I came across this video the other day. I used to live in this town but never worked with this crew.
Some neat shots I thought. They have some other videos too.
Line skidding video
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I came across this video the other day. I used to live in this town but never worked with this crew.
Some neat shots I thought. They have some other videos too.
The music is better
in this one about falling
. This guy knows his Forest Service timber sale stuff.
Thanks for posting the link, Wowzers. I keep forgetting that yarders are line skidders on the eastside.
in this one about falling. This guy knows his Forest Service timber sale stuff.Thanks for posting the link, Wowzers. I keep forgetting that yarders are line skidders on the eastside.
What do they use those baby Cedars for
Solid argument there about lump sum vs scale.
After 43 years of falling, I suspect he's gathered some info. I liked how he was running the saw and had the kid driving wedges.
Thats good stuff there.
I liked that too. That's a good way for a kid to learn falling.
That was my first job when I started out in the woods...being a human pack mule and driving wedges.
I agree. My first job was shoveling snow for a faller. What a job that was!
As usual, a thread starts out about the inglorious, but necessary, chore of yarding and the fallers take over. Sigh...
take over. Sigh...
And, as usual, the ForesterAs usual, a thread starts out about the inglorious, but necessary, chore of yarding and the fallers
tries to direct the fallers...and it just doesn't work out. Again. Darn.
In the FALLING video, that kid looked too skinny to be driving in wedges, but appearances are deceiving. He thwacked them good. 
video, that kid looked too skinny to be driving in wedges, but appearances are deceiving. He thwacked them good.
We sent different sized stuff to different mills. Some mills were tooled up to specialize in certain sized wood. The really small stuff goes for tonwood.
Most any kid that is working is skinny at that age. I couldn't get to the "recommended" weight for my height range until I was 25. 15 years later, I had the same issue, from the other side, though. I suspect being a good thwacker is more desire than meatiness.In the FALLING
Yup, aim is important when driving wedges. I had that pointed out to me. Repeatedly. Loudly too. I started packing and wedging for my Uncle. He was an old growth Redwood faller who'd been hurt. He could still run saw but he couldn't pack or drive wedges very well. When I first started working he called me "lightning"...'cause I never hit twice in the same place. I got better eventually but it took a while.
Hey, I resembled that! When I worked on the construction survey crew, I got really good at replacing sledge hammer handles. When you replace several in a day, you have to be fast. More than once I replaced 3 during my 30 minute lunch.
Here is the ancient Tillman yarder working. It's working life there was brief, but it sat out in the woods all winter--waiting for a ride home. A new crew moved in and had the unit done in a week with their little tiny cute Thunderbird yarder.
Here's a part 1 &2 of a guyline stump rigging video. It was before I had a camera that did sound. They were rigging up a Madill O71.
First the tree has to come down so it won't be pulled over onto the landing and smash stuff and people should it fail.
Then the stump has to be notched so the rigging won't slide off.
First the tree has to come down so it won't be pulled over onto the landing and smash stuff and people should it fail.
Then the stump has to be notched so the rigging won't slide off.
The heavy blocks are packed up the hill by the crew, but they can run haywire up the hill, which is lighter, and use it to pull the heavy guyline up to the stump.
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