The forestry and logging pictures thread

[jacob j.]

Another type of tail hold widely used is the "Deadman", where a large log is buried several feet below the surface with several large straps affixed to it - the straps can be used in a variety of ways.

I've even seen large dozers used as tail holds on jobs near a road system. Plikat logging used one when they logged a unit for Roseburg Lumber right off of I-5 near Rice Hill several years ago. It was
an old Terex machine and it was parked maybe 200' from the freeway.

 

[jacob j.]

Here's a good example of how a straight-felled unit looks like.

It's smaller timber so all the trees are felled straight down the hill, and yarded out tree-length.

They'll have a processor at the top of the unit (usually a dangle-head) and will process and sort the logs there.

It's a lot more efficient and less wasteful, but not nearly as much fun to cut.

 

[Skeans1]

Typically, the rigging crew notches several large stumps for tailholds and may have an intermediate support rigged along the way, depending on the type of yarding they're doing.

Skeans can explain it a lot better than I can - I've never worked the rigging before, I've only cut on high-lead sides and most of that was straight-falling.

Never worked under the high lead or cable sides, we commercial thin mainly. A few of the guys I’ve heard have had issues with the size of the stumps to choose from and the larger second as well as old growth stumps are getting too soft for tails anymore.


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[Skeans1]

Another type of tail hold widely used is the "Deadman", where a large log is buried several feet below the surface with several large straps affixed to it - the straps can be used in a variety of ways.

I've even seen large dozers used as tail holds on jobs near a road system. Plikat logging used one when they logged a unit for Roseburg Lumber right off of I-5 near Rice Hill several years ago. It was
an old Terex machine and it was parked maybe 200' from the freeway.

Some of those old cats are the best buys low hours with good undercarriages, our old D7F was a mobile tail hold and a fly able cat it’d be interesting to be there to see done but it’s not for me.


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[Redfin]

Thanks JJ.

 

[longleaf]

Here's a good example of how a straight-felled unit looks like.

It's smaller timber so all the trees are felled straight down the hill, and yarded out tree-length.

They'll have a processor at the top of the unit (usually a dangle-head) and will process and sort the logs there.

It's a lot more efficient and less wasteful, but not nearly as much fun to cut.

Forgive my ignorance but around here we rarely have any slopes like that. Everybody uses a hydrax if it get too steep for a hydrax they use a saw. Are those machine felled?

 

[RandyMac]

weeds

 

[Skeans1]

Forgive my ignorance but around here we rarely have any slopes like that. Everybody uses a hydrax if it get too steep for a hydrax they use a saw. Are those machine felled?

Now days yes, with my 1270 we do a lot of 70% ground without a tether line if it was tethered I’d be doing 100% slopes like that.


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[Skeans1]

weeds

Compared to what you got to play with Randy that’s for sure. If you guys saw a patch like that it was probably passed up I’m guessing.


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[Willard]

Fascinating history of Sequoia redwood lumbering in the Sierra Mountains 1890- 1923.
Kings River Flume worlds longest at 62 miles floating processed redwood lumber from mills at Mill Wood up in the Sierras down to the company's lumberyards and mills at Sanger, California.

 

[longleaf]

Now days yes, with my 1270 we do a lot of 70% ground without a tether line if it was tethered I’d be doing 100% slopes like that.


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I watched some videos on those. Much more sophisticated than anything around here.

 

[Willard]

Not trying to derail your thread JJ but heres a nice short video of those Sierra Mountains flumes.
https://abc30.com/56206/

 

[NWWrench]

1920 log flumes Lumberton, B.C.
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Very cool old pictures, thanks for sharing,
Ryan

 

[NWWrench]

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Nice turn .

 

[NWWrench]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...AB47930A0676FE622537AB47930A0676FE6&FORM=VIRE

Here is a link to a neat video shot about 20 minutes from me. I went and worked on the yarder, very cool jobsite downhill logging blind over two canyons with rock bluffs and two intermediate supports, the videos or pictures don't do justice for this jobsite.
Ryan

 

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