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

[twochains]

yep, they do that here. don't pay crap for them little sticks, I won't cut um, can't really pay for that cheap stuff. only on clear cuts, and I figure total price on them jobs.

There are several ways to look at them...they pay same as pine saw logs here but it takes millions more for a load, the yard never gets full and they always buy, a man and a 1 ton and a good shoulder can make a heck of an evening wages.

Pulp here is a weird deal...mostly hardwood and they take complete trash. Only rule for them is timber size, they don't take anything over 36". I have only been on one crew that sold pulp. A pulp crew has to almost send their stuff to Kentucky to get anything out of it.. To me that doesn't make sense...pulp brings very little...so why truck it 5 hours one direction? IDK...

 

[treeslayer2003]

here's a question, why doe's putting a Humboldt in a tree much wider than the bar mess with my mind? can't seem to get that just right.

 

[bustedup]

here's a question, why doe's putting a Humboldt in a tree much wider than the bar mess with my mind? can't seem to get that just right.

mark ya corners first.

it to do with bar angle and roll


either that or buy a bigger bar lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

I hate messin with pulp, i'm just not set up for it. don't know how any one makes money just cutting it even if they do get 30 loads.

 

[twochains]

I have a theory on that slayer...

 

[treeslayer2003]

mark ya corners first.

it to do with bar angle and roll


either that or buy a bigger bar lol

if I ever get the 660 ported n rebuilt i'm putting a 36 on it. how do ya mean mark the corners?

 

[treeslayer2003]

I have a theory on that slayer...

me too, but i'm nuts so......

 

[jrcat]

Pulp just doesnt pay here unless you are the buyer.. processor and seller. Example... buying the pulp then chipping and trucking it to another party. Like Temple Inland. But they want clean chips they also pay well for clean chips.. clean meaning no bark or dirt. They pay up to $55 a ton for "mill" chips. but to pull pulp and chip you gotta have a flail de-barker ....pricey ...

 

[twochains]

Boss told me something today that raises some question... pine yard isn't opening up here till Thursday and with limited window! Here's the head scratcher..."IF" my boss takes a bid on a tract of tornado damaged Forest Service pine...we are gauranteed a slot for 25 loads a week! Hmmm....politics much...

 

[twochains]

me too, but i'm nuts so......

:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[treeslayer2003]

that's right, a big investment. most guys doin it here are subbing for Glatfelter pulp.

 

[bustedup]

if I ever get the 660 ported n rebuilt i'm putting a 36 on it. how do ya mean mark the corners?

either mark em before ya put the undercut in or after ya put in the undercut stick small twig in the corner of the undercut to give ya a reference point more easily seen......don't chase the cut if ya off then stop and chunk it out then go back in (when ya can see more) and clean the face up


prob make no sense lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

Boss told me something today that raises some question... pine yard isn't opening up here till Thursday and with limited window! Here's the head scratcher..."IF" my boss takes a bid on a tract of tornado damaged Forest Service pine...we are gauranteed a slot for 25 loads a week! Hmmm....politics much...

that is why i'm a nut with theoreys

 

[jrcat]

A half million dollar chipper 100 g's on a good de barker.. trucks .. skidder .. feller buncher. ... lots o money there.

 

[treeslayer2003]

either mark em before ya put the undercut in or after ya put in the undercut stick small twig in the corner of the undercut to give ya a reference point more easily seen......don't chase the cut if ya off then stop and chunk it out then go back in (when ya can see more) and clean the face up


prob make no sense lol

biggest thing is it don't wind up pointing where I wanted. I have not been on my game lately. I ready to go cut pine with the bell till fall, then get back into the pretty wood. not gonna happen with this weather.

 

[bustedup]

biggest thing is it don't wind up pointing where I wanted. I have not been on my game lately. I ready to go cut pine with the bell till fall, then get back into the pretty wood. not gonna happen with this weather.

how ya starting the sloping cut....from where ???

 

[bustedup]

could also be ya parallax is out lol

 

[jrcat]

could also be ya parallax is out lol

Speak the kings english man...lol

 

[bustedup]

Speak the kings english man...lol

He knows what I mean lol

 

[twochains]

I think he is gonna get the bid! Only good thing about this job is that ALL timber goes and skidder doen't have to worry about skint trees. Oh...and the pine is big!!

You asked last night slayer 'bout how much more timber ther is on this 300 acres...tons, waaay more than I thought! However we are pulling out while dry and going to that 400 acres and the storm damaged timber. Boss says I am going to freak over how big the pine is on the 400! He says 4 or 5 tree will load the truck! Says it is as close as we can get to "virgin" timber! I'm thinking out equivalent to OG maybe?? Gonna take lots of pic! Should be there Monday! :msp_w00t: