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    Tree paint other then tree paint?

    In a pinch could a guy get away with a good enamel? I've got ten acres to mark this week and I know I'll be a can or two short. My best priced paint will take a week to get here. I know the ground marking(inverted style) doesn't last long on trees. Maybe a year at best it seems. Any thoughts...
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    Cork maintenance

    A little Sunday night boot tune up. Three spinners on this one. Nothing like a new set of spikes Everything works better lubricated These little bastards will screw up your day right out of the gate if you don't rotate em enough.
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    Breaking in a new faller

    Nearly from scratch.
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    you bastids out cutn er what?

    It sure has been dead in here. We finally got winter a week ago. Just in time for our "january thaw" comin 2mrw. Guna get cold after that tho. So what the hells goin on?
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    Wedge Belt

    Of course now that Sliverpicker is offline for the next two weeks, heres my wedgebelt. Axe handle is 22". Cordless drill holster cinched up with small bolts. Suspenders bolted on. The big silver ring is where I hang my fuel/oil/water bottles. Tapes are double clipped on. Bar wrench is...
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    Thoughts and prayers

    A logger who cuts for my mill was hit by a widow maker a week ago. It split his hard hat. His partner found him face down unresponsive. They flew him out and he has been on life support for a week. He may not make it. I just found out this morning from the trucker. My machine has been down...
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    Brave New World

    What happens when the assassins accuse the assassin?
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    red dawg corks on sale

    180 bucks a pair for another 2 weeks! I just got mine in yesterday. I put 16 months on the last pair. No oiling ( yeah I'm busy or lazy). Damn good boots though.
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    Curse free sawing?or How much can I curse my saw today?

    Well I'm six weeks into a new saw and its been giving me trouble for two weeks now. I already had in for warranty work once (HUGE crack in intake boot) and last night I stole a coil off of a different saw. When I have time I will be bringing that up with them as well. The same things keep...
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    Logging Jeans

    What are you guys wearing? I wore Wild Ass jeans froms Baileys for years until they changed their fit. I liked the old style so much I had tear mended about four layers of patches on em before I tossed em. The new cut on the Wild Ass jeans are like skinny jeans. So I bought four pair of Key...
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    Gypo or Jippo?

    I'm reading an autobiography that Icepick loaned me about a guy who logged from 1912-1937 in northern Wisconsin. He mentioned that Jippos are small contract logging crews with usually 3 or less guys. Piece workers that cut and skidded for larger lumber companies when their own crews needed a...
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    Adivce on swappin out motors

    My Cummins 4bta is about to quit on me. It sleeve-less so it is not rebuild-able that way. I could get a block for it and swap parts, but by that time I might as well find a decent used one. I'm going to be looking at engines in the next few days. Some I can hear run and some not. I've...
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    Start cutting front or back of woods?

    What do you guys do? Do you cut your way in or start in the back? This probably doesn't apply to steep ground, but I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts. I start in the front of a woods and work my way in. It opens it up for the skidder to get around and establish skid trails. My forester is...
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    066blaster - give me a shout if interested

    Since they shut down the barber chair thread I thought I'd just put this on the table for you. Send me a pm if you are interested and I will send you my number. I live 5 miles north of west bend and over the past year or so I cut 700,000 board feet and about 500 cords of pulp within 10 miles...
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    Full skip semi-chisel? Gettin paid to cut stumps.

    Yep I'm going to be flush cutting stumps once the snow is gone. Should be good fill in during break up. It was a job I logged in a county park last winter. They had strict stump height regulations when I cut it. 12" for sawtimber. 4" for pulp. I basically clear cut 5-6 acres and they had me...
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    Propane oil pan heater?

    I'm looking for a way to heat up my oil in the skidder. I don't know if this exists. I see oil pan heaters that are 120v. I'd have to get my generator going for that which is kind of pain because I need to have my propane heater blowing on the generator for 10-15 minutes before it will start...
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    Sorting wood from multiple fallers

    Here is the scenario- My skidder op is back full time on Monday after a several month hiatus. I've been skidding all the wood and cutting some in the mean time. Icepick has been cutting a couple days a week and will continue to. Whats a good way to keep our wood separate from the woods to the...
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    What you guys using for 2 stroke oil? -A fallers perspective-

    I don't want to post this in the saw forum, because I'm looking for answers from guys who count their annual saw running time in the hundreds or thousands of hours rather than tens. Basically I'm trying to tighten up expenses and I know there are cheaper alternatives to what I'm using. I'm...
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    Pre-commercial thinnings?

    I've heard of this going on out in the PNW. Who does the cutting and how is it funded? I'm sure there are a ton of variables here. I'm just curious if its done by the forest service or like entity on fed or govt land. There are quite a few jobs I would like to have thinned before I get there...
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    Landing Fire?

    I've heard about the PNW guys keepin a fire goin on the landing and the fun things that can be thrown into it. Since I'm going to be have a crew running this winter I'm thinkin about keepin a burn barrel on site just to warm up to. They are pretty safe and I'd have a grate to throw over the...
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