Fall logging

[Quebecnewf]

Well once again we have started our fall logging . 

Best time of year here . Sunny days and most days not to hot . 

We saw at a leisurely pace really . We get up at 6 or 6:30 . At least an hour for breakfast 


 
This is the hotel we are staying at during our days of cutting . 

Just a short zodiac ride to the cutting site ( 1/8 of a mile ) 

We land ashore moor the zodiac and then start cutting . Usually cut until 11:30 . Then we have a two options do a cook up in the woods or zip back to the boat for lunch . Depends on the day .


 
Lunch is usually an hour or more . We then return to the woods and pile the logs we cut in the morning . By 3 or 3:30 we're back aboard . Relax with drink . Then a good supper . We turn in early . Usually read for a 1/2 hour or so and then a good nights sleep . There's no noise most nights so it's easy to sleep . No traffic ever .



 
One of the piles we have cut so far . These will be covered and moved to the shoreline by snowmobile later this coming winter . They are then rafted home to the mill next ( spring/summer).

Fall logging is much easier than winter logging .

Quebecnewf 

[47sawdust]

Wonderful,you,your family and community are an inspiration.

[Magicman]

Thank You for again sharing your most unique (for us anyway) method of harvesting and transporting your logs.  8)

[cutterboy]

Quebecnewf, the land you are logging... is it public (govt) land? Do you need a permit or is it available to everyone?

[Bruno of NH]

I like following your progress. 
Fall is a wonderful time to work.
It was in the 70's the last 10 days.
But winter is on its way.

[mike_belben]

Living the dream 

[olcowhand]

Relax with drink . Then a good supper .

Many of us probably follow this routine; everything else is mystifying to me, although I'll occasionally sleep on the boat when on a fishing trip. Great Pics and Post!
Stay safe.
Steve

[B.C.C. Lapp]

That's a really cool way to log.  I have to be up by 5am. In the woods at first light, wolf down a sandwich on the skidder heading in for another drag and keep at it till almost dark to make ends meet.   Its pretty obvious I'm doing it all wrong.

[Quebecnewf]

That's a really cool way to log.  I have to be up by 5am. In the woods at first light, wolf down a sandwich on the skidder heading in for another drag and keep at it till almost dark to make ends meet.   Its pretty obvious I'm doing it all wrong.

This is not a full time money making operation. I am retired so this is something I do because it gives me an excuse to be in the woods.
I make a few dollars and also get wood I need for my self and my workshop.
We cut on crown land . In our area according to the gov.  there are " no commercial forests" so a permit is not enforced at this time .
I have looked at going a bit bigger but really at my age I don't want to be getting up too early and working too late . Already did that for many years . So now I don't have to .
Quebecnewf 

[SwampDonkey]

Great time of year for wood cut'n.

My fall logging is for firewood, got 5 or 6 more cord to knock down. 8)

Play safe.