lets try this again Job Pics

[sILlogger]

yea pretty much the same thing i do. after to run one enough u pretty well know how much u can put behind one. we don't have to worry about piling the brush.....don't really get any fires here

 

[Buzz 880]

widow makers. a big hemlock fell over on its own from roots burning out, brushed the cedar, and left a mess of branches way up in it. another crew was going to hose in there and we had to assess and fall danger trees before they could go in. here's another cedar i fell that was burned way out. no pictures of me in action though.


thanks Andy. i take a lot of pride in my work. i love being in the bush and falling is definately what i want to do with my life.

Hey Gavin that stihl looks pretty good in your hands where abouts on the island are you working?

 

[redprospector]

Here is a little better pic of my 440-B.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h241/redprospector/WalkerJob005.jpg

A couple of little log decks, before we loaded that canyon with slash piles.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h241/redprospector/WalkerJob002.jpg

And a trip up the main skid trail.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h241/redprospector/WalkerJob020.jpg

Andy

 

[sILlogger]

nice pics....i bet that sob is loud with a straight pipe

 

[redprospector]

Haha. That's what most folks say, and I usually answer: Huh.

Andy

 

[sILlogger]

the 540 A i ran w/ a muffler was loud enough. turbo's sure do quite them things down

 

[gavin]

Hey Gavin that stihl looks pretty good in your hands where abouts on the island are you working?

hahaha i wish it was a husky, but the crew uses stihl. that wasn't on the island. i fight fires all over B.C. this one was in Nelson, B.C., which is in the south east are of the province. pretty decent size fire, i think it was 1300 hectares at the end.

 

[redprospector]

The 440-B's have a little bitty turbo. I've been thinking about upgrading the turbo on my dodge, and trying to fit the stock one on the skidder. I don't know if it would do any more work, but if I could make it work I might have a "hot rod JD".

Andy

 

[sILlogger]

ive been around a few of the 440 that didn't have turbos, some with. i prefer one that has one

 

[redprospector]

Yep, seems like it just wouldn't be a diesel without a turbo of some kind.
Here's a couple of pics of what we had to do with the slash on that job.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h241/redprospector/WalkerJob008.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h241/redprospector/WalkerJob011.jpg

Andy

 

[sILlogger]

i amagine that slash piling is time consuming as h*ll!!!

 

[redprospector]

It's time consuming, but not as bad as you'd think.
That job was 60 acres. I just finished a 6 acre job where the land owner wanted the slash chipped, and hauled off (that cost him ). The 6 acre job took about as long as the 60 acres, but I was working by my self on the 6 acres.

Andy