A day cutting wood

[Magicman]

That is a well staged whack.   

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

It being 2" lumber and 8" squares.....should be a good day.

[Peter Drouin]

It being 2" lumber and 8" squares.....should be a good day.

there will be some 1" to make 8" squares and some of the log are not good to make 2", for the cut list he has I think he has to get more logs  :D :D
just got a call on a new job 6000 bf , rain tomorow but thats ok I have a customer coming to get 1500bf of lumber I have for him.
and have 3 cut list to price out. about time been a long winter  8)

[Peter Drouin]

Cutting is going ok, but sometimes you find a barber chair log , It did not split all the way but It made the log junk :D


 
I did this to show you how the log split, then I turned it


 
but I think the splt went all over


  

  

 
what to do ? I just cut in to 1"x 12". some I got 16' some 8'

at the end of today It was hot 90s and I did not have the giddyup to move the log up on my mill. so I use Magicmans trick :D :D


 
It work good thanks Magicman :D :D
then I was doing the count because the customer moves it at the end of the day but to day the danG  2x6x16' fell over


 
I hate that
well I think Ill be done friday maybe :D only 15 or so logs


 

[loggah]

Peter, Some hot out there today, i bet you wish you had a circus tent over you!!! snow 4 days ago and 90 degrees today,you did real well!! this weather is just crazy !!!! Don

[Peter Drouin]

Yes it was hot  but I got 2200bf done to day. the last of 6000 bf 3 days to do it



 
some times I don't have room for all the wood :D :D
all and all it went good.

the wood 6000bf


  

  

 
I have to do a cut list for a customer on monday then the next road job tuesday ;D

[Peter Drouin]

Some of you new guys have asked questions. On cutting logs this is a job I'm doing 4th time he's a good customer.see how I get the guy to put the logs not the best but they're one behind the other



 

Some may say that the cut I made is a waste of time , but I lake to get rid of the bell



 



And I can see that the log look level I drop 1" and cut my 4" face this is a 12' log .I did get a 1x6x8 out of it



  

 

Then my 6" and on to whatever a  width you want
I try to get all the lumber in the log money in my wallet :D

Now this works for me  you're cutting might vary :D

Heres a tip for you guys that cut in hot days and want to wear shorts and don; t like sawdust in your boot :D
I cut the toe off some old socks and put them on before your boots



  

Gaiters. and I do where 2 pairs of socks year round [ lite ones]

[WDH]

If I had white pine to cut, and if I could not cut it, I would want you to cut it  ;D.  Good stuff! 

Unfortunately, almost all our pine down here in the hot, humid, sweltering, South is yellow  .

[Peter Drouin]

Today was one of those days :D I told him to put the logs somewhere else. but this will work :D




  

 


these are bad logs small and crooked. :D :D all by the hr
and had 2 guys talling



 

I think we have a ways to go :D



 

[Peter Drouin]

A job came in today


 
one of 3 for a timber frame all w pine


 

then a load that I got for another customer came in  thats the 4th load this week.


  

  

  
that last load had to be scaled, my wood, the wood for the timber frame is just the sawing rate .and yes thats the same truck. he hauls for a lot of loggers , young man thats not afraid to work,
I might have to get some help :D :D :D  na

[Magicman]

You may not get help, but you are gonna be busy.   ;D

[Dave Shepard]

Looks like it's time to bolt that mill down and throw away the axle. :D

[Peter Drouin]

I can't do that Dave , I have 3 on the road jobs with at least a truckload of logs each :D :D
2 weeks ago we had a little nip in the air and now I have all kinds of calls.
Where were they 6 weeks ago when I was just cutting hemlock and looking for the log truck to show up
But you have to take it when you can, and when the snow hits I'l be  cutting hemlock looking for a truck :D :D :D

[Peter Drouin]

A load came in


 

one more to go for the timber frame :D
and also have to get the hemlock cut , have a load of hemlock coming in end of the week  :D


 
I cut 24' beams today.



  

 
the cumtomer don't want 24' one inch wood so I cut them on the cant just put a pice of wood under it and cut , two 12' :D.

[thecfarm]

Two loads come in,one load goes out.   ;D

[Peter Drouin]

it takes 3 loads to make one big load  :D :D ;)

[fishpimp]

Very nice Sawin there Pete. Nice logs too! U would prob laugh at some I saw!
Great to see success . Gonna set my goals at your level!!!

[Peter Drouin]

thanks, just do a good job and the work will come

[Peter Drouin]

Well a job showed up today.  I think a timber frame, I don't have a cut list yet  :D



 


I traded my little house away, the guys wife loves it
so I made him go up the ladder  ;D


  

 
the pic was taking through a screen  :D I moved it 1 1/2 miles and set it up for him. hes a logger the trade was for one like  this


 
;D

[Peter Drouin]

Then this came in today too


  

  

  

  

 
some ok logs and not so ok  :D
I hope the work keeps up, and I keep up  :D will see

[thecfarm]

They forgot the limbs???? looks like wood for my OWB.

[mad murdock]

You need to patent that gaiter idea! Smart thinkin there! That last load had some nice butt logs, and some REAL knotty stuff, eh?  Good to see you're staying out of trouble 8)

[thecfarm]

Was that the building that you had the stakes in? And you had more people ask about the building,than the stakes?  :D

[Peter Drouin]

They forgot the limbs???? looks like wood for my OWB.

:D :D :D yes indeed

Good to see you're staying out of trouble 8)

I do sleep well  :D :D

[Peter Drouin]

Was that the building that you had the stakes in? And you had more people ask about the building,than the stakes?  :D

yes it is



  

  

  

 

with a log load like I got I can make 50  :D