What was that BobHe might not answer for awhile...he and JM are busy watching the SeaHawks get pounded on.
Jani and I went on a drive about this morning and came upon this stump. Is it a block face with a snipe with the added idea of a sloppingbackcut. Should have I posted this in "advanced falling cuts".
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The Skagits in Buckley The riggins in Carbanado. We got a bunch more in enumclaw and Ravensdale. I really like the painted blocks those are some bigginsWhere did you find that yard art?
Yea I thought it might be some super secret super advanced prototype techniqueLooks to me like they put a tiny Humbodlt face on it, then put a kerf face deeper in.......................and then did the slopping back cut. It slabbed chaired during the expertly executed back cut. Some true skill showed right there......
Yea I thought it might be some super secret super advanced prototype technique
Madill are nice machines ,double ll down the street from here has a bunch of themLots old equipment rusting away,
Near my folk's place is a madill? a loader and what appears to be an early processor that have been parked for at least 10 years. The yarder may be the same one that was parked on an old FS road for like 7 before it migrated to its current location... makes me sad cause they could have been repaired or sold... now they are just rust and moss.
I kinda want that ole skagit.
Question from a non-yarder guy...could you use the big Skagits on smaller wood if you swapped out the heavy rigging for lighter stuff? Seems like a big yarder like that hauling lighter turns wouldn't be pulling its guts out and might not fall apart so fast?There are ole Skagits all over the place. I'd rather see them working, but they are a bit too big for today's wood.
But, like the firewood guys say "it went to the ground and nobody got hurt so it must be alright".![]()
Ive got a fuzzy pic at home I took last year being used of a skagit on average size timber but a very steep side Ill try and find it tonight.Question from a non-yarder guy...could you use the big Skagits on smaller wood if you swapped out the heavy rigging for lighter stuff? Seems like a big yarder like that hauling lighter turns wouldn't be pulling its guts out and might not fall apart so fast?
Are the big yarders a lot more expensive to run than the smaller ones? I know they'd be more expensive to move but would that cost be offset by spending less money on rigging and less time on repairs?
If a lot of the big yarders are just sitting and rusting away would a guy be able to pick one up at a decent price and customize it to smaller timber?
I've never run yarders...and have no plans to.. so maybe these questions don't have good answers. Just curious.
Question from a non-yarder guy...could you use the big Skagits on smaller wood if you swapped out the heavy rigging for lighter stuff? Seems like a big yarder like that hauling lighter turns wouldn't be pulling its guts out and might not fall apart so fast?
Are the big yarders a lot more expensive to run than the smaller ones? I know they'd be more expensive to move but would that cost be offset by spending less money on rigging and less time on repairs?
If a lot of the big yarders are just sitting and rusting away would a guy be able to pick one up at a decent price and customize it to smaller timber?
I've never run yarders...and have no plans to.. so maybe these questions don't have good answers. Just curious.
adding my own ? here, why not just pull a bigger turn?Question from a non-yarder guy...could you use the big Skagits on smaller wood if you swapped out the heavy rigging for lighter stuff? Seems like a big yarder like that hauling lighter turns wouldn't be pulling its guts out and might not fall apart so fast?
Are the big yarders a lot more expensive to run than the smaller ones? I know they'd be more expensive to move but would that cost be offset by spending less money on rigging and less time on repairs?
If a lot of the big yarders are just sitting and rusting away would a guy be able to pick one up at a decent price and customize it to smaller timber?
I've never run yarders...and have no plans to.. so maybe these questions don't have good answers. Just curious.