Today....

[davidwyby]

what a truly magical place

…in the winter…which is basically summer…

 

[oceans]

Our Winter has been a liiiiiiitle different. We just got a record snow accumulation with more potential snow in the forecast. Haven’t seen anything like this since I was 4.

 

[VenasNursery]

…in the winter…which is basically summer…

How was your Bronco experience? The picture you posted of the camera view while off-roading is just an awesome feature.

We have a Bronco and do a lot of off-roading. They are quite capable and a blast!

 

[davidwyby]

How was your Bronco experience? The picture you posted of the camera view while off-roading is just an awesome feature.

We have a Bronco and do a lot of off-roading. They are quite capable and a blast!

I have a lot of off roading in my background and was very impressed.

 

[VenasNursery]

I have a lot of off roading in my background and was very impressed.

Nice

 

[VenasNursery]

Nice

Wow I guess I can post pictures again thanks to someone!

 

[Winchman]

 

[davidwyby]

Nice

The bronco was as good or better really than my last 4runner with coilovers for going across the desert. Rode and handled well at speed in washes, impressive for stock. Seems they did their homework and worked at making a capable out of the box rig. Dunes really well too, and crawled and climbed well in dirt but we didn’t get into rock crawling.

 

[davidwyby]

I think it would need more lift and tires for rock crawling



It did make we want to find another 4runner, a V8 this time.

 

[VenasNursery]

The bronco was as good or better really than my last 4runner with coilovers for going across the desert. Rode and handled well at speed in washes, impressive for stock. Seems they did their homework and worked at making a capable out of the box rig. Dunes really well too, and crawled and climbed well in dirt but we didn’t get into rock crawling.


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One thing I’ve never done is rock crawling towing a car on a trailer but super impressive
The new Broncos are really capable but definitely have a few weak points

 

[VenasNursery]

One thing I’ve never done is rock crawling towing a car on a trailer but super impressive
The new Broncos are really capable but definitely have a few weak points

Here we go some sideways some regular

 

[Neill]

Cutting on an icy swamp, stand of maple. One of the better ones

 

[Neill]

This was a nicer log

 

[Matias]

I have wanted to have a go at hardwood logging for a while, and your pictures don't disappoint. That's just such a different looking forest to me.

 

[oceans]

This was a nicer log
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Well felled and looks like plenty of save out!

All that flare reminds me… I worked with a gent that got his start in Maine. His name was Jay and he came part time to help with a huge job down in CT. We were there for over a year. Lots of large stems. Lots of veneer. Lots of archaeological sites where we had to wait for inspections prior to any disturbance. His face cuts were tall and shallow. Kinda just cutting into flare and sapwood flitch and little heartwood if any. Relied more on innate crown lean, lots of wedges, or skidder assist, but got a couple more board feet than anyone else every time.

 

[southsoundtree]

Some doug- firs in a root disease pocket. 6 felled with wedges/ pushing, one pull, one climb.


JetSled on its maiden voyage at a big fir prune.

 

[27RMT0N]

Recent odds and ends. Just finished day three with a new totally green employee, so far going very well.

A surprisingly low impact view-window through a big leaf maple, looking east from my future house-site, core-rot hemlock against it's limb-weight, more bucket work, the new guy on the lowering line, end of the day progress, and came home to the new treeMOTION Pro X waiting for me.

 

[27RMT0N]

I used my new-ish dump trailer to haul wood off a removal job for the first time today and I'd call it a real success. The ramp I built to cart pieces into it worked surprisingly well, it held a lot more wood than I initially assumed it would, towed very well and dumped with ease. I could have fit, hauled and dumped more but didn't want to push it the first use, and ran out of time to load it anyway. Mostly western red cedar, pretty light wood, some sap-heavy grand fir mixed in.

I don't want to make a habit of hauling wood (mostly the loading by hand part), but it was easier to do than I thought it would be, and nice to have the option when I need it.

 

[RogerM]

Those dump trailers are so useful... have rented, don't own, NEED one! Plus good side board mod!

 

[southsoundtree]

Sweet.

Do you have a portable winch of any type? Consider building a winch bracket on the front wall of the trailer.

Pulling wood up a wood ramp looks dicey over time. Chicken wire seems too lightweight to me.

Hardware cloth (galvanized metal mesh)?




A little 12v winch on a davit can be sweet.