The forestry and logging pictures thread

[Funky sawman]

That's cool, yer lucky. What's the chances that yer cutten partner also uses ope forum? One in a thousand right there man.

 

[CLEARCUT]

In the first picture you can see the nickel mine in Riddle.

 

[Skeans1]

View attachment 276052 View attachment 276053 View attachment 276054 In the first picture you can see the nickel mine in Riddle.

Ever wish you had the grapple saw head?


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[CLEARCUT]

Ever wish you had the grapple saw head?


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I do and I don’t. It would be nice to have more reach, especially when reaching below the road or up on the cut-bank. Or any steep ground situation. I’d like to try one.

 

[Skeans1]

I do and I don’t. It would be nice to have more reach, especially when reaching below the road or up on the cut-bank. Or any steep ground situation. I’d like to try one.

Never ran a hot saw but I don’t care for the cut before you have a hold of the tree plus you have more undercarriage wear with a hot saw. If you ever make it up one day let me know I could probably get you in the seat of the 1270 it’d be a lot like it.


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[CLEARCUT]

Never ran a hot saw but I don’t care for the cut before you have a hold of the tree plus you have more undercarriage wear with a hot saw. If you ever make it up one day let me know I could probably get you in the seat of the 1270 it’d be a lot like it.


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Copy that, thanks. I’m assuming more undercarriage wear because of the weight of the head, and holding trees?
The whole “cutting before you have a hold of it” makes for some interesting situations, especially when stuff is real close together.

I have to run her at a good sideways tilt sometimes so I can reach up the cut-bank, or down below the road. Also to keep the back-end from hitting the cut-bank. A zero tail-swing would be nice for this.

 

[jacob j.]

View attachment 276052 View attachment 276053 View attachment 276054 In the first picture you can see the nickel mine in Riddle.

I lived right below the mine there for several years, so you're just across the valley from where I used to live. Huff and Puff logged a big unit just over the ridge from where you're at now in 2008. It was pretty miserable cutting.

 

[HYPERSAWS]

Ever wish you had the grapple saw head?


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I prefer these grapple saws.

 

[Skeans1]

Copy that, thanks. I’m assuming more undercarriage wear because of the weight of the head, and holding trees?
The whole “cutting before you have a hold of it” makes for some interesting situations, especially when stuff is real close together.

I have to run her at a good sideways tilt sometimes so I can reach up the cut-bank, or down below the road. Also to keep the back-end from hitting the cut-bank. A zero tail-swing would be nice for this.

On bigger trees you’re moving around more to cut it vs being able to rotate the head around the tree. The only way you’re going to get more downwards reach is an excavator boom or a squirt boom but even it’s only normally a few feet max of 10 feet with a small head.


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[CLEARCUT]

On bigger trees you’re moving around more to cut it vs being able to rotate the head around the tree. The only way you’re going to get more downwards reach is an excavator boom or a squirt boom but even it’s only normally a few feet max of 10 feet with a small head.


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Yeah, I was referring to an excavator type boom, like what most guys are running on the Tigercat 855’s with the 5195 head.
I’m glad I have full rotate on my saw-head. Partial rotate would definitely make things a little tougher.

 

[CLEARCUT]

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I prefer these grapple saws.

Husky junk!! Lol. I want a 395.

 

[Skeans1]

Yeah, I was referring to an excavator type boom, like what most guys are running on the Tigercat 855’s with the 5195 head.
I’m glad I have full rotate on my saw-head. Partial rotate would definitely make things a little tougher.

The 855 have a harvester boom so your boom geometry isn’t a whole different just add a few feet to your boom and it’s the same.

Being able to just roll the head from your face to a back cut is a huge bonus plus your fuel usage is going to be way down.

Just curious how many gallons an hour are you using with hot saw?


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[CLEARCUT]

I lived right below the mine there for several years, so you're just across the valley from where I used to live. Huff and Puff logged a big unit just over the ridge from where you're at now in 2008. It was pretty miserable cutting.

There is a lot of poison oak and live oak here. Supposedly there is an old silver mine up the road a few miles here, that is a mess, and the water in this drainage is bad. Do you know anything about it?

 

[jacob j.]

There is a lot of poison oak and live oak here. Supposedly there is an old silver mine up the road a few miles here, that is a mess, and the water in this drainage is bad. Do you know anything about it?

I've heard rumors of a silver mine but haven't verified where it's at. All of the old timers from that area that I knew that had first-hand knowledge are gone now.

Yeah, there's ton of Poison Oak on that side of the valley. We cut a piece a couple ridges over from there in 2005 and there were Poison Oak trunks on some of
the older Firs that were 6-7" in diameter.

 

[Skeans1]

A little bit from today and after a day of cutting.


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[CLEARCUT]

I found it today, not too far from where I was.

 

[CLEARCUT]

A little bit from today and after a day of cutting.


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What do you think initially?

 

[Skeans1]

What do you think initially?

It runs good even with a 8 pin with semi skip I'd say it needs full comp with a 8 pin sprocket. It's something different then what I'm use to I love how light it is and how much torque it has, but I'm noticing you need more teeth on the chain to make it really pull.

 

[ajschainsaws]

 

[ajschainsaws]