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Usually the skyline was attached to a dozer,the tail rope block too. we would if we could too,shift the skyline with haywire,in New Zealand we called it "Straw line". did alot of " bridling" that was having the tail rope block set at an angle to the skyline,the rigging was pulled almost...

Introducing some hungry Brown Bears to San Fran might solve the homeless problem? In a Natural fashion.

We used to North or South bend most of the time,so you got really good at spotting the rigging ( mostly) to right onto of the logs. Mechanical slack pulling cartridges were unheard of back then. All the rage now though.

The most miserable memories of cable logging were the occasional manual skyline shifts. You could usually drag the skyline over using the tail rope but sometimes you couldn't. So then it was three guys moving a 100 meter skyline extension laterally over a hillside a few feet at a time ,working...

I haven't touched a choker for over 20 years.Man did I used to get some mean sprags from those horrible things. Bull chokers were 1¼" swaged cable,horrible to have to dig/ jam/ ram them under logs . Especially if they didn't have bullet ferrels on the end

Its been steady,off to a good start with some larger commercial jobs. Slowing down now, but thats just the good weather effecting peoples habits.They will soon be spending more time at home. Talking about clients going with the low bidder. There was a client of mine here that for the past 17...

Big knuckleboom crane take down-a-thon Followed by much chipping.

Might be an idea to add some more insulation?

Boy I bet that thing could split a Hare

Had my .22 threaded for a can

He is lucky that skidder still has a blade and front axel in it. I heard a story years ago when doing something like in the video practically put the engine out through the hood.That blade only works as a brake in soil,hit a stump at high speed and it can snap the machine

Happy Birthday Rich!

I learned how to calculate firewood volume when I lived in Alaska. I burn 14 and 4/16 muskoxen X 4 Eagle span per annum. I try the wood down to 12% Budweiser dew point. It's more art than science.

Open sighted,single shot .22 That is how marksman are made.

Its the German work for Oil, "Menthol with Columbia Oil" Whatever Columbia Oil is I have no idea.

Not really. There is an abundance of this sort of thing here in Norway

Can't remember if I had shown this before or not? Early Luftwaffe ceremonial dagger.

You need: Some paper A marker pen A angle grinder A bench mounted sander and about 2 hours spare. I have the acid you need to bring out the patterns in the steel. You can buy Damas blanks from Wish for about $20 each.You are removing steel so gradually that you can easily see where you are...

Buy a Damascus blank and grind one out?

I have some Axes from my Grandfathers back home in New Zealand like yours they are felling Axes .Felling Axes have more flexable handles to absorbe the shock of each blow,back home the ideal Axe handle length is the length of your inseam. That might also be the length of your arm too? I dont know.