Cutting Poplar...couple pics.

[Oldtimer]

2 different poplar hitches from today.

 

[ShaneLogs]

Right on! Looks good, Oldtimer!

 

[Rick Alger]

Is that headed for Shelburne?

 

[Slamm]

What are you getting BDF for the poplar? Grade and Blocking?

You need to get a swing boom to bunch the hitches for that big skidder, LOL.

Sam

 

[Steve NW WI]

Waitta minnit...Aren't bars longer than 16" illegal that far east?

Just kidding. Nice pics.

 

[Oldtimer]

Is that headed for Shelburne?

I really don't know. It's a matter of who pays more and who's too far away. Trucker has to balance price and trucking costs /efficiency.

What are you getting BDF for the poplar? Grade and Blocking?

You need to get a swing boom to bunch the hitches for that big skidder, LOL.

Sam

It's pulp. Think I was told $24 a ton on the landing...but I have to ask again.

Not sure what "grade and blocking" means!

I don't have much trouble gathering hitches with it, I take stems 2-3 at a time and drop them up the trail until I get 8-9 in line, then drive over and pick them up on the way out.

 

[Oldtimer]

Couple more of the woods. I'll take more and better pictures this week.

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[mingo]

I sold a couple of loads of poplar to New Page in Rumford last summer cut 12 and 16 foot got 27 a ton.

 

[Slamm]

It's pulp. Think I was told $24 a ton on the landing...but I have to ask again.

Not sure what "grade and blocking" means!

I don't have much trouble gathering hitches with it, I take stems 2-3 at a time and drop them up the trail until I get 8-9 in line, then drive over and pick them up on the way out.

OIC, was just wondering, I sold my last poplar for .45-.50 cents per board foot for grade and .30 for rough logs.

Sometimes we only get .24 for the blocking/rough logs.

Sam

 

[Oldtimer]

One of today's hitches. That top one is pretty large for a NH poplar. That's a 576XP with a 24" bar on the log beside it. They generally don't live long enough to get much bigger. Most of these I am cutting are just starting to rot, some worse than others.

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[Dave Boyt]

Ok, I'll bite (and show my ignorance). How do you manage to keep your chain saw perched atop a log when you're skidding it out??? My luck, I'd either lose it, or a log would roll over and crush it. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Slamm]

Ok, I'll bite (and show my ignorance). How do you manage to keep your chain saw perched atop a log when you're skidding it out??? My luck, I'd either lose it, or a log would roll over and crush it. Thanks for the pics.

Superglue.

Sam

 

[Dave Boyt]

Superglue.

Sam

Tried it... couldn't get the saw off the log when I got back to the landing. Thanks a bunch! Judging from your avitar, you must be an expert at using superglue.

 

[Oldtimer]

Ok, I'll bite (and show my ignorance). How do you manage to keep your chain saw perched atop a log when you're skidding it out??? My luck, I'd either lose it, or a log would roll over and crush it. Thanks for the pics.

It's a Husqvarna. So mean, so tough, it just bites in and holds on like a Pit-Bull.

 

[northmanlogging]

My pit bulls when I was a kid where very lovable... farted allot though... liked to bite the neighbor kids, but only after they kicked them... and they usually let go pretty quick usually.


On a side note... Oldtimer yer werk sure is different than what we do out here on the west coast, still looks like loggin though.

The wifey/war dept. suggested a sort of east coast, west coast exchange logger deal. Should be funny to watch...

 

[Oldtimer]

Pics of load number 2 sent out today....

 

[lmbrman]

nice timber and pics OT

is there much market out your way for stuff that is nicer than pulp? Some of that stuff looks decent?

happy near year, stay safe.

-dave

 

[gsg]

Hey OT, how many gallons of diesel does your skidder burn in a day?

 

[Oldtimer]

Hey OT, how many gallons of diesel does your skidder burn in a day?

If I really use it steady, and use the throttle like I don't give a dang about it, it uses 15 gallons in an 8 hour day easily. But, on average, working alone and not being a thrash and slash guy...I put in about 7 gallons a day...5 gallons one day, 10 the next, and so on like that.

 

[Oldtimer]

Hey OT, how many gallons of diesel does your skidder burn in a day?

There is a market, but it's not paying enough to bother trying to sort the best of it...there isn't that much that would be good enough. Most every one has a bit of rot started. It's good that it's being cut now. In 5 years half would have been down and rotting.