Predator 2008

[Rotax Robert]

From here I will re-post pics from 2007 as well as everything new in 2008. so be patient and give me time. The new season starts on may 10th in Sequim Wa. Also the Predator will debut in Hotrod magazine in the June issue which comes out in the middle of may. Sorry I cannot post those pics yet as I have an agreement with hotrod that I cannot use the pics until after July.

Here is this years crew. From left to right. Kieth Hill, Cowboy Sean, Rotax Robert and Kevin Lyons. Dale Smith (not pictured) he pussed out due to the weather.

[Frans]

Sure enjoy learning about the PREDATOR!


Thanks for posting, the TH also had a discussion on how you guys sharpen your chains for competition.

Do you file down the straps, and do those other things to your chains? Or is it all engine power?

[Rotax Robert]

Sure enjoy learning about the PREDATOR!


Thanks for posting, the TH also had a discussion on how you guys sharpen your chains for competition.

Do you file down the straps, and do those other things to your chains? Or is it all engine power?

I put race angles on the teeth and adjust raker height but do not touch the chassis of the chain. We have more power than the chain can take and it would certainly break should we tamper with the chassis/frame of the chain.

[MasterBlaster]

Friggin A! :rockon:

[Cedarkerf]

Saw your truck at the Waterin hole in Cumberland this afternoon woulda stopped by but had to get the wife home to go to work. Its bean a while.

[RaisedByWolves]

Nice Robert!



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[Frans]

thanks, I would really like to see that saw in action and shake your hand.

Maybe some day I will get up to Washington...

[fishhuntcutwood]

Sweet. Looking forward to Sequim in May....it'll be my last one.

[Rotax Robert]

Sweet. Looking forward to Sequim in May....it'll be my last one.

Then you will have to lift with me Jeff. Don't forget Bekkevars private party at the end of the season, tons of cuts to do there.

[fishhuntcutwood]

You can count on me being there to lift with you. Done deal.

Dave's party is in August right? I'll be out of the state in June. I missed last year's party....my invite must have gotten lost in the mail. :whine:

In actuality, Dave doesn't know me from Adam. Kinda one of those, "I know him, but he doesn't know me," type of thing.

[Chisel Tooth]

Hey Hotsaw Bobby! You got ya a Royal Flush chain on that thing?

[mryb]

You can count on me being there to lift with you. Done deal.

Don't forget lots of pics for us east coasters...Rick

[mryb]

Im I a thread killer or what!!! 5 days & counting...Rick

[Magnus]

OK. I am back now!

I releave you from this duty now!
It is only fair we share the burden.
I can hold the title a week or so now!

:lol:

[mryb]

I was doing just fine Mangus.. Thanks alot :-( ...Rick

[Rotax Robert]

BUMP, First show of the year May 10th Sequim Wa. be there.

[Cedarkerf]

Hey Rotax good to see ya. Ill prolly make Deming and Buckly.

[Rotax Robert]

Rotax here, but just barley or hopps....loooooooong weeeeeeeeend. The mighty Predator took first, but not buy much. We did not make a great cut, and it damn'd near cost us.

29" dia. fir (hard).. the fooking thing was shaaacking our teeth out in the cut. That would be akin to you southern folks loosing 4 or 5 generations.

Just the same, the Mighty PREDATOR took 1st.

I'll fill in the blanks later for the the small saws, where our old freind "Art" and Kevin showed there stuff, and OHHHH YEAHHH, they stuffffffed them, including me. I'll throw a link when it loads.

[squisher]

Cool long live the rein of the Predator!!!!!8)

[fishhuntcutwood]

I wish I could've made it. It's only five minutes from my house, but I had previous work engagements. :(

Way to go RR. I wouldn't expect any less from ya! ;)

[MasterBlaster]

Congratulations, Robert! Long live the Predator!! :rockon:

[Rotax Robert]

Took some time off on vacation, I'll try and get the vids to load from Sequim. For those who get HOTROD magazine check out the July issue which came out about 2 days ago. They did a great story on the Predator.

[RIVERRAT]

Havent got my issue of HotRod yet. Pretty cool, to have something you have built featured there......On another note, did Kevin to the left of you spill his beer or wet his pants....:D

[darkstar]

Congratulations.
Yall aint been dinking any beer now have you ?
I meen drinking.
Id love to see that bad boy run up close some day.

