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    Northern California logging

    Sidney43...thanks for all the pictures and explanations. Good job.
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    Northern California logging

    Sidney 43...Thanks for posting the pictures and descriptions. Great stuff.
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    Washington Iron Works and thier machines

    Washington Iron Works...circa 1926...On display at Humboldt County Logging Museum Eureka, Ca.
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    Northwest Logging contractors, What are your fallers costing you??

    Of course they're going up...everything else is. If you're on steep ground...yarder or helicopter...425 is a fair wage if the faller is running his own numbers. I will say that for that kind of money I'd want good work and production. We don't see a lot of busheling down here anymore. There...
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    operator fatigue

    I tried that. I told the forester that all the new rules were driving me crazy so I ought to be eligible for a disability. Didn't work.
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    Highway log trucks.

    New loader operator...it's just a little side heavy. Next load he made side heavy on the other side so it all evened out. Above Feather Falls, Ca. 2009 Waiting to load...Cisco Grove, Ca. 2009 Loading two at once out of an unsorted deck...white fir on the red truck, cedar on the...
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    " If it wants Off , Let it off "

    Well said. You have to be lawyer proof and cop proof both. California is especially bad about tie downs and we generally put on everything we think we need...and a little more. I've seen the commercial cops argue with each other at scales and roadside inspections about tie downs, signage, and...
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    Gawd help me... We are considering getting a log truck

    Redwood Climber said it best. If you absolutely have to have a truck then go ahead but don't expect to make much on it. They're a money pit. Your own truck is a convenience. Don't look at it as being a major money maker. Finding and keeping a good driver is always a major event. A good...
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    Highway log trucks.

    Just a little side heavy. New loader operator. Cedar. If you're going to town you might as well take some wood with you.
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    Self Loading Logging Truck Photos

    Thanks, Skadill. Great stuff...as always.
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    Highway log trucks.

    The driver probably found out-slope on the haul road that he hadn't noticed before.
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    What am I

    Skadill...that was very well said. I just turned 65 and I'm still in it. I don't know why I've stuck with it all these years...too dumb to quit I guess. Thanks for putting our thoughts into words. You got it just right.
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    Highway log trucks.

    Just an average load of California cedar Headed for Oroville. July 2011
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    California-Scale Logs by Weight Only?

    Define "ugly looking". Most of the logs you see on their way to Lincoln come from SPI's own land. Since most of their harvesting is clear cut you're likely to see an ugly log now and then. The mill has the ability to utilize more of the log instead of wasting it or leaving it in the woods...
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    China markets...

    Thats good, Scott. This hasn't been a good year down here, either. Our season is off to a slow start due to weather. But I wonder about all this China stuff. How long do you think it will be before we see Chinese lumber at Lowes and Home Depot? At prices way below American, or even...
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    What Do You Pay Your Operators???

    Most of our Cat-skinners and the guys on the skidders make around 20 an hour plus good health benefits and a 401K. If the cat-skinner is a good blade man and can grade out roads and landings he gets paid a little more. The loader makes around twenty five and he also gets the most hours of...
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    chainsaw thread

    Good pictures. What was the reason for a conventional face and not a Humboldt? Just curious.
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    Highway log trucks.

    Yup. We just called it The Green Loader.
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    Log Truck Shortage in the Pacific NW?

    A lot of the guys have just given up. And with fuel probably going to five bucks I think a lot more of them will, too. There's enough trucks for now but we're not real busy yet, either.
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    Ariel Logging- Balloons, Helicopters, or Otherwise.

    Yeah, those were some days. I'd gotten hurt working in the woods so I took a job driving the fuel tanker for the helicopters. I was in and out of Doyle quite a bit. If I remember right the area we logged was supposed to become some kind of fancy ski resort. Wonder if that ever happened...
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