Thanks for the thorough explanation of the why’s and how’s of what you do. I think it’s great that the logging contractor gives you a topographical map with the yarding lines marked. It takes a lot of the guesswork out. Stay safe out there!
A friend told me one time that some trees are afflicted with reach rot. It's just too far to go get them. A question: Can you fall across a property line or a unit line, assuming the target tree is within the unit?
I typically can fall across a unit line as long as the same property owner owns the adjacent, but property lines are a hard No-go. And even when using ground outside of a unit, considerations need to be made that they can log the pieces without exiting equipment out of the unit. So mostly no, but we can use the ground a little if we are considerate of who owns it l, and how they're going to log
I assume the planning took years, as most private and public productive timberlands are on a harvest schedule. My part of it took a little less than a month with two cutters for the most part. It was a summer job and we had days we couldn't work due to heat and humidity, as well as upcanyon winds, and we had another pair come to help us for a few days. As for the logging, I'm not sure, I think they dropped their sky-car on this job and had to go into the shop and log some with an acme, so I think it took them a while, there was a lot of footage in this job.
I wouldn't say treacherous, but this job is dangerous. Just part of it. I thoroughly believe cutting contractors are underpaid all around, as the same with many professions right now.
@@timberfallingcouple Yeah, it’s “our” (lol) American dream turned on its ear; we’re overworked AND underpaid. Like I said: on its ear and upside down.
