Todays Fun!

[Farley9n]

Some of you know my son in law Teiva ("T" ).
Works for the forest service and loves cutting & falling. I keep him in saws and does the real work!
He and our daughter have 10 acres and a little house they are planning on remodeling using wood from the property he will be milling with his new band saw mill. Today he and a real logger friend dropped 5 good sized firs then cut them into 40' lengths and staged them where he will be setting up the mill. Because of the tight area, power lines which had to be dropped and the steep slope the trees were on, a neighbor's Cat was used to be sure they fell in the right area. 4 were right on and the other was only a little off.
Here are a few pictures of the fun!

More to come along with the videos......Bob

 

[Farley9n]

Even More Fun!

Here's the rest I hope!

I'm ending with a picture of his new band saw mill.
Hope you enjoy the pictures......And for those of that are always curious about the saws; Todd and his dad pete brought 2 Stihl o44's with 3/8 skip on 28" bars. Good runners! I brought all Husky's. A 50, 256/262, 66, and the 281/88. All modded... It was a GREAT DAY ....Bob

 

[alderman]

Nice pictures

The fun thing about fir is the clean up after the logs are gone:greenchainsaw: The cat sure makes things easier.

 

[mattmc2003]

sorry to be picky...but its a john deere

 

[Lakeside53]

Nice... but you have to stop showing pics of the great weather we have in the PNW... Last thing we needs is more guys moving here

 

[Farley9n]

They were calling it his little Cat. I never really looked. I'm going back tomorrow and get some fire wood while doing the clean up. Since there won't be any real loggers there I might take some Poulans......:greenchainsaw: Bob







Videos are now up on YouTube. Just search; farley9n. They will be the newest!

 

[gregz]

Nice... but you have to stop showing pics of the great weather we have in the PNW... Last thing we needs is more guys moving here

yup it's 12 degrees here in NW indiana

Nice pics, a neighbor with a machine is always nice. My neighbor has a splitter and I use it more then he does

 

[Gologit]

That's T alright...got a saw in his hand and gettin after it. You got a good SIL Bob.

 

[stihl sawing]

Great pics, The tree walking is neat to see. Thanks for posting.

 

[Jacob J.]

Looking good Bob, looks like all of you got out there and had some fun. What a great place to live too, I lived there for a while in the early 90's and absolutely loved it.

 

[Four Paws]

sorry to be picky...but its a john deere

Actually it is a Case - better luck next time smarty-pants!

 

[Four Paws]

Nice... but you have to stop showing pics of the great weather we have in the PNW... Last thing we needs is more guys moving here

Yeah, I was gonna say it looks like spring there! I know better, though. That is probably the only sunny day you have had for a couple weeks :monkey:

 

[Modifiedmark]

Nice... but you have to stop showing pics of the great weather we have in the PNW... Last thing we needs is more guys moving here

Don't worry, I was there to experiance your weather firsthand , the first week of august for a week and I wasn't dreading returning to Indiana when the time came.

To the OP, thanks for the great pictures.

 

[Lakeside53]

Oh yes, August 2008, all of it.... Not our shining moment..

Last 10 days... only 1 day of rain (the day I has to pour concrete on a 2:1 slope!!!). No killing frost yet... Still haven't dug the dahlias and the fushisa are still flowering.

 

[MR4WD]

Nice work. I wish I had a winch cat or at least something better than my 800cc quad to yard firs around!! I knocked down some 3' fir snags for firewood today. I'd rather turn the big snags into lumber too, so I guess at least an Alaskan Mill is on the way.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Oh yes, August 2008, all of it.... Not our shining moment..

Last 10 days... only 1 day of rain (the day I has to pour concrete on a 2:1 slope!!!). No killing frost yet... Still haven't dug the dahlias and the fushisa are still flowering.

I hope you meant 1:2 slope. 2:1 is pouring a wall

 

[Lakeside53]

lolol.. yep...

You have to remember I come from the other side of the world... You guys are upside down to us.

 

[Taxmantoo]

I hope you meant 1:2 slope. 2:1 is pouring a wall

1:2 isn't far off, that's like a 6/12 roof pitch.

 

[Modifiedmark]

1:2 isn't far off, that's like a 6/12 roof pitch.

6/12 drops 6" every 12"

12/6 drops 12" every 6"

That isn't far off huh?

Glad your not my carpenter.

Sorry for derailing this thread.

 

[Taxmantoo]

I meant it wasn't far off from pouring a wall. I hate walking on 6/12 roofs, can't imagine trying to finish concrete on one.