[Rotax Robert]

The Deming Log Show http://www.demingloggingshow.com/ is June 14th & 15th. for those who want to know. we'll be lookin for ya :/::/::/:

[MasterBlaster]

Damn! :cry:

[Cedarkerf]

Mntn gal and I will be there not sure which day tho Ill be playing hookie from work well track ya down.

[Rotax Robert]

For those who can make to Deming I will be parked at about 10 o-clock at the very edge of below pic. Look for the white Predator truck and trailer or just follow the beer cans. :D

[Paul B]

wicked! good luck Robert! We wont be there this year, maybe next, gotta get some passports!

[Rotax Robert]

Here is a cut made last year. 32+ inches

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[GASoline71]

Won't be camping there this year. Might try to make it on Saturday for the show... but not sure yet.

Good luck Robert. :thumbup:

Gary

[rbtree]

I hope to go, maybe bring my whole crew as well. But, after last year's crummy weather at both Deming and Buckley, and this "Juneuary" ushering in boatloads of snow at Mt Rainier..with maybe 1-2 more feet coming tomorrow, don't know if i'll wanna hang out at another wet show... maybe by next weekend it might actually be a tad warmer?

Here's my ski bud Wayne (and wife Liz hoping he doesn't start cutting) posing yesterday at his lakefront house near Kapowsin. nice 600 bf cedar I dismantled, then pruned a bit on a 44" dbh fir with his deck built around it..forgot to get pics.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2561440784_a0ae8327f8_o.jpg

[Rotax Robert]

I will not be going to Deming this weekend..:evil::evil::evil: The bas***ds here at work made overtime mandatory.

[GASoline71]

No shit? Holy cats Robert... that sucks! :(

Gary

[Skwerl]

Damn, Robert. That sucks. :(

[fishhuntcutwood]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2561440784_a0ae8327f8_o.jpg

I'm asking because I don't know, but what's the deal with all the cuts, blocks removed, uneven face cut, etc? :?

[fishhuntcutwood]

That does suck indeed Rotax. Sorry brother.

[Rotax Robert]

The Buckley Log Show is June 28th & 29th 2008 for those interested, and yes I will not miss this show.

[MasterBlaster]

Sweet! And you'll be sporting a cool shirt Imma hoping!

[Rotax Robert]

Sweet! And you'll be sporting a cool shirt Imma hoping!

And that would be correct, got it yesterday :D:D:D

[Al Smith]

The bas***ds here at work made overtime mandatory.
Welcome to the club .:P

[Old Monkey]

How is your company doing? Are they hurting right now? Sorry you couldn't go to Deming

[Al Smith]

I can't speak for Robert but can tell you about the auto industry and I only assume that aero space is about the same .

It's like the gold rush .You can make money by the bushel baskets but it becomes a burden at times especially if you are skilled trades . Working 70 hours per week you have little time for much else . It just goes with the territory in a manner of speaking .

[GASoline71]

Good luck Robert... I know you'll give Barry and Danny a run for their money... :)

I won't be there. first show I've missed in 15 years. :(

Gary

[Rotax Robert]

Well they got me again. MANDATORY OVERTIME :X. Lucky for me I just switched over to 3rd (grave yard) shift so I will be there for the show. That should make for a tough weekend since I had one too many cans of loud mouth the other day and entered most of the events and now I'll have to do it with no sleep:what:.

Old monkey. yeah we are real busy, thats a good part of the reason I switched to 3rd shift so I don't have to miss any more shows. Kinda tough with the travel time involved in alot of these shows as well as the show itself and work and trying to fill any void you can with a bit of shut-eye. Lucky for me this show is close to home.

[rbtree]

I'm asking because I don't know, but what's the deal with all the cuts, blocks removed, uneven face cut, etc? :?


Hey, Jeff...just saw your post. I cut the buttresses off, so my 28 inch bar would do the job more easily. and the tipped face has happened to me before when I make an under cut of a Humboldt first. Only reason I bothered with that open face was to keep it from jumping laterally off the stump. Tight drop zone, both width and length.

