couple pics... post what your currently cutting

[g_man]

That's some nice pine chep !!!
Are you having any trouble finding a local pine buyer ? The mill I use is in northern Grafton County. Pine is his specialty. He quit buying pine in January. Never saw that before.  He said he was completely overwhelmed with it this year.
Guess that is what happens when the price goes up a little after a couple low years.

I think he would buy the logs you are showing though !! Very nice.

gg

[78NHTFY]

Chep--nice pine!  BTW, checked out your gallery--is that a slabber I saw?  Have a customer who's been looking for one.  If so, send me a PM & I'll put you in touch.
This is a 90 yr old WP stand I'll be cutting in the next few years. 8)


  All the best, Rob.

[Offthebeatenpath]

I'm cutting some white pine too, most of it is a bit over 100 years old.  This one isn't the biggest or straightest, I just happened to have my phone in hand as it was being cut...



 

[chep]

Nice pine is one of my favorites to cut!

Gman, no trouble moving pine right now.
Rob, sent u a p.m.

[Maine logger88]

Took a couple pics today first the logs not the biggest stuff but not bad


 
And dad loading up a load of pulp


 
And this is how deep the snow is in places


 

[Skidder Kev]

Wow you have some snow there ML88. 

[Skidder Kev]

Here is a few photos of the job we are on right now.
tree length decked on the landing


 
hard maple logs


 
Firewood


 

[eichenberg93]

Took the camera to work today and got some pictures.

Pile of 10' Popple about 19 cords



 

Clump of red oaks 6 trees total


 

All ready to skid.They were from 18" to 26" on the stump


  

[so il logger]

Last load out for awhile... Ground conditions made us call it for today, and forecast doesn't look good so moved equipment to the mill. Some oak, hickory, and sweet gum

 

[treeslayer2003]

Last load out for awhile... Ground conditions made us call it for today, and forecast doesn't look good so moved equipment to the mill. Some oak, hickory, and sweet gum

 

2 questions, you have several grades on there it looks like. are you working for a mill? how did it work out on the gum for ya?

[so il logger]

Yeah treeslayer I am contracted to a large mill, I find it easier than doing all my own buying. They put the timber in front of me and I cut, skid, buck to length, and load them. The gum market is decent, was better when every mill around here was making crane mats. I get paid the same money regardless of species or grade and I'm happy with that. They sort the logs at the mill, and I pick up my check at the end of the week ;D

[treeslayer2003]

nothing wrong with that bro.
these small mills here will buy every gum you bring in for ties. gum pays better than large pine.....

[so il logger]

Oh and there may have been one soft maple log on there too. I buy some standing timber, but all in all after buying, harvest fee tax, and trucking I have pretty well settled into contracting to this mill. And my father in law is they're head sawyer so it work's

[treeslayer2003]

harvest fee tax???

[so il logger]

Yeah, state want's theyr'e 4% :D Sometime's the landowner will allow it to come off theyr'e part, but most time's I have just payed it. Or if cutting on share's it come off of my check from whatever mill was buying

[chep]

 

  This pine is on the vermont side of the Connecticut river...

[Dave Shepard]

It would look better just this side of my sawmill. :D

[coxy]

 :D :D

[Straightgrain]

 

 

Don't laugh too hard at this toothpick... :

This is the beginning of my 2015 Selective Harvest; It was leaning so I practiced a plunge-cut (that I seen on this forum) and it worked perfectly.

I got an 8' butt, a 20' log, a 16' log (plus trim) for the mill, and a 20' top for the wood stove.

[coxy]

 your not living up to your name cause that tree don't look vary straightgrain  :D :D 8) 8)

[4x4American]

is that a 441r?

[beenthere]

Work on the plunge cut... as you shouldn't get that much grain pullout. Maybe not enough notch and too wide of a hinge.
But good you are working on trying it out.

[Straightgrain]

your not living up to your name cause that tree don't look vary straightgrain  :D :D 8) 8)

I have a bunch of 38' snow breaks too. Crooked trees and maples are not safe. The straight-grain firs stay for the grandchildren to harvest. ;D

Thanks for the critique beenthere; I was hoping for an eval on the hinge.

[4x4American]

Hinge proberly too thick.  I think that plunge cutting has its place, but 9x/10 I don't do it.  Heavy leaners, some hardwoods, I'll bore the heart or plunge cut.  I am by no means a pro, but I have got lessons from some good old timers along the way.

[Straightgrain]

Hinge proberly too thick.  I think that plunge cutting has its place, but 9x/10 I don't do it.  Heavy leaners, some hardwoods, I'll bore the heart or plunge cut.  I am by no means a pro, but I have got lessons from some good old timers along the way.

Thanks for the critique; I appreciate the look. My mentor who passed in 2009 said he never used a plunge-cut when I asked him about it; he was up here cutting on his 300 acres (65K trees) since the 50s. I've never had a barber chair but I've had plenty of snags (could be my thick hinges.... ;D) and one tree rolled off another and fell parallel to the house last year......that was a long evening.

Nice having the right tools and training.