Fatal logging crew accident - SC

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Here ya go arrow... Logg'n firewood with the 790. This is the "loading" after falling, bucking, skidding. All done with the 790 and the 6 foot rhino blade and homemade forks.

Well, you hit a soft spot Spruce. I love seeing pics of people logging with their c.u.t.s. As the fenders on your trailer look fairly good, what method do you use to get the logs off the trailer when the tractor is still in the woods? This is changing from the Safety stand point I know. Maybe getting the logs off the trailer safely could be keep it here. Thanks for the pics.

 

[The Haymaker]

I wouldn't ever compare Axe Man or any of the other logging related shows to the real world. Drama Queens! Even the one up here in Maine was pretty bad, right down to having them roll trucks over with cranes to increase viewer appeal.

Here's an accident that happened several years ago, just a few miles up the road:

2000 Darwin Award: The Daily Grind

 

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Spruce Deere; thanks for the pictures, nothing like the start of a cold morning in the woods. I allways feel alive when in the middle of the woods 1st thing on a crisp morning. I believe it's probably the closest thing to a heaven there is, waiting for all the critters to start moving. I also hauled a lot of timber on a trailer much like yours'

 

[spruce Deere]

Spruce Deere; thanks for the pictures, nothing like the start of a cold morning in the woods. I allways feel alive when in the middle of the woods 1st thing on a crisp morning. I believe it's probably the closest thing to a heaven there is, waiting for all the critters to start moving. I also hauled a lot of timber on a trailer much like yours'

You bet 20 20. There is no other job on the planet like working in the forests of this great nation.

 

[MikePA]

The obnoxious guy who was taking logs out of the river, was fined $10000 for removing "wildlife habitat". He was also cited for taking that which did not belong to him witout obtaining a permit. How he is back, I'll never know.

I could never figure out, and the show never explained, how he could simply pull logs out of a creek. Those logs were once trees on someones property. If they had to use a wildlife statute to nail him, works for me.

 

[cdcole]

Ya know,
I'm surprised that there isn't someone getting killed every week:

You know. I saw an episode where they let a green horn try to free a cable. It nearly took off his head. How can they do that?...the young man did not know what was going to happen...and they laughed at him as the cable broke free.

 

[kebo]

I could never figure out, and the show never explained, how he could simply pull logs out of a creek. Those logs were once trees on someones property. If they had to use a wildlife statute to nail him, works for me.

Apparently the guy pulling logs out of the river never got around the permit issue. He and his dopey son left Wash. St. and went to FLorida to do the same thing. He hooked up with another logger down there and they are pulling logs of out rivers/swamps only now he has to deal with gators!!! Honestly, he and his son are so inept that I think the producer want them on the show for the comedic affect. In other words, they act like clowns most of the time!!

 

[spruce Deere]

Apparently the guy pulling logs out of the river never got around the permit issue. He and his dopey son left Wash. St. and went to FLorida to do the same thing. He hooked up with another logger down there and they are pulling logs of out rivers/swamps only now he has to deal with gators!!! Honestly, he and his son are so inept that I think the producer want them on the show for the comedic affect. In other words, they act like clowns most of the time!!

Takes all kinds to make things go 'round. Wether' we need'em or not we got them. Nobody would want him around on a regular logg'n crew, a risk for everyone... Completely inept, oblivious to laws and common sence. He is a big black eye for good people in the timber industry. Entertainment has no place in logging, just on T.V. Good thing history channel picked him up, he would have just become a problem at the unemployment office, trying to salvage the wooden hand railing or something.

 

[FlaDon]

I could never figure out, and the show never explained, how he could simply pull logs out of a creek. Those logs were once trees on someones property. If they had to use a wildlife statute to nail him, works for me.

I'd love to see him try that in the creek that runs thru the farm in Ohio. He'd likely find himself shot by a land owner. As our deed states, we own the land and only the water is controlled by the Gov't. I'd assume that the other deeds read the same.

Our neighbor does the logging for us and most other farmers in the area. Too darn dangerous working the west side of the creek as it's steep and full of copperheads.

 

[The Haymaker]

Takes all kinds to make things go 'round. Wether' we need'em or not we got them. Nobody would want him around on a regular logg'n crew, a risk for everyone... Completely inept, oblivious to laws and common sence. He is a big black eye for good people in the timber industry. Entertainment has no place in logging, just on T.V. Good thing history channel picked him up, he would have just become a problem at the unemployment office, trying to salvage the wooden hand railing or something.

I've yet to see reality on a show based in "reality"......