[rbtree]

Looking forward to the show, Robert. I'll be there Saturday, 99% for sure. Have a job to do with an ex employee Sunday, though.

[wiley_p]

Hey, Jeff...just saw your post. I cut the buttresses off, so my 28 inch bar would do the job more easily. and the tipped face has happened to me before when I make an under cut of a Humboldt first. Only reason I bothered with that open face was to keep it from jumping laterally off the stump. Tight drop zone, both width and length.

Tight DZ? Maybe try and leave that East Coast crap at home, and do your horizontal cut first like a human. keep making those crooked facecuts you'll soon be starting a demo on a house.:P:P:P

[rbtree]

bla bla bla....:lol:

remember the lightpost you were facing that big fir at......good thing Ian commented......

[Al Smith]

The midnight shift is not too bad ,you can get a lot done but sleeping .Surprisingly though or at least for me I could get by on about 5 hours and felt fine .

[Rotax Robert]

It was damn near a dissaster for the first day, in stock saw I pulled the starter rope out of the spool. In Modified hotsaw (double ender) I am in 1st and the Unlimited Hotsaw I made maybe the worst cut of my life and we are in 2nd place with about 4 tenths to make up today. (almost impossible to make up)
Wrenched my back so damn bad I am wondering if I can lift today or not but I immagine I have one more in me this weekend.

Roger should be posting some pics as he stopped by and took numerous pics and visited, great guy he is. The weather is pushing 100 degrees which is very rare for around here and is beating everybody up pretty good.

I'll post some pics when I get them downloaded.

Rotax

[MasterBlaster]

Damn! So what's the GOOD news???

[Rotax Robert]

Damn! So what's the GOOD news???

I think we got some realy cool pics of me wearing a treehouse tee ;)

we will give them hell today.

[MasterBlaster]

So how did it go???

[Rotax Robert]

O.K. I am slacking. Finaly found my camera again for the 5th time this year and will start downloading vids and pics. I just need to get a few more thumb drives so I can send them from work instead of home ( good old dial-up) anyway, here is a small log from the Amboy territirial days log show this last weekend. Roger, rbtree should have some great shots from the Buckley show as well as Amboy, so feel free to post away Roger.

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[Rotax Robert]

Here is a shirt I wore in a tree falling contest against Mike Pihl from the Ax-men tv show. I hit my beer can dead center using my patened duchman face cut for a 1st place (and yes it was a perfect duchman) hope Roger got a pic of the stump :D. anywho when MB e-mails me his address the shirt is his.

[Paul B]

Ha! awesome !

[rbtree]

Beware, Butch, roberto said he might send it to ya as is..............



.PNW logger sweat and all..............


Just in fom a fab weekend...after shooting 800 or more shots at the fun show..parade and carnival...I drove around Mt St Helens Sat nite to Monday morning, shooting a scad more of the spectacular scenes. Did a bid at a Nat'l Guard base today on the way home--took 4.5 hours...did a couple bids in town, and am now checking out my pics, all 1300 of 'em.....

Be patient, ya hear...I'll get 'em up....

[Rotax Robert]

Here is my sweeheart

[Rotax Robert]

Here is one of my lift partners (Kieth) showing off his axe men shirt.

[Rotax Robert]

This next weekend is the Morton Loggers Jubilee... Aug 9 & 10

Yours truley will be there competeing and the Predator will be making some cuts for the crowd as well. Come look us up :)

http://www.loggersjubilee.com/

[MasterBlaster]

Nothing cool ever happens around here. :(

[vharrison]

Nothing cool ever happens around here. :(


Well, you could host a TreeHouse bbq orrrrrr somtin

[MasterBlaster]

It's already happened, just one TreeHouser at a time. ;')

[mryb]

Nothing cool ever happens around here. :(
Move to where the cool stuff happens...Rick

[MasterBlaster]

Then I'd always be on the move.

[Rotax Robert]

Here is a link to a slide show of this weekends show in Morton. I'll try and get results and times here soon.

http://www.chronline.com/multimedia/loggersslide.php

[Rotax Robert]

here is a video link, I think...

http://www.chronline.com/multimedia/loggers.php

[MasterBlaster]

What's up with the guy cutting the log laying on another log? What event is that?

