Retirement age here is 67.
That is me next month.
Got no plans about retiring, there are still plenty of trees need felling and plenty of apprentices need teaching.
Just get enough people pulling.
That is how they buildt the bronce age graves here.
Some of the top rocks are over 20 tons.
They were going to set a rock like that up as a landmark in Lejre.
Decided to do it right.
Buildt a sled and had all 120 kids from the local school pull.
Worked a charm...
Why'nt you come log with me once.
Bet you anything I can outdance you, even at my age.
What you see in instructional videos is NOT how we do it in real life.
In fact the forestry school has sometimes taken classes out to see us work, with the words: " Now you have been taught to do it in the...
With Beech we cut them almost as low as the video shows.
Because Beech veneer is peeled and having the root flares intact keeps the bottom end of the log from splitting which Beech is prone to do as soon as it is cut.
A split log can't be peeled.
We also hammer S-shaped iron inserts across any...
Why not just grab a spade and dig it out.
Be faster.
I just happen to be a professional veneer cutter, and that method makes no sense to me......none!
BTW because I'm a professional, I wear ppe when cutting veneer.
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