redprospector

[forestryworks]

Been on the road for the last 7 days.

Decided to drop in and see redprospector, the man better known as the man "demoted to a thinning contractor" :hmm3grin2orange:

Great down to earth guy.

Took me on a tour of his current job on some private ground. Basically thinning for fire, removing sick, dead, and dying.

Doug-fir, ponderosa and southwestern white pine (they call it sugar pine there) are the dominant trees up in the mountains.

Really nice country down there in southern NM.

Sure hope they get some rain down there.

Anyhow, if any of you guys make it down that way, be sure to say hello to him. Nice guy.

Here's a clip from driving around in the Sacramento Mountains.

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[Gologit]

Yup...he's on the list of people I want to meet.

 

[OregonSawyer]

Were you chewing gum during that video? If so, the audio on that little Flip is pretty dang nice!

 

[forestryworks]

Were you chewing gum during that video? If so, the audio on that little Flip is pretty dang nice!

Ha! Yeah I was. Damn boy, you got some good ears, lol.

 

[Joe46]

He must wear ear plugs. Unlike some of us that didn't:msp_rolleyes:

 

[deeker]

He must wear ear plugs. Unlike some of us that didn't:msp_rolleyes:

I resent/resemble that remark.

Just don't tell anybody....

What? Speak up!!

 

[paccity]

what! bear luggs?

 

[Gologit]

Beer mugs? Huh?

 

[deeker]

And all this time I "thought" I was the self appointed artsmass.

A deer does what with wood???

Speak up, your mumbling.......

 

[deeker]

I have spoken on the phone with Mr. Andy a few times.

He bailed me out with learning how to use a bandsaw blade roller.

A smart man....but it was a bit hard to hear him.

I want to hunt elk and mulies in his part of the world.

 

[Sport Faller]

oh, oh yeah steer rugs, yeah those are pretty cool, quit whispering, are you trying to tell a secret or what

I'm only 26 but have super duper oldman ears complete with constant ringing and fuzzy white ear hair

 

[deeker]

oh, oh yeah steer rugs, yeah those are pretty cool, quit whispering, are you trying to tell a secret or what

I'm only 26 but have super duper oldman ears complete with constant ringing and fuzzy white ear hair

Son, quit fumbling the keyboard...

I wish you would type louder.....

I can't hear you...

What did you say about an old can?

 

[forestryworks]

Here is a big doug-fir that was in Andy's town. Two doors down from the cabin I stayed at. About 110ft. tall or so.

The forest was closed due to extreme fire danger so I couldn't go see any big trees in the woods.

 

[OregonSawyer]

If that is a big doug-fir you will have a hay-day if/when you ever make it out west! :msp_thumbup:

Tree's like that are a dime-a-dozen around these parts.

Just yesterday I was walking around my in-laws property and snapped a quick picture of the BLM land that is right on the other side of their property line...
The three in the foreground are pushing 4 ft DBH. Tall and STRAIGHT. Good looking stuff, really.

 

[les-or-more]

I have spoken on the phone with Mr. Andy a few times.

He bailed me out with learning how to use a bandsaw blade roller.

A smart man....but it was a bit hard to hear him.

I want to hunt elk and mulies in his part of the world.

I heard a rumor that he can file a mean chain also! What ever happened to the rumor starter, Romeo?

 

[forestryworks]

Time for a thin.

 

[OregonSawyer]

Most definitely. If only I wouldn't get fined and/or arrested.......

Still nice to look at, until the breeze kicks up and you see the dead limbs start swaying overhead. Then you realize you don't have a hat on so you had better go ahead and mosey on out of there.

 

[Sport Faller]

Time for a thin.

Huh? that looks like a hay field compared to the piss-poor managed forests round here

 

[paccity]

jamseson, are you going to do a west coast sweep? theres a few that will give ya the grand tour.

 

[Gologit]

jamseson, are you going to do a west coast sweep? theres a few that will give ya the grand tour.

If he comes out here he might never go back to Texas.