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    Joint health and safety committee

    A good safety consultant will come up with a solution when you have workers in different places, should be nothing wrong with a Zoom meeting or even a conference call. I had one consultant actually hold back the crew to make the meeting last 30 minutes :( I found one way to keep guys engaged is...
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    Shorter Winters .......

    Ground pressure is pretty light, but a bugger to get out when they break through
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    Shorter Winters .......

    Making snow for stream crossings
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    Shorter Winters .......

    Anyone else having to get creative in getting earlier access on winter ground?
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    BC Fires

    This was just outside of Nelson about a week ago. Not good to have a fire with that sort of behaviour at 9:00 PM.
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    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    Very lucky. Any idea how it started to share/ heads up for others ?
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    locates not proper and hit gas line

    Welcome to the wonderful world of due diligence. What would a reasonable person have done in your circumstance. You did your first calls, and I'm assuming you told them where you were digging and marked on the property and have the e-mail they sent you stating such. The ticket should have stated...
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    When is the winter logging?

    Depends what part of Alberta, southern Alberta doesn't have much of a winter if you're trying to freeze in roads, but they don't have the skegs like areas north of Edmonton. This year was a real b****, not much snow and 2 warm weeks in January. We didn't get in until second week of December and...
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    Logging Accidents: And They Walked Away.........

    this one shows the slope a little better. Truck got hung up in the loop, loader tried walking around to lift him off , didn't realize the slope was there ( it was night ), started to slide and went over.
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    Logging Accidents: And They Walked Away.........

    No corks will do it every time
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    Vancouver Island, BC. Logging at its Best!

    looks like the trailer got stretched a little too far. Couple logs not making it to the second bunk :(
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    Logging Accidents: And They Walked Away.........

    Saved the grill anyways. No injuries to the driver
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    Work Schedule (hours)

    If someone could accurately predict that now a days, they'd be a rich person. :) It used to be you could always count on 7-10 days of warning, where at least you could get a little cold weather at night to continue the haul and get your camps out. It seems now, ( in the last 5-7 years ) you're...
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    Work Schedule (hours)

    Winter time is go time especially if you have any major freeze downs to contend with. The couple of days spent not goofing around in November and beginning of December become pretty valuable when your roads are going for a s*** in March. Most contractors ( everything is mechanized, no hand...
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    Number of equipments

    Depends a lot on the tree size, density of the trees and sometimes terrain that your in. Where I'm at, buncher is about 60m3 per hour, skidders 50-53m3 per hour ( average 250m skid distance ) delimbers 35m3 per hour. Most contractors here run 2 skidders per buncher and 1-2 delimbers per skidder...
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    B model 1960s Mack with jinker Photos

    Post it up in the Forestry Equipment thread, there's a ton of old timers on that forum.
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    Central tyre inflation systems on log trucks.

    Our log term log haul contractors ( about 60 trucks in total ) have been using CTI for the past 14 years or so. The cost is included in the rate and there were definitely some growing pains in the early years. We currently run 9 and 10 axle configurations ( king B's ) , CTI has to be on the...
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    Would you leave a city job to go logging?

    Any chance you can get a leave of absence and come back if it doesn't work out?
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    New Valmet :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fu7eMuKZFDI
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    Would Appreciate Any Advice!

    Not sure what companies you applied to, its next to impossible to get a job right off the bat with any major oilsands companies ( Exxon, Shell, Suncor etc . ). About once every 2 months they have a job fair in Edmonton, its always heavily advertised in the Edmonton Jounal, usually 30-40...
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