Tractors4u
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- Joined
- Mar 10, 2002
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- Athens Alabama
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- Deere 4310, Kubota L355, John Deere SST18 Spin Steer, 2006 Polaris Ranger
A friend of mine owns a timber company. Recently he got a job to cut 500 acres of timber. This isn't going to be a clear cutting operation, just select hardwoods and the trees that get in the way of getting to the hardwood get sold for pulp wood. He called last week and asked how much vacation time I had built up. He needed a dozer operator to build a logging trail. Of course I said yes before I asked all the pertinent questions like pay and what kind of terrain. The pay was fine but when I got there I saw the terrain. There was already a trail going up the side of the mountain that I am guess was used by deer hunters in 4 wheel drive trucks and ATVs. There are huge boulders, I think they are granite. Driving up the road didn't seem to bad at first, that was until I drove over a patch of granite and one track on the dozer spun and the dozer turned 90 degrees in about a second. The pucker factor people speak of on TBN can not hold a candle to what I felt at that moment. I am still picking pieces of seat cover from my butt crack! Anyway, what kind of TBNer would I be without pictures. The first are a few before shots of the trail. As usual, the picture does not do the incline justice. I did try to hold the camera straight and level.