[Cedarkerf]

Obstacle pole bucking. They race to the log run up it start the saw make two cuts shut th saw of and race back to the start. Several shows around here run this event.

[Paul B]

first time I saw that I thought they were nuts! no PPE sprinting up the pole, drop start the saw and make two cuts at your feet as you bend over awkwardly then run back down the pole and touch the bottom, hopefully they turn the saw off as the start running back !

[Cedarkerf]

first time I saw that I thought they were nuts! no PPE sprinting up the pole, drop start the saw and make two cuts at your feet as you bend over awkwardly then run back down the pole and touch the bottom, hopefully they turn the saw off as the start running back !
There is a mark on the log where saw can be started and has to be shutoff.

[Paul B]

I hear ya, those guys were going so quick I musta missed it! :)

[MasterBlaster]

I was wondering what was up.

[Paul B]

Here ya geaux:
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I was actually at this even in '06, can you find me in the crowd? :D
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here is one complete with a dude taking a header at the end:
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[sotc]

thats the real deal on a logging job. not at a dead run but often on a yarder side

[Paul B]

so is that for scaling out the right lengths when you get to the upper parts of the trunk?

[sotc]

see the end of the log is broken? happens sometimes in the skidding process, the mill has "prefered lengths" that the logs need to be when they get to the mill. hes out there bucking back to the next prefered length, you can see the tape on the log

[Paul B]

saw the clues, just looking for confirmination from a pro ;)

[Rotax Robert]

There is a mark on the log where saw can be started and has to be shutoff.


Also a mark on the bottom where they must jump on the log. The line at the top is where you can start the saw as well as hit the kill (prior) to crossing on your way down. 8)

[Rotax Robert]

I stole this pic from rbtree.

[Paul B]

looks like a NASCAR driver with all that advertising slapped on his clothing.

:)

[Rotax Robert]

Here is a pic and news clip from this last week end. Big Bill and Tractor Dave get lit up. I talked to Bill a bit ago and they will both be O.K. Dave (the tall one) took the worst of it and only spent a short stint in the hospital.

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_092908WAB_chainsaw_fire_SW.c4086149.html

[Cedarkerf]

Here is a pic and news clip from this last week end. Big Bill and Tractor Dave get lit up. I talked to Bill a bit ago and they will both be O.K. Dave (the tall one) took the worst of it and only spent a short stint in the hospital.

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_092908WAB_chainsaw_fire_SW.c4086149.html
Channel 13 had a really good angle. Saw that last night glad they are ok you were in the end of 13s video

[woodworkingboy]

Wow, face full of fire! Was it determined what caused it?

[Skwerl]

My guess would be a rapid, uncontrolled oxidation of highly volatile liquid fuel.
;)

Glad he's OK.

[CurSedVoyce]

Thinin ya hit it Brian.. LOL
Just happy you guys ok ...

[woodworkingboy]

You mean a lil' rubber hose popped off? A big ramification for such a little event.

[Rotax Robert]

My guess would be a rapid, uncontrolled oxidation of highly volatile liquid fuel.
;)

Glad he's OK.

I'm thinkin you would be correct, I was not at that show, but know somebody advanced the timeing from where it was. Horsepower in a can does'nt always work. (uncontrolled oxidation)

Both are OK !!! allthough a bit hot.

On a side note, You all should know that I am on strike (Boeing)... and don't use this puter to much, so I have not been posting as regular.

[squisher]

Well.........get back to work so you can post more.:P

[Paul B]

On a side note, You all should know that I am on strike (Boeing)... and don't use this puter to much, so I have not been posting as regular.

Rotax, just heard of another whack of layoffs at Boeing, whats the word ? Are you going to do allright by this ? Good vibes to you Rotax.

[squisher]

Yah, heh Robert where are you?:D

[Cedarkerf]

Im gonna try and track him down this week find out what hes been up to let ya know if I find him I know one of his favorite hang outs.

[MasterBlaster]

Cool, I miss the portly gentleman.

[Rotax Robert]

computer probs, I will post soon with all updates. I borrow one where I can

Rotax

[MasterBlaster]

Damn Robert, it's good to hear from you! You should be in Cali...

[fishhuntcutwood]

Good to read ya Rotax.