If all goes as planned I'll be at the Lake States Logging at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba on Friday Sept. 5. Anybody else going?
That's my plan. Friday and probably Saturday although I have no idea where I'll sleep. Probably have to tent it some where as all the rooms anywhere up there have been booked for months I hear.
I'm going Friday & Saturday. Does anyone know of a good camp ground around that area?
If yer camper floats lake Michigan probably has room available. ;)
I booked a room today in Manistique at the Holiday Inn Express. It's a little farther than I would like but was the best I could do.
I'm planning to get there about noon on Friday and then leave Saturday afternoon.
Mark
Holy cow Mark, a little further and you'd be purd-neer da big bridge.
I tenatively plan to be there Friday since I'll be in the UP that week.
Okiemac
You can camp right on the grounds of the UP State Fairgrounds where the event is held. I have a spot reserved, just call the UP Fairgrounds direct 906-786-4011 and they will give you the information.
Dewey
Hey maybe I could crash at deweys tent. ;D
I think Dewey rents out the space in shifts, $50 per 8 hour shift. :D
Cool, I'll help him guard his digs from squatters for half. ;D
Jeff,
Do you have guard dogs?
Anyway stop by the camper I would love to meet you or any of the FF members that may be at the show. I will have my ton flatbed, which has my name on the side pulling the camper so you should be able to find me.
Is there any designated place where FF members will be stopping at to BS?
Looking forward to meeting all of you.
Dewey
Maybe we can get one of our sponsors that may be there to let me stick up the forestryforum meeting spot banner that wood-mizer made up for us.
Or maybe we can hang it from your flatbed. ;) Change the thing from meeting spot to resting spot. Anybody got a cot?
Hey guys come by and say hi, Don and I will be at the show. Don found us a room about 45 minuites away at a fishing resort. It's better than sleeping in the truck. But Every one please come by and say hi.
John.
Well thar ya go, Jeff! 8) Y'all can just hang around at John's place. 'Course the bandmill folks won't wanna spend too much time around that MD. It's addicting. ;D
We were in Escanaba Tuesday. We attended the U.P. State fair plus I aquired anudder dragsaw from an escanobbie. ;D
I plan on going up. Looking to take the company tonner up there to pick up some vibrating conveyor parts for our new ring debarker to be on display at the show. Think I gots me a room from the guys over at Menominee Saw ;)
Hope to see you some of you guys there.
Gadget
Does any body have logs that they would like sawn up for free, we could use some for demo-ing at the show. If any one knows some one in the general area have them call Don Cadwell at mobile mfg co 1-877-272-9645, thats toll free! We've got the mill set up to cut boards up to 4" x 12" and can cut up to 20' in length, and as little as 4' length. Hard or soft wood I don't care, 2000 to 4000 BDF of scale would be great, I don't want to work to hard, we've got a 20+ hour drive to get to the show. Every one is welcome to hang out at our site, I promise not to give the band saw people a hard time. I'd like to show every one how the mill works.
Enough sawmill talk for now I'm heading over to Hawaii sunday, were I'm hooking up with Steve of Hawaiian Hardwoods, to check out what its like to saw that tropical hardwood. I'll share some of the pictures in a week or so.
Sawmill_john
I'm definately going to be there friday and saturday. Thanks for the # of the state fair. I might just camp there. I'll be the guy bugging the Mobile dimension folks with lots of dumb questions!
I should have my reservation stuff in the mail Monday from the U.P. State fairgrounds. I'm goona be a happy camper. Can't beat not having to leave and only 12 bucks a night. They say they have shower facilities so I can get by.
I am either going to tent it, or I have an idea in my head on how a little canvas, some plastic, velcro and zippers will turn the forestry forum truck and hard tano cover into a little camper. ;D
You don't have a tree boat?
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no, do you?
No, but you could borrow Chets.
CHET!
Chet is a certified tree dweller. :D
Nope....... Not Me! I've been tempted to take a nap a few times. ;) But the fear of sleepwalking always made me think better of the idea. :o
Jeff, I used to turn my truck intoa camper by bending 1" pices of 8' pvc pipe into the bed holes and throwing a tarp over it making it look likea conestoga (sp ) wagon... kindasorta wagon... shouldabeena wagon
anyway then just throw the ole home mattress in the bed and wally! It's camping.
Tammy and I will be leaving very early thursday for Escanaba. I have an MFRA board meeting there at MeadWestVaco at 10:00 A.M. probably until 4. Then we head for da U.P. fairgrounds to set up camp until Saturday night.
Are there any of yooz guys available to have Jeff's famous Kabasi soup at the Brokaw camp Friday evening? If enough are interested we will make it up and bring da pot and da stove. :)
Jeff,
Do you know if they have any space left at that campground? I was thinking about maybe driving the suburban and sleeping in the back rather than driving 50 miles for a hotel.
