Small Cable Yarder

[stig]

Do you want it back then?

Nope, it's somewhat outdated!

After we lost the fleet, we started a national " plant oaktrees for freedom" campaign.
Everybody and their grandmother were planting oaktrees in the state owned forests, so we could build a new naval fleet and kick Britains ass.

In 1970 something, when those trees were finally ripe for harvesting, a state forester send a letter to the ministry of naval defense, telling them that their trees were ready, so they should start building ships and declare war upon Britain.

 

[Dave Shepard]

That's dang funny!

 

[sotc]

Awesome!

 

[Burnham]

That is a cute little bugger, Ed. Perfect for your task there.

Y'all might remember these pics, I think from before we lost all the attachments back when...

Set up with a little diesel powered, radio controlled carriage. Nice outfit.

This is what we call a small cable yarder hereabouts .

 

[sotc]

Thats a fast little unit!

 

[squisher]

That carriage looks very similar to the Eagle carriages.

 

[Burnham]

Here's a Bowman unit, a little bigger, but still sized for the yarder shown. And a couple of pics showing the yarder's rated capacity (if you look closely, you can read the numbers), and the talky tooter signal code, for fun.

Ed needs to get a poster like that one to post on his yarder..

 

[MasterBlaster]

Wow, I wonder if anyone's mastered ALL those horn signals???

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Those talkie tooters make me laugh, I wish we had them, we only have ordinary coms.
I reckon this would be the right size ACME carriage for me -
http://www.acmecarriages.com/model_8.htm

 

[squisher]

We had talkie tooters and I knew all the signals that we used. I can't remember them all now though.

 

[sotc]

Me too. Different crews and different types of yarders may use slightly different toots

 

[sotc]

Didn't see the gas and oil or the chainsaw whistle or block and strap, I dare say theres many more

 

[Buzz]

As a chocker man come dogs body on this job i can say it sucks big time !
Pulling out the chockers 150' sideways at a 800' distance is a bit of a sod to say the least !!

 

[Thor's Hammer]

few more pics from the last few weeks...

 

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[Al Smith]

I caught that 3rd picture down on the little fawn .

It is truely amazing that real young ones like that will just stay real calm and not move if you walk up on them . In a day or two they can run nearly as fast as the doe .

My wifes cousins kids came across one in my woods a few years back that was about that size .

 

[MasterBlaster]

I love the way ya'll go from 6" chippers to THAT!

 

[Old Monkey]

It didn't look like that fawn was having any of your rock, paper, scissors action.

Is that the job that's crushed Matt's soul?

 

[sotc]

Sweet little unit, cute little lift tree

 

[gf beranek]

This is a great thread. I don't know how I missed it before. I've worked under a lot of yarders in the past. Generally though they came in and logged after I was done and gone. But a few times they were right on me. And I can't say much good about that. Amazing machines though. Big and small alike.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Wow, I just saw this at Steve B's place.

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[gf beranek]

That's a lota logs. Any idea what for? Saw, pulp?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Knotta clue.

 

[thattreeguy]

boy a lil yarder like that would be handy a few times a year