Lets get this party started...

[JODY MESSICK]

I Think I Got It Now

 

[MasterBlaster]

Can you see how much quicker that loads up now, Jody?

 

[MasterBlaster]

It sucks when I'm the only photographer!

 

[Old Monkey]

Why did you need a crane for that one?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hahahaha, I guess you can't see what's there. Why use a crane? Why not use a crane? You gonna slice and dice and hand load those trunks? And the crane takes those big logs for us.
Besides, it ain't my call. I'm the hired gun.

 

[Old Monkey]

Hahahaha, I guess you can't see what's there. Why use a crane? Why not use a crane? You gonna slice and dice and hand load those trunks? And the crane takes those big logs for us.
Besides, it ain't my call. I'm the hired gun.

Before I moved to the land of the smallish trees, we used rigging spars, blocks, bull-lines and a Hobbs drum to take the wood down in big pieces and lower it into the truck. Crane's easier on the climber though. Hired gun huh? How many different services use you in an average month?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hired gun huh? How many different services use you in an average month?

What's that got to do with the price of rice in China? :alien:

 

[Old Monkey]

What's that got to do with the price of rice in China? :alien:

Nothing. Just curious. If I've asked a sensitive question I apologize.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Like I said, I drive up to the job, and they show me the tree.

 

[JODY MESSICK]

Here Is Some Pix From Today (6 Tds)

 

[vharrison2]

nice shots

 

[MasterBlaster]

Well, we can't let this party be getting dull, now!

 

[MasterBlaster]

No ropes were used in the throwing of that top.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Sorry. The forum's software forced me to embed these three pics.

 

[tinman44]

i am new to this so dont think i have a valid argument but why dont you stand to the side of your cut? i thought cutting straight out invited a whiplash affect and sometimes a dentist visit?

 

[MasterBlaster]

For once I dragged the camera topside.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Now for the 2nd one.

 

[Old Monkey]

Good picts Butch! Fun for those who are home sick. You trees look fun down there. I have often taken wood down in 36' to 42' lengths. Most times I got to do trees like that, I had to false crotch the whole way down. How are you at laying those big wood chunks down flat? I augered one in one time, through the street and into the previously unseen culvert, oops.

 

[Gumneck]

Thanks for the pics. Good stuff.

 

[MasterBlaster]

i am new to this so dont think i have a valid argument but why dont you stand to the side of your cut? i thought cutting straight out invited a whiplash affect and sometimes a dentist visit?

What you are referring to is called the Catapult Effect. If you lag in making the final backcut, it will bend the entire spar. That makes for a tad bit of rough riding.

And where I position myself is extremely dynamic.