from my belt to get my feet to stop killing me .. and right now this fat boy weighs 250 lbs .......... MUSCLE , GUTS , AND SPEED !!!:dizzy: Too much food ,and sleeping on the bus in Prudhoe Bay @ 50 below with 20 plus knot winds ........ I,ve lost 25 lbs in 2 months tho so I,ll get back down to running weight ...
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Nice boots huh? I have them as well. Great boots. even climbed with them. You have to take out the two caulks closest to the heel for the spurs to fit.
 
Yes I did , then I put them back in for just falling or thinning ...... Mine are 4 years old , I havve about 20 months in them . Can,t wear them when it,s cold .... The Water Buffalo leather is different than cow hide leather , and the stitch down const. eliminates my wearing thru where the upper and vamp is sewn on .. I also use the Lace to toe and the 45s for Laboring . I,m in the 942 . . I need to send the Lace to Toes in as they are about wore down , Hae a complete rebuild done on them ., But I will say , tho I hate steel toes . Those Lace to toes saved my foot . Because they are Canadian made and they are steel toed .they also have the puncture proof stainless steel plates in the sole ... I had a jumpin jack get away from me when I got over into some rocks too big to be trying to bed a pipe with , and the jumpin jack impacted with the full force of a Dyna Pack 2000 on my left big toe . It hit so hard that it sheared about an inch and a half 90* cut in the leather ... My foot was on a rock when it hit me , I could feel the impact but No injury , or even pain or dis comfort ..... And I can shatter rocks with those things ...
.. The Lace to toes arn,t Asiatic Water Buffalo , but the 105s and 45s are .
. . The next evening I scrubbed out the steel toe and the leather on that boot with water and Gorilla Glued the flap back in place , You can,t even see where it hit me .. Gorilla glue is pretty good stuff also ...
 

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