Tractors and wood! Show your pics

Jstpssng · Sep 18, 2021

Skeans1 said:
How much is lost to conventional faces?

Do you mean the notch which is part of the stump flare?

Jstpssng · Sep 18, 2021

Yogi05 said:
I'll try. If he is ever around to help again.

At the end of the day you do the best that you can. I have high stumps on my ground because I was working in 2 1/2 feet of snow, which was too hard to dig with a snow shovel.

Skeans1 · Sep 18, 2021

ultrarunner said:
When I spent a day logging in Austria all stumps were left flush with grade and one of the reasons the cutter was always busy.

You could have used the stumps as stepping stones.

He had a big Fendt tractor and trailer with grapple arm and winch with blocks...

The landowners tend to be very particular and leaving a clean worksite is essential for repeat business...

Never seen commercial logging in North America with stumps at grade.

That’s because we don’t cut on the low side when it’s steep it’s always done on the high side for safety. Also think about the size difference if you’re maxed out on a 42” bar is 9 foot where stuff like that grows is out on something steep where you’re double cutting as well as putting jacks in to save it out. Another reason you don’t see them flushed off on yarder sides is for safety if something get away from the line it doesn’t turn into a missile coming down the hill.

Skeans1 · Sep 18, 2021

Jstpssng said:
Do you mean the notch which is part of the stump flare?

Yep on a humboldt face all the waste is left on the stump not in the butt log

ultrarunner · Sep 18, 2021

Skeans1 said:
That’s because we don’t cut on the low side when it’s steep it’s always done on the high side for safety. Also think about the size difference if you’re maxed out on a 42” bar is 9 foot where stuff like that grows is out on something steep where you’re double cutting as well as putting jacks in to save it out. Another reason you don’t see them flushed off on yarder sides is for safety if something get away from the line it doesn’t turn into a missile coming down the hill.

Makes sense and trees there don't tend to be as large as in North America...

A large oak there is big money and a treasure...

Skeans1 · Sep 18, 2021

ultrarunner said:
Makes sense and trees there don't tend to be as large as in North America...

A large oak there is big money and a treasure...

A big Doug fir can be worth a lot especially with how much footage you have in one tree so it’s extremely important to get it down in one piece or where the planned break is going to be.

Yogi05 · Sep 19, 2021

Skeans1 said:
A big Doug fir can be worth a lot especially with how much footage you have in one tree so it’s extremely important to get it down in one piece or where the planned break is going to be.

Except when I cut them.
Missing some footage apparently

Gordon Gould · Sep 19, 2021

fruitcakesa said:
Been busy in the woods, finally took the camera with me and got some pics.
Already shipped one truckload and this lot makes two, at least one more load still standing.
This tree is typical of the mature hemlocks and the underbrush in the fall zones is dense!

Nice to see you are getting some work done in the woods. Looks good.

gg