Just got a job logging....

[TRYON]

well all im doing is limbing and bucking........my boss gave me a 046 with a 32" bar to start out with.......but one day when he was using it he told me to go get the 066 32" also and i fell in love with it......its alittle bit heavier but man you dont have to spend much time on big limbs......we just finished a 50,000 bf job of all alder on my bosses property.......and boy did i have fun......so i just graduated high school (barely) and got graduation money from the relatives and my mom said she would buy me a lap top but i told her i wanted a new saw so i ordered a 660 yesterday and it will be here on thursday........i have pictures of our loggins i might post.....

 

[Cedarkerf]

Where abouts is waldport. I have lots of realative around Roseburg. Guessing if your cutting Alder it must be northwes. Good luck.

 

[TRYON]

Where's waldport

Waldport is by newport.....where free willy the whale was at one time before enviro's shipped him up to greenland or iceland......alder prices are reall high right now so we are trying to get all the alder jobs we can.....i love it no pitch....haha

 

[slowp]

Take care, Alder can be tricky to cut, but you probably already know that.
I lived in your fair city, wow, can it be 4 years ago? Kayaked in the bay a lot.
But, too many people moving to the coast for me. Be careful....:greenchainsaw:

 

[smithie55]

Hey a local

Hi Tryon,
You buying that 660 from Dave at Alsea Bay Power?
I really like dealing with him, they treat you right.
There's not many of us on here from this neck o the woods.
Congrads on your graduation.
Good luck on the logging career, wished I had gotten into logging when I was your age.
You work for the quarry there in Waldport?
Keep in touch.

 

[Sprig]

Welcome and good weather on the new job!
Just a curious Q here, what is the alder being used for? Milled for furniture lumber? I know that wayyyy back (well not that far back, late '70s) there was a pretty decent buck in big alder saw logs but I haven't heard much about it for the last several years. Most of what was coming off the big Island was going to furniture makers on the mainland or being shipped south. I've seen a few very nice pieces of cabinetry work done in alder and it finishes up beautifully, sort of reminds me of red maple or sometimes like white mahogany, but pretty stuff brittle as it may be. Hm, sure burns nice



Serge

 

[GASoline71]

There is still big bucks in Alder saw logs. It's crazy what a load of Alder saw logs is goin' for.

Curious... did you really need an 066 to buck Alder? Whatever you think you need... but that is a lot of saw to be packin' around limbin' and buckin' Alder.

Gary

 

[ericjeeper]

Curious... did you really need an 066 to buck Alder?

Gary

Is that sort of like asking a feller if he really needs a V-8 chainsaw, period?