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We just took a coffee can out and knocked the potato beetles off the plants and into the can where they were killed. Much less toxic than sprays.

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Potatoes are being dumped west of Spokane and you can get as many as you want. The Hutterites are doing this instead of feeding the taters to cows. Apparently the potato buyers reduced the contracts by 30% and room must be made for this year's crop. It's too far for me to go. I will plant...

Just saw this. For the shadier areas, I'd recommend that stuff (can't think of the name) that looks like large clover. It grows in shady areas in the lower elevations of the woods. I transplanted some at my former rainy side house and it took off. I think it is sorrel? It is also a native...

Let me see, I ran a Mac in 1981 on a thinning crew. Started waking up in the mornings with my left hand curled up. Thinning crew ended because marking and cruising season began. A few years later, I bought an 032, which is still alive and now residing in CA. Then, later on, ran a 440 at...

The real loggers where I used to live--in an area where logging was a major employer, used Stihls. That's mainly because there are two big dealers in the area and both give wonderful service. A "small family" business does not ensure quality work and the two Chehalis, WA dealers have a...

Forget those and talk to real loggers. You might have to ask around to find those. I know that one Chehalis, WA company--not a gypo logger, used to need rigging crew people, which would be a foot in the door. The same outfit used to have their own fallers--they don't contract it out. It's...

That's the one and I bet it is the same guy.

The techniques used are fun to learn. The guru sawyer I worked with had a underbucker gadget he'd made out of aircraft metal so it would be lighter weight to pack in. He also had an antique gizmo (spud) to use to debark the area to be cut. He'd found that in an antique store on the east...

Yes, and timber cruising takes time to learn and more time to get good at it. Logging is the same. Hope you find somebody to learn from.

It depends. How complicated do you want to make it? Do you just need to estimate how many loads in a unit or do you want to make it more complex by estimating defect? Examples of defect are conks, visible rot, scars, sweep, crook, broken tops, etc. Maybe spend some time with a cruiser? I...

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Here's a list. I would recommend John Starling in Randle. He's good and just a few hours away from you. Just drive south, turn east onto HWY 12 and so on. https://winapps.umt.edu/winapps/media2/wilderness/toolboxes/documents/tools/Crosscut Saws/Sharpening Services.pdf A newspaper article...

I've had it happen while bucking blowdown. One misjudges. Then one files the chain, out in the woods, by hand or puts a different chain on. Not a big deal in my mind. Filing the chain can be a nice break. Production cutters carry extra chains around with them. But they generally use...

It takes practice. I learned to file free hand by doing it several times every day. No, it wasn't perfect. Now, I found out, my filing wins the 032 race. Some logger advice was to hit the rakers a few times with a flat file about every third sharpening. Loggers know how to simplify things...

You are a beginner. Have extra chains. Learn to file. It's normal to hit the ground. I've certainly done that a lot. It'll happen. Pay attention to your footing. I would assume that there is no bind as it sounds like the wood is already in short lengths. However, when I have bucked in...

It really isn't that big of a diameter for that time and that location. Weight of the log depends on species, whether the tree was dead or alive, time of year cut, and even where it grew. Logs will be heavier in the spring and early summer, and lighter during the winter when the tree is...

The photo has the writing of the old timey photos. Note the scale is written on the photo. Scale meaning board feet. They are hauling on a beach-- either on Willapa Bay or the Pacific. It says South Bend and that is on the SW Washington coast, south of Raymond. There is a cat for...

I don't. I'm wondering if the tree is going to be used for a mast/spar on a sailing ship? Such orders do come in once in a great while. Not often. A logging outfit back in the 1980s had a buyer just for that. They got the blessing to doze out a bed and a big Noble Fir was carefully felled...

I ran one to take my first bucking certification test. After that, I wanted one. They weighed about the same as Old Sparkless but just ran smoother. I got one for me, marked down as a major dealer was getting rid of them. Rumor was that they had boxes and boxes of 440s and had to make room...