Log rafting 2016

[Quebecnewf]

Log rafting 2nd trip rolling them Downwhile waiting for the tide. Tide was real low so we had to walk ashore from the zodiac.


Tide comes in fast and we hitched them up fast . Too busy to take pics until we were finished.


Pulled them out to the big boat with the zodiac and waited for the tide to turn.left for the mill at 7:30 pm . Very black night , thick fog as well but no wind. Got to the mooring by the mill at 10:30 pm.

Next day and were scuffing them ashore. Skidding arch was broken so we had to use the front half of a bobsleigh. Not the best rig but we had to get her done.



All home and scattered about. Logging season 2015/2016 over. Just the sawing left to do.

Quebecnewf

[tnaz]

Sounded like another fine adventure.  Again, thanks for sharing and posting the pictures. 8)

ttnaz

[4x4American]

Looks like spring is finally there up nort, eh? 


Seriously, looks like heaven to me.

[samandothers]

Enjoy your posts of the log rafts.  Thanks

[Magicman]

It's mind boggling to me.  Thanks again for taking us alone.

[petefrom bearswamp]

Do you harvest these logs from an island or from the mainland?
Are they Spruce or Fir.
How long does it take to harvest these logs?
Looks to be time consuming.
great pics and narrative.

[Quebecnewf]

We harvest the trees on the mainland during the winter. We cut fir and spruce 80/20 per cent ratio.
We are very small we were about 3 months cutting 600 logs and hauling them to the shore. We only work this as a hobby.
When it gets to be not fun we give it up for the day and come home
Quebecnewf

[dustintheblood]

Watch out for Relic!!






(sorry old Canadian joke)

[r.man]

Quebecnewf is acting like Nick, and his boat looks a bit like the Persephone.

[sawguy21]

 :D For the initiated they are referring to the Beachcombers, a hilarious tv show from the seventies based on a couple of salvage operators on the BC coast.
I too really enjoy the accounts and pictures from your neck of the woods, you certainly are creative out of necessity. Thanks for sharing.

[ppine]

Log rafts are still common in the Pacific Northwest.  I knew a guy that lived on the north end of Vancouver Island for two years. He built a house out of logs that washed up on the beach, mostly rafts that broke up in bad weather.  He said if he was patient, he could find plywood and all sorts of other building materials.

[sawguy21]

Log rafts are still common in the Pacific Northwest.  I knew a guy that lived on the north end of Vancouver Island for two years. He built a house out of logs that washed up on the beach, mostly rafts that broke up in bad weather. He said if he was patient, he could find plywood and all sorts of other building materials.

[Quebecnewf]

Another looming problem . Slab pile is getting rather large. With the last few winters being pretty good for getting firewood there is very little interest in using slabs for firewood. I burn as many as I can in my furnace and give lots to my mom for hers but the pile is getting out of hand. I just hate to make a bonfire out of them but that might be the way they have to go


Quebecnewf

[fishfighter]

I think you going to need to move that pile before firing it up. ;D I have to do the same. Can't give away slabs around here. :(

[Kbeitz]

If you cut them they sell better...



 

[cbla]

awesome