The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

[HuskStihl]

I will when I drop summit of decent size lol I was only cutting Alder that was only round 18"-20"

Graeme, I'm very happy to see you back working, but if your tendons feel like mine, you'll be keeping Advil in business. You'd better be wearing u'r chaps!

TC. I thought you didn't like that skidder operator? How tall is the bluff, how big is largest tree on the edge, and what's your longest cable?:msp_biggrin:

 

[jrcat]

Graeme, I'm very happy to see you back working, but if your tendons feel like mine, you'll be keeping Advil in business. You'd better be wearing u'r chaps!

TC. I thought you didn't like that skidder operator? How tall is the bluff, how big is largest tree on the edge, and what's your longest cable?:msp_biggrin:

are you suggesting a short cable and a long drop and not so sudden stop? lol

 

[roberte]

are you suggesting a short cable and a long drop and not so sudden stop? lol

I think I would send them over the side. Just for the noise of it, ROFL

 

[bustedup]

Graeme, I'm very happy to see you back working, but if your tendons feel like mine, you'll be keeping Advil in business. You'd better be wearing u'r chaps!

TC. I thought you didn't like that skidder operator? How tall is the bluff, how big is largest tree on the edge, and what's your longest cable?:msp_biggrin:

Husk don't get into the bluff thing buddy .......not being rude but really so much could go south on him and without seeing the sticks etc well best advice is don't do it.


Advil lol...........not get that here ........and yep I got my chaps and tin lid lol

 

[bustedup]

I think I would send them over the side. Just for the noise of it, ROFL

be safer too lol

 

[roberte]

be safer too lol

Gravity will win, always. Hate to see a perfectly good skidder get yanked over the side

 

[bustedup]

Gravity will win, always. Hate to see a perfectly good skidder get yanked over the side

And that could not be all that'll happen..........Is TC planning to climb em to rig em???

 

[rwoods]

Friday evening when I peeled out and went to the timber I am cutting I took Colt with me and met up with the LO and we went exploring! Fun! Anyway we found some huge timber that I will be cutting in the morning. I found a sweet gum on a fence line that is just massive! DBH is like 3ft and holds taper for prolly 20ft. with a total height somewhere near 100ft +! And found a few trees I am gonna send off a bluff.

On the bluff trees.. have you guys ever chokered a tree and then fell it??? Will it work??

Can you imagine what all could go wrong??? Holy crap...mandatory vid my friends!!

They won't side hill due to the large amount of boulders...well they would, but it wouldn't be beneficial. They are waaay too far leaning over the bluff to bring them backwards. If they go to the bottom they will be on ADOC property...not such a bad deal but I will have to talk with the Warden about cutting th line fence to retrieve the timber.

busted- did ya read where i'm gonna tie the skidder off to ya big ol whip and send it off the bluff?? LOL! Is that a "bad" idea?

LOL! I wouldn't figure a green horn could even think up something like that! :msp_w00t: I probably won't do it, but if I do... actually I probably will look at the situation a little more.

I have actually been thinking on it for a bit now. If the skidder op can leave the winch on free-spin and I get out of the way of the cable as the tree goes, then he engages the winch before the tree completely leaps off the edge... aw heck...I will decide 2moro.

never fear jrcat...the bullets will all be COMING soon...2 days max! LOL!

Don't worry guys...I would never ever cut a big beautiful tree while it was tied off to the skidder...nope, no way! opcorn:

TC, just a warm up before the bullets do start coming - I'm not a logger but even I know better than to be between a cabled load and the pulling force, let alone being between and serving as the trigger to release an unknown and uncontrolled load. :msp_scared: I'm sure our vacationing friends have faced similar situations and hopefully have some advice on how to recover the timber. Neither the timber nor the adrenalin rush is worth your boy growing up without you. Ron

 

[roberte]

TC, just a warm up before the bullets do start coming - I'm not a logger but even I know better than to be between a cabled load and the pulling force, let alone being between and serving as the trigger to release an unknown and uncontrolled load. :msp_scared: I'm sure our vacationing friends have faced similar situations and hopefully have some advice on how to recover the timber. Neither the timber nor the adrenalin rush is worth your boy growing up without you. Ron

Here, here. Better have some more coffee tc

 

[bustedup]

It can be done ........in theory as TS said but you really have to have a good crew with ya that really knows what they doing. Also rigging sticks in that situation again if ya not done it then ya need someone that has.........I'm not treating no one as a greenhorn here.

I hope ya ain't gettin pressured into falling em TC cause that ain't good.


Even from pics really no one can tell ya what or how to do it


Please don't risk ya neck just to fall them

 

[twochains]

20 pushups... then a beer... 20 more pushups then a beer.....and so on... this way you are working out and relaxing properly ..lol pain and gain buddy ... pain and gain ....

damn jrcat...ya tryin' to make busted spew foam??? LOL!

 

[bustedup]

damn jrcat...ya tryin' to make busted spew foam??? LOL!

I'm not that bad ......or old lol

 

[twochains]

Hey, just so you guys ain't worrying that I will actually hook a skidder to that tree ...here's what I am gonna do...

I am going to get the LO to call the Warden at the ADOC and secure permission to cut the timber and smash the line fence as long as we get the tops back over to the LO's side of the fence. The Warden already told the LO that the line fence wasn't correct and the line is actually 50ft further in on ADOC.

So don't worry...I ain't drinkin' Johnny Walker and I ain't going to put myself in danger for an adrenalin rush!...that's why I still have my race bike...twist that 290 2stroke throttle back...works every time! :msp_w00t:

 

[treeslayer2003]

busted, ya still up. cat coffee good for ya and advil. ron said it best. tc, I have thought of another way, but it to involves skidder op trust hence what skidder? Robert I done drank my pot for the day.

 

[roberte]

damn jrcat...ya tryin' to make busted spew foam??? LOL!

It's not foam he will be spewing, mutton maybe

 

[bustedup]

It's not foam he will be spewing, mutton maybe

haggis lol

 

[jrcat]

It's not foam he will be spewing, mutton maybe

Mutton porridge and tea ......lolo

 

[roberte]

busted, ya still up. cat coffee good for ya and advil. ron said it best. tc, I have thought of another way, but it to involves skidder op trust hence what skidder? Robert I done drank my pot for the day.

Coffee is what's left for me , in moderation of course.
Going on 14 years without a drink of booze, and I didn't get in trouble either. Just stopped.

 

[bustedup]

Mutton porridge and tea ......lolo

assume lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

same here, booze hurts ma head. coffee good, and nicotine