The forestry and logging pictures thread

[jacob j.]

 

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[jacob j.]

 

[CLEARCUT]

 

[CLEARCUT]

We are almost done with this strip, and then we will head to the opposite side of the draw. A bunch you can’t see behind the ridge. All that will be yarded side-hill to this top landing.

 

[jacob j.]

Do you guys still have to process the oversize wood in the brush?

 

[Skeans1]

Finally in a little better pocket of this stand amazing how much better it can looks when there’s good stuff to work with.


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[woodfarmer]

Finally back on my side of the US. The last picture im showing caveman timber cutting. When your trimming and the buncher guy says hey there's a few trees over there I missed can you go cut them. Of course you need a wedge or two and they are all in the truck. Whittled 2 out of a maple, got me a club and commenced to pounding. It works but isn't fancy and the tree better not have sat back hard. Gotta get one in behind the face usually to get a smidge of lift. Then take the tip of the bar and make the kerf a little wider to accept the chode your trying, mind you trying to pound in.

Do you ever cut those ears off in the last picture so they don’t tear?

 

[Coltont]

Do you ever cut those ears off in the last picture so they don’t tear?

I did. But wouldn't really matter if I didn't. It's not worth anything as a saw log. All the pine we get goes to a shaving mill.

 

[CLEARCUT]

Do you guys still have to process the oversize wood in the brush?

If that was meant for us, then yes, we have a roughly 24” and over being bucked, but we are pushing it here because they aren’t super tall and there is going to be a good-sized yarder here.

 

[CLEARCUT]

 

[Skeans1]

If that was meant for us, then yes, we have a roughly 24” and over being bucked, but we are pushing it here because they aren’t super tall and there is going to be a good-sized yarder here.

Having to take one log off or two?


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[CLEARCUT]

Having to take one log off or two?


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Usually just one on these. Some spots we do extra bucking, like behind lift trees, corners, etc.

 

[jacob j.]

If that was meant for us, then yes, we have a roughly 24” and over being bucked, but we are pushing it here because they aren’t super tall and there is going to be a good-sized yarder here.

That last job I did for Alpine we didn't have to mess with anything 30" or under on the butt because they had a newer dangle-head on the skip landing and then a big, older stroke de-limber on the main landing.
I can't remember what brand that machine was but it would handle a good-sized log. When I worked on Bud Van Norman's side, he had a machine that could handle up to about 26".

Having to take one log off or two?

We were taking one long log on all the Alpine jobs - they were running a TSY-155 at the time, it could pull a pretty big stick. We would set up a row of high stumps and make a bed for the oversize.
One time I threw down a 70" Fir in the bed and the top broke out and it bounced up and over the high stumps and went all the way to the bottom. I got chewed out pretty good for that one.
It was entertaining to watch though.

 

[CLEARCUT]

That last job I did for Alpine we didn't have to mess with anything 30" or under on the butt because they had a newer dangle-head on the skip landing and then a big, older stroke de-limber on the main landing.
I can't remember what brand that machine was but it would handle a good-sized log. When I worked on Bud Van Norman's side, he had a machine that could handle up to about 26".



We were taking one long log on all the Alpine jobs - they were running a TSY-155 at the time, it could pull a pretty big stick. We would set up a row of high stumps and make a bed for the oversize.
One time I threw down a 70" Fir in the bed and the top broke out and it bounced up and over the high stumps and went all the way to the bottom. I got chewed out pretty good for that one.
It was entertaining to watch though.

The machines seem to be able to process some pretty good-sized stuff. Depends on the operator a lot it seems. They were supposed to have a Madill 046 tower here, but plans have changed, and I believe it is headed to the Rasler Creek job we cut on for a couple weeks. This stuff on our job isn’t super tall, so we take that into account. Lots of heavy white fir as well, so we try to think about overall weight too. Two chokers or one?

 

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