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Welcome to The 2024 Forestry Forum!

Do you have trees to grow? Logs to saw? A forest to manage? Chainsaws to fix? A sawmill to purchase or maintain? Timber related business to run? Lumber to dry? Trees or plants to identify? A cabin to build? Are you hungry and like FOOD?

Or would you just like to pull up a stump and visit with a friend?
If any of these and a multitude of other topics apply, then The Forestry Forum is the place for you.

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I've had some trouble with my Gearmatic 119 this year. I've had this machine for about 8 years. When I got it the winch was not working. I bought some parts and did some work on it and it has worked great the whole time. Sometimes a little stiff to get going, but once you got it turning it would be fine.Read More

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Cleaning up after the flood I had the opportunity to redo my teaching cookie. 81 year old cookie I cut back in 1983. Shows red heart and growth pattern of loblolly on the best site in Polk County, compared to a similar age slash from black gumbo soil. The dots are push pins at 10 year intervals....

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I have about 50 hours on the new LT70 now. The controls have taken a while to get the hang of, but that was expected. This thing is very impressive! As much as I enjoyed both my LT35 and LT40, I would not want to go back.

I have a few updates to do around the mill shed with roller tables and other handling improvements. Hopefully an EG200 will be parked next to the 70 soon. Read More

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I'm frustrated so just asking for calmer minds...

My Norwood sawmill is under warranty and has very little use. The mill location is remote and the only way to get to the location is by boat or sea plane. I purposely purchased the Norwood as the components were small enough to transport in my pontoon boat and then assemble on site.Read More

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I'm always cautious around dead trees frequently leaving them to come down on their own. However, we had a dead cherry that was next to a fence that needed rebuilding and 1) I didn't want to work underneath that tree and 2) didn't want to rebuild the fence after limbs or the whole tree fell on my newly rebuilt fence.Read More

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