big timberjack

[Ron Scott]

Not a good operation on that location as immediately shown. Hopefully the landowner was paid for the down and damaged timber and that there was a knowledgeable forester on the job to get the logging performance quickly improved. The well constructed access road might be damaged as well and not left in a suitable condition if the excessive tree lengths are continued to be dragged across it.

Hopefully the job has a good performance bond on it to cover any excessive damages.

[Maineloggerkid]

I know this is off-topic, but How is it profitable to haul just one tree??  UP here in Maine our bosses get MAD if we don't fill the grapple tip to tip. ???

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

I was waiting on someone to bring that up Maine  ;) :D ;D thats where a bit of planing comes into it did you also notice the other skidder heading back in to get another tree thats a productive operation  ???  ;) :D :D :D

Matching your jobs to the gear you have is one of those things that a bloke needs to do in the logging side of the game its a wonder he did not have a skidder with both a winch and a grapple they where pretty popular down here doing clear fell use the grapple or thinning just diconnect the hoses knock the pin out and you have a cable skidder  ;) If the faller was trimming he could drop afew trees wait till the skidder got them to a point where he could dock and accumulate a good size grapple load of half length logs and do bugger all damage and have the skidder working at a more productive level  ;)

Regards Chris

[treefarmer87]

if your not filling the grapple your wasting deisel fuel