Some timber falling pictures.

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Been falling some timber for a little mom and pop outfit part-time for the last several months while going to school.

We moved to a new patch of timber, better timber and steeper ground than what it has been.

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SouthSoundTree said:
Congrats on the job. What trees are you harvesting?
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Mostly the pine, cutting the stuff 12" and up.

The boss is on the feller buncher about 1,000ft away cutting the hardwoods, making room for the pine that will be left. Hardwood quality here is not good, the "good" hardwood logs go for tie logs, the rest as pulp.

Hardwood goes to a log yard and the pine sawlogs go to a sawmill just across the border in Arkansas.
 
Nice pics of brushing the job out... when are you gonna post up the trees? :D
 
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Oh, about a hundred years or so
 
Nice to see some low stumps from an American faller.

Around here being on your knees when falling is NOT recommended.

Makes it too hard to haul ass if the shit hits the fan.
 
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stig said:
Nice to see some low stumps from an American faller.

Around here being on your knees when falling is NOT recommended.

Makes it too hard to haul ass if the shit hits the fan.
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I'll be glad when I get my little half-wrap 044 fixed. Makes the low stumps a little quicker, don't have to dig around sometimes like i do with the saw in the pic.
 
stig said:
Nice to see some low stumps from an American faller.

Around here being on your knees when falling is NOT recommended.

Makes it too hard to haul ass if the shit hits the fan.
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Not recommended on this side of the pond either.
 
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Well if I ever get out west or into any real timber, I'll be sure to remember that. I got til the end of May here. The logger shuts down first of June to run cattle and do custom hay bailing. Done graduated and it's time to move on.
 
A lot of shit we all do isnt recommended. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get the job done.
 
If you read the dangerous occupations list, falling trees in general isn't recommended. Some guys are still commercial fisherman, so I guess it's ok, though.
 
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Thanks fellas. It was a nice job. Boss called yesterday and said he is shutting down today. The mill dropped their price $4/ton and changed their log specs to 8" top at 33'. The mill knows only a few outfits are in the kind of timber that are working in that kind of timber. Boss said he can't compete with that. Current job was 70 miles from the mill one way.

Here are some more pics. My dad took these with his old Olympus camera. I like the way the pictures look on that camera rather than my mom's digital camera.

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Skwerl said:
Wow, 12" pines are kinda small. You need an awful lot of them to make a stack of 2x4s.
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I've seen some chit grade lumber in the past with bark on all 4 corners of a 2 by 4 .It's usually after some big disaster like a hurricane when they try to sell junk like that at a premium price .Drive a nail in it and the water runs out ,terrible .
 
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