The forestry and logging pictures thread

[jacob j.]

 

[jacob j.]

 

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[NWWrench]

Those are some great pictures JJ.

 

[CLEARCUT]

Thunderbird 6140 yarder with a fresh paint job. Started a thinning unit today up Steamboat Creek for the Forest Service. One of many, many units in this package sale. This is the third year on the sale, and next year is the last year.

 

[jacob j.]

 

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[NWWrench]

 

[NWWrench]

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They kill the engine on the steep ground?


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[CLEARCUT]

They kill the engine on the steep ground?


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I was curious of that myself, with that other shovel assisting him.

 

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[jacob j.]

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Are you on a machine on this job? Independent was thinning a piece just up from Fivemile creek in 2006 and they ran the bunchers on that job 24/7 for about three weeks.

It was pretty cool seeing them running when we were driving in early and then seeing the same machines still going when we were headed home.

 

[CLEARCUT]

Are you on a machine on this job? Independent was thinning a piece just up from Fivemile creek in 2006 and they ran the bunchers on that job 24/7 for about three weeks.

It was pretty cool seeing them running when we were driving in early and then seeing the same machines still going when we were headed home.

I’m actually hand-cutting back on our Azalea job on a waiver. Big fire extinguisher, fire spotter, and a 11:00am shutdown for me. But I’ll probably be back to the thinning in four days or so unless something changes. We have lots of work coming up, typical fall rush.
Mike has talked to me about running buncher for them, and then hand-cutting when that isn’t going...now that I don’t have a partner, I think I’m going to give it a try. I’ve played on one before, but at the time it didn’t seem like the best idea compared to hand-cutting. At least if it doesn’t work out, I can just go back to hand-cutting for them with no hard feelings at all. A few more details to iron out, and I might be bunching in a couple weeks or so.

 

[jacob j.]

I might be bunching in a couple weeks or so.

I think you'll enjoy it, and it's a good gig. A couple of the guys I worked with at the company did that - they would fly a buncher most of the time and then jump off and hand cut the oversize on their units or
hand cut ROWs or knock down the shelterwood on the boundaries of thinning units. That was what my one cutting partner was doing when I talked him into coming over and working for Alpine with me.
There was a guy there, Butch, that's what he did for many years. He would come out and hand cut with us a couple-three times a month.