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

[treeslayer2003]

Clint don't be a fretting ....ya got a few more years til ya buy the farm lol

he done did, 50 some acre weren't it?

 

[northmanlogging]

to answer some questions...

Had 1 choker left so i just rechoked it and started back. This little dougie was 36"+ on the butt and 36' to the first knot...
Broke the winch line pulling his two little brothers out, of coarse I was neck deep in brush and 200yds from the crummy, so had to abandon the turn fix the line and then head back for em...

wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't strung out to the very end of the line...

I just tie the bastard in a knot... figure eight with 2 pairs of vice grips stuck through a shackle/clevis tied to a cat eye choker hooked to a stump.

I don't fix the chokers they'r cheap... besides they're only 8-10' long so splicing a new end is out of the question, especially when you lose 2-3 feet to unraveling...

As far as breaking often the one that broke is 3 years old and kinda small... only 1/2"

I'll leave the chains for the farmers...

 

[bustedup]

LOL


Sometimes I think..lol

Juss nod an smile lol

 

[bustedup]

he done did, 50 some acre weren't it?

lol not that kinda farm lol ..........Clint knows what I mean lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

to answer some questions...

Had 1 choker left so i just rechoked it and started back. This little dougie was 36"+ on the butt and 36' to the first knot...
Broke the winch line pulling his two little brothers out, of coarse I was neck deep in brush and 200yds from the crummy, so had to abandon the turn fix the line and then head back for em...

wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't strung out to the very end of the line...

I just tie the bastard in a knot... figure eight with 2 pairs of vice grips stuck through a shackle/clevis tied to a cat eye choker hooked to a stump.

I don't fix the chokers they'r cheap... besides they're only 8-10' long so splicing a new end is out of the question, especially when you lose 2-3 feet to unraveling...

As far as breaking often the one that broke is 3 years old and kinda small... only 1/2"

I'll leave the chains for the farmers...

well, of course they never break close to the landing or if ya got a hand. they hold on with one strand then.

 

[twochains]

It is Clint ... big time.. The mannerisms and such...Loads different then WNY

I'm sure jrcat... now you talkin' mannerisms or manners?

Would ya believe that my Mother used to take me and my little brother up to Manhattan every Christmas when we were kids? People up there kinda made fun of us for our southern drawl..and mine isn't really all that bad. You try talkin' to a half drunk "coon ass" sometime! In casre you don't know what a real "coon ass" is... It's a creole from southern most part of Louisiana, they catch a good buzz and forget who they talkin' to and start throwin' French in there...I can't even understand that ####! LOL!

 

[jrcat]

Well ya will ifn ya get outta Bamma lol

Yep lol



NM most guys I know back home use chain chokers on everything from 440 deeres to 360 jacks. Pulling soft wood to hard wood.

 

[twochains]

he done did, 50 some acre weren't it?

54!! LOL! :msp_w00t: 54 acres of beautiful timber and beautiful future oak and pine timber! LOVE it!

 

[bustedup]

I'm sure jrcat... now you talkin' mannerisms or manners?

Would ya believe that my Mother used to take me and my little brother up to Manhattan every Christmas when we were kids? People up there kinda made fun of us for our southern drawl..and mine isn't really all that bad. You try talkin' to a half drunk "coon ass" sometime! In casre you don't know what a real "coon ass" is... It's a creole from southern most part of Louisiana, they catch a good buzz and forget who they talkin' to and start throwin' French in there...I can't even understand that ####! LO!

Oh jeez now not heard that one for a while bro lol lol and yep they real difficult to understand .......even when they ain't drunk lol

 

[jrcat]

I'm sure jrcat... now you talkin' mannerisms or manners?

Would ya believe that my Mother used to take me and my little brother up to Manhattan every Christmas when we were kids? People up there kinda made fun of us for our southern drawl..and mine isn't really all that bad. You try talkin' to a half drunk "coon ass" sometime! In casre you don't know what a real "coon ass" is... It's a creole from southern most part of Louisiana, they catch a good buzz and forget who they talkin' to and start throwin' French in there...I can't even understand that ####! LO!

Both ... I guess

 

[bustedup]

Both ... I guess

The south way more polite than the north .........least I always found that

 

[dooby]

Yep lol NM most guys I know back home use chain chokers on everything from 440 deeres to 360 jacks. Pulling soft wood to hard wood.[/QU

Chains are gay I am w/ NorthMan- The Euro-farmer left my bloodline before I hit the ground by at least 3 genrations

 

[northmanlogging]

Yep lol



NM most guys I know back home use chain chokers on everything from 440 deeres to 360 jacks. Pulling soft wood to hard wood.

I know... its just one more thing to make fun of the east coast guys with...otstir:

seriously I don't see the advantage to chain vs cable though... chains are so much more expensive and they still break... Plus they're a pain to stuff under a log...

 

[twochains]

ya the big 40 now then lol???

Yeh busted! The big 40! LOL! I pulled tha t 12hr day on my B-Day! LOL! Had to check myself...it's all good! LMAO

 

[treeslayer2003]

54!! LOL! :msp_w00t: 54 acres of beautiful timber and beautiful future oak and pine timber! LOVE it!

jus find a good market for ya cut it. by that time cat be truckin full time n he haul it up north for ya.

 

[twochains]

I know... its just one more thing to make fun of the east coast guys with...otstir:

seriously I don't see the advantage to chain vs cable though... chains are so much more expensive and they still break... Plus they're a pain to stuff under a log...

I used chains when skidding with my Belgian...but that in itself is something else to poke fun of...LOL!

 

[treeslayer2003]

I know... its just one more thing to make fun of the east coast guys with...otstir:

seriously I don't see the advantage to chain vs cable though... chains are so much more expensive and they still break... Plus they're a pain to stuff under a log...

a real [sqare link] chain choker will not break. I still hate um tho.

 

[northmanlogging]

give me 2 hours with it

 

[treeslayer2003]

a dufus on a 666 clark couldn't break um, I really think he tried.

 

[northmanlogging]

I used chains when skidding with my Belgian...but that in itself is something else to poke fun of...LOL!

Knaw I think horse logging is super cool.

With horses chain makes a little bit of sense cause that way you can control how far away the log is from the harness.

With chokers and a skidder there is this thing called an arch... its supposed to lift the log off the ground... and stuff...

as long as your not using to long of a choker it should never be an issue.