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Thanks, Rich.

He probably was considering Canada. ;)

Bump...Repost of the pics from post #78...not available to many of us at this point, apparently.

It's definitely on my radar, but the timing is poor, in relation to the upcoming hip surgery. If I'm mobile, I'll be there for some of it at least.

Too bad it comes with a Ford mounted on it, Rajan :P. I'll keep that in mind, Jay :).

Might as well step it up a notch...I'm thinking the 15k :D.

I well recall you writing that 99% sure that a fell will go right isn't good enough for you, it has to be 100%. Well, "improve the chances" is a far cry from 100%...

It's an interesting point, Brian. One part of me is strongly considering that avenue, and additionally, the folks running the FS climbing program have laid all sorts of enticements out for consideration, and I'm not even out the door yet. On the other hand, I already had a 32 year work career...

:evil: ;)

Thanks, guys.

I hear that Chris, loud and clear. Butch, you could have stripped every limb off this tree, and it still would have weighed in excess of 20 tons. Improve the chances?...sure. Be done with the worrying?...no way, not with a lightweight pull like that.

Yessir.

I can say that I have never pulled a leaner with a moving pickup, being fortunate to have (or maybe it is being smart enough to insist on being provided with the proper equipment for my work rig, and getting it, from better managers than I'm seeing lately :evil:) a heavy duty Warn mounted on...

Seems like a valid point, Jay. I'll put my ear to the ground and see if I hear any hoofbeats. If so, I'll let you know :).

The underlings are murmuring those sentiments...management is mum, so far :).

I'm not privy to the price the contractor put on the job, but a well-informed guess, knowing the parameters for the variety of contract types available would have me betting it was under $2500. Much less comprehensive contract language and inspection procedures under that limit...basically...

I'd be lyin' if I said I didn't get a little bit of a charge out of it, Greg. Not a very admirable personality trait, I'll admit. But that was done badly at several levels, the cutters being the lowest ones on the totem pole, imo...not to say even close to blameless. Their ops plan sucked...

I'm told, less than 25 feet from the top...so it was high enough, but nothing else was "enough".

Lotta rot, bro :). Actually, it'll be sold under the personal use firewood permit program...one of the many "special forest products" the FS provides at relatively minimal cost to the public.

I'm actually amazed at how well that building took that hit...the tree laid over on it completly, then rolled off. I'd have bet on a demo with that hit. They built 'em strong, out of mostly clear full dimension oldgrowth Doug fir, back in the '30's.