The Descriptive Process

[Gologit]

somtimes we forget the fire danger out there Bob....sorry.........never happens here

True, but we forget that other people don't have the fire problems we do and this time of the year we're all kind of spring-loaded on the subject. We're jumpy and we have reason to be but that's no excuse for me to be short with people about the way things are.
We got clobbered pretty bad last year and logging burnt timber is a miserable way to make a dollar. Short term it creates jobs. Long term...we're salvaging trees that, if not for the fire, would have been left to grow.

It's just another of God's little door prizes for living in an otherwise really good part of the country.

 

[northmanlogging]

speaking of owls... been seeing a few brownish ones with white dots all over them again

one was in a ball on the road, 15 miles from old growth...

The other was in a maple tree, one an island that had been clear cut in the 1800's and cut over several times since...

Still have never seen one in old growth

Where is owl anyway?

 

[Gologit]

Where is owl anyway?

Scott? Probably working. He doesn't spend much time sitting down.

 

[treeslayer2003]

speaking of owls... been seeing a few brownish ones with white dots all over them again

one was in a ball on the road, 15 miles from old growth...

The other was in a maple tree, one an island that had been clear cut in the 1800's and cut over several times since...

Still have never seen one in old growth

Where is owl anyway?

pft don't tell um, they liable to shut ya down..........

 

[treeslayer2003]

Scott? Probably working. He doesn't spend much time sitting down.

you mean spotted owl? that guy tried to explain directional falling to me when i first got here. hes a good dude, hope he is doing well.

 

[HuskStihl]

you mean spotted owl? that guy tried to explain directional falling to me when i first got here. hes a good dude, hope he is doing well.

Ok Mike, here's how directional falling works. I nibble at a tree with way too much saw and "blade" for my ability level until it falls in the direction it wanted to go in the first place. Simple.

 

[SliverPicker]

HS, I have the distinct feeling that you understate (read: are too humble) as a habit (not a bad thing).

I must confess that I too have NEVER seen one of those cute little owls in old growth. True story.

 

[SliverPicker]

OK the water heater in my 18' 1973 Coachmen "home during the logging season" needs work. Gotta git the jet for the propane water heater cleared out so I don't have to go another year without a shower....... SO... no more "Descriptive" thread for this misplaced Finlander for tonight. Gotta be on the road by 3am.

Be safe youz guyz and don't cut anything that bleeds!

 

[northmanlogging]

pft don't tell um, they liable to shut ya down..........

psst, they'ed have to admit they live in second growth to do that...

 

[Cedarkerf]

psst, they'ed have to admit they live in second growth to do that...

Probably ready to say second growth is secondary primary habitat and shut it all down

 

[treeslayer2003]

i'll trade you two blue herons for one owl.

 

[SliverPicker]

Shypokes with brussel sprouts and gravy. Yum.....

 

[northmanlogging]

One largish ceder, 3 tops, next to a house, power lines run under the branches, house on the left, cabin on the right, transformer and main power lines behind and to the right, across a paved driveway, back leaning and very limb heavy towards the power lines... also leaning a little towards the house

Hung a swing line and a pull line in her, but the pull line is just braided nylon since someone tried to saw through my other extension line...

Anyway, face her up, toss a little soft dutch and some Sis action for luck, with a tapered semi block face (totally on purpose really...) Start my back cut, still don't have enough bar even with the 42" on the 066, no big deal kinda the norm lately, start a wedge, try to start 2nd wedge for luck... by now she's sat back a little bit so the second wedge is tough to start, but not impossible, luckily its big enough that the saw isn't stuck start the third wedge, and the forth, I've only got five on me... luckily the crummy is only 20' away, go grab more, 2-14'a and the big banana wedge... still not enough... and the rope ain't got the stones to pull her...

So to the cummy again and grab the jack, I've only got the one jack today... ****...

Get the jack started, its starting to work kinda, but I still need to beat wedges to take enough preassure off the jack so I can even pump the damn thing. By now I have 3 stacks of 2 wedges, and 2 solo wedges closer to the hinge, and I'm running out of smacking room on the stacked wedges, I'm not real sure how much more lift I have with the jack, I got 2 people asking me if I need more wedges (I don't I collect them like loose change)... and the ******* thing is still sky bound, my adrenaline is about to run low, I'm hungover from last nights episode of make me the smallest drink ever... only give me the little one and the grande...

Give the jack another pump or two pull the two solo wedges, add a third to that pile and start them, tighten everything up and goose the throttle a bit...

boom huh? BOOM, oh wait I remember that sound its a good sound... CRACKKK! is that movement... it is it is!!!

1 hour 8 wedges, a jack, a skidder, a 5 pound collins, and one overweight beardy guy with a now horrible hangover

Tree broke all to Hel since I had a nice row of tight knit stumps and a landing to cross, but no other damage...

Then run home scrub the pitch out of my beard and go to a family reunion...

 

[HuskStihl]

Tapered semi-block face is exactly correct for that situation! Way to go Northy. Next time u'r in that situation, just call me or Handsome Mike, and either of us will FedEx you a stumpy sledge. Problem solved.

 

[HuskStihl]

It would be cool to live in an area where random passer-by's carry wedges with them.

 

[slowp]

It would be cool to live in an area where random passer-by's carry wedges with them.

I bet many do, but don't move here.

 

[northmanlogging]

home owner and my climber guy... home owner used to log when he was younger

 

[Cedarkerf]

I bet many do, but don't move here.

Its still 50 and raining hopefully the rain will stop by August

 

[Trx250r180]

It would be cool to live in an area where random passer-by's carry wedges with them.

It's not like that everywhere ? Next you are gonna tell me you can't get bar oil at the gas pumps when you fuel up ..........

 

[slowp]

It's not like that everywhere ? Next you are gonna tell me you can't get bar oil at the gas pumps when you fuel up ..........

Not quite, but before the owl crash, you could get bar oil at one of the gas stations here. They sold it in bulk, too.