Don't really know where to start, but I will ask, what did I "not own up to"?????
Are you trying to say that I have posted a photo or video of something and either explained it differently or lied about something in the photo or video??, because I would sure like to know what it is I don't or won't own up to, its getting plum deep in here now.
I post photos, of good trees, good stumps, a clean timber when I'm done, clean logs, happy customers and buyers, and everyone is making money and happy, and the only people who seem to have the problems or see the problems in some internet heros or armchair quarterbacks. I agreed with several of the points made by several posters, and they are valid points, except for one minor detail ............ it won't or doesn't work under these circumstances for various reasons that has been explained before.
Like the pulp thing, its great I guess if you make $36 per ton ......... but I don't. I might make $12 per ton. So I'm not broke enough to waste another several minutes per tree limbing and cutting up the most worthless wood, that is going to be coming out of it, when I sure don't make money at it, the landowner isn't making any money with it and the timber buyer isn't making any money on it, so if you guys think that pulp is such a money maker that I'm an idiot for not pulling it out, tell you what, I'll let you know each job I'm on and you can bring your equipment and drag all of it out that you want for free, come get it all. But if I have to work all week in the woods and all I make is $1,800 off pulp or that is a good check, I would not be interested in logging as the pay per hour at that rate is not very good, especially if I have to now purchase a log loader and log truck to haul it, that is two more pieces of equipment to pull out the cheapest most worthless wood there is in it, but I'm the idiot ...... also the pulp mill is closed today through monday this next week. Bet I make a killing on that pulp this week RIGHT!!!! LOL... The pulp truck has picked up loads in the morning sat for 3-4 hours waiting to be unloaded and then picked up again at say 1pm and didn't get back until 5:30pm, that is not how I want to try to make money, sitting in some pulp truck line????? But I'm the idiot. I should be going right now to get a bucksaw, knuckle boom loader and log truck, RIGHT?????
I guess, one way, I might put it is all or most of the loggers around here that did it the "old fashion way" are gone, dead or bankrupt. Most are/were cheats, liars and did what appears to look like years later to be hack jobs of cutting and directional falling. So some here will have to excuse me if I don't take an immediate turn and begin changing my program toward something is even remotely resembles "traditional" or macho or super fast ways of cutting, but those various methods while they may be great if all I was, was a cutter, but I also get paid to skid, and I get pissed if my skidders have to work one ounce harder because of dumb falling or placement or if a cutter wouldn't "waste" a little time with a wedge to get more angle on the fall/direction if it would help.
What really gets me about a lot of this is, I simply posted some photos of what goes on. I never said it was the best or correct or smartest or "hey everyone log like me", but some of you have taken it upon yourselves to "guide" me into doing things or methods or techniques that I probably already do if the situation allows it or can do, but obviously choose to not do it that way for whatever reason, most because I have found that it doesn't pay or make a hill of beans worth of difference at the end of the day or week or year, or better yet, maybe, just maybe I left a backstrap on it so that I could stop cutting and walk over to the camera, turn it on and then walk back over to the tree and cut it loose and have it drop and I not get killed or the tree on split all on digital video, but no, most here have to just figure that I'm some dumb crap that at best cuts 10 trees and struggles to get those out of the woods and then needs help paying my bills and getting another job. I guess, I'll just chalk that up to the natural negativity that is in most individuals.
I like those that give the advise, like hey, you have a sweet operation and looks like you are doing good, but if you would just add a little more risk and danger into your life, then man you would really see some better results, LOL. Honestly its really hard to take some of you seriously...... and pretty much I don't.
It takes a certain gall to look at another individuals operation and without knowing what in the hell is going on, repeatedly advise him on how he should be running things ............... when it appears that there is little room for vast improvement and the minors thing are just that, minor and more preferrential than anything.
Call me hobby or partime, I don't care, I cut trees and make money and everyone around here is happy about it. If it offends you that I referred to this thread with logging in it, I appologize and will attempt to refrain from usint that acronim in anything related to myself. I guess, I don't get any "tradition" points, but then I haven't ever recieved any checks that had any denominations of "tradition" on them. So you guys can have your traditions and all, you guys are "loggers", and I will take the money and we'll see how that works out in say 5-10 years for each family.
Later,
Sam
