Another whack of logs at the mill

Quebecnewf · July 22, 2015, 06:12:36 PM

Logs ashore near the sawmill

Logs in tow

Went down and rafted home or logs we cut last winter.
4 hours getting them tied up and in the water
3 hours towing them home
4 hours skidding them up to the mill.

Quebecnewf

justallan1 · July 22, 2015, 06:45:35 PM

That looks like it would be a great experience, ONCE!
Hope all went good for you.

Nomad · July 22, 2015, 07:15:21 PM

Quebecnewf, I think your tides run pretty high. Do you time it to arrive at home with the high tide?

Seaman · July 22, 2015, 07:40:14 PM

Looks as if you are working your butt off!
Frank

beenthere · July 22, 2015, 08:10:47 PM

Frank... really? on this forum?

Magicman · July 22, 2015, 08:27:51 PM

Looks like you had a productive sawing season and plenty of logs. 8)

thecfarm · July 22, 2015, 09:01:32 PM

You sure do work for your logs.

deadfall · July 22, 2015, 10:29:51 PM

The worst shows I ever sawed were logs off the Columbia River that had been beached. Checks full of sand. Some great sticks, but slabbing four sides killed a blade deader than anyone would ever want to use. A new blade for the squared log, and then ruin it slabbing the next one. Work all day and grind all night. Did it twice. Never again.

On edit: Since these logs are fresh, and looked to be on solid rock, probably none of the issues I just remembered will play.

Quebecnewf · July 23, 2015, 05:31:07 AM

The total number of logs for this tow was 170. Nice size logs for us. For most members these would be small logs but you go with what you can get.

We go in for the logs as the tide starts to rise. We can only go in so far at first with the small zodiac. We have to anchor the tow boat in the channel as there is not enough water to go ashore with her. As were tying the logs together the tide is rising. We have a window of about 5 hours to get them in the water tied of and ready for tow. If you have timed everything correctly and checked the tide chart correctly by the time you are all tied of and ready the tide is high and ready to turn to fall.

We then go back out to the tow boat at the anchor and take her in over the clay bank which if you are correct has enough water covering it now and you don,t run aground.
In this case we were right on and we had 6" of water to spare. You hook up your tow and get out of there as quick as you can . You have to get back to the channel before the tide falls too low and you run aground.

By this time the tide has turned and helps you along as you tow out of the bay.

It takes 3 to 4 hours to tow to the mill. By this time the tide has fallen enough that you cannot put the logs ashore so we go on our mooring we have there and wait with the logs tied to the boat like a long tail.

We have supper( in this case) . Lie down read and sleep until midnight when the tide has risen again. We then take the tow of logs and float it in on the smooth shelf of rock below the mill.tie them there go back aboard the boat , sleep for the rest of the night and the next morning voila .. Logs are ashore , tide is low and all we have to do is skid them up from the shoreline with the ATV.

Simple eh???
Quebecnewf

Here are some of the logs after we skidded them up close to the mill. We just scatter them about on the rock. It makes it easier to select certain logs that we may need as we saw. If there piled up nicely you can be sure the size log you need will be on the bottom of the pile.

Here is a pic of a small winter logging cabin we are building near the area we cut logs. We will use this as a base camp in the early winter before the ice bridge forms . Should get us in the woods earlier in the winter season

Nomad · July 23, 2015, 05:43:56 AM

Quote from: Quebecnewf on July 23, 2015, 05:31:07 AM
The total number of logs for this tow was 170. Nice size logs for us. For most members these would be small logs but you go with what you can get.

We go in for the logs as the tide starts to rise. We can only go in so far at first with the small zodiac. We have to anchor the tow boat in the channel as there is not enough water to go ashore with her. As were tying the logs together the tide is rising. We have a window of about 5 hours to get them in the water tied of and ready for tow. If you have timed everything correctly and checked the tide chart correctly by the time you are all tied of and ready the tide is high and ready to turn to fall.

We then go back out to the tow boat at the anchor and take her in over the clay bank which if you are correct has enough water covering it now and you don,t run aground.
In this case we were right on and we had 6" of water to spare. You hook up your tow and get out of there as quick as you can . You have to get back to the channel before the tide falls too low and you run aground.

By this time the tide has turned and helps you along as you tow out of the bay.

It takes 3 to 4 hours to tow to the mill. By this time the tide has fallen enough that you cannot put the logs ashore so we go on our mooring we have there and wait with the logs tied to the boat like a long tail.

We have supper( in this case) . Lie down read and sleep until midnight when the tide has risen again. We then take the tow of logs and float it in on the smooth shelf of rock below the mill.tie them there go back aboard the boat , sleep for the rest of the night and the next morning voila .. Logs are ashore , tide is low and all we have to do is skid them up from the shoreline with the ATV.

Simple eh???
Quebecnewf

:D Thanks for the explanation. There's no doubt you're really addicted to sawdust! ;D