I made this page just so you can see me and some of the stuff I do. It's good to be somewhat acquainted with the person you're doing business with. I've been a logger all my life...cutting/skidding/loading/hauling....just about anything having to do with trees. : ) When I'm not logging during summer months I cut and sell a little wood online....make a few $$ and more importantly...meet lots of interesting folks.
Yeah, that's me whackin' on a redwood burl with my Stihl 044. A great little saw, still have it and it's going strong. This rootball used to have a couple redwood second growth suckers growing on it. One to the right of the pic, about 3 feet tall and another smaller one about 2 feet in front of me. The suckers were large enough to make logs, the stump was dug up and skidded to a landing where I'm working on it. This burl was located near the Coast and west of Santa Rosa.
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Below is my favorite toy......my Woodmizer LT10. Smallest mizer that they make. Can cut an eleven foot long log up to about 26-28" wide.....depending on how desperate I get or the value of the wood. A little chainsaw work in the right places can do a world of good on oversized pieces. I also have an Alaska Mill to break down larger logs....I either rip 'em lengthwise or slab 'em with the Alaska mill. Below pic is just a little doug fir log...some black oak next to the wall....
Below is my favorite toy......my Woodmizer LT10. Smallest mizer that they make. Can cut an eleven foot long log up to about 26-28" wide.....depending on how desperate I get or the value of the wood. A little chainsaw work in the right places can do a world of good on oversized pieces. I also have an Alaska Mill to break down larger logs....I either rip 'em lengthwise or slab 'em with the Alaska mill. Below pic is just a little doug fir log...some black oak next to the wall....
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Below is the Cat 966C loader that I owned a few years back when I was logging for myself. A very versatile machine.
Below is the Cat 966C loader that I owned a few years back when I was logging for myself. A very versatile machine.
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Petroglyphs?....made by ancient civilizations? You be the judge......all I can say is there is a story there and once in a while you just gotta play a little. In this case, it appears that there's a hammer in the pic.....hmmmm......wonder where that came from.
Petroglyphs?....made by ancient civilizations? You be the judge......all I can say is there is a story there and once in a while you just gotta play a little. In this case, it appears that there's a hammer in the pic.....hmmmm......wonder where that came from.
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Pacific big leaf maple burl on the Mizer......some of this wood is on the Maple Page as we speak..er..type.
Pacific big leaf maple burl on the Mizer......some of this wood is on the Maple Page as we speak..er..type.
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Below, Redwood burl stump/root ball. Only pics I have of that stump were taken when my camera was on Manual instead of Autofocus.....still kicking myself on that one. : ( Weighed close to a ton......had to haul it 150 miles home.....didn't break any speed records but made it. Some of this wood is on line now. Very hard and dense wood with some burl and really swirled grain.
Below, Redwood burl stump/root ball. Only pics I have of that stump were taken when my camera was on Manual instead of Autofocus.....still kicking myself on that one. : ( Weighed close to a ton......had to haul it 150 miles home.....didn't break any speed records but made it. Some of this wood is on line now. Very hard and dense wood with some burl and really swirled grain.
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Below, about to load the maple burl that's two pics above this one. Lift the blade, back the pickup under it, take the chains off and good to go. That burl probably weighs 3 to400 lbs. Very green, very wet,......but it's mine, all mine....... ; )
Below, about to load the maple burl that's two pics above this one. Lift the blade, back the pickup under it, take the chains off and good to go. That burl probably weighs 3 to400 lbs. Very green, very wet,......but it's mine, all mine....... ; )
Some pics below of work I've done on the Eiler Fire located in Northern California near the little town of Burney. Burned thousands of acres. I'm ripping the burned over ground with a CAT so it can be replanted. A three year job.
Burney Mountain and some flat ground....it ain't all flat. : (
Burney Mountain and some flat ground....it ain't all flat. : (
Hauling out some burned wood. Note broken off trees. There was a fire tornado that went through here...breaking off trees larger than these, uprooting lots of them. This video is of the same ground as the below pic........where lots of my manzanita burl comes from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVnCEXHp6ow
A nice manzanita burl.......if it was lighter. : (
A cinder cone...note all the little squiggly lines.....I made 'em. Lots of cinder cones in this area..very volcanic many years ago.
Some beautiful sights too......ya just gotta get out there early. I took them from the seat of the Cat I drive.
A Noah thing, except no ark...no water...no animals.............never mind..
Two pics below...loading a broken ripper shank.
On top of a mountain, making rip rows to the bottom.
Piles of tree tops to be chipped later...nothing goes to waste.
Sometimes sorta cool out there early in the morning.
Just a ripping pic....,trees will be planted in the "trenches" in the spring.
Ripping in late fall. Mountain in the background was ripped earlier...you can see rip rows and trenches.
Eiler Fire near Burney, CA. Just as it was starting to pickup some momentum. Started by lightning....was allowed to burn hoping it would burn itself out...another example of Forest Service in "action". : ( 32 ,000 acres.
Two pics below...view from the top of Burney Mt. Twin Buttes below, note the "squiggly" lines...rip rows I made for replanting. Twin Buttes are two cinder cones...see the craters in each. Bare land was all burned and then logged after the fire. Timber showing in background is Forest Service not logged....another Forest Service "in action" pic.
Old guy....goes wherever I go......on top of Burney Mt. at the lookout.
We had a big digger pine hanging over our driveway...huge long limbs...snow broke one off and left it hanging. I cut off the bottom part so we could get in and out but left an ugly limb hanging down. : ( So....since I don't like to pay bucket trucks I took a piece of chainsaw chain...tied some lines to each end and the rest is history. Saw chain "cutters" have been around for a long time but I've never made one. Works pretty well.
Redwood, redwood, more redwood. At least 1500 lbs of very nice redwood burl.....lots of lace, birdseye, rotten wood, dirt, rock (see pic) ants and sowbugs. Typical redwood in raw form. Two large pieces....one in the back of my pickup....other one cut/milled stowed away. These will last a long time so no more redwood trips necessary. (Crap) : (
Below pic.....just put on a brand new chain........if there's a rock, new chain will find it. Never fails. : (
Results of a few pans on a claim in which I have an interest. Not quite enough to retire on...yet. : )
