Trees you've cut

[Skeans1]

Yes, they would have been quicker by far. Setting two bull ropes in a tree, setting up the winches, etc takes a lot of time. That tree took over an hour of setup. If I had a tree Jack setup it would have been cut Jack seat, hammer wedges as I Jack and profit. But big come a longs are $100 each and tree jacks seem to be in the thousands. I’ve thought about welding 6” square plates onto a low pro bottle Jack but there seems to be a lot of consensus that they are bad to spit out backwards and not as safe.

Here’s one I use to use 45 tons of lift worked extremely well but nothing like the set of actual falling jacks I use to own.


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[Thumper88]

Here’s one I use to use 45 tons of lift worked extremely well but nothing like the set of actual falling jacks I use to own.


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Any issues with quick out? Is it welded to the plate on the bottom? That’s a good looking setup

 

[Skeans1]

Any issues with quick out? Is it welded to the plate on the bottom? That’s a good looking setup

I’ve never spit that one out both 1” plates of aluminum were bolted to the jack.


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[so il logger]

A white oak from 4 -5 yr back, maple couple yr back. And a cottonwood from 08-09. Like to be 25 again... Lol

 

[so il logger]

Sycamore

 

[deye223]

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A white oak from 4 -5 yr back, maple couple yr back. And a cottonwood from 08-09. Like to be 25 again... Lol

ID be happy to be 45 again

 

[rogue60]

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A white oak from 4 -5 yr back, maple couple yr back. And a cottonwood from 08-09. Like to be 25 again... Lol

Good skidders the Timberjacks hard working machines I've spent a few hrs in one when we were closing down before we sold ours it needed transmission work got it out and sent it out to the experts and gave the rest of the skidder a good going over replacing anything it needed and some paint from memory it was a 93 model got 50k for it in the end was a big job getting that bloody transmission out and back in.


I used to put a 44 gallon drum of fuel in it every morning working hard in steep ground snigging hardwood logs..

 

[so il logger]

Good skidders the Timberjacks hard working machines I've spent a few hrs in one when we were closing down before we sold ours it needed transmission work got it out and sent it out to the experts and gave the rest of the skidder a good going over replacing anything it needed and some paint from memory it was a 93 model got 50k for it in the end was a big job getting that bloody transmission out and back in.
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Looks familiar, had mine tore down just like that a few years ago. Had a leak between the trans and torque housing. Should have gave it a paint job then like you did. They are very tough machines and all mechanical. Our 648H deere is a horse but all computerized and a pita to diagnose issues for a hillbilly as myself. We skid with the timberjack 450c, deere 548g, 648H, and real soft or steep terrain we run a cat d4h tsk grapple machine

 

[rogue60]

Looks familiar, had mine tore down just like that a few years ago. Had a leak between the trans and torque housing. Should have gave it a paint job then like you did. They are very tough machines and all mechanical. Our 648H deere is a horse but all computerized and a pita to diagnose issues for a hillbilly as myself. We skid with the timberjack 450c, deere 548g, 648H, and real soft or steep terrain we run a cat d4h tsk grapple machine

We had a Komatsu 65E8 for really steep ground to steep for a Skidder although with chains on a Skidder they near climb a wall. But yeah they are useless without chains in steep ground a 4inch slippery sapling with the bark nocked off under the tyres will have you stuck on the side of a hill lol
Only problem we had with the dozer was the winch it shat itself talking big bucks when you start getting into winches new was well over 100k we sourced a 2nd hand one was over 30k for it from memory.

 

[Coltont]

Big red. Fat old hag.

 

[deye223]

We had a Komatsu 65E8 for really steep ground to steep for a Skidder although with chains on a Skidder they near climb a wall. But yeah they are useless without chains in steep ground a 4inch slippery sapling with the bark nocked off under the tyres will have you stuck on the side of a hill lol
Only problem we had with the dozer was the winch it shat itself talking big bucks when you start getting into winches new was well over 100k we sourced a 2nd hand one was over 30k for it from memory.
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I love operating Komatsu machines at the end of the day I can walk away ..... in a CAT I just about need a bloody stretcher.

 

[so il logger]

Hooray 500i!!

 

[Coltont]

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Hooray 500i!!

That's a really nice looking woods to work in.

 

[Redfin]

Was thinkin the same Colton.

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

@Skeans1 a tank a tree and how many trees a day?

 

[Skeans1]

@Skeans1 a tank a tree and how many trees a day?

That is going to depend on how many hours a day I cut. If I cut the legal amount of hours a day in this size of wood I can do 10 to 12 in six hours. If it’s bigger like my last one on the other day to drop, limb, and buck it took almost 2 hours plus 2 whole tanks.


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[ST773]

A victim of the windstorm a few days back. I turned 17 last month. Took 3 tanks of gas to get down. This was the biggest tree in yelm, Wa

 

[Thumper88]

A victim of the windstorm a few days back. I turned 17 last month. Took 3 tanks of gas to get down. This was the biggest tree in yelm, Wa

17 and working in bigger timber than I ever been in. That’s a good looking stick!

 

[BlackCoffin]

17 and how’d you get the chance to cut that one?! Figured there would be a lineup waiting haha. Not much timber left that big, thanks for the share.

 

[Nathan lassley]

Same *s-word different day, hope to continue through this week barring any pollution sniffers and gubment don't change their minds.