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    Help horse logging

    I doubt you can compete with mechanical logging, I couldn't. Butt chains are nice so you can get the evener off their heels with relative ease when going back for a load. Start at the back & work toward the landing. No use skidding through slash. Make sure there is a swivel on your grab hook. A...
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    Christmas is coming

    I hope the doc told you to take stool softener. Gross, I know but constipation on top of a sore gut is not good
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    Christmas is coming

    Well, I expect you will keep on being that nice guy who visits.
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    Christmas is coming

    But she won't remember it. Bummer
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    The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

    Hard to catch every load that goes out when you are the boss I made the mistake of just skidding logs on a job done by a fire boy with my team one time. I was bumping his pig ears when he got after me. Then he told me he "could get a big old skidder there & do the job much faster than I was...
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    The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

    Well those pig ears are hard on the debarker. Debarker generally owned by the folks that cut the check.
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    The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

    Long bars mean no bending. This is good.
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    Hunter Killed By "Old Growth"

    Haven't been here lately. Looks like I have not missed much.
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    Retired

    Once I get the deed to my ground I'm done building a paycheck
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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    Good thing you fixed that...made you look fat.(Add smiley here)
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    The Descriptive Process

    Even though I started as early as possible I did a poor job of skinning the steer I butchered yesterday. Bright side I did not get stung by the yellow jackets or bald face hornets.
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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    Getting the power pruner in the air can be a challenge. I'm just not tough enough to saw by hand in that position.
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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    Get a power pole saw. I have murdered everything around my house...and wherever else I want to prune. I can get up 16' off the ground.
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    The Descriptive Process

    Always something with mechanical equipment. I did good haying this yr...only $400 or so in repairs.
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    Fall This Little Tree?

    One fork at a time is what I was thinking. On the ground may be different. I had a sugar maple in the yard lose 1/2 it's leaves. I was thinking heat stress. The leader is still green. The bigleaf next to it is 18 yr older & fine. This is definitely time the wind country at times.
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    The Descriptive Process

    Probably the same it is here...don't be lighting any farts or the whole place will go up.
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    The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

    Here is the take home message. One wants to saw on fires cause there is good money in it. Feds, that would be the signature on the paycheck feds, say take this couse. No course, no pay. Any questions?
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    Volunteer?

    It is wilderness to the citiots. There are more of them than us. Putting them in designated wilderness areas keeps them off the roads. I understand they may drive by the worksite however it is usually to far from the trailheads to park near the worksite. Be glad there is a spot for them in...
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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    Solenoid? It's called Red Fir by loggers because the heartwood turns red as it cures in the deck. Firs "there" are Grand, White or sub alpine if one is at higher elevations. Grand & white fir are often confused for each other.
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    The Tips Thread

    I used to stand on a log when it was safe to do so. I probably rode the evener back out for another turn more than I rode logs. I could keep the trails clean surfing on it. Saves that errant branch slapping a horse on the butt. Only had a horse pop out of a harness skidding logs on me 1x. My...
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