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Hats off to Mdavlee. As many of you know, my Jacob J. 395 got stolen from my locked saw box, which a thief cut my lock and took a long time to get the saw out from it's secured area- all in broad daylight, 5ft. off the white line on a rural road where I grew up and cut most of my logs. Generally...

Two days ago I stopped off at my favorite after-work fishing hole. I parked on the side of a small two lane highway, approximately 5 feet off of the white line. I have been doing this for years. Love it down there. After fishing for a couple of hours I dedcided to head on out, up the trail...

I have a newer 660, bought in August. Never ran it stock. Came from a good builder shaved, ported, ignition tweeked, transfers worked over and a burly factory dual port. The saw makes a ton of power and doesn't sound like a little sewing machine like other Stihls. Day number 3: Chip...

Put a good old 66 that has tons of life in it back to work. I switched back to Stihl. I know, crazy. I still love a hot ported 390, they are hot..but I have a hard time bucking with them all of a sudden. It was like a light switch got turned on one day and they no longer feel good in my hands...

1. Any Husqvarna in a work vehicle on public property or roadways will be confiscated and scrapped, regardless of private/federal use. 2. Any dealer caught possessing, selling, buying, trading, or repairing a Husqvarna will be fined and possibly jailed up to 30 days. 3. Any private use...

Here is a couple of pics from today. I just snapped a couple with my cell phone. I am not in any of them. Nothing too special, just thought I'd share. Here is my Dad stumping a nice fir. This wood is really tall. This is my tree killer. Dude is a hell of a timber faller, nice...

As I hunt and peck this with one hand, I would like to share my 2 cents on safety and production in terms of log cutting. At 8:30 this morning I was cutting in a nice strip of slick big pine, more or less as far west as you'll see it here, really nice wood growing smack dab in the middle of a...

I wanted to just re-hash some of the topics we have discussed in production falling, and what my partner (he's on a buncher) and I were discussing last week. 1. Stay safe and productive. If your dead or mangled, your no good to your outfit. Work hard. Guys that barley get by, get just that...

I can't help but be concerned for me, my whole family, friends, and logger buddies here. But....everyone here will feel it too. It is mind blowing when you no longer take logs, anywhere. We are heading into some dark times, things that we will never forget. The market has finally collapsed...

Since being placed on the protected marine mammals list in the 70's, the lion population has thrived. Anyone who has fished below bonneville dam in the spring time has witnessed Sea Lions killing Spring Chinook and tossing around 6-8 foot sturgeon like rag dolls. Enough is enough. I think we can...

What is the worst stuff growing in your strip to cut timber in? 1. Old growth Vine Maple (8-10+ on the stump LOL) 2. Poison Oak (hear California has some epic stuff) 3. Devils Club 4. Tan Oak/ Broadleaf Maple 5. Rock Patch from hell 6. Buck Brush 7. Snags don't count

I laughed when my job made the list for the worst occupation in the country this year...."Lumberjacks"...OK. Firefighters, EMT's, Welders and Construciton workers were all in the top 20 of worst jobs. That about covers my family, friends, and aquaintances. Even a nuclear decontamination...

Nothing too exciting here, just thought I'd put these up for the heck of it. This unit was in Carson, WA a while ago. There was some pretty nice second growth Doug Fir left in the far corner of the sale that was filled in with Alder and a ton of brush. Kind of a tree here and there, but it was...

I'm not sure who this guy is, but all of his videos are a frickin' hoot to watch, check out all of em, and the one about "Smoking Bucks". I know he's in SE AK, Dall Island I think. The guy cracks me up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx6JVictAKI...

I have been reading a lot of posts here lately, and I have learned a few things, quite a bit really. This is an amazing network of friends, co-workers and the alike. I have had laughs as well as the urge to vomit a few times reading some posts. You can call me an ass or mean, I really don't...

Does anyone have a pair of the older style Labonville chaps they would like to sell a poor chap? I figure they are probably between 5-12 years old, somewhere in there. They have the older kevlar type finish instead of the glossy front. I prefer the older style better, as they take more abuse in...

Can anyone figure out the mystery of why your pinkies always fill up with sawdust? I wear tight, light brown cotton jersey gloves that don't have a lot of room for this, yet they still fill up. I find myelf pinching the ends and rubbing it out a few tims a day. Is it because they are the...

I've done some minor mods in the past, but have never shaved or ported anything. After a solid month of using the search function and reading some stuff online, I decided to tear into my 385. I run a 32" bar with full comp square and cut 90% or more Doug Fir. I was looking for a little more...

Oregon is a beautiful, ecologically diverse state, perhaps the most of all. It's economy, history and landscape have all been shaped by timber, farming, fishing, ect. Now days the state is full of people who want to put it behind glass...they think we should all live in the city,and view nature...