davygp38
Gold Member
What,never heard of ballast.
Anyone pull logs like this?
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LD1
Epic Contributor
Chained below the axle he would have a hard time moving just half of what he has got there.
I agree with the others that I am NOT advocating it, but it is just the way it is done there. AND it is the way it was done here PRE-OSHA.
He apparently knows his machine VERY well and has it hitched to maximize pull, yet minimize flip. IF you notice, right when he is at the highest, he breaks traction and the dose comes down a bit, lifting the logs back up, increasing traction, nose rising until traction breaks again....over and over. Just inching them along until they free up.
Again, I wouldnt do it. I see the dangers. But we dont know the circumstances there.
North Country
Gold Member
Of course. But he does spend quite a while moving logs 50 ft. Take 1/2 twice; maybe it'll be faster and safer...
Only in the latter part of the clip. In the beginning, it's feathering the power (operator skill) that brings the nose down. The tires don't break traction. I'm not sure how you come up with "hitched to minimize flip" - :laughing: it's about as far from that as you can get.
BlacknTan
Platinum Member
DAY
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A bunch of armchair farmers, drinkin' and smokin' and eatin' Big Macs, while they talk about the health concerns of one man's logging techniques. . .( present company excepted, of course:laughing
JB4310
Super Member
Exactly, he knows alot of things that he probably doesn't even know he knows, about geometry, physics etc. I call that a highly skilled operator that grew up in the seat of a tractor, using every bit of the machines capability. We may criticise, but Could any of us do that with any degree of confidence.
I agree it could be done easier/slower but alot of work is hard on us or our equipment, just a different perspective.
We use to build bridges, tunnels and sky scrapers in a year or two. now it take a decade just to plan them.
JB
LD1
Epic Contributor
A bunch of armchair farmers, drinkin' and smokin' and eatin' Big Macs, while they talk about the health concerns of one man's logging techniques. . .( present company excepted, of course:laughing
BINGO
Another Excellent post
You took that out of context. I said MAXIMIZE pull while MINIMIZING flip.
Using your logic, He shouldnt pull ANY logs. That is the only way to be sure he wont flip as a result.
He is hitched in a way that allows him to still accomplish a great deal of work, yet minimize the risk while still being able to do that work.
And sure, we can all easially say that taking half that load and we whould have been done in 2 trips quicker, BUT, we dont know the whole situation. It looks to me like it is just that ONE tough spot on the trail. Once he got past that, he was good. Maybe those logs are comming from 1/2 mile back in the woods, and maybe they still have another 1/2 mile to go. In that case, spending a little extra time getting the MOST logs at once over that "hump" in the trail may indeed be faster overall.
Maybe he has a deadline? Maybe he has a quota that needs met? maybe he makes more for more logs pulled? He has to make a living too.
BlacknTan
Platinum Member
A bunch of armchair farmers, drinkin' and smokin' and eatin' Big Macs, while they talk about the health concerns of one man's logging techniques. . .( present company excepted, of course:laughing
Egg- zactly!! LOL
jenkinsph
Super Star Member
Now why would he want to post a video of a tractor pulling a few logs without anything special going on? If that were the case we wouldn't be discussing this.