Timber Fallers (Cottonwood)

[cottonwood1]

Tramp,
I will do my best to get some pictures for you. I have seen some of the ones you talked about in AK. I was up that way for the military. If you have any of the big ones from there I would love to see them as well. three inches short of 5ft is my max to date and it was to a non northwest faller huge!!

 

[tramp bushler]

I may have some pics on an old phone .. . Taking pics wasn't something we did much of in the bushlin days. Everything was about cuttin timber and as much of it as possible. !! .

 

[tramp bushler]

Ya know, oddly enuf. Cottonwood makes pretty good firewood when its dry. . Theres a bunch of Cotton wood down in the Tiekle River. drainage. and on the flats below Thompson Pass and above Valdez .

 

[ShaneLogs]

heres some of the ones in our local park got the last two bids on removing them all .bad tops. will be going down in a couple weeks to do another section . these were some pealers and lumber wet and heavey.

Looks like you have some more cutting to do! Good job overall!

 

[madhatte]

these were some pealers and lumber wet and heavey

Geeze, man, that's some big, sloppy wood. I don't envy you one bit!

 

[cottonwood1]

It does work for firewood and I cut some each year for the firewood guys. Beings we dont have any large wood, but Cottonwood I am happy to cut the wet smelly stuff cause it is money. I wish I could have done same cutting in Ak while I was up there. Nice timber in that state!!

Paccity,
Got some large trees there good work!!

 

[OlympicYJ]

Ya know, oddly enuf. Cottonwood makes pretty good firewood when its dry. . Theres a bunch of Cotton wood down in the Tiekle River. drainage. and on the flats below Thompson Pass and above Valdez .

There's some fair sized ones even in the interrior too. Thinkin of a place just south of Cantwell off the Parks :cool2:

 

[Cedarkerf]

It does work for firewood and I cut some each year for the firewood guys. Beings we dont have any large wood, but Cottonwood I am happy to cut the wet smelly stuff cause it is money. I wish I could have done same cutting in Ak while I was up there. Nice timber in that state!!

Paccity,
Got some large trees there good work!!

Cottonwood out here is pretty useless. The few mills that say theyll take state "will take cottonwood at no value" so its a place to dump it if you wanna pay the deisel bill. Out here its so wet that by the time it drys out its rotten so most of us dont even consider it for fire wood.

 

[paccity]

cedarkurf should change his handle to cottoncurf with all the cottonwood he's been in lately but i wish the park manager would let us cut them in the winter . by the time we do the next section they will be gushing.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Might as well call myself horse pisskerf

 

[paccity]

well i wouldn't go that far. you seem like a nice enough feller.

 

[Gologit]

well i wouldn't go that far. you seem like a nice enough feller.

Who? I was thinking about changing his avatar and username but I couldn't find a picture of a horse peeing on saw. Besides, he's too big and I'm too slow to make him mad at me.

 

[tramp bushler]

There's some fair sized ones even in the interrior too. Thinkin of a place just south of Cantwell off the Parks :cool2:

oddly enough, thats one part of the state I've not been to yet.

 

[OlympicYJ]

Oh haha well need to schedule more vacation time in Anchorage! lol

 

[cottonwood1]

I spoke with a faller in WA a few years back that was clearing cottonwood out on a job site, he showed me some of the trees and they were pouring water out. Ours get like that in early spring, but for the most part are not nearly as wet as what I seen there. Interesting how they can be, in different parts. I would love to have some of those big cedars out this way. Our only good wood for building is lodgpole pine. Cut lots of it but nothing gets too big here. So beings the cottonwood is cheap and tons of it that is what I end up with the most. This year is the first year I have cut in the summer, I can say I am not a fan. Hot, humid and LOTS of TICKS!!!

 

[tramp bushler]

How do you deal with the ticks? ? Don't they carry some desease ?

 

[cottonwood1]

They carry lyme disease, and it can be nasty. Well for me beings I was in the military I have military grade bug spray similar to DEET. I also use tick collars on my legs, but you have to use your head and make sure they dont touch your skin as they can burn the skin bad! Seen it and it isnt cool looking LOL. This year for us they are bad, I was out the other day working and counted 45 of them on me by 3 in the afternoon.

 

[OlympicYJ]

This year for us they are bad, I was out the other day working and counted 45 of them on me by 3 in the afternoon.

:msp_scared: Yea I think ima live somewhere where the ticks aren't that bad! Worst time for ticks around here for a human is after an elk gets dropped and you gotta skin it out... litterly see a hundred ticks crawlin around on the shop floor after ya get the bugger skinned. Had a few on me never bit me though.

 

[tramp bushler]

I yi yi. . . yukalooy

no thanks
I'll stick with skeeters, white socks, no seeums, and gnats. Deet and a head net takes care of them.

 

[ShaneLogs]

The ticks aren't to bad where I live at here in Maine.