It's a Pacific Northwest thing... you wouldn't understand!

[GASoline71]

ok Gary,, now I remember, you were asking me all kinds of question about how to mix fuel and what bar oil I was using. good to reconnect. :hmm3grin2orange:

HAHAHAHAHAHA! ;laugh:

Gary

 

[parrisw]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! ;laugh:

Gary

ha ha ha ha LOL, ya I had a good laugh at that one too!!

 

[sawbones]

pictures tell the story 69 years ago and today

this log sits 2 blocks from where 1940 picture was shot.
I started skool 4 blocks from where log now sits in 1960.
other trucks in parade have more chunks of same tree.

ric.

 

[GASoline71]

Keep 'em comin' mang!

Gary

 

[sawbones]

WOW, check out the cool vid Rich Dougan just laid up for us.

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hey jacob, tell us a good ole story about the saw king. hope to get to meet him someday.

 

[sawbones]

took a pic of this medium size snatch block at a freinds saw shop today.

 

[smithie55]

Hey great video to be put on regular TV.
Thanks for sharing Bones

 

[Arrowhead]

WOW, check out the cool vid Rich Dougan just laid up for us.

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hey jacob, tell us a good ole story about the saw king. hope to get to meet him someday.

Great video!

 

[Evan]

holy crud ive had enough to drink tonight.

i guess being 150 soakn wet makes me a light wegiht.

and man theres a lot of cool stuff in this thread, thanks Gary

 

[Cedarkerf]

took a pic of this medium size snatch block at a freinds saw shop today.

Where is that shop located? I always like to stop at saw shops with logging history. One of my favorites is Elbe gas station all kinds of old saws.

Where you at I see the big log is from Snohomish. I used to live on Highbridge road south of 522 bridge,kids went to Cathcart elementary. Keep the great History coming.

Would be fun to meet another member.

 

[sawbones]

Where is that shop located? I always like to stop at saw shops with logging history. One of my favorites is Elbe gas station all kinds of old saws.

Where you at I see the big log is from Snohomish. I used to live on Highbridge road south of 522 bridge,kids went to Cathcart elementary. Keep the great History coming.

Would be fun to meet another member.

sorry, I can not disclose the location of that shop.. :monkey:

I did drive through snohomish today and even though I had seen that log hundreds of times I just realized that it was the one in the picture I just bought 2 weeks ago.

I grew up 1 block off 522, echo lake road. highbridge huh? 3 rivers ?

 

[Jacob J.]

WOW, check out the cool vid Rich Dougan just laid up for us.

hey jacob, tell us a good ole story about the saw king. hope to get to meet him someday.

Weeeeell...

Rich started working on saws in '69, and went pro in '71. He's forgotten more than I'll never know, like which pistons you can use to hop up a Titan 65 and how to turbo vane a crankshaft on a rotary valve engine like a Padilla.

One good story I remember from when I was a kid...

My old man and two other guys were cutting a big job for the Medford Corporation NW of Powers, on the way to Agness. They were all running kart 125s in the big timber, 42" and 60" bars for bucking an 72"s for falling. At that time, the kart cranks still had keyways for the clutch and it was common when running the long bars and .404" chain to twist the clutch off if you pinched your bar hard. Most of the time the key would shear and the keyway would be ruined but sometimes the PTO stub shaft would twist clean off.

Well, one day my dad and his partner both ruined the cranks or something in their saws and they had to pack out. They got into saw-king's shop late and told him they really needed the saws early the following morning. He didn't have any new units in stock so they couldn't buy new saws, and no loaners either. So he stayed up all night putting new cranks, bearings, and electronics in those saws. They were ready at 4:00 a.m. the next day and them old boys picked them up in the drop box. Of course this was in the days of big logging and every company and timber cutter had a drop box in the back of the saw shop. It was common to see 15-20 crummies pass through that parking lot between 3:30 and 5:45 a.m.

 

[slowp]

Was that 12 footer clear? If so, I'd want to chew them out for long butting it.

Another PNW thing--I heard the F word being mentioned during the weather forecast. :jawdrop:

 

[dave k]

Thanks for the video. Had a little chuckle when the voice over was saying " due to enviornmental legislation todays saws are more fuel efficent and lighter" at the same moment Mr Rich D opens up the Husky which clears a heap of smoke out of the pipe ! Im sure any eco nazis had a fit whilst watching the news.

 

[Henry G.]

Yeah was that a 3120 little overkill with a 20" bar dontcha think?:monkey:

 

[sawbones]

Yeah was that a 3120 little overkill with a 20" bar dontcha think?:monkey:

Henry, if thats overkill to you then what do you call a 36" bar hooked to a car engine?:hmm3grin2orange:

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this is just standard equipment round these parts.

 

[GASoline71]

Bill and Natalie... Good people...

I have some pics of my V-8 saw around here somewhere...

Gary

 

[Cedarkerf]

sorry, I can not disclose the location of that shop.. :monkey:

I did drive through snohomish today and even though I had seen that log hundreds of times I just realized that it was the one in the picture I just bought 2 weeks ago.

I grew up 1 block off 522, echo lake road. highbridge huh? 3 rivers ?

I used Fales road to get down to Elliot wich became highbridge then became west snoqualmie valley road then south about 3 miles across the road from the big draft horses.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Bill and Natalie... Good people...

I have some pics of my V-8 saw around here somewhere...

Gary

I have one for ya Gary

 

[parrisw]

I have one for ya Gary

Gary, what might you be looking at in that pic?