Yes very nice wood Jason, wow the market is is high. It sure feels good to get to a job and enjoy cutting nice wood…keep them coming Jason!

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

There's really no substitute for good timber that's for sure. Now if it was 70 acres instead of 7 I would have been right in heaven! Are you in the snow now? Good cutting to ya!

look at the nail, not the hammer. that make my day. nice vid

@wardmontgomery9259

2 жыл бұрын

Decades of pounding nails and not many carpenters know that

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

Right on. Yup, my Grandad taught me some important lessons when I was just a little kid. I think about him most every day. Glad it tickled you too. Thanks for the comment, and for watching, we appreciate it. Be safe

Great video thanks for posting. I’m a new subscriber

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

You bet, thanks for watching. Glad you like it. What part of the world are you logging in? Thanks for the support, be safe!

Great video! How often do you have to sharpen the blade on that cutter ?

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

The teeth are not sharpened but are replaceable and can be rotated so I can use three of the four faces on each tooth as they get dull. One face gets dulled from exposure. It varies a lot on conditions, rocky ground, sandy soil, operator error or the burned units are really hard on teeth. I like to get around 400 hours out of a set as they run between 18 and close to 30 dollars per tooth. 20 teeth on the disc. Sometimes it's considerably less. The set I'm using in this video are some of the speedy ones but I have over 400 hours on and I'm still on the second face so I'm getting good life out of them. Thanks for the question, it's a good one. Appreciate you're interest, be safe!

@wardmontgomery9259

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedailylogger logging is a special skill and you’ve got to keep your eyes open - Great Video and thanks

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

@@wardmontgomery9259 That's for sure. What part of the world are you logging in? It's cold and clear here in Oregon this morning, rains coming back this week. Stay warm and be safe.

@wardmontgomery9259

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedailylogger Carpenter by trade but love logging and have a lot of bark beetles kill on my property in the Sierras. I have been heating my home with a woodstove for decades. New law in California won’t allow the sales of chainsaws after June 2022 … I hear Oregon calling me - lol

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

@@wardmontgomery9259 Copy that! We need you carpenters building for us loggers to keep busy! I heated with wood too for years, it sure is a nice heat. I hadn't heard that California had come up with a bill like that, really makes you wonder what world our duly elected officials are inhabiting. I've always thought that if the end of the world comes I will have at least 5 gallons of mixed gas and enough bar and chain oil to keep the saw going. It's an irreplaceable tool, especially when the going gets tough. Good talking with you, thanks for the interest!

They are building a pine sawmill 90 miles west of us that is supposed to start buying logs sometime this year. They are going to saw 1 million feet of pine lumber daily. Hopefully this market will stay stable.

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

Holy smokes, that is a big mill! That should put some upward pressure on gatewood prices and demand for you I would think. Peterbilt 89 mentioned that a big pulp mill in your guys area had just scaled way back so I'm glad to hear there is some positive news for you in terms of markets. Good to hear from you - good cutting and good weather to ya!

@bryans5339

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedailylogger thanks! The name of the mill is Mission Forest Products in Corinth Mississippi. My dad and I drove over there, and it’s exactly 90 miles from our shop. I’m looking forward to hauling there.

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

@@bryans5339 That sounds like a good haul. Did they build a new facility or was it an existing mill? Out here there used to be a mill in almost every town, now we're down to a handful in the whole state. Good luck to you when you get to putting wood in there. Have a good week.

@bryans5339

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedailylogger it’s all brand new. I read in the newspaper that it is a 160 million dollar project, and they are supposed to be the the one biggest pine lumber mills in the east.

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

@@bryans5339 Right on, I hope that works out well for you working with them! That really is an impressive volume they are shooting for. I'll finish a block up tomorrow and be heading down south again Wednesday. The unit I was on is so creamy I hate to see it end. I got 3045 stems today in just under 10 hours cutting, Buncher candy!

The market's right and the timber's ripe!

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

Copy that. If you can get those two things to align you are doing well! Its always pleasing when good people have things work out well for them, like in the case of this particular landowner. Thanks for the comment, and for watching, we appreciate it!

@davidgibbons5366

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedailylogger When learning to drive I was taught to look where I wanted to go. I'm doing a little bunching this week and I'm using your idea to look where I want the tree to go instead of concentrating on the head and the tree. Especially when swinging a tree a little bigger than I'm comfortable with handling.

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidgibbons5366 I find that with big valuable stems that I am working hard to control, are the most important ones to remember my grandads advice. Focusing on the lay allows my mind and hands take over and put it where I want it. It's always satisfying to save out a tree in a tough slot. Hope it works out for you. Do you cut for a period of days and then skid, then process? Good cutting to ya!

@davidgibbons5366

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedailylogger Right now I will cut for a day or sometimes just half a day. Then I will skid and top and buck, by hand. On my last job I felled everything first as it wasn't frozen and then did the skidding and hired a stroke delimber once the cold weather came. Good wood is ok to top by hand but it's not so much fun with the poor wood.

@thedailylogger

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidgibbons5366 Copy. Sounds like a good technique, I think its more productive to do one thing at a time. Have things frozen up for you now? I always liked when it got good and cold and stayed that way so you could really go ahead on it. Be safe!