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The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!
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Um yup it a bit of the second definition lol
TC, your pictures from a day or so ago made me think "Snakes" :msp_scared:. Are your woods loaded with them? Ron
PS to all. You type faster than I can read. Makes me wonder if you're really office workers posing as loggers. Post some more pictures so I'll know.
RandyMac
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We know they are all girls, but we humor them.
I have to differ there I definitely a boy
twochains
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Yes Sir, we have alot of snakes in the woods. I saw 4 rattlesnake beds the other day...only thing different was they weren't at the base of ERC, they were beside pine...to me that's odd. I had a copperhead the other day leaving from he base of a red oak I was cutting. Today I took some pics of a spring that have disappeared somehow...I believe w/o a doubt that the strong smell in the air was a wad of cotton mouths, they have quite a odor to them.
My next tract of timber I am moving to over in the mountains, normally has ALOT of "cane breaks" AKA timber rattlesnakes. The tract is currently over-run with wild hogs and so far the ERC crew has not seen any snakes...actually no lizards or nothing due to the hogs. I have caught several large cane-breaks and pygmy rattlers while back roading in Fall evenings. The ONLY snakes you see on the pavement in the Fall evenings are hot...rattlesnakes and copperheads. To clear up me catching some...I used to house multi species of snakes (5) being hot and had (7) species of monitor lizards and a 4ft caiman. Pretty well versed on the creepy crawly thingys.
My next tract of timber I am moving to over in the mountains, normally has ALOT of "cane breaks" AKA timber rattlesnakes. The tract is currently over-run with wild hogs and so far the ERC crew has not seen any snakes...actually no lizards or nothing due to the hogs. I have caught several large cane-breaks and pygmy rattlers while back roading in Fall evenings. The ONLY snakes you see on the pavement in the Fall evenings are hot...rattlesnakes and copperheads. To clear up me catching some...I used to house multi species of snakes (5) being hot and had (7) species of monitor lizards and a 4ft caiman. Pretty well versed on the creepy crawly thingys.
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Thanks busted! LOL!
Why???
Randy or Gogolit will have pics more than likely ..........and I don't (they stateside and got burnt) want you copying me if I get pics of the stick I was yakking about. Way better to learn from better examples.
Gogolit if ya watching if you could help would be much obliged
twochains
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We know they are all girls, but we humor them.
RandyMac- what is with the hole in that tree?? Is that something you guys cut in there?
...gurls....
RandyMac
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RandyMac- what is with the hole in that tree?? Is that something you guys cut in there?
...gurls....
First or second photo?
RandyMac, out of deference to my favorite retired forester I used a gender neutral description - not that I wasn't thinking different.
TC, I hate and fear snakes. My mother repeatedly drilled two things into her boys - "Look both ways before crossing the road or a log truck will kill you." and "Look before you step over a log or a rattlesnake will kill you." Funny and sad how neither made the top of the list of dangers I taught my girls to watch out for.
Ron
TC, I hate and fear snakes. My mother repeatedly drilled two things into her boys - "Look both ways before crossing the road or a log truck will kill you." and "Look before you step over a log or a rattlesnake will kill you." Funny and sad how neither made the top of the list of dangers I taught my girls to watch out for.
Ron
Yep all co-dominant trunks are felled the same way. I read that on the internet. Plus I have a big brain.
Isn't it time you kids gave mom her computer back?
sorry I upset ya my apologies
twochains
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First.
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I have such a copperhead problem at my house...I get 4 or 5 hounds a year bit and I kill another 10 a year on average inside the dogs chain circles. The exposed rocky ground directly behind my house good hiding places I guess. The pygmy rattler is what scares me the most...they are very small and their rattlers are tiny and almost silent. They pack quite the punch also...I fed one a mouse, instant paralysis to the bite side of the mouse. The cane breaks will let you know they are there generally, but the fact that they ambush squirrels at the base of trees makes them the most dangerous to loggers that cut on the Forest Service side of the river.
RandyMac
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That was a burnt out Redwood with maybe 2/3rds of the outside shell remaining, it is common to find such things and a test of skill to fall.
twochains
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I would imagine! Those pics of that huge timber you been posting up are incredible! Greatly appreciate seeing them.
I had two goose pen redwood trees like that on my to do list. One about 6' dbh and the other 4' dbh. Both "were" considered hazard trees (and both are a challenge to fall). But politics has gotten in the way. The trees are now considered to valuable a resource to fall and Cal Fire and the County won't sign off the permit even though the forester did recommended they come down. If they sign the permit I think we will get protesters even though there is a 5 mile hike to get there.
I just spent 4 days in the Sierras falling dead pines and firs. I had one spin on the stump due to limbs and fall 45 degrees from where it should have. I spun on the bar actually but I managed to hold onto the saw.
treeslayer2003
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hey tc, great pics. I see you getting on with the Humboldt. throws um off perty don't it. sweet gum on that load?
