trainwreck
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Rockhaul and Tree farmer what part of oregon are you guys in???
im in salem.
im in salem.
Rockhaul and Tree farmer what part of oregon are you guys in???
im in salem.
Sure!! What ever costs the contractor, purchaser more time and money at the time is protocol, and if it creates a do nothing government job, even better!!! We have let the insane operate the levers of power and it is going to be an uphill battle to throw em out!:BangheadTree Farmer resides in central Columbia Co. RockHaul: Our neighbor the late Roger Nichols who bordered some State forestry land had a property line dispute. He went to the assessor's office and discovered that Columbia Co. actually owned the land labeled Clatsop State forest here in CC county. In Tillamook and Clatsop counties the case is the same. There were three different contracts entered into by the the three counities over a period of a decade. Basically the counties deeded the management and fire protection of the bare tax foreclosed forest land to the Oregon Dept. of Forestry in exchange for revenue from future timber harvests. The ODF did a great job replanting the Tillamook burn, now the "Tillamook State Forest". Their former policy of falling every snag (potential roman candle) in the former burn, plus requiring loggers/ timberland owners to do likewise has caused problems for the cavity dwelling birds. The USFS also cut everything flat leaving no bird perches. No place for Hawks, owls ect.. Since there was a lack of natural rodent control the small reproduction got munched. One of the solutions tried was the placement of rat poison in the clearcuts. This was done in the Sweet Home Oregon area and maybe elsewhere. So what owl do you think suffered from this starting in the 1950's on. Since I am on the subject of forestry and wildlife, lets talk about what happened to the fish streams. In 1949 the States of Oregon and Washington got a 250,000 dollar Federal pass-through grant to clean logjams, woody material, and large rocks from fish bearing and spawning streams. The Master Fish Warden and later the Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife cleaned streams with bulldozers from 1949 until 1981. In 1982 I worked on a International Paper job near where I live. The ODF still required at this time snag falling, and all woody material removed from the seasonal 2 foot wide stream channel. For example, I spent two days pulling rotten second and old growth logs out of the riparian area. Then the Bosses daughter threw every limb longer than 3 feet and bigger than 2 inches in diameter up onto the bank. Failure to comply would have resulted in a fine or worse, no operating permit issued for the next job. By 1987 the various agencies of the State of Oregon considered streams Holy, and actively placed the blame on the land owners, farmers and of course the logger.
A few Skagit pics from the web to keep the thread moving forward.
Thanks all for the 717 info, much appreciated.
Do you guys know where in NZ that 120 ended up which was mentioned?
CL: RC Calvert and his wife Hazel were longtime family friends, dating back to during WWII. Hazel was my second grade teacher at the Apairy two room school house. I do remember the garret 15 and a couple different little dozers over the years. We often stopped to see if he had something new for sale. Our current stock trailer was one of his roadside deals.
Does anybody have the overall dimensions for the BU-739 self propelled yarder? The basic dimensions in the brochures would be nice, as well as tube diameter etc. This is for a future scratch built model in 1/25th scale, as soon as I finish the Washington TL-6 I'm building now. Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers:
Bill
Magazine Ad, 1967. What a neat shot, I had to crop and enlarge for a better look at that Skagit slackline machine- with 110' tower and on a tank! Boy, I'll bet this one would pull! Looks like maybe a MacMillan Bloedell operation.