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

[bitzer]

Sorry boys no time to read up where I left off....


Two chains- If you want to start bushelin and you know you're cutting that much more than the other guys, ask your boss if you can get paid by the thousand. If you're just laying out and topping I'd say $25/thousand is a decent place to start. I've never just laid out and topped, but when I'm layin out and just makin logs (no pulp) I'm usually around 2000bf per hour. A cutter up here cam make between 30-40 per thousand laying out and bucking.

 

[twochains]

rwoods...hear ya go...like they say, "pics or it didn't happen" lol

Totally stepped on the big one and took a strike at my chaps. Then Looked over and about two ft away was the little one and I guess I stepped on him too...his little guts was all pokin' out n stuff. The baby is right around 2 to 3 weeks old, this mean there i about 8 more that I didn't see.

As you may or may not know, all "pit-vipers" are born live birth (no egg) so they usually stay around each other for safety. Oddly enough I would say the bigger snake was actually fixing to eat the baby if I was a betting person. They weren't just hanging out together.

Have you any idea how hard it is to stay focused on cutting after something like that happens??? It took an entire 10 minutes to get over it!!! DANG IT!!! :hmm3grin2orange:

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[bustedup]

Totally stepped on the big one and took a strike at my chaps. Then Looked over and about two ft away was the little one and I guess I stepped on him too...his little guts was all pokin' out n stuff. The baby is right around 2 to 3 weeks old, this mean there i about 8 more that I didn't see.

As you may or may not know, all "pit-vipers" are born live birth (no egg) so they usually stay around each other for safety. Oddly enough I would say the bigger snake was actually fixing to eat the baby if I was a betting person. They weren't just hanging out together.

Have you any idea how hard it is to stay focused on cutting after something like that happens??? It took an entire 10 minutes to get over it!!! DANG IT!!! :hmm3grin2orange:

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your alive was wondering where you were lol........guess ya was snake charming lol

 

[twochains]

Hey! Yep...I'm alive!...barely! Pulled another 9 hr falling day in 98* weather! Fricken sucks! Got kinda sick yesterday and went to bed early.

Big wind gusts today of hot air...had a mild chair out this afternoon when a probably 40mph gust came around the edge of the ridge I was and put it back on my saw and "slab chaired" about 2 ft. up the tree. NOT FUN!

 

[bustedup]

Hey! Yep...I'm alive!...barely! Pulled another 9 hr falling day in 98* weather! Fricken sucks! Got kinda sick yesterday and went to bed early.

Big wind gusts today of hot air...had a mild chair out this afternoon when a probably 40mph gust came around the edge of the ridge I was and put it back on my saw and "slab chaired" about 2 ft. up the tree. NOT FUN!

ya really gotta watch the wind bro .......it will get ya even it ya is paying attention

 

[bustedup]

Well as I can't find a skip chain over here lol.......guess I gonna have to make one lol

 

[twochains]

Ha! Ya got any hickory to cut...they are usually good about ripping off a cutter!

 

[treeslayer2003]

Totally stepped on the big one and took a strike at my chaps. Then Looked over and about two ft away was the little one and I guess I stepped on him too...his little guts was all pokin' out n stuff. The baby is right around 2 to 3 weeks old, this mean there i about 8 more that I didn't see.

As you may or may not know, all "pit-vipers" are born live birth (no egg) so they usually stay around each other for safety. Oddly enough I would say the bigger snake was actually fixing to eat the baby if I was a betting person. They weren't just hanging out together.

Have you any idea how hard it is to stay focused on cutting after something like that happens??? It took an entire 10 minutes to get over it!!! DANG IT!!! :hmm3grin2orange:

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aaahhh! copper heads. yea, i'd say ya found um. I hate um, they dead now right? that 2 ya don't gotta think bout.

 

[bustedup]

Ha! Ya got any hickory to cut...they are usually good about ripping off a cutter!

LOL was planning on not doing that lol and no no hickory here lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

Well as I can't find a skip chain over here lol.......guess I gonna have to make one lol

that's a lot of trouble. any Oregon dealer ought ta get it for ya.

 

[bustedup]

that's a lot of trouble. any Oregon dealer ought ta get it for ya.

not here unless ya wanna buy reels of it lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

tc, what kinda tree did ya bust? wind will make a fool outta ya.

 

[HuskStihl]

Well as I can't find a skip chain over here lol.......guess I gonna have to make one lol

I can mail you some loops if you want, or ebay UK should have some.


I have not been around here too much because there are so many fun things happening on other parts of AS right now. All the various face/no face/barberchair PNW GTG threads are awesome! I'm getting my 385 back from JakeG next week from his milling experiment, and hopefully in a month or so will get the 394 from Mastermind. Then I will make some videos for the enjoyment (and likely ridicule) or all

 

[bustedup]

I can mail you some loops if you want, or ebay UK should have some.


I have not been around here too much because there are so many fun things happening on other parts of AS right now. All the various face/no face/barberchair PNW GTG threads are awesome! I'm getting my 385 back from JakeG next week from his milling experiment, and hopefully in a month or so will get the 394 from Mastermind. Then I will make some videos for the enjoyment (and likely ridicule) or all

thanks husk but shipping be high lol

 

[jrcat]

Hey there TC! I didnt notice you were here lol. Was thinking the hand brake got ya but here ya been playing with snakes lol

 

[twochains]

tc, what kinda tree did ya bust? wind will make a fool outta ya.

Red oak. Pretty good one too! It was a pretty mild chair..but still! The one right in front of it caught the same type wind but I was watching my cut real close and pulled the bar out and waited on it to set back over and then dropped it.

 

[bustedup]

Red oak. Pretty good one too! It was a pretty mild chair..but still! The one right in front of it caught the same type wind but I was watching my cut real close and pulled the bar out and waited on it to set back over and then dropped it.

bro pack wedges with ya .......if ya palm one up it'll stop things sitting back on ya

 

[twochains]

Hey there TC! I didnt notice you were here lol. Was thinking the hand brake got ya but here ya been playing with snakes lol

Yep, I'm here. Those little buggers...if they don;t move you wont see them! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[jrcat]

Yep, I'm here. Those little buggers...if they don;t move you wont see them! :hmm3grin2orange:

I saw a few eastern diamond backs out in Allegheny NY on the oil leases when I was a teenager. I HATE snakes.

 

[bustedup]

Yep, I'm here. Those little buggers...if they don;t move you wont see them! :hmm3grin2orange:

you've got sharp new corks lol