The Logging Thread

[squisher]

You bet it is. I only glimpsed the surface of the intricacies of it in my time yarding.

 

[cory]

Getting the cable strung on a steep hillside is quite a process.

That stuff used to confuse the heck outta me, early on, at least

 

[Tucker943]

I pulled skidder cable 65' up a dozen trees once and that was quite enough for me.

 

[Reddog]

Hard to believe that in all these years there never has been one, ain't it?

We did back in one of the old House's

 

[squisher]

Gotta atleast hang a block and have someone else pull the rigging up if there's hands. I was the only one I ever worked with that could/would rig a tail or intermediate spar solo in one climb. I developed my own technique of climbing with two guy lines attached to the belt and the bite of a rope with the third guy line on one end and a good sized block on the other. That was a hard climb with each step making it worse. I'd hang the two lines on me first obviously, then pull up and hang the third guy line, then pull up the block between my legs otherwise it'd throw you off balance. I'd wrestle it up through my legs and rest it on my lap while I wrapped the strap.

Let me tell you by this point your spurs are drove deep. Lol. Than you'd still have to down climb never rappeled or had a climb line even in those days.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I remember aways being only on lanyard.

 

[squisher]

Sucked!

 

[MasterBlaster]

But we were BADASS.

 

[squisher]

Lol. I'm still badass.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yes, me too - but like you, in lower caps.

 

[squisher]

Lmao. Yah it's not quite the same is it?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm good once as I ever was!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Nobody is going to be questioning Squish's bad ass with Thunder around.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

I'm as BADASS as I ever was. Experience and cunning make up for youth and exuberance. Plus, the older you are, the more experienced at being badass you get.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Ed, you still have six years to not be the oldest heavyweight champion of the world.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Haha, I'm not a good boxer Jay. I wish I could box better.

 

[stig]

Figured I ought to put something in this thread.
They sold the first half of the logs from our clearcut today.
I like to go by and see what deductions the mill has made and if there are any logs they didn't take.
Just to get better at figuring how to grade logs.
In this case they took everything, except for some minor deductions for rot.
Paid a good price for them, too.

 

[brendonv]

Dang nice wood.

Im cutting junk. Todays view from the cab.

 

[stig]

That is pretty much what Richard and I are cutting right now.
We took a break from the big stuff and let the youngsters have at it, while we relax in the small trees.

 

[squisher]

Love the pic of your dog 'seasoning' the log. Lol.

 

[brendonv]

Stig, what are the evergreens lining the road?

 

[Dave Shepard]

Nice logs Stig. What are the marks on the end, is that the deduction?

Brendon, is that a firewood harvest? What skidder are you running, that cage looks like a 440/540 Deere?

Thanks for adding to the thread everyone.

 

[brendonv]

Yep, firewood. Its water company property. Hes been harvesting there for years. Ive been there for the last three, in winter. Part time, whenever ya want gig for both of us.

548, grapple and winch. I like that machine, though it is the only one ive ever ran anyways.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

That job is crying out for a forwarder Ben.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Isn't that a Treefarmer forwarder in the background? Or is it a Franklin?