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That was interesting to hear that little story from 1990.. You guys sure came a long way to where you are now.. That's very encouraging and unfortunately is becoming increasingly rare most people now have no desire to put in any amount of work or sacrifice to be successful.. if they don't succeed right out of the gate well then it must be someone else's fault... Keep up the good work!
I think this is one of the wettest years I remember in a long time! The farmers around here in south Ga. Alma. Are still trying to get there cotton out of the fields and it’s molding on the plant! The news is already talking about clothes costing more because of it. Thanks for sharing Tim!
Tim I was on the way to work yesterday and there was rain from your neck of the woods to mine in NC. I'm 20 miles west of lumberton nc. Our river has been above flood stage since November 14. Hope the duals helps.
Great video Tim ! Watching you guys working brings to mind the legend of Paul Bunyan ! In farming dry years are preferable to wet ones and it seems the same can be said for logging as well ! If my farming background has any application " increased fuel consumption " will be lost in the noise as slippage accounts for much of it . OTOH, I'm sure your suspicions about mechanical issues is spot on !
Any extra flotation will help after all the rain 2018 brought. 2019 is starting off the same as last year ended so if it continues everyone is gonna have to continue to try ways to get through the mud.
The last weekend in December we set a new rain fall record of I think they said 77 inch for 2018 . The old record of 75 inch was in 2013 . Great video tim enjoyed watching thank you for sharing
I remember when Bobby G. put 6 feet wide tires on his ( I think they were 6 feet). Might have to lay a “road” with trees like if you were in a swamp. Some day it might dry out! Thanks Tim for another great video!
1) Next step? - Put the olofors tracks front and rear on the Tigercat 630E? and have plenty of replacement track links 2) Arrange another demo of the Tigercat 615C(from an earlier video) with the small tires on the machine's rear with tracks. 3) If it keeps raining in the MIss./ Al. woods it might get wet enough for a used Tigercat 1075 Forwarder 8x8 (on clark tracks) converted to clambunk configuration. Tigercat might have to make a 1075C combi forwarder. A clambunk configuration for hauling full length logs to the processing skid, then switch to a forwarder bunk to take the logs somewhere dry enough to get the the road log trucks to load.
I use to love watching Goodson Family Logging on TV year's ago. They are up in either Georgia, North or South Carolina. It might be elsewhere on the east coast but I really enjoyed that show. I saw reruns of the show back a few months ago. They had some hard time's when a Mill stopped taking wood but it is like that in the Paper Industry. My Granddaddy use to work at the Port St. Joe Florida Paper Mill when it was still in operation many year's ago. He got very sick from asbestos because he was an Insulator at the paper mill. Back then they did not tell them that asbestos was dangerous so they did not wear respiratory protection and it ended up killing him. He never lived to see the money that his lawsuit won so his wife and children got that money. He was a hard worker. I hated to see the Mill close for good year's after he died. People just don't know what thing's tree's provide us. As long as we replant and harvest wisely we should continue keeping the Paper and Saw Mill's open. The fight is with the tree huggers and other environmentalists who just don't have too many brain cells. I love and want a good environment but God put it here for us to utilize. Be wise with what he has given us.
Tim I love your videos i always like watching that 635 haul its a beast i wished i owned one awesome vidoes tim thank u for taking time out of your day to video your day to day operations being as busy as u are take care bud happy new year.
That my friend is one hell of an operator. Chad keep up the good work . If nothing else Tim you can shuttle the wood for him ,but wait. Ain't t gotta do it now ..
Judging by the space between the axels, you get more ground contact area with duelies vs. a set of over the tire tracks. It would be slick as shit if you had a machine shop turn some wheel spacers so you could run two sets of over the tire tracks. Great video Tim!
This is the wettest year I ever remember since back in the 1960 s when will the rain end good luck on the duals he will feel every stump in the woods done been there and got my Tshirt lol
"You have to factor in the hassel-factor." I like that and I believe you have to factor in more of it than anyone I know. I've thought that I worked in ridiculous conditions, but I would be embarrassed to mention them in the light of what you are doing.
