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Well, the last one decided that becoming a police officer, of all things, was his dream. So far the teachers at the police academy have tried to put him in stress inducing situations and have him evaluate hiss stress level afterwards. His take on that is, "After having you on my ass for 3½...

Thanks, Tim. That is the one thing that I feel I have done right in life. I've had about 25 and 99% of them are still in the business. In fact, the company we sub for every summer ( Second biggest in the country) is owned 50% by an old apprentice. The forester running the largest private forest...

We only get killed untill we learn to do it the right way. After that, we are ok. You need someone to teach you the ropes, obviously. This , unlike normal everyday logging, isn't a field where you can just blunder around and find things out at your own. My personal teaching tool, when dealing...

When we had "the storm of the century" in 99 i had 3 apprentices. On the first day of cleanup in the woods ( A process which took about a year) I figured I'd better get their attention and make them aware of the forces they were dealing with. So I found a nice little 'bout 1½ foot thick doug fir...

Jerry, I was felling and bucking some nice larch trees today of a decent size. I realized that without thinking about it, I was constantly reaming to relieve pressure on the bar. I would not have done that it hardwood, for the simple fact that it takes quite a bit longer to make those extra...

Yup. Make the wedge on the piece that doesn't count. Jerry, it saves reaming. I do that too, but this is way faster IMO.

This is simply the best I've had out of participating here, apart from the friends I've made and visited with. Chris ( Tucker 234567890) showed it and it was a complete " Why the heck didn't I ever think of that" revelation. When bucking a log that has top bind ( Or in this case; that one...