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Chainsaw milling "structural" oak flooring

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 09:37:37 AM
Written by ballen
Views: 492

Hi,
I have benefitted tremendously from the expertise on this forum. It is much appreciated. I've never asked about this particular subject before. Some background:

I have standing dead oak...probably red oak but could be white. The bark is completely gone so it's been standing dead for a while but,

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Working on my woods

Posted in Forestry and Logging
Yesterday at 09:14:45 AM
Written by 711ac
Views: 424
Several years ago I got to know a young forester. I (the land) wasn't really ready for a harvest but there were lots of improvements to be made. My large tract has only ever been a "woodlot" and owned for that purpose, we bought it from a logger and his ownership seemed to be pretty respectful to the land. It's got a good road system for any type of log truck to a handful of landings and lots of "secondary" trails that I've kept open in the past 18 years. Read More

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JD 440B hydraulic issues

Posted in Forestry and Logging
October 01, 2024, 09:40:17 PM
Written by pmcferron
Views: 313
Long time member, first time poster.... I have found myself in a bit of a pickle and Ive thrown a lot of money at a problem and still have yet to fix it. I have a 440b with the synchro shift transmission. When operating the skidder it does fine until you try to use 2 hydraulic functions at once, doesn't matter if it's steering and blade, brakes and blade, steering and brakes no matter which 2 it will completely lose function. It you use any of them individually it works completely fine. Here is a list of things I have done.Read More

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JD 440A runs good until it warms up then it spits and spiders then quits

Posted in Forestry and Logging
October 01, 2024, 08:58:39 PM
Written by Rick Love
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Any ideas what the problem might be. It runs so good until it warms up!

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A danderius tree proved it was dangerous.

Posted in Forestry and Logging
September 30, 2024, 07:35:11 PM
Written by Jeff
Views: 736

I've had this bigtooth aspen snag slowly leaning out over a frequently used trail. The top was blown out in a storm in 2015 and it was probably deteriorating back then. Anyhow, there was nothing good about it. It was going to come down, and I needed to know when.
What would you have done differently?

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