Falling pics 11/25/09

[Sport Faller]

I'm guessing Russian imperial stout tastes a lot like that guy's beard sweat

 

[RandyMac]

I have had various parts of me rearranged, I found that when you can move it, keep at it.

 

[forestryworks]

I'm guessing Russian imperial stout tastes a lot like that guy's beard sweat

It'll put some hair on yo chest!

 

[madhatte]

Old Rasputin is some tasty stuff, no joke.

I have had various parts of me rearranged, I found that when you can move it, keep at it.

'S like ol' whatsisname's advice in that one movie, regarding downhill skiing: "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!"

 

[Sport Faller]

It'll put some hair on yo chest!

Uhhh, well, I'm set. ####, I could give about half of it away in The Christmas Giving Thread and still look like Robin Williams

 

[bitzer]

Hey Madhatte, I didn't even know you were messed up. I hope you heal up quickly.

That beer isn't too bad either. I'm already set on the hair myself. I was built for winter lets say.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Whiskey is a good all around pain killer. And just plain good! Madhatte hope you heal up soon brother!

 

[madhatte]

Thanks, all. I'm most of the way there. The first month was the worst; it's all downhill from here.

 

[slowp]

Thanks, all. I'm most of the way there. The first month was the worst; it's all downhill from here.

Planning on snowboarding? :smile2:

 

[madhatte]

Funny, the Occupational Health nurse asked the same question. I told her, "Naw, not today".

 

[OregonSawyer]

Figured I'd just throw these in here... I guess you'll just have to imagine these timbers falling. :hmm3grin2orange:

So we had a bunch of bigger, long logs that had been over in the yard for too long and needed to get sawn up before the sap rot got too bad. The plan was just to cut as big of a free of heart timber (side cut) possible to store in order to fill potential orders in the future. I think most people who have spent a little time in sawmills can appreciate the size and length of these.

The two timbers on the top are 52 feet long. Second from the top is a 10x20 52'.

This is 40' and keep in mind all of these are side cuts. I think there is actually a couple pieces of 16x20-24" 40' somewhere in those piles.

 

[lfnh]

Nice pics. Those are some big timbers.
What's the maximum diameter capacity of the head rig ?
Any chance of getting some pics of it ?

Thanks for sharing!

 

[forestryworks]

Those are some finger smushers for sure! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[OregonSawyer]

Nice pics. Those are some big timbers.
What's the maximum diameter capacity of the head rig ?
Any chance of getting some pics of it ?

Thanks for sharing!

60" but in reality you can weasel a bigger log strategically under the saw guide with a little creativity.

The knees on the carriage are a little over 4' tall, to give some reference.

 

[bitzer]

Got out of the woods early today. Blew up my bar tip on the first saw, then after the long walk back down the hill to the truck for the next saw I dulled my chains on the same tree. That and the farther I worked up the hill the harder the wind blew. Still too muddy to skid.

Anyway, this was when things were still going good. The Ash in the background was cut up for the next log to come out. There were 3 logs bucked out of that one already and the way the top was hung on a bent over maple it was going to slide back towards me when it was bucked. The two standing ash in the foreground were kind of tucked in behind the bigger maple to the left. There was only one way for them to go and I figured I could buck what I had left in the background. In order to get the top kicked around the maple I needed the butt to slip off the stump of the first one to the left, hence the slanted stump. Well that worked, but between the two ash I couldn't buck the one in the back. Apparantly I left too heavy of a coupling. Not enough juice. I did manage to kill that small maple which made that buck a little easier. I also bunched em up decent though which helps for pick up! I try to lay everything up and down the hill which makes it a lot easier to pick up with the forwarder.

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[Rounder]

Orange thingy is a boom. Too close. Tough cutting, fast skidding. I'm doing too nice of a job. They might be due for a good ####ing.

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That's your timber guy

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Somebody on here asked me to describe an excaline. Not very good at that, so here is one.

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Hope you all had a good, safe week - Sam

 

[Sport Faller]

Orange thingy is a boom. Too close. Tough cutting, fast skidding. I'm doing too nice of a job. They might be due for a good ####ing.

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That's your timber guy

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Somebody on here asked me to describe an excaline. Not very good at that, so here is one.

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Hope you all had a good, safe week - Sam

Nice pics Sammy, gots to love the doug fir where every other one has a big assed pistol butt, that excaline almost looks like a dredge crane

 

[hammerlogging]

Here's a sketchy few I got a couple of cell phone pics of: This shows a 14" locust busted about 8-10" off the ground and leaning uphill at a 45 degree into a nice slick red oak, maybe about 28" stump. Its really hung in there with lots of top extending past the limb its leaning on. The red oak is leaning right toward the locust, downhill at a 30 degree angle. This stand has lots of dead locust, its a real danger, even the crap lying on the ground since when a butt hits and slides it can kick that dead wood up and around. ANyhow, after a moment of deliberation, I decide to dump the red oak at a 30 the other way, hoping it takes the locust with it. I faced, bored, and released, with my running shoes double checked. Nothing moved, I creeped back into position and tapped a wedge, nothing. So I went up the hill and smashed a 20" basswood into the whole mess and here I am to talk about it.
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Some locust is more sketchy than others- like since this one had all this topwood extending past, and was leaning uphill, and so forth. Often you can just dump the tree its in and they go together, rather reliably. Maybe all the recent face shots just made me more careful, thats what wake-up calls are for anyhow.

And, another nice poplar butt.

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And, i went 2 days without getting busted in the face again so I guess I am on a roll!

Happy weekend everyone.

Yeah, gullets suck.

 

[floyd]

Educate me. Would that xcacline be called an Idaho jammer a little further west?

 

[slowp]

Educate me. Would that xcacline be called an Idaho jammer a little further west?

That's what I'm thinking.