Mark
Mark, call the U.P. fairgrounds. I bet they do. The number is in one of the previous posts. If you call today there should be time to get the reservation thing in the mail. I will post a map of the fairgrounds they sent me after I get back from the mill today.
The soup offer sounds good! Wife Jan and I will be leaving in the morning for Iron River for the week until Friday.Then we'll be in Escanaba all day for the Expo and then be on our way home in the evening.
So it depends upon what time " the soup's" on.
Soup can be when ever is good for everyone.
Here is the layout of the fairgrounds.
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we have requested a spot in the Pocket Park Campground. I am guessing that will be closest to stuff. I know that the main buildings are right near there. The place is huge so I am sure there is camping somewhere.
Note: this picture is wider then allowed. :D
I was involved with an organization once that called that "privilege of rank" or "rank has its privileges". :D
Sounds really nice but doesn't Penn State football start on Saturday?! :-/ And my wife, Patti, has a Margaritaville Party planned in our front yard along Pine Creek. :-/ guess I'll be busy (and unable to walk a straight line between football and party). 8)
I'll take the soup. ;D
Hey Ya Guys!
I'll be up there late Thursday night through Saturday. I'll be staying at the Days Inn right off the interstate as you come into town. Look for the red Wieland and Sons Truck! If any of you guys have any questions about inspection etc. or just want to chat, I would sure be happy to chit chat.
Hey ya Jeff....I'll have to look you up for some of that soup!
Jeff,
I will be there Thurs night and all day Friday and Saturday. Soup sounds good, I am sure I will be able to find you if I don't run into you sometime earlier in the day.
See you then!
Dewey
Hey Woody, you sure ya got the right Eskynaba. :-/ The one wit da logg'n congress ain't got no interstate. ;D
Jeff,
I forgot to ask earlier if there is anything you would like me to bring to add to the menu. Let me know if I can contribute something.
Dewey
yea, cans. Full cans. blue cans. cans that have a lable that ryhmes with Busch Light :D
QuoteHey Woody, you sure ya got the right Eskynaba. :-/ The one wit da logg'n congress ain't got no interstate. ;D
sure it does. 2 goes interstate.
Yup 2 goes from da bridge all the way to da west coast. But da part through yooper-land is 55 MPH. :'(
If I had my way I'd let Tammy drive it at 25 and I'd set in the back of da truck on an old bus seat waving at yooper sun bathers along da coast.
Quoteyea, cans. Full cans. blue cans. cans that have a lable that ryhmes with Busch Light
Dar's a rumor floating around that all of Delta county will be a dry county during da expo! :o Good thing I never listen ta rumors. ;D
Dem ain't yoopers, dem are tour**ses. Yoopers don't go swimming till dar's ice on da water. :D
I didnt sa swimmers. Da tourists are in da water, da yoopers are in thier yards and parked alond da side lookin at da swimmers too. Drinkin blue beer.
:D Yup
::) Hmmm I think I dos :D I was told it was right off the interstate...the guy was from Wisconsin...maybe that explains it ;D
See ya all next week
Just go back to the post from the Inspection Class at Norm's and study the pics...I do remember someone saying they could pick me out by my hair cut..... :D
Don't know if I will be at the show Friday but Saturday for sure. Prob hanging around the Linsey Machinary booth.
Hey Jeff,
I'm going to be looking for you at the Escanaba Fairgrounds Thursday afternoon and Friday a.m. Know you have a meeting until about 4:00p.m. I know Ron Scott from this site and that's the only one. Hope I can find you there since I missed you at the Buckl Old Engine Show. Hope t meet others as well.
Been here a while. One of them dratted lurkers.
Norm Remington (aka Shotgun)
Traverse City, MI
Norm my meeting gets over at 1 or 2. Tammy will be going ahead with tthe truck to the fairgrounds to get camp set up. You should have no problem spotting the truck. ;D
I got a phone call from da U.P. State fairgrounds. They said I will be on lot 16 in pocket park. She said that pocket park was closet to the festivities. That part of the camping is now full but she said if soemone shows up to camp, they will find a spot.
If anybody is coming and wants my cell phone number to help find Tammy and I, send me an instant message
Did everyone make it home ok? I got in this evening, its almost 500 miles for me.
Did anyone else show up today?
I think Jeff and I were da last two dogs left. Jeff and Tammy hit the road at about noon today, Judy and I hung around till dey shut da doors as we had less than a 2 hour drive home.
DA yooper customs officers must be holding Jeff at da bridge, cause he should have made it back by now. ;D
Nope, no new forum members today, but dat don't mean they weren't there. We heard at one time we were only a couple of displays away from Kevin, but we never did spot him through the whole show. Dem Canadians sure can be elusive when they want to. :D
Home safe and sound DW. Pretty tired. Didnt see anybody new today, never did see the Sault St. Marie Phantom that Tammy and Judy saw. I'll post some more after I wind down and wind back up. ;D
I was there from about ten in the morning till mid afternoon.
