pantheraba
More biners!!!
I too was trained to unclip to bypass limbs...no climbing lines, just a lanyard. That got me a broken wrist one day...spur kicked out while unclipped...doh!! What a dumbass.
Jomo I don't know him. I would think that he has a cable yarding system mounted to it. That is common for some yarders. I don't think that is anywhere close to where I used to work.Thanks
Must be an IPad thing cuz it takes me a Mark1 TLC with five tanks in it.
Jomo
Guys the tree was approximately 2500 years old. Sad? probably to many. I am just a worker bee in a society with demands. Cory I always worked in the woods since I was 17 in N Calif. moved to Montana in the 70's to be a hunting guide, built my own log house by hand and needed to make extra money so went back to the Redwoods and started my own contracting business. I had 25 fallers working for me in 1987 and we cut 70 million in that one year.Now I have my own logging Co. in Montana my partner runs the fellerbuncher and I fall the oversize and do a little climbing etc.
What's going on around there these days? Yager sounds familiar. Mostly we were from the mouth of the Klamath and upstream on Simpson land. Then we went into the old second growth around Blue Lake. We also did a lot of old growth fir inland. Like Redwood Creek all the way to Happy Camp. We were all over the place I guess. Can you still make a good living chopping?
the truth of the matter is, if most loggers had their way back then they wouldn't have taken the trees, because they broke so much rigging moving those big logs. Same with many fallers, as they lacked the saws, spring-boards and jacks that it took to get the big trees. There was a short story I read once called, "Big trees are nothing but trouble"
The ones the old-timers left for us to get were not called outlaws for no good reason. They were all tough trees,,, for everyone.
You and Pat have been at it awhile, kudos
Post some picks or tell some stories.
Just for your entertainment? I'm not in show business.
Fear was always an issue but there was no glory, just adrenaline and dirty hard work. We seldom thought about taking photos
Those days are gone and a lot of the guys that did the work are no longer with us. The few that are, should be happy to pass on their experiences to their "compadres" in this business of wood. I feel honored and obligated to.
Just for your entertainment? I'm not in show business.
Yes, and if you could put a hat on and do a little dance, that would be nice.