Michael Jackson Skidder Dancing in The Precipitation

[slowp]

Logging in a parking lot can be fun. The operator of the skidder is at least 90 years old and still logging. A true PNW character.

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[captainsteep]

nice one slowp kinda looks like the day i had on the ice today

 

[dingeryote]

I just invented Sympathy cussing watching that.LOL!

Though I suspect the old timer was cool as can be the whole time, that sorta thing drives me grumpy just lookin' at it.

Great Vid P!

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[Turkeyslayer]

Looks like some fun! Thanks for the video!!

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Slowp you never dissapoint, the title is usually exactly what the video is like. I laughed when I saw the skidder do that, it looks exactly what a skidder would looklike moon walking.

 

[Gologit]

Wellllll...he got the log. It looks like he wasn't going to give up...tire tread, bull line, and finals be damned.

 

[slowp]

Probably at least 70 years of experience on that machine. He has added an extra step, a piece of wood on a chain to make getting up and down easier.

 

[bullbuck]

it just erks a guy to unhook a choke before the road,i understand the feeling

 

[bitzer]

Don't they make parking lot studs? Ha. That old guy is livin the sweet life! No one does that that long and doesn't love it.

 

[Cletuspsc]

He needs some iron on them tires

 

[Cedarkerf]

:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[joesawer]

Wellllll...he got the log. It looks like he wasn't going to give up...tire tread, bull line, and finals be damned.

Lol he might be 90 with 70 years of experience. But there is one thing I learned in the first week of operating a skidder that he doesn't know yet.
I learned it after I stuck my teeth through my lower lip and my hard hat flew out one door and my glasses the other.
But then again it is very possible that he has forgot more than I have ever known. Maybe the stumps and roots and bigga head rocks will be kind to him.

 

[Greystoke]

Probably at least 70 years of experience on that machine. He has added an extra step, a piece of wood on a chain to make getting up and down easier.

Gotta tip yer hat to that old boy! 90 years old...awesome! Reminds me of old Maynard Johnson, an old boy that Fell Timber with my Dad in Colorado...He was 76, and ran a screaming 266 husky. Took lots of naps to and from work, but he was a character! An old swede with a big chainsaw scar across his face.

 

[redprospector]

Dang it!
The video is just a blank white rectangle on my end. I'll have to check it later, I'd like to see it.

Andy

 

[bullbuck]

haha yeah you would probably like it,the skidder is very similiar to your rig,and the sliding bit i was cracking up because it looked just like me the other day winching those good size chunks out of the park

 

[redprospector]

haha yeah you would probably like it,the skidder is very similiar to your rig,and the sliding bit i was cracking up because it looked just like me the other day winching those good size chunks out of the park

Ok, that means I've gotta figure this out, because our fun in the park was a total fiasco.

Anybody know why I can't view videos on this site? I can everywhere else. Am I being punished or something?

Andy

 

[bullbuck]

Ok, that means I've gotta figure this out, because our fun in the park was a total fiasco.

Anybody know why I can't view videos on this site? I can everywhere else. Am I being punished or something?

Andy

i dunno andy?the video was uploaded via youtube,you should be able to see them if you have watched videos in the past on that computer

 

[Curlycherry1]

Why was he running with the blade down? I knew a swamp logger in NY that had spikes on the bottom of his blade so he could sink those into the ice when winching, but that guy in the video was running his blade pretty low which was not going to help his situation.

And the other poster is right, he needs some bearpaws on those tires.

 

[redprospector]

haha yeah you would probably like it,the skidder is very similiar to your rig,and the sliding bit i was cracking up because it looked just like me the other day winching those good size chunks out of the park

Hahahaha. Ok, I got to watch it on another computer. Yep, looked a lot like what we were doing. I did a little "moon walking" on the 440 pulling blow down from around that repeter tower.
440's are good little skidders, their just a little short in the middle for some stuff.

Andy

 

[bullbuck]

Hahahaha. Ok, I got to watch it on another computer. Yep, looked a lot like what we were doing. I did a little "moon walking" on the 440 pulling blow down from around that repeter tower.
440's are good little skidders, their just a little short in the middle for some stuff.

Andy

yeah i really like it,that 4 foot snow berm on the side of the road provided a great tire chock,a couple of those bigger chunks i felt the front end start to lift,but the winch never waivered,how many feet you got on that spool?that sure was nice