OlympicYJ
ArboristSite Guru
Patty's pickle patch!!! Hmm when I'm home on break I'll have to go up to the NF. I'll put up some pics of some pickles! Looks like mostly 2nd growth doug fir in need of a little TLC with a saw and a yarder!
The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!
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Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
Snowy woods are purdy, so thought I'd share...
My friend called me up and said he wanted to get into nature and play with his GoPro equiped quadcopter (he likes doing video production). I wanted to get some stuff done on some bike trails, so off we went. Got some digging done, cleaned up some blowdowns, mostly did a lot of hiking. He posted a few random stills from the raw video footage.
My friend called me up and said he wanted to get into nature and play with his GoPro equiped quadcopter (he likes doing video production). I wanted to get some stuff done on some bike trails, so off we went. Got some digging done, cleaned up some blowdowns, mostly did a lot of hiking. He posted a few random stills from the raw video footage.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Awesome!
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
My buddy just started working for quadracopter making them things.
OlympicYJ
ArboristSite Guru
Hmm wonder if a company would ever let me buy one of those... new way to watch contractors and cover boundary without having to actually walk it.... hmmm nahhh I'll walk the boundary but could be useful for getting acres cut though. Just send that baby up snap a pic of the whole unit then do a little work in Arc GIS and wallah exact acreage numbers! Think they'd do anything I asked if I used that to fly a pack out beer to em...? 
Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
Hmm wonder if a company would ever let me buy one of those... new way to watch contractors and cover boundary without having to actually walk it.... hmmm nahhh I'll walk the boundary but could be useful for getting acres cut though. Just send that baby up snap a pic of the whole unit then do a little work in Arc GIS and wallah exact acreage numbers! Think they'd do anything I asked if I used that to fly a pack out beer to em...?
I know when he's prepping for flight, part of it includes locking on to GPS. It's not needed but apparently makes the flight more stable. I wonder if there's a hack to have that GPS data beamed back to the remote, or even preprogram a flight...
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Post a link!
No where is safe. Potty spots will be harder to come by. I could see crews carrying a shotgun along to have some fun with the forester/pilot.
I could see crews carrying a shotgun along to have some fun with the forester/pilot.Let me look for it.
SlowP, I think we will have plenty of warning as that copter sounds like a swarm of Pecos Bill sized mosquitoes. I like the shotgun idea. Ron
While I do like the idea of quadcopter-assisted site recon, I have to say that there are plenty of ways already to get GPS locations for nasty things/places without having to go there personally. I do think these things might be useful for scouting fires, though.
Didn't know where else to post picture this as I don't want to start a political discussion - I just thought this new sign in the local Stihl shop was witty. Not as witty as 2Dogs' post #18 in http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/two-small-leaning-alders-must-die.253252/ but witty nonetheless. Ron
Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
In case anyone is bored and cares to see the final short production.
Joe46
ArboristSite Guru
Nice looking reprod area!
Proper Nomenclature
Many of us firewooders have a three saw plan because we are not near as hearty as loggers, most of whom stir their coffee with a 32" skip chained 660. I have struggled to find an appropriate name for each the saws so I can speak intelligently with loggers. I once borrowed the term limbing saw and was duly flamed by the loggers. So to be more precise and accurate, I am thinking of using the terms: A.M. saw, P.M. saw and Oh saw. The A.M. saw is of course your big almost logger saw that you use first thing until you can't hold it up any longer. The P.M. saw is the saw you use after the A.M. saw. The Oh saw has a variable last name and is only used when the A.M. and P.M. saw are um - let's just say unavailable. Ron
Many of us firewooders have a three saw plan because we are not near as hearty as loggers, most of whom stir their coffee with a 32" skip chained 660. I have struggled to find an appropriate name for each the saws so I can speak intelligently with loggers. I once borrowed the term limbing saw and was duly flamed by the loggers. So to be more precise and accurate, I am thinking of using the terms: A.M. saw, P.M. saw and Oh saw. The A.M. saw is of course your big almost logger saw that you use first thing until you can't hold it up any longer. The P.M. saw is the saw you use after the A.M. saw. The Oh saw has a variable last name and is only used when the A.M. and P.M. saw are um - let's just say unavailable. Ron
I'm the oddity, I drag 3-4 saws along, 2 main falling saws (more or less identical), the skidder saw (little, orange, smashed often, different), and once in awhile the big beastie for big beastie trees.
I don't drag them all around with me though, If I'm falling then I'm using whatever saw unless something happens to said saw then its backup comes into play. Got enough crap to pack around, don't need another saw to drag with me.
I don't drag them all around with me though, If I'm falling then I'm using whatever saw unless something happens to said saw then its backup comes into play. Got enough crap to pack around, don't need another saw to drag with me.
treeslayer2003
Addicted to ArboristSite
LMAO, Ron I have topping saws/skidder saws....and falling saws...but I am on the right coast lol.
treeslayer2003
Addicted to ArboristSite
northy, you and I are one man bands. the fallers pack in one saw for every thing, I expect that is the difference.
yeah, if all I was doing was falling then I would just have 2, one backup in the crummy, the other stuffed in a tree or slung over my shoulder.
