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

[northmanlogging]

true just not super common

 

[Metals406]

Right before the cancer killed him, my buddy Ron was running a JD 135(?) Excavator with a 16" dangle head processor. He was told it was the smallest one in North America.

I've posted pics before I think?

He figured out that hand-falling was quicker, then he would crawl in and process and deck.

Then the skidder (35 horse Kubota setup for the woods) would come in and skid the decks and load firewood with the loader.

Not a large operation, but that dangle head made production triple in 16" & less wood.

 

[Samlock]

Yes, You did post a video of a sweaty afternoon spent on handfalling with a 660 for Ron's processor. I remember Ron showing too giving the saw a try. It was funny because the saw was an overkill indeed.

I'm sorry to hear of your buddy, Nate.

 

[Haywire]

Yeah, sorry to hear about that, too. Neat geezer.

 

[Metals406]

Ron's 98 year old dad passed two days ago too.

Pretty long in the tooth, can't really say he was shorted any years.

 

[Haywire]

Yeah, I'd say 98 is definitely getting your money's worth.

 

[slowp]

There was a guy out here who cut and bucked with his processor out in the woods. He was pretty good with it. A grapple skidder brought the logs into the landing. It worked well because the contract required tops and limbs to be left out in the unit.

 

[Metals406]

There was a guy out here who cut and bucked with his processor out in the woods. He was pretty good with it. A grapple skidder brought the logs into the landing. It worked well because the contract required tops and limbs to be left out in the unit.

Yup, many advantages to processing in the sticks.

 

[Skeans]

That's how we long log thin when we're in older timber and an advantage to the fixed head we can lay everything directly in the row next to the machine with the butts or tops lined up for yarding.

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[SliverPicker]

I looked at your photos again 1270. I still swear they are from in the Porkies. Unreal! Wow!!

 

[1270d]

Another pic. It was a dry late summer and water levels were low. These logs have been submerged for may many years.

 

[1270d]

The larch just starting to turn here...

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[SliverPicker]

Photo composition is the hardest part to learn. You are a natural. Good job!

 

[treeslayer2003]

any one herd from spotted owl?

 

[1270d]

took a break from logging and did some pheasant hunting. North Dakota and Montana. The sky has many more holes than the birds do....

 

[hseII]

View attachment 460947took a break from logging and did some pheasant hunting. North Dakota and Montana. The sky has many more holes than the birds do....

Nice Red Label.

I have one too.

 

[1270d]

I like that one. Older model with fixed chokes. I'd like to collect some of the others as well. And someday...a gold label.

 

[SliverPicker]

I ran into a guy who walked through the a landing I was cutting a few weeks ago who was hunting elk with a Marlin .45-70 lever. Kind of a saddle gun. Short barrel. Iron sights. I think its time to get me one of them.

Still, nothing is as personal as a quality scatter gun. That's a beauty 1270.

 

[bitzer]

I ran into a guy who walked through the a landing I was cutting a few weeks ago who was hunting elk with a Marlin .45-70 lever. Kind of a saddle gun. Short barrel. Iron sights. I think its time to get me one of them.

Still, nothing is as personal as a quality scatter gun. That's a beauty 1270.

That sounds like a cool gun.

 

[SliverPicker]

It had a really interesting feel to it.