Watched the chainsaw comps from the upper deck, just about baked in the sun, did a final run on the building and pulled out.
The show was great and larger than expected.
Great weather and lots to see, looked for members of the gang but didn't see anyone other than the two gals.
Here is a shot of the gals that set a new Logging congress record, and they say possibly new world record in the Jill and Jill 10 inch white pine bucking. The Time has to be submitted and varified but all indications were that it was broken.
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Got home just before midnight Friday, leaving after "soup" with Jeff & all. It was great meeting more Forum members and the Woodmizer crew.
Now "catching up" some after the week in the UP.; need to get the paperwork for a proposed timber sale out to the landowner for review, check some active logging jobs, and get ready to leave for 2-3 weeks to northern California, Lake Tahoe, to visit oldest daughter and family, and then to Montana to visit a son in Bozeman.
Well,it was sure nice meeting Jeff and Tammy, and Chet and Judy. Heard that Ron Scott was in the area, but I misssed. Did meet Dewey. Good to meet you folks. Thanks Jeff, for making this and many of other things possible with your computer talents and drive. You're a real winner in my book.
Sorry I missed you Ron. Was looking forward to a visit. Guess I'll just have to track you down in your home county if I want to make that happen.
Norm Remington
Don from Mobile Dimension relaxes after da weenie soup and trys to see if you can really get to Oregon from Michigan. :)
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Hope everyone had a good time at the congress. Plans changed at the last minute so we could not go. :'( Moving to da turdy room house has taken so much time we don't get to do anything else. I'll be glad when it is over.
Mark
Tammy and I arrived in Escanaba around 9:00 A.M. Thursday. She dropped me off at Meadwestvaco and went on to da fairgrounds and set up camp. About 1:30 she picked me back up and we drove to Dagget, about 40 miles beyond Escanaba to pick up a log bed at mottocedar www.mottocedar.com and then returned to da fairgrounds around 3:30 where we met up with Dewwood almost immediately. Dewey was camped about 3 spots away from us.
Dewey's Rig
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We also got to meet Shotgun briefly about that time. Shotgun came back later the next Day and Chet and I got a chance to have a great visit with him. Dewey Tammy and I then went in to Town for Supper. After returning to camp we visited a while longer then turned in. Tammy and I found the tent pretty comfortable. Her more then I. I got up 3 times and she slept all night so she never found out that the temp dropped into the upper 30s! In exchange for Supper the night before, Dewey fed me a great breakfast so Tammy could sleep in.
Chet and da Wax Lady showed up about 9:00 and Tammy and I met them near the Michigan Association of Timbermens tent...
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...where I was taking pictures of da MAT ladies. MaLissa and Nola. ;D
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More to come...
Where was all the Forestry Forum people hanging out? I went through the camp grounds twice looking for a truck or camper with a sign. Didn't see any. Had a good time at the confrernce anyways. Hope everyone else did too.
Oakie
We were right near the fence looking at the Baker boys. Couldn't have been closer to the equipment.
Wood-Mizer was on the opposite end. Kevin Corder and the whole Wood-Mizer crew stopped in Friday night for da weenie soup as did Sawmill John and Don of Mobile Dimension.
I got to saw for the first time on an MD mill! Only took a couple passes, but I can say I did it!
Kevin Corder told me that Wood-Mizer would have an LT300 set up and running at St. Louis MO. and I would be able to saw there. ;D
You've already tested out the seat and know where the cup holder should go.
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Hope I'm there with a camera. ;)
Oh boy, looking forward to a photographic record of that. I'll prolly hit a dog. :D
Here are a couple more pics from the congress I took while visiting the Mobile D guys.
Mobile Dimension Blades and a sharpener built by da dude in the next picture below. Sawmill john, on the right.
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Thanks Jeff, hey were are the instructions on the famous soup that every one enjoyed friday? I'll be posting some pictures soon, I found another function our sawmill excells at, you'll have to what and see the pictures. I really enjoyed talking with ever one over the few days, and that reigon of the country is very nice. It looked a lot like home but with out the mountains, and the trees are a little smaller. Couldn't ask for nicer wheather, Thanks again for the soup Jeff, and those ice cold adult sodas.
John
Adult sodas!!! Dang! Now I'm really mad that I didn't find the Forestry Forum tent.
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for da soup, but its do it yerself. ;D
here are my pictures from the show which now seems so so long ago.
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LC's sunset resort
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beer and soup for all, now that was a real joy! Thanks again guys the food and cold drinks really hit the spot!
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good times!
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notice the pastes warming near the exhaust, they tasted better than the fresh ones!, even with the saw chips.
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Don't try to take that away from me! ;D
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slow down Don! 8)
I have to say I had a great time up there talkin to all you yoopers, I bet your getting cold now, but we sure enjoyed the wheather back in september.
john