My Little Loggin outfit

[tramp bushler]

The problem with the mountain maxs and other monster sleds ,They don,t hook up until they rev way up , most of the time all that is needed is , just enough power . Hard to say what just enough is ... But sleds like the Ski Doo SUV156"x 24" wide track , the Arctic Cat Bear Cat . The Polaris Wide Track,LongTrack and the Yamaha Viking are all top loggin sleds .......Reverse is almost a must , and low gear is REAL nice ..... But I ain,t spending 10 thousand dollars on a sno go .... So I make do with my used sled and am very thank ful for it ..... When I got here to the interior about a year and a half ago , Lots of people said , Nope , can,t make it cuttin firewood ...... I,m makin it so far !!!!!!. I could be doing this in Southeast ,

( IF) there was work for $250 to $350 a day . Or I can be making close to that here in the Interior where I have work all winter , because I started a business , and I have the resources and the market .....

 

[bullbuck]

understood high h.p.=the belt problem also,never run a bearcat or such but we had an 91 indy supertrak with a 156 15"and it would shear the hitch off our of our homemade trail groomer sometimes,(fairly violent when it would grab at about 20m.p.h.,and when this happened if you werent whit knucklin you would likely be on the hood with the taste of blood in your mouth,it was and still is a beast!had the low range that would redline at maybe 35?workhorse for sure

 

[bullbuck]

honestly id rather be matching my cuts up on a nice tall spuce myself?but ****** those ####ers like to barberchair!!!

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Ya don,t go to the woods when it,s 60 below . My cut off it - 35 F . that is a friend of mine it was nice and warm that day , about 5 below ..

Oh five below that's all, yeah it hasn't been below 15 above here.

 

[tramp bushler]

I,de like to be bushlin also . But There aint the work , I also enjoy Pre Commercial tree thinning , and I really enjoy doing what I am right now .. Part of it is because I,m an islander , it is such a kick to drive down the highway . I deliver all over the Copper Basin and down into Valdez . , So I get to hang onto a power saw most every day , and drive down the highway ..... You would need to live in the kind of rain and snow we get in Southeast to appreciate that sunny and 40 below aint bad !!!!!!

 

[tramp bushler]

honestly id rather be matching my cuts up on a nice tall spuce myself?but ****** those ####ers like to barberchair!!!

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. And , I put that dutchman in there on purpose .

 

[bowtechmadman]

Great pics...looks like there is no doubt your out there just getting it done!

 

[bullbuck]

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. And , I put that dutchman in there on purpose .

horsepower,fast cutting saw,and committment to staying in there and cutting as it tries to slab,we get 3 33'sand maybe a 16'out of the tallest stuff here,any tips for a young guy on cutting spruce?they kinda spook me on the big ones

 

[Jacob J.]

Bushler- good looking set-up! I like those older Dodge Rams. We had one of those for years, it was a tough old rig with the 318.

 

[bullbuck]

just about what i figured,the old boy that taught me said"you gotta stay in ther and keep cutting"im thinking he was about right

 

[tramp bushler]

Barberchairs , Really Really BAD !

#1, Don,t be cuttin timber that rips easy if its blowin much . #2 no chicken s--t thin faces ... . You don,t want the face closeing all tight till the tree is air born .. #3 When you are puttin in the back cut , take your tip and and cut the heart totally out , before it strarts to go fast . . Have a thin post of holding wood on the low side , and a little more on the side you are pulling it towards ..... And stay with it if you safely can . but sometimes you will need to cut it up and gety outa there !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bullbuck]

#1, Don,t be cuttin timber that rips easy if its blowin much . #2 no chicken s--t thin faces ... . You don,t want the face closeing all tight till the tree is air born .. #3 When you are puttin in the back cut , take your tip and and cut the heart totally out , before it strarts to go fast . . Have a thin post of holding wood on the low side , and a little more on the side you are pulling it towards ..... And stay with it if you safely can . but sometimes you will need to cut it up and gety outa there !!!!!!!!!!!

that makes sense,that even slab im leaving that you can get away with in fir,not so much in spruce,im pretty good at knowing where i am at in the tree,i will gut the strap of the next one that concerns me,thanks for the advice

 

[forestryworks]

nice 4 wheeler you got. i used one like it yesterday.

 

[tramp bushler]

just about what i figured,the old boy that taught me said"you gotta stay in ther and keep cutting"im thinking he was about right

.. Ya .

. But , remember that song by Craig and Terry . " Like when to take your time , and when to cut and run ".

.. Plus , you cut the heart out and you won,t be pullin wood out of it and so the butt log will be better ..
. Yellow Cedar chairs pretty easy , and it doesn,t swing very well .. Some people say Red cedar won,t swing , but I have been able to swing it pretty well ..... Slick pole Sitka Spruce , that are around 2 ft on the stump and 3, 40s in it ,is real bad , it is easy to get lazy and not put much face in them , thatll get ya ..

 

[tramp bushler]

nice 4 wheeler you got. i used one like it yesterday.

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Thats my Little Ox .. my little green ox .... in the past 2 years I,ve brought out around 70 cord with him .......I even used him pulling the sled when I first made it .......Good machine .....A little more electronics than I would like , but a very good machine ...

 

[Hddnis]

Neat pics, looks like you earn what you make for sure.



Mr. HE

 

[Greystoke]

Just imagine what you could do with this baby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w96Pt3ZJ52o&feature=related

 

[redprospector]

Just imagine what you could do with this baby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w96Pt3ZJ52o&feature=related

Pretty cool little rig, but he sure went a long ways around to not go very far. Kinda like me sometimes.

Andy

 

[huntsman]

Dual rear wheel kit for your F350

Nice work Tramp Bushler, I hope your business thrives. I put an Arrowcraft dual rear wheel kit on an F250 of about the same or earlier vintage and it worked great. I don't know what the price is now, but the greatest benefit was stability of the truck under load hauling a 16,000lb trailer full of horses and hounds.

 

[bullbuck]

i thought that was a dodge?318 or 360 those motors are indestructible,as far as i have seen?