Once again, the noseeums were bad along with the little flies. Here's the carriage slamming into the stop or bullprick.
Bad Quality Videos Featuring the Christy Carriage
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Here's a turn going up the hill.
This is a bit long, but I tried to show how the tail tree wobbles at the end. You can see why they might loosen up at the roots sometimes. I've seen them wobble a lot more than this though. The star of the movie is the injured faller who also works the rigging. Note the new hardhat.
bullbuck
ArboristSite Guru
wow,thats some tight tree spacing in there!have all the cut trees been cut in that area?
Yes. It is VERY tight and I would frequently go down and mark trees so he could get the cut ones on the ground. He's a pretty good cutter and rigging guy. There isn't much skinning up of trees when he's working both.
This is the new old Skagit GT-3? I tried to get video of it, but they were having some problems and I needed to head up to another sale. Maybe later.
bullbuck
ArboristSite Guru
aaah he falls to yard it out,big difference in how you fall and buck,if your the guy who gets to skid it out,that looks like a tricky area
They're actually in an area on that unit where the trees are bigger and spaced out a bit more than in other parts. I will explain that most good timber beasts start out on the timber marking crew and most of us knew/know nothing of falling, limb lock, etc. If I knew then what I know now...
When I marked and we went to the bar after work, if a logger asked what I did for a living, I said, "Fire crew." If you were so foolish to answer, marking and cruising, you were in for a why do you guys do ......and a lengthy lecture.
But, not to worry, I carry a can of paint with me to fix things with. :greenchainsaw:
Also, here the marking crew has been done away with. We now have designation by description and it is up to the logger to mark it. Which most don't want to do so they hire somebody else.
When I marked and we went to the bar after work, if a logger asked what I did for a living, I said, "Fire crew." If you were so foolish to answer, marking and cruising, you were in for a why do you guys do ......and a lengthy lecture.
But, not to worry, I carry a can of paint with me to fix things with. :greenchainsaw:
Also, here the marking crew has been done away with. We now have designation by description and it is up to the logger to mark it. Which most don't want to do so they hire somebody else.
That really used to frost my ass. The dilsnaps would mark 1 tree in the middle of 5 or 6. These were college boys that didn't have a clue. Worse part was some went on to careers as timber sale planners & they still didn't get it.
How is a guy suppossed even get to it without killing the leave trees?
How is a guy suppossed even get to it without killing the leave trees?
Thanks for the vids slowp but you gotta get off the cafeine or let someone else hold the camera. 
I got carsick watching.
I got carsick watching.
:censored: bugs! They were biting and sucking out all my blood. I had to keep moving.Thanks for the vids slowp but you gotta get off the cafeine or let someone else hold the camera.
Maybe next month, a poor quality video of an intermediate support.
captainsteep
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nice video to bad the bugs were so bad. i like the carriage how much you think it weighs looks like a light one for the yoader.
Greystoke
Tarzan
Greystoke
Tarzan
Christy Carriage
Just thought I would share this. I know the guy that invented the Christy Carriage...here he is with two of my kids:
He is a great guy, and very smart! He is a heck of a machinist and has some awesome logging stories, also is a WWII Vet. I used to love to sit and listen to his logging stories over a snort of whiskey. He started out in the woods using a crosscut, and ended up running a yarder which is when he invented the Christy Carriage. He gave me a crosscut that he had sharpened, along with all of the tools to sharpen it, and a crash course in crosscut filing here I am using it at the Prince of Wales Island Logging show in Thorne Bay Alaska:
Anyhow, this guy deserves a lot of respect. Uncle Don...I salute you
Just thought I would share this. I know the guy that invented the Christy Carriage...here he is with two of my kids:
He is a great guy, and very smart! He is a heck of a machinist and has some awesome logging stories, also is a WWII Vet. I used to love to sit and listen to his logging stories over a snort of whiskey. He started out in the woods using a crosscut, and ended up running a yarder which is when he invented the Christy Carriage. He gave me a crosscut that he had sharpened, along with all of the tools to sharpen it, and a crash course in crosscut filing
here I am using it at the Prince of Wales Island Logging show in Thorne Bay Alaska:
Anyhow, this guy deserves a lot of respect. Uncle Don...I salute you
By ransacking yourself a few cans of blue paint...Yayeah
Slap yourself and shout NOOOOO! Because I can't.
