Something Gypo Logger's Never Cut!

[Dennis Cahoon]

Gypo's never cut burned timber!......but when you live and work in California you will have to work in the burnt timber. This burn happened last summer between Westwood and Susanville Ca. Appox. 60,000 acres. About 80% goverment timber and the other 20% private. All the private will get logged and replanted and a very small amount of the goverment ground will get touched. Here's picture of my son Aaron cutting a burnt douglas fir. All the trees 22" and bigger are hand felled and the small is processed by machine. Only 1 or 2 logs are bucked from the tree and again the rest is processed. Dirty work and hard on the saws. Chains don't last long, but his Cannon bars hold up well. All his saws are set up with Maxflow filters changed everyday.

 

[stevethekiwi]

nice. air injection would sure come in handy

 

[Tzed250]

nice. air injection would sure come in handy

Yeah...into the human being...

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

Here's a big ugly Cedar. These will make you sneeze and cough......and plug up a filter in no time.

 

[stevethekiwi]

wow. id be out there with my scuba gear

 

[ShoerFast]

Over 1,000,000 acres of burnt forest here in Colorado, that would be close to the biggest Douglas Fir here! (mostly government, and the tree-hugger stihl love them)

What is that inclusion under your sons left foot?

It looks like inner-bark that the tree healed around, but dose not seem possible?

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

Here's nice Ponderosa Pine......This isn't one, but I heard there's a few with 5-32's.

 

[SawTroll]

Here's nice Ponderosa Pine......This isn't one, but I heard there's a few with 5-32's.

Just curious, why that unlevel Humbolt notch?

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

This is looking down the Ponderosa......The other shows a look at some of the bigger burnt timber there headed for.

 

[ShoerFast]

Just curious, why that unlevel Humbolt notch?

Mountain's and hills grow uneven stumps, look at the log, it's cut square.

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

Just curious, why that unlevel Humbolt notch?

No reason that I know......I think he started his cut out with a slight angle and kept with it to match up his uncut.

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

What is that inclusion under your sons left foot?

It looks like inner-bark that the tree healed around, but dose not seem possible?

I think it's a sucker that was growing along side the fir.

 

[SawTroll]

Mountain's and hills grow uneven stumps, look at the log, it's cut square.

I see, but it looks like the back-cut is more level.....

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

I see, but it looks like the back-cut is more level.....

Old West Coast faller trick.....Hahahahahaha!

 

[Zodiac45]

Great Pix Dennis,

Looks like nasty conditions working in there. They just taking the butts for saw logs, or cleaning it all out?

How's the hip doin?

 

[stihl 440]

Nice

Nice pics dennis! Those burnt trees would be hard on everything I bet. That ponderosa didn't look too bad. What saw is he running..066?:greenchainsaw:

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

Great Pix Dennis,

Looks like nasty conditions working in there. They just taking the butts for saw logs, or cleaning it all out?

How's the hip doin?

Yep!.....Dirty job.....They take everything, but they chip alot of the small wood.
Feeling good, just finishing up the antibiotics, then another new hip.

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

Nice pics dennis! Those burnt trees would be hard on everything I bet. That ponderosa didn't look too bad. What saw is he running..066?:greenchainsaw:

Yeah......660 stihl

Just a got a 681 Solo from Bailey's today to try out, but the size of trees and the conditions might be a little tough on it. We'll see.

 

[Adkpk]

Good pics, Dennis. Unusual. Looks like fun but actually, not really.

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

Good pics, Dennis. Unusual. Looks like fun but actually, not really.

I agree....I'm not missing cuttin that burnt stuff.