couple pics... post what your currently cutting

[Puffergas]

Dang hemlock monkeys.





I'm going back to small trees and firewood!!

[BurkettvilleBob]

Come on fellas, I need some more pictures, just went through the 54 pages over the last couple days, now what am I going to do with myself.

Have you checked out the "Timber harvest methods and equipment" thread? That's got way more pages  ;)

That's were I'm headed next!

[BurkettvilleBob]

Puffergas, I think you already mentioned this, but what is the hemlock being used for? There are two lumber yards near me that do a pretty brisk business in rough hemlock framing lumber.

Anyone in Maine seen evidence of the wooly adelgid?

[thecfarm]

I have not seen any evidence of the wolly adelgid. But have seen some down by the pond die and had a few here and there die on my land. I have not been to check on them all summer. I hope they are still alive.

[ehp]

Ohio , yes I cut wormy soft maple , if where ever I'm cutting is close to water the soft maple will be wormy but cause the wood is still white in color the price is still pretty good , wormy = $600/1000  white clear=$750/1000, a couple years ago I could not give wormy away

[coxy]

if you get the right cut with the worm in it it looks nice on a floor or a table

[millcreek40]

I have lots of photos if only it could be easier to put them on here

[ehp]

most of my wormy goes for flooring then goes over seas

[OH logger]

most of my wormy goes for flooring then goes over seas

same here if theyre clean but wormy. still dont pay great only 550. i was talkin to a buddy of mine and he is goin to give me the number of a soft maple buyer that pays good money for soft maple IF its wormy. he actually complained about the last batch he bought of my freind cause it wasnt wormy enough.

[Puffergas]

BurkettvilleBob, I'll saw them into boards or something. Maybe I need to trade the band saw for a swing saw. My choker only would fit the small end. I don't know of a real market for hemlock over here except for the Amish or Yankee small mill. Surprised that they were not shakey. These were done for a favor. I didn't fell them just rigged, winches and skidded. Some of the hemlock are dyeing here but I don't know why. A forested said the bug is headed my way. He said to start planting Norway spruce or something like that.

[Gearbox]

Barbender that was for a customer 17 cord in 16 hours . Ran hot up to 170 degrees . Changed oil and a new oil cooler all in all worked quite well .

[Solo33]

 

  

  

 

[coxy]

you guys have to take those 16in bars off your saws it makes your trees look so big  :D :D :D

[David-L]

Into a nice Red Oak stand. Can't wait to see how a few loads of this averages out. $$$$



  



 

[LittleJohn]

Here is my dad playing with his woods equipment, and moving either the large oak or butternut off his driveway.  Was a long weekend, and I was up so what did we do: drop trees, have bonfires and go to an antique tractor/logging show.

By the end of the weekend we lost a tire on the trailer; guess dragging it thru the woods and what not we poked a hole in the tire.  The price of playing...

[David-L]

Nice set up Little John. Use my trailer to sort all the time.

[David-L]

Some nice EW Pine I got into at the end of the week.




 

[LittleJohn]

Nice set up Little John. Use my trailer to sort all the time.

That is trailer is awesome, and quite the back saver; old man used to have a cable jammer on a International 300, with a "modified pickup, turned into woods trailer".  I am amazed at the logs that thin will pick up; plus when you unload you can hold logs at waist height for bucking into firewood. 

...maybe start look for a processer, for the old man, when he gets in his 70's

[timberlinetree]

Nice looking stuff! Gee we get down graded for worm stain. Cutting lots of pole wood for firewood. It is selling good for some reason.

  

 

[Solo33]

First picture says that Walnut season is upon us!

[chevytaHOE5674]

Cutting some good size hard maple on some really steep nasty ground really not good processor/forwarder ground. But the logs are cutting out real nice.
Bucking a 20" hard maple 10' Long

Another 10' HM log

[chevytaHOE5674]

Grounds so steep that the forwarder can't seem to stay rubber side down.  :D :D :D

[BurkettvilleBob]

Yikes, were the machine and operator alright?

[chevytaHOE5674]

Yeah operator was fine and machine was fine after a little TLC. Was up and running within a few hours of setting it back on its wheels.

[grassfed]

A load of softwood stud wood heading out this morning. It has been a good summer to work but hard to make money. Softwood for Canadian mills is the only thing that is selling other than good hardwood, but I don't have much of that ready. I manage a to cut 3-5 mbf a week. Lots of work for the money but arthritis is slowing me down on the limbing and pulling cable; the bills are overdue so I keep trying to pick up the pace still I always enjoy the work.