Logging pride

hammerlogging · Jul 17, 2011

paccity said:
heck , they could even use this old thing. it still works. just needs new cable and tlc.View attachment 190985 View attachment 190986

Thats actually right in the ballpark for old Appalachia, if you have about a 40-50' tower and 1200' of skyline and 1000' of mainline you'll have all you need. One problem here is you pretty well have to figure on a swing, unless you're lucky, cause there ain't enough mbf's/acre or acres at 900' avg. yarding max to justify yarding AND roadbuilding. Of course once you get into haywire and a haulback , or a slackpuller, you're really pushing the limits on what's even been heard of.

I, by the way, am on a yarder unit now, and the last outfit I was with ran 1-2 yarders as needed. Trust me though, this is very rare, but there in lies, well,

As for the video, I'm rather competitive by nature.

I am an east coaster, and I hate conventional logging. But, its part of the deal.

hammerlogging · Jul 17, 2011

Cedarkerf said:
This one will make some east coasters and sfety police pee their pants. Obstacle pole bucking and yes it is relavent to PNW logging if ya dont get why then ya must be an eastern flat lander.

Oh, I'm not a flatlander.

paccity · Jul 17, 2011

it's all good hammer. you gota do what you gota do. as long as the wood is getin out thats all that matters .

Cedarkerf · Jul 18, 2011

hammerlogging said:
Oh, I'm not a flatlander.

I know your not .just last time i posted a pic like that bunch said there was no point relevent to logging. Weve seen what you do and youd be just fine out here

Gologit · Jul 18, 2011

jay_d said:
wait i told a lie.....I will be turning around in circles all day on one of these

With the air conditioner on, no doubt. :cheers:

jay_d · Jul 18, 2011

Gologit said:
With the air conditioner on, no doubt.

it was 97 today with a heat index of 115. But it was a comfy 67 degrees in the tigercat.

now if i could just find a way to get out of trimming trucks off

hammerlogging · Jul 18, 2011

jay_d said:
it was 97 today with a heat index of 115. But it was a comfy 67 degrees in the tigercat.

now if i could just find a way to get out of trimming trucks off

New rule just now in effect- truckers have to trim their own trucks. sorry. company policy.

LoggingEngineer · Jul 30, 2011

I like jay_d's little quote at the bottom.....you easterners may move more volume.....but the PNW supports the business for any company that is bi-coastal. Quality saw timber is worth a lot more than cornlike pulpwood.....up here we burn pulp for warming fires and biomass!

Cedarkerf · Jul 31, 2011

Roma said:
Link: http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/177501.htm

Great pics

slowp · Jul 31, 2011

Coming Soon To A Neighborhood Near Here...

Morton Loggers' Jubilee

T_F_E · Jul 31, 2011

Roma said:
Link: http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/177501.htm

Was going to head over there but I was busy buildin road

Gologit · Jul 31, 2011

slowp said:
Coming Soon To A Neighborhood Near Here...

Morton Loggers' Jubilee

I clicked the link for the Logging Show and nothing came up. The link for the lawnmower races works, though. There's a statement there somewhere.

rodeo · Jul 31, 2011

I had an aunt that lived in Morton when I was a kid so every summer my brother and I would head out there. Spent the days crawling around in the elephant ears looking for slugs and swimming in the "Shell Hole" which was a swimming hole just outside of town. The Loggers Jubilee was THE event and I'd love to get back there to see how its changed...and how it hasn't. I'm planning to head out to Redmond to see my grandma here in a few weeks. If the dates line up, I'm all in.

slowp · Jul 31, 2011

Gologit said:
I clicked the link for the Logging Show and nothing came up. The link for the lawnmower races works, though. There's a statement there somewhere.

Works for me. I go to the lawnmower races and maybe the parade. I don't like to fry in the sun for the main event.

Maybe there'll be more log trucks in the parade this year.

Rodeo, you might be disappointed. The parade is nothing like it used to be. Very few log trucks, I heard there was one in it last year, and no big yarders being maneuvered down the street. Lots of motorcycle people come to it...too many (my snooty comment). The lawnmower races have local folks in them, along with not so local folks and they are fun to watch. They last about 3 hours.

paccity · Jul 31, 2011

View attachment 192591 View attachment 192592 View attachment 192593did some spottin for our d-8 with trackarch in the steamup parade to day, thats my little man ridein shotgun , he had a blast.