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Any way to escape the cold during the day?

Some trades though they can be almost fully mechanized, still can't be done as well as when a large amount of hand work is included. "Done as well" can be a debatable point, but grinding lenses and woodwork are two that come to mind. If the public isn't sensitive to the differences, you get...

I thought it was cool that when he was getting yanked out of the hole, he still had the trees attached to his winch. It's all about the trees.

Those do look like some very marketable logs. Nice going on the profits!

Even worse, bats!

Dave, curios what is inside that log.

Mad machine!

Over here the logs get sorted out at the auction yard. If you have registered with them, you write the name of your outfit on the end of each log, then after it gets hauled to the yard, it's their job to sort it out for what market will want it. The quality of log and time of year are the main...

Wood grown in other countries, be it from islands or jungles or wherever, has been sent to the US and Great Britain for many many years for the furniture industry, and for other uses. Ebony, Padauk, Mahogany, Rosewood..... there are many examples. Logs included or mainly, no doubt. The reason...

Always a bummer when people lose jobs, but perhaps thinking more globally is the way of success in today's market, which seems to also have a good side for all parties. The Chinese are also creating jobs in the US, by improving and reopening sawmills, then hiring folks to work in them...

Good question, Squish. I know that the first US Walnut boards that I had seen out of China, were rather crude in the milling, some fluctuations in the dimensions. That has much improved over time, to the point that there is no discernible distinction between US milled and Chinese milled...

No denying labor costs as a factor, but the market for wood is worldwide, that is a lot bigger than any one country's needs. If someone taps into that market, they have to have the supply. The Black Walnut in my shop grew in the US, but it was sold to Japan by some company in China, where the...

With all due respect, I think that you guys miss a major point. The logs wouldn't be going abroad to a large extent, if there was a market for them where they are being cut. No doubt to some extent there is, but aside from possibly questioning some nationalism leanings, can you blame people...

Why is it daft to send logs to other countries? The people harvesting and selling the logs are getting paid, and not having their arms twisted about it, are they? Also, it's not like it's a new practice or anything.

Take the guy at the home center place tonight... The excavator that I am using at the tree logging site where I am currently working, has a tear in the rubber caterpillar track, so I find that if i kind of sew it together with some small diameter cable, it stays on the sprocket reasonably...

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A few, less than before, Dave. Importing wood for construction has become more cost effective than using domestic, in a lot of cases. High labor costs here. There is a big auction yard, however, where most logs of almost any species can go. Set your own price or they will for you . I'm not...

Starting a hundred plus Pine removal job tomorrow, myself and two other blokes. It has pretty much turned out to be my job. Kind of a confined space with a lot of tall trees where a house will be built. Leaving the brush on the outskirts of the property, fortunately. Neighboring property a...

They are also buying enormous quantities of pulp, for some reason. The pulp mills have really suffered with the decreasing use of paper.

Yeah, the Chinese are/were buying up all kinds of Walnut in the states as well, even a large mill operation or two there. The standards for milling precision were pretty rough in the beginning when milled in China, but they seem to have much upgraded their equipment. They are cheapos when...