What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. REO6205

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    LOL...not in my neighborhood they're not.


     
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  3. REO6205

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  4. x1Heavy

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    Could very well be, who knows. A little detail is always the devil in the works.
     
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  5. REO6205

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    No problem. My younger brother has been a timber faller and logger all his life. I checked on the "mystery saw" before I replied. He'd never heard of one either and he's been running the big Stihls since the late 60s.
     
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  6. Cattleman84

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    There are 2 big pines about that size up where I cut firewood that I have had my eye on... The one is dead and I can cut it, the other still has a little green on the top so it can't be cut yet... But they are about 150 feet from the closest spot I can get a vehicle to, so I havent dropped the one yet... I need to figure out how to get it out after its on the ground. The 2 of them would give me enough wood for a whole winter and then some.
     
  7. REO6205

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    Could you fall them, buck them into 8 foot lengths and then drag them out to the road with your pickup? If you can't pull direct maybe you could set up a snatch block and pull 90 degrees to the logs.
     
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  8. tramm01

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    Rent a couple young studs on the football team for a day and buy a 18 wheeler of buckskins (they make a game out of it)— that’s what I do when I encounter a problem like that.
     
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  9. tramm01

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    Bought an MC 362 a couple years ago with a 25” bar — not tough enough to handle the big saws anymore— it’s a dandy, pretty light and easy to handle.
     
  10. Dave_in_AZ

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    Well today was the toughest day of 14 year career so far. Lots of photos to follow.

    Went by the avalanche. It's unreal, and looks to avalanche again.

    White out. I don't think it's ever going to stop snowing near @okiedokie land.

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  11. Cattleman84

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    Yeah that's kinda what I'm thinking of trying... But they are awfully big and the pull would be up hill on a very steep grade. If I had access to a decent sized bulldozer I know I could get them out, but I'm not sure a pickup would have enough pull to get them up the hill... Even if I ran a block and tackle it would be iffy.
     
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