The forestry and logging pictures thread

[Woodslasher]

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Here's a good vid on how they used to do it old sleepers cutters hewing sleepers with a broad axe.
My dad has a collection of old broad axes he calls em an ad's (not sure on the spelling) or is an ad's the thing that looks like a mattock?? IDK I'll ask him next time I see him. A Board axe is actually left or right handed the handle curves to one side depending on if you are left or right handed so ya don't smash ya knuckles on the edge of the timber you are hewing.

Adz looks like a 1-sided mattock, broad axe is the wide axe.

 

[rogue60]

EJ or EH ute rogue?

Not sure. He had a few of them grey motors and red motors so he was using EJ and EH utes or should I say destroying them lol

 

[rogue60]

Adz looks like a 1-sided mattock, broad axe is the wide axe.

Ok so they are the Adz yeah he has both they are way before my time I don't mess with them they are very sharp I don't want to lose my toes any time soon lol

 

[ajschainsaws]

From 1hp to 70hp

 

[ajschainsaws]

Pretty cold working up in the Scottish highlands

 

[rogue60]

I wonder if it has rubber or spring av??

 

[rogue60]

I seen this for sale on market place if it was closer I would of bought it was on the other side of the country.
Has some firewood attachment on the front of it, I've not seen that before myself it would even get my blood pumping using it lol

 

[ajschainsaws]

 

[Loony661]

I haven’t been in the woods for over 2 months now. Driveshaft broke back in March and parts were BO through Spicer… Parts came in but arrived wrong. Tonight I dropped the chains and limped it home without the rear driveshaft.

 

[davidwyby]

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I haven’t been in the woods for over 2 months now. Driveshaft broke back in March and parts were BO through Spicer… Parts came in but arrived wrong. Tonight I dropped the chains and limped it home without the rear driveshaft.

Dude…we do drivelines…which parts broke?

 

[davidwyby]

gotta be parts machines out there

 

[Loony661]

Dude…we do drivelines…which parts broke?

U-joint failed which in turn wrecked the slip yoke on the rear driveshaft, as well as the output yoke on the TCase. I was able to source brand new parts from a dealer now. I’ll be repairing it here at home instead of in the weeds and also checking over the rest of the machine good while I’ve got the heavy equipment operating gig going for now.

 

[davidwyby]

Ok, good to hear you’re not out of work

 

[Loony661]

Ok, good to hear you’re not out of work

Thanks. Yes a buddy of mine who owns an excavating business needed some help this summer and knowing my situation, I told him I could help for a few months. That will give me some income while also buying time to fix leaking seals and other things on the Timberjack.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Unknown cross cut saw and a 6ft silver fir cut in 1937

 

[ajschainsaws]

1st photo Leyland Buffalo 1974
2nd photo Leyland octopus 1965
3rd photo D4 bog master 14ft wide 1970’s

 

[ajschainsaws]

Log trucks from the early 70’s Scotland

 

[Squareground3691]

Log trucks from the early 70’s Scotland

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Great pics , AJ

 

[ajschainsaws]

Great pics , AJ

thanks there’s plenty more from the archives if anyone gets fed up let me know

 

[chiselbit]

1st photo Leyland Buffalo 1974
2nd photo Leyland octopus 1965
3rd photo D4 bog master 14ft wide 1970’s

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Can you elaborate on what is happening in the last pic? Is that a peat bog? Is the machine simply digging trenches for irrigation purposes? Or is that freshly dug material used for something?