Ahhhhh, memories of 3 log loads..2 for bunk logs and then the big one.
A set of double Silvey's is about as close to being a miracle worker you're gonna get on a big leaner from the ground. Here's a 6' 10" 17,000bf Doug fir out of Stirling City, Ca. with a single in it. 228' of saw logs. At least 250' tall. 084 with a 54" bar making the buck.
Dennis told ya, right in the part you quoted....:deadhorse:
Remember the off hiway loads?
Yup...
We also had logging trains that ran through my hometown that had one, and 3 log loads on the cars.
Gary
Dennis told ya, right in the part you quoted....:deadhorse:
I thought it said 084 making the bucking cut.I see a another saw on the ground just wondered if he used a different saw for falling.084 is a big saw to lug around falling and limbing all day.
Hey Buzz....
That was a strip my boy and I cut for Erickson Helicopter. It was about a 40 minute hike up river and we packed the 084 and the jacks in just to cut 4 or 5 big fir and left them both on that stump to be flown out later. I left 3 big fir that were hanging out over the river that looked rotten. Reason being, they told us if we got anything in the river it was 3 days in the electric chair. We cut the rest of that strip with 066's using 36" bars. It took us about 2weeks to finish the strip.
Hey Buzz....
That was a strip my boy and I cut for Erickson Helicopter. It was about a 40 minute hike up river and we packed the 084 and the jacks in just to cut 4 or 5 big fir and left them both on that stump to be flown out later. I left 3 big fir that were hanging out over the river that looked rotten. Reason being, they told us if we got anything in the river it was 3 days in the electric chair. We cut the rest of that strip with 066's using 36" bars. It took us about 2weeks to finish the strip.
I had to retire in 2003 Buzz....had both hips replaced from all that packing....Hahahahaha!
My boy still cuts a few 4 and 5 footers when working on the conventional side, but cutting mostly behind the processors now days.
Cut some big wood in the glory days though! Here's a nice sugar pine I cut in the mid 80's, out of Chester, Ca.
