Today! Enough BTUs up in smoke but not up my chimney! Tuesday. This pile had a future in my woodshed! But not to despair - lots more just down the road! Ready for the trip home!
Also at this mornings wood cut. Off highway sand truck heading up the hill. The exhaust goes through the bottom of the box to prevent the sand from freezing to the steel. About -3 C this morning at the lower setting. First empty on its way to the loader.
Planned burn. It rains a lot in this part of the country so it is a juggling act to get the piles dry enough to burn, but have the surrounding ground wet enough so the fire does not spread!
Just running a loader, but knowing what others jobs entailed and doing your job in such a way as to make their jobs easier paid dividends. The Englewood Logging Division on Northern Vancouver Island is very unique because of its logging railway, and I enjoy posting the pictures for its interest sake. When loading out right of way, keeping the ditch lines clear of debris so the water stays in the ditches and goes through culverts in the rainy season, keeps the grade crew happy. Behind the front jack and back up the road, you can see a big log crossing the ditch and up the bank making a walk log for the fallers. These two pictures go hand in hand. When building loads, keep the ends even with no over length logs. The over length logs will bind with logs on the next car and this being a logging railway, has sharper than normal bends so if over length logs bind, the cars will jump the track. So these long ends require the reload crew bucking the long ends off and if a two man reload crew is dumping 40 plus loads a day, it means a lot of extra work and a big loss in production. Even ends keeps the reload and train crews happy. There are three different lengths of railway cars. When you help to make the jobs of others easier, they will always return the favour.
Most US loggers like 10' feet. I don't know in cm. You seem to keep to limits on the rails. Awesome rigging. for logs.
Saw a big pile of trees being burned few weeks ago. Clearing for some new construction & didn't want the hassle Of logging or letting cutters come in For the wood Painful
Then someone will complain about all the smoke and blame it on people who heat their houses with wood stoves.. par for the course.
I love that yarding splitter. It amazes me how light your wood is up there. If u were to fill your Toy with oak like that you would most likely break your axle. And to lift those rounds with Tue winch like your doing in Tue pic do you have to screw and unscrew that I bolt in each one!! Seems like a huge time loss. Wouldn't it be quicker to noodle them? Or use log tongs to lift?
Air bag suspension and 8 ply tires; about 1,400 lbs in there! Log Dogs. Two whacks with a 5 lb hammer it's set and line up the split with the dog and it's out; simple!
