couple pics... post what your currently cutting

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The walnut job was nothing special and was cut on a fairly steep bank , but it paid well I felt 

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just white oak and more walnut 

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[SwampDonkey]

Some nice sticks there Ed.   
Hopefully will get some sun with the wind to dry things up. 

[SwampDonkey]

I thought there was an old guy some place in southern Ontario who planted a lot of walnut seedlings in one area near his place? Could very well be many old guys who have done it. I seem to remember a story about, it might be a myth or urban legend to. There was a similar story about a fella in Spain planting cork oak years ago. These kind of stories kind of turn into Paul Bunyan tales over time. 

[Peter Drouin]

Why do they care how you cut the tree down? Around here the cops don't want you to mud up the water and rut up the place and leave it like that. Only fill wet spots in with the brush.

[PJS]

@Southside was the previous owner not I, it's a really good "clean" break too, didn't really rip or tear the metal, so I can only imagine what the snap sounded like.. Make your heart stop that's for sure!

Will post pics to the fab thread when I get to it. Going to go through my steel pile and find the right sized tube to weld inside the break, then slide the broken bunk on top and weld the crap out of it. Hopefully gain some rigidity... maybe a couple plates on all 4 sides as well... the red spray paint on the opposite side is another crack I found. If anyone has a better suggestion let me know, please and thank you!

Also if any experienced forwarder operators have some tips or tricks of the trade for loading logs, I am all ears, figuring it out as I go.

[Nealm66]

2 27' and an 87' pole so 141' of merch on the 1 tree

[Nealm66]

A load of poles going out this am

[barbender]

 I can verify that forwarder bunks hardly make a sound when they break. I was skidding one time with one of my daughters riding along. I bumped a stake while swinging a big pine log- nothing out of the ordinary. My daughter (about 4 at the time) said, "Daddy you broked it!" I thought she thought it was broken just because I hit it. No, she thought it was broked because it was laying on the ground😂 

 They don't typically break all at once. In fact, they almost won't- you would have to practically tear one apart. The reason you have what looks like a clean break, more than likely, is a weak spot that got fatigued, developed a crack, the crack grew until finally "tink!" and it fell off. 

 To weld it back on and have it last, you will have to bevel all edges, and weld it together all around. Grind it flat, and then gusset the outside and strap the inside. If you take closer pictures of the bunk, I can show you what I mean. We've repaired bunks and had them not break again as long as the machine was around.

 It's kind of hard for me to give forwarding advice unless I have an idea of what kind of wood you're moving and what you're struggling with. I'm more than happy to share anything I know that can help.

[Southside]

Including how to move semis two counties over backwards? 

[barbender]

 Now Southside, I knew you would be on hand to share a semi joke, but the speed of your response surprised even me😂😂

 PJS, just looking at the picture of your forwarder loads in a previous post, I'd say if you need to sort the wood, like pulp and logs, it's way easier to sort them as you load and keep them seperate, than have to pick them apart on the landing. Standard practice is to load pulp/small diameter on the way in, and then load the bigger product on the way out. Always load the bigger stuff on top, because it won't fall in between the small diameter stuff on the bottom.

If I need to mix things on a load that aren't easy to seperate, I'll grab a couple saplings and throw them crosswise the load, and then load the other wood.

 Oh yeah, if there is a truck loading behind you, assume they are closer than you think they are. Loaded forwarders have a very large blind spot😁