Sopranos In The Fog (wailing in the pummy)

[slowp]

It was a foggy but not stormy morning. I was driving up to check on the 071 side, and came upon a LINES ACROSS ROAD sign. Rolled down the window and heard what sounded like a cat pulling what sounded like a log truck having trouble in in the pummy (pumice). So, I backed up and parked in a nice spot and began hiking up outside of the unit, in the fog.

Soon I started hearing extreme upper octave wailing and yelling. I thought someone was injured or dying. The wailing was very very soprano like and was coming from more than one source. There were Ooooooooooooooooos and then howling. As I got closer, the fog cleared a bit. There was the yarder crew, with a cat hooked up to the 071. Everyone was cheery and all in one piece.

I asked if they were having tryouts for a soprano. They grinned and said they were trying to get the yarder leveled out and the pummy combined with the slope of the road was a bit of a problem. I figured that they must have developed special voice techniques for problems with the pummy.

This rigging crew just always is cheery. They do a good job too. Thursday they'll be packing rigging up the (for me) 3 ibuprofen hill. Hope they stay cheery.

 

[sILlogger]

its good to see another crew out working and that there is still some logging going out there. are the mills taking any logs yet?

 

[bullbuck]

...i hate to hear that upper octave scream...delves into instinct...

 

[slowp]

its good to see another crew out working and that there is still some logging going out there. are the mills taking any logs yet?

This sale is owned by the mill. So they take it.

 

[slowp]

I went to work early, was right behind the crew and up on the landing at 5:00.
They started unloading rigging and I started loading up paint in my pack. Up came the Gods, the cutters, at the more fashionalble time of 5:30 and told us we needed to move everything because they would be dropping trees on the ground there. We moved.

The guys began humping rigging up the hill, and I followed marking out more corridors. When I met them coming down, they were smiling even though their day would be spent packing rigging up the steep hill. I kept thinking of that guy on the TV show who flopped down at the top of a mellow hill, and whined.

There will be some extreme logging coming up. Looks like there's pretty good lift. That'll help with things. I'll try to remember to have my camera up there.
There's also what looks like it might be a good view. I haven't been up on a clear day since the cutters opened it up.

 

[Gologit]

its good to see another crew out working and that there is still some logging going out there. are the mills taking any logs yet?

Our mills, the ones that haven't gone into shutdown, are taking logs. It's mostly limited to burn salvage from last year's fires and bug kill stuff from our own ground.

Several logging outfits in our part of the country have scaled way back on their operations or just haven't started up this year at all.

There are still a lot of good people out of work.

 

[slowp]

It was Monday

It was Monday, and the yarder was not quite set up. I had to wait around while it was being set up so got the camera out. Hmmmm, I wonder if I could take pictures for Logger's World someday?
Here's just a part of the haywire they had to pack up the hill last Thursday.
They were coiling it up when I arrived, but here's what they still had left to untangle.

The yarder engineer also said they were very close to maxing out their haulback line. See, I knew it was a long way up that hill.
Here's the first corridor that they'll log.

Then the carriage had to be hooked to the skyline. The loader operator pushed down on the skyline, and then the chaser pushed it under the sheaves.

Then it was time to send more rigging up to the hooktender. Good thing they had some coiled.

 

[hammerlogging]

Ms P I think ya'll forgot to cut down the trees!

 

[Adkpk]

Hmmmm, I wonder if I could take pictures for Logger's World someday?

Yes, I think you should send some in.
The pic of the yoder is classic. "It's all in front of them now." Made me want to get to work.

 

[slowp]

Ms P I think ya'll forgot to cut down the trees!

Yah. We, well the hooktender skipped, and I clambered up to the top of the ridge searching for rare suitable tail trees. The remaining stand did look too thick. If it weren't for the leave trees, there'd be a great view from up there, and probably good huckleberry picking.

Stay tuned. Got another chaser running picture of the landing. I have no time to download now.

 

[Greystoke]

I went to work early, was right behind the crew and up on the landing at 5:00.
They started unloading rigging and I started loading up paint in my pack.

Up came the Gods, the cutters

, at the more fashionalble time of 5:30 and told us we needed to move everything because they would be dropping trees on the ground there. We moved.

The guys began humping rigging up the hill, and I followed marking out more corridors. When I met them coming down, they were smiling even though their day would be spent packing rigging up the steep hill. I kept thinking of that guy on the TV show who flopped down at the top of a mellow hill, and whined.

There will be some extreme logging coming up. Looks like there's pretty good lift. That'll help with things. I'll try to remember to have my camera up there.
There's also what looks like it might be a good view. I haven't been up on a clear day since the cutters opened it up.

"Gods"...Yayeah! Cutters rule!

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Seems like the standard rule, cutters come in you gota work around them, if they say move your :censored: out of the way you better move it.

 

[bullbuck]

...yeah gods until something goes wrong,its a fine line in between "badass"and "dumbass"i have treaded this line more times than i care to tell...we do alot of our logging in and around houses,powerlines,fencelines,etc.and for the past few years this is where i come in with my wedges and axe,(this is also where i have acquired my hatred for white fir)it is kind of a curse to let someone know you know how to do something for then you are expected to do it,with my current boss i always laugh because i made it almost six years working for him and never told him i knew how to weld simply because he never asked,sure saved me alot of burnt skin...

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I know how you feel, when you are good at doing a lot of things or are really good at doing one thing the people who can't do it come to you. But that's how it is now you either do nothing and get expected to do nothing and be lazy or you end up working your azz off and getting pushed harder constantly. Bosses aren't gonig to ease up on they're employees, especially the good ones. With todays economy we're expected to work harder, make less, and pay more taxes, or not work at all.

 

[bullbuck]

boy isnt that the truth,once you show them you are capiable they really pour it on,but the pay stays the same,now cutting logs is like therapy to me,just you and the trees...no drama...but of course i am not allowed to as who will run the machines?catch 22 ok im done griping jus happy to have a job.