We must be gettin all the rain from Lacey north. Went to Cabelas pouring down could see bright area SE must of been in your area.
Rain and snow !
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RPM
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Winter is here too!
The first real snow of the year has shown up here as well...will probably melt back this weekend as freezing levels go up and it rains. Then it will freeze hard on Monday.....first logging truck in Monday morning won't chain up and will buff the the road all shiney like as he struggles up to the landing just to say he made without chains ---" ha, ha boys.....made her up barefoot....I mighta buffed her up a little for ya ....guess I shouda chained up".
Took the skidoos yesterday - just in case. Company manager likes Chevs....so basically 8" of snow and you are dragging bottom with the diff and plowing with that front bumper and all the stupid plastic that hangs down off it.
One positive......ski season is pretty much here.
The first real snow of the year has shown up here as well...will probably melt back this weekend as freezing levels go up and it rains. Then it will freeze hard on Monday.....first logging truck in Monday morning won't chain up and will buff the the road all shiney like as he struggles up to the landing just to say he made without chains ---" ha, ha boys.....made her up barefoot....I mighta buffed her up a little for ya ....guess I shouda chained up".
Took the skidoos yesterday - just in case. Company manager likes Chevs....so basically 8" of snow and you are dragging bottom with the diff and plowing with that front bumper and all the stupid plastic that hangs down off it.
One positive......ski season is pretty much here.
mile9socounty
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I'm ready.
Slowp, I would rep you if I could. I'm digging the pink duct tape. Rock on!!!
hammerlogging
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RPM, thats a very fine operation you showed in those pics. One day should I be so fortunate. Now how am I gonna pull this off?
We've all been wondering about the plowing capabilities of the big Chevy Bumper. I've been doing road blading with the undercarriage a little. 
I wore the newly waxed tin pants yesterday and roasted. We warmed up. The snow melted. We didn't get the heavy rain either. Just a warming.
I wore the newly waxed tin pants yesterday and roasted. We warmed up. The snow melted. We didn't get the heavy rain either. Just a warming.
Burvol
Bullbuck
Been cutting in a constant down pour for the last week and a half. Some days have been so bad I can hardly look up. Yesterday the rain stopped and I was in a T-shirt all day....SO NICE. I got knocked out by a green limb damn near the size of a tennis ball and 12 feet long two days ago. Look out! Talk about a wake up call. I was off the stump 15-20 feet and I saw the limb shower out in front of me, but apparently one had came back over my head, and came down right on top of me. I was under a big, safe tree as well. Sometimes stuff happens. But, I will take this as a blessing in disguise, I have always cut safely, but we can always improve. I woke up with my head down hill, hat dented to crap and knocked off my head with a bloody nose. I was slow for the next day and runnin' like hell off that stump.
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Are you OK? Concussions take a while to get over properly. My mom had problems for a while afterwards. If so, sounds like you are needed on the Busted Up Loggers thread.
Seriously, lately I've heard of more injuries and a death. I wonder if it is the pressure of the low prices, and need to cut corners? Scary times.
Burvol
Bullbuck
Are you OK? Concussions take a while to get over properly. My mom had problems for a while afterwards. If so, sounds like you are needed on the Busted Up Loggers thread.
Seriously, lately I've heard of more injuries and a death. I wonder if it is the pressure of the low prices, and need to cut corners? Scary times.
No, never, ever cut corners!!! (Unless your talking about the Dutchman or Suicide Swing) It was just one of those things. Cutting timber can be a dangerous job, like every damn day. I am a firm believer in cutting safely. Yes, there are a lot of times that cutters have to do things that are not fun, but they have to be done. Sometimes there are situations that are no one but nature's fault. Proceed with caution and one foot out the door. I just found out that a chaser on the west side I knew got killed last year. I'm cutting some nice export timber that is actually worth money at the moment, so every log that is made pretty is more money. The opposite of what the other guys could be doing. You still have to cut and produce wood, but it makes the logger more money when you really take care of the wood instead of just slamming it. We call it log beautification. No pig ears, but a tiny collar with limbs sawed flush without gowing into the bark, flush & square butts, no pull, double sweep, hook, rot, windshake, snowbreak, spike knots, and a few other defects.
Bushler
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Burvol, stay safe my friend. Those limbs come out of nowhere! God's arrows.
Got your message, will try to remember to call back. Cutting up a 4 pt. and working around the shop.
Elk season starts soon.
Got your message, will try to remember to call back. Cutting up a 4 pt. and working around the shop.
Elk season starts soon.
Tzed250
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forestryworks
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I'm glad to hear you only got a bloody nose, limb wash can be a real crap shoot.
I didn't know there snow that low yet, I tried to get up on top of Thunder Mtn. the other day to pick up some Madrone pumpkins left over from BLM thinning but there was already 10" of snow in the road.
I'm winding down after going to see the blockbuster movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahau. Or however you spell the rat dog's name. I am seeing that the westside of the state is on a Flood Watch for tomorrow night and Wednesday. Better get the weedwhacker back at this place. Elk season is over so they should not be a problem.
Burvol
Bullbuck
I Know Slowp, we are running trucks up stuff that I have never seen trucks do. After this flood deal, I hope we're still runnin'. Everyone is about done now, that last batch really tore things up. We're still finding a way to send trucks, it's crazy.
Yesterday morning, I bladed the road with the new Chevy undercarriage. Because of that, the faller was able to make it up the first attempt with his Ford. It had taken him two attempts earlier. Then, in the afternoon, after more trucks had gone on it, I couldn't make it up the road. Got out and walked. The logger suggested that I needed to "Use that Vortec." So, I better read up and learn how to Vortec.
It had taken him two attempts earlier. Then, in the afternoon, after more trucks had gone on it, I couldn't make it up the road. Got out and walked. The logger suggested that I needed to "Use that Vortec." So, I better read up and learn how to Vortec.
forestryworks
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Yesterday morning, I bladed the road with the new Chevy undercarriage. Because of that, the faller was able to make it up the first attempt with his Ford.
looks like i better get 4 wheel drive before i move west
mile9socounty
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I didn't know there snow that low yet, I tried to get up on top of Thunder Mtn. the other day to pick up some Madrone pumpkins left over from BLM thinning but there was already 10" of snow in the road.
I don't believe that Whiskey Camp is actually that low. If I remember right, it's up there about the 3000ft mark. But I could be wrong.
One of the road building guys has an old two wheel drive. He pulls it up to his work with the D-7 when it won't make it. He puts chains on it and gets around pretty good by keeping the RPMs up.
