Saw a bear while milling today-pics

[BIG JAKE]

I was up milling in the Jemez Nat'l Forest today when I saw a bear! Wish I could claim the creativity. It was left by one of the fallers. I lasso'd him later on with the come-a-long. The green pine cants were too heavy for me to move up the hill.

 

[BIG JAKE]

More pics

In the last pic I caught a critter movin' in on my beer!

 

[BIG JAKE]

They were thinning today and a swung through the area hoping there were some big logs to mill. I milled the biggest ones I could find. Was worth a shot eh? Last shot a little scenery going home.

 

[deeker]

Artsmass. I was looking for a fellow camper eating bruin....one with fur.

Nice pics!!!!!!

Keep posting 'em!!

Kevin

 

[carvinmark]

Nice scenery !!!!

 

[mtngun]

Saw this.....

......while I was scouting for a new milling area and collecting some doug fir firewood.

Nice cants there, Big Jake.

 

[Beetlekilled]

Thanks for posting the pics and boy do the cants look square and true. You obviously have got that down. Nice set up.

 

[BIG JAKE]

Saw this.....

......while I was scouting for a new milling area and collecting some doug fir firewood.

Nice cants there, Big Jake.

Yep-five toe'd critter-Nice pics I always enjoy seeing

 

[BIG JAKE]

Thanks for posting the pics and boy do the cants look square and true. You obviously have got that down. Nice set up.

I forgot my cant hook. Yeah I'm getting faster. I need only one 8X8"X8' then I start on the 1X6" decking. Amazing how much water the beams lose in a month. Anyway, got my truck back so should be able to mill a lot more I was idle for 3 wks. Never know how much a truck is worth till it's gone a while! (New injectors about 3300.00).

 

[carvinmark]

I forgot my cant hook. Yeah I'm getting faster. I need only one 8X8"X8' then I start on the 1X6" decking. Amazing how much water the beams lose in a month. Anyway, got my truck back so should be able to mill a lot more I was idle for 3 wks. Never know how much a truck is worth till it's gone a while! (New injectors about 3300.00).

Ouch!!! 3300's a lot. Well, at least you got it back.

 

[BIG JAKE]

Ouch!!! 3300's a lot. Well, at least you got it back.

Mark the injectors alone around 2k the rest labor-may go back to a gas engine in the future less complicated/cheaper to fix/easier to work on and maintain. but if I get another 140k miles out of these I'll be happy.

 

[carvinmark]

Hard to beat the power of the Diesels, I've got a Powerstroke and love it.

 

[BIG JAKE]

Hard to beat the power of the Diesels, I've got a Powerstroke and love it.

Yep, no comparison and I can drive from albuquerque to denver on less than a tank of fuel (26 gal tank-unloaded of course). But it's when I'm pullin' a good load that it really shines.

 

[mtngun]

I went scouting for milling trees yesterday evening. The skid road was pretty rough, so I parked the truck and walked down the road on foot. Stumbled upon two bears. The larger bear was a little nervous and hid behind the tree in the upper right of the picture. The smaller bear looked at me for a few seconds, then went back to his search for grubs. He was 15 yards away when this picture was taken. Naturally, I had left my gun in the truck.

Never did find any milling trees, but I brought home a full load of firewood and some good memories.