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Was pulling a pretty good sized Pine a couple months ago, a guy I always work with on a backhoe, and me cutting at the stump. We had a block set up so he wasn't in the lay, and he couldn't see the tree. I was about a third of the way in to where I wanted to be with the back cut, or however it...

Don't you guys find that a brimmed hat blocks your vision when working at the base and looking up? I have to hack most of it off. I dunno, perhaps due to limited neck range mobility, either an inherited trait or perhaps from a lot of muscularity? 8)

Haha..and still the teachers don't give up on us. That is dedication!

Yes, and to have the respect for the work to want to make your contribution and teach it proper. Reminds of another person, too.

The guy seems almost Japanese in his approach. During my apprenticeship, it was basically a nightmare experience six out of seven days per week, morning until night. Then when we would punch the clock at 6:30, sometimes the man would be waiting and ask me to go for a beer with him, or enquire...

Burnham, how you describe Mr. Dent, seems to me to express the attributes of a good occupational teacher. Liking them isn't a necessity, there is the larger and more important picture. Wonder if his own teacher is speaking through him?

My take is that to reach a level of proficiency where you are able to teach the guys that teach, such as Burnham, you have to be a sourpuss.

Enjoyed seeing the pics, thanks for posting them, Burnham. Did y'all notice the dent in Dent's hardhat?