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  1. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    Where in NH are you?
  2. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    So can ground hornets. They're like half inch drill bits going into your skin and they WILL chase a man all the way to the landing or the place that he gives in and collapses.
  3. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    That wasn't a post to say ive done it all. it was a post that meant Ive loved what Ive been exposed to.
  4. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    I've hand cut, chased hand cutters with a skidder, chased Bell Ultra T's with a skidder, chased hot saws with a skidder, and chased Timbcos with Rolle II processor heads with a skidder, logged high grade, logged low grade, logged chipping wood, etc, and loved every f'in bit of it. Nothing beats...
  5. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    Vice versa for me. Don't recall logging softwood. Wish I could have said I did, to round out my experience.
  6. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    I think we have worked in different timber. I know all about easing your hitch down easy. Ease it down while creeping forward. Lets it come down slow in that forward motion keeps the line from going slack. But not all wood holds together. Maybe uniform size spruce is more cooperative then im...
  7. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    About getting stuck with a cable skidder and moving ahead, you can use a grapple to push forward out of a jam. Sometimes even better, sometimes not. Think back to dropping a hitch of choked trees. They don't always snug back up and winch in nicely. Even the best choked hitch can lose some wood...
  8. Tucker943

    Franklin Treefarmer

    I myself hate franklins but that's only because I cut my teeth on Deere machines. Deere are plush.
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