mtngun
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There seems to be a slowdown in milling threads lately, and I can understand why -- who wants to run a CSM on a hot August day ? I would rather wait until fall when the weather is cooler.
But, my woodcutting permit is only valid for 30 days, so I gotta get while the getting is good, hot or not.
Loggers thinned this area a couple years back, and as often happens after thinning, more wind whistles through the forest and blows down some of the remaining trees. This 19" doug fir was blown down during the winter. It was on nearly level ground, and "only" 30 yards from a logging road, but the brush and slash made it seem farther.
Typically I get three 12 foot logs out of a blowdown, but this tree had a deformed, bent spot about 20 feet up, so I ended with one good milling log, one small log for a 8x8 post, and a fair amount of green firewood.
Instead of milling each log one at a time, I first did the slabbing cut on all the logs -- well, all two of the logs. That reduces my setup time, because I only have to set up the Alaskan for the slabbing cut one time.
By the way, the haze in the sky is not clouds, it's smoke from wildfires across the river in Oregon.
The e-clip fell off the Stihl's sprocket, losing the clutch bearing in the process. I've learned the hard way to carry spares in my field kit, so the Stihl was back in service quickly.
This is the small log that will become an 8x8 post. After making its first slabbing cut, I turned it 90 degrees and made the second slabbing cut. Once again, the idea was to minimize set up time by doing all the slabbing cuts at once.
In this picture I am about to make the first 8" cut. Then I'll turn the log and make the other 8" cut. Once again, the idea is to minimize set up time by doing all the 8" cuts at once. It's just common sense, but it took me a year to figure that out.
By noon I was dragging because of the heat and sun and insects, so I was too tired to take any more pictures.
I finished milling the two logs, bucked the rest into firewood, and carried/drug it through 30 yards of brush to the truck. There was still time to start on another tree, but I was pooped, and called it a day.
But, my woodcutting permit is only valid for 30 days, so I gotta get while the getting is good, hot or not.
Loggers thinned this area a couple years back, and as often happens after thinning, more wind whistles through the forest and blows down some of the remaining trees. This 19" doug fir was blown down during the winter. It was on nearly level ground, and "only" 30 yards from a logging road, but the brush and slash made it seem farther.
Typically I get three 12 foot logs out of a blowdown, but this tree had a deformed, bent spot about 20 feet up, so I ended with one good milling log, one small log for a 8x8 post, and a fair amount of green firewood.
Instead of milling each log one at a time, I first did the slabbing cut on all the logs -- well, all two of the logs. That reduces my setup time, because I only have to set up the Alaskan for the slabbing cut one time.
By the way, the haze in the sky is not clouds, it's smoke from wildfires across the river in Oregon.
The e-clip fell off the Stihl's sprocket, losing the clutch bearing in the process. I've learned the hard way to carry spares in my field kit, so the Stihl was back in service quickly.
This is the small log that will become an 8x8 post. After making its first slabbing cut, I turned it 90 degrees and made the second slabbing cut. Once again, the idea was to minimize set up time by doing all the slabbing cuts at once.
In this picture I am about to make the first 8" cut. Then I'll turn the log and make the other 8" cut. Once again, the idea is to minimize set up time by doing all the 8" cuts at once. It's just common sense, but it took me a year to figure that out.
By noon I was dragging because of the heat and sun and insects, so I was too tired to take any more pictures.
I finished milling the two logs, bucked the rest into firewood, and carried/drug it through 30 yards of brush to the truck. There was still time to start on another tree, but I was pooped, and called it a day.
It isn't supposed to get that hot up here, when it comes to hot weather I'm like a walrus, made for the cold weather 