Now we`re talking Tim... I love watching Chad work that monster.... need to put a camera inside as well... a couple of views on running it!! Do you think your Dad would let you put one in his truck so we can watch a run to the mill. Hopefully one mill will let you record them... if not just a ride along would be cool!!! Awesome vid Tim... thanks!!
Awesome video. That’s aggravating when you spend time on something and it doesn’t help much and getting that matted seems to take time also. Definitely has to be trying on your nerves. When the going gets tough y’all really keep it rolling
First day of sunshine here in Mississippi in a while maybe next few days will help dry it out some, but you’re right we have had a lot of rain, y all stay safe out there.
You're lucky to have so many days spent not getting rained on. I live in Southern Ontario, Canada, and during the warm months it rains pretty heavily at least once a month. We also have the dumbest winters up here. You have a period of rain and sleet, followed by a period of freezing, followed by a period of more rain, sleet and melt-off, followed by yet another deep freeze, on and on through the entirety of our winters here. Even salting isn't enough to make our roads safe during those freeze periods, since the melting periods wash it all away. Tis an extremely expensive situation for our municipalities, that's for sure. Road salt/sand ain't cheap.
I can see why my dad complained about the rainy days when he was cutting timber and not being able to work and he didn't have the nice equipment to work with like you guys plus being in the mountains of Virginia didn't help, hopefully it stops raining for you guys and drys up so you can make some money ,I love hearing the skidder pulling, that low end torque is something and I didn't realize that grapple was big enough to grab all of that timber at once
It’s very wet here too. I know of one logger that just put duals on 2 of his skidders and a rubber tired cutter. Mills are low on wood and paying a premium price.
Yes believe me it is wet around Marlboro county SC fields are standing water. Farmers can not get cotton and soybeans harvest. With my land clearing business it has slow down to the point i am back to driving full time for a freight hauler. Man if it keeps on raining we going to need to lay logs down just so the loggers can work. Tim i feel your pain with it so wet.
Thanks for all the logging and it sure has been a wet start to winter! Ice storms mean more new power poles. How much does all that matting break down in say four or five years?
Swamp logger from williston fl and I love your videos . We run a 640 clambunk and it's a hoss we keep it dualled up all the way around no problems so don't worry lol..
It has been nice here two days now. you'll have been getting about the same weather we are the day after we do maybe you will get a few days of dry now. Hope it gets better for awhile how. don't like them cloudy days day after day. God bless you'll.
My buddy just put tracks on his 635D cause the duals was loading up with mud and just spinning the tracks made a world of difference but it’s just one wet year but the bank doesn’t care how wet it is Chad can make that thing talk
Crazy idea. Put tracks over them duals. Make them with conveyor belt and angle iron on the outside with flat stock on the inside shaped up to keep the tracks on the tire. Crazy idea. Channel Logger Wade has somehting like that on his 250D
To lessen your wear and fuel expenses have you thought about running a much smaller tire on your outside dual? That way they will only engage the ground in swampy conditions when you want low ground pressure. You see farm tractors do it this way. Just a thought thanks for the video. Bob from Virginia
Just a thought The way you use the tree branches and top as matting to drive over If that was to be chipped and spread over the roads, would that help the log trucks with grip and traction?
Do having the duals on create a pushing issue because of the extra width while turning or does the front have enough pull to counteract it. What about throwing chains on the front to help when the tires get gummed up? Too much strain on the drive train?
Was on u tube when I got notification, number 435 on views and 4 comments done hit the like button just saying know already I like. Have a blessed and prosperous 2029, man its bad wet here in south georgia too.
Bobby Goodson gave you a shoutout in one of his videos, he was self filming, and said I have no idea how cotontop does this stuff with 1 hand! Pretty cool!
It is very pleasurable to watch harvest videos. I work here in Brazil with maintenance of tigercat machines. What place was this video recorded? For what purpose is this wood used
