tough portable job

[Qweaver]

We drove for an hour through the back roads of WV with the mill and  the  JD110 in tow to get to the job site.  The trees were felled and thrown in a jumbled heap on a hill side so steep that we can not safely pick them up with the forks and carry them to the saw.  So we are skidding them about 200' down to the saw on the gravel road.  This is working OK and we are not adding much dirt to the logs but they are dirty already.  From the discription the lady gave, I thought I was just going to park the saw beside a stack of logs, load and saw.  NOT TO BE!   I was tempted to load back up and go home.  But she is a nice lady and they understand that the job will be costly in time and blades so we will do our best.  I guess I'll stop by the hardware store on the way tomorrow and pick up some wire brushes to try and get rid of some of the dirt.   Man I love these WV hills but they can be a bear to work on.

[Larry]

Are you taking two trucks to tow the mill and tractor?

With my new mill I've took on a share job.  Yesterday I sawed through 3 screws, 1 nail, 1 rock, (didn't make it through) and a couple of bullets.  And some of the logs are low firewood quality. >:(

Today I sawed a oak log and it made the nicest hickory boards you would ever want to see...so long as you ignore the PPB holes. :

[Chuck White]

I like to go in and look the logs over before I bring in the mill.

Sometimes the customer just doesn't understand exactly what you mean when you say to stack the logs in a pile.  :

[Magicman]

When it's an hour drive, sometimes you just have to take a chance.  I have been burned a couple of times, but I've always found a way to work it out.

Yup, I always carry ½ dozen of these "debarkers".   ;)  Ya gotta replace them when they wear out.   ;)



Worn out debarkers   ;D

[WDH]

Today I sawed a oak log and it made the nicest hickory boards you would ever want to see...so long as you ignore the PPB holes. :

I hate PPB........did I say that I hate PPB?  Well I hate PPB  .

[barbender]

PPB? What is it?

[Dan_Shade]

powder post beetle

[WDH]

Those are three nasty words when used in conjunction  >:(.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Sometimes the customer just doesn't understand exactly what you mean when you say to stack the logs in a pile.  :

Sometimes.....doesn't understand exactly what you mean by logs........too :-[ :-[ :-[

[Magicman]

Today I sawed a oak log and it made the nicest hickory boards you would ever want to see...so long as you ignore the PPB holes. :

If the "worm" holes are in the log when you sawed it, it shouldn't be PPB's.  I split some 2' blocks of White Oak this week that had "worm" holes clear to the center.  Those 30" logs will already have holes also.

For furniture building lumber, I consider those holes an asset.  I've built clocks, bedroom furniture, and other items from "wormy" Pecan.  I got a premium for it.

[barbender]

I have a bunch of Red Oak that is full of holes, I want to make paneling out of it for the new house. I consider them a plus for the rustic look I am going for.

[Larry]

 

[Qweaver]

Man this is going slow!  With three of us working we are bearly making 800 BdFt a day.  We are also stickering and stacking but with my two helpers doing that, I can keep on sawing.   It's digging the logs out of the stack that is slowing us down.  Half of the logs are just not worth sawing but they still have to be moved.  I'll get a picture of this hill side log stack tomorrow. 

[Okrafarmer]

We shall hold our breath until you post it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :-[    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Magicman]

Your picture speaks volumes Larry.

I had some kind of little beetles working last night on a job that I'm sawing.



Right through the pine park and had little piles of sawdust,  errr, maybe bug dust.




Then some other kind of critter builds a little round nest under the bark??

[terrifictimbersllc]

Couple of weeks ago I finished sawing eastern white pine logs which had sat on skids quite a while.  As I was checking around for tools I saw bark which had fallen off under the skids, many pieces, and they were covered on the inside with the holes/swirls in your picture, about 1" in diameter, each depression was lined with a ring of fibers.  Some of them had a white larva in them, about 1/2-3/4 " long.  I didn't notice it during the day but I was looking at logs mostly from the end .  Also wondering what these are.

[bugdust]

qweaver,
Little off the subject, but I had an email from a fellow in Clarksburg wanting 60 logs sawed. I'm 3 1/2  hours out so I thought you might be interested. The logs are from a gas well site. If you're interested I'll send his email address.

[Qweaver]

Sure, I'll give him a call.  I appreciate it!  The job we are currently doing is logs cut for preparing well sites.  Mainly poor quality logs dumpted on the side of a steep hill.  I don't mind working them but it's costly in time.   But it is still worthwhile doing.  We should have taken the dozer...we could have "unstacked" those piles in a hurry.  But we have most of the good logs out of the pile now.
Thanks,
Quinton

[Jim_Rogers]

Today I sawed a oak log and it made the nicest hickory boards you would ever want to see.

An oak log and it made the nicest hickory boards....... wow,,,,, now that's a good sawyer turning oak into hickory.........

[Larry]

I was wondering if anybody was gonna catch that. :D :D  But I am a good sawyer.

[backwoods sawyer]

I had a tough portable job not to long ago. It consisted of a log truckload of large madrone with about 24” average. All the logs had been straightened up at either 8’ or 10’. There was a real nice forklift with side shift to handle the logs and the carts that the boards and the tailing were stacked into. There was plenty of room to lay everything out for easy handling. The logs were still nice and green so they cut very well and there was no foreign material in the nice clean logs. I was running new 7* saws at a good clip. Boy was it tough having it so good.   ;D   

[DanG]

I was wondering if anybody was gonna catch that. :D :D  But I am a good sawyer.

I noticed it right away Larry, but I didn't comment because I didn't think it was all that remarkable for a sawyer of your notable accomplishments with a brand new "State of the Art" mill. :

[Buck]

I was waiting for the rest of that story!

[barbender]

Me too!

[Okrafarmer]

I was wondering if anybody was gonna catch that. :D :D  But I am a good sawyer.

I noticed it right away Larry, but I didn't comment because I didn't think it was all that remarkable for a sawyer of your notable accomplishments with a brand new "State of the Art" mill. :

Posted by: Buck
I was waiting for the rest of that story!

Posted by: barbender
Me too!

As well as myself. I saw it right away but I didn't want to be the one to take the bait, as I imagined there might be a punchline coming. So, uh, what was the punchline?