Cutting A Small Block Of Mixed Wood With The Tigercat LX870D

[@davidgibbons5366]

Great commentary. Thanks for the "step" idea when double cutting. Have a good day.

[@thedailylogger]

I appreciate it! Hope the step proves useful for you. I used it a couple times today, I was cutting right-of-way at the bottom of a slope next to a creek. Quite a lot of alder being damp and some midsize fir but there were a few big old bones too, leaning heavy to the creek. One I had to face on the left and right, backcut using a step and put it where it needed to go! Good cutting to you! Be safe.

[@nuts319]

I like how u trim a lot of the stumps low makes for a clean unit when finished

[@thedailylogger]

Thanks! Yeah, it makes it easier for me to get around and reduces breakage too. Makes it easier on whoever is logging behind me as well. Appreciate the comment and your watching, be safe.

[@GreatLakesLogger]

You're absolutely right about the enjoyment of cutting green wood after burnt! Excellent explanation on the stepped cuts. I ran a harvester with a dangle head primary in hardwood in Wisconsin for several years. That was something I did quite frequently. It allowed me to take almost my entire backcut out to prevent splitting or pulling fiber out of the buttlog, but still have something solid to pull or push against when overcoming a heavy leaner

[@thedailylogger]

Copy, sounds like you've been in the black too. I'm kinda dreading getting back into burned wood after snow melt this spring, it's going to be even further deteriorated. I use the step quite a bit on big wood with a lean, it's quite a bit easier with a hotsaw than a dangle head though, you must be pretty crafty with it! Is that a felling head or a processor head? I would like to have a heelrack with a danglehead set up with quick couplers so I could pull pins and switch back and forth fairly easily between the hotsaw and the dangle felling head. On steep ground with big wood a hotsaw can be limiting if it's steep enough, or slick enough, to make double cutting difficult. Thanks for the comments, we appreciate your watching. Good cutting to ya! Be safe.

[@GreatLakesLogger]

@@thedailylogger ya the Springdale-Ford fire in eastern Washington. Fortunately not quite as long as you. It was a much smaller fire and more recent. Happened in July or August of last year. I'm currently running loader here in Washington, but for five years before that I ran a harvester in Wisconsin. I ran a Ponsse with a dangle harvesting head. I've always wanted to try a decent sized track feller buncher and see what that's like. A lot of the principles sound similar, but I have no doubt I would have a tremendous amount to learn. I think I actually have a video of my coworker processing some of the burnt wood. It's still in decent shape for the most part; the pine still weighs fairly decent, but the fir is pretty light. Ya, I've seen videos of the Tigercat felling heads working. It looks like there would be definite advantages with either option

[@thedailylogger]

@@GreatLakesLogger Copy that. Are you working for Vaagen bros by chance, I've heard good things about them and it seems like they are in that area. I have to say I feel like running Buncher is the best seat in the brush, but I'm biased! If you ran processor in hardwood you'd take right to a Buncher in no time. I've heard good things about the Ponnse's, seems like they are setting the bar, although I think Tigercat is breathing down their neck with their lineup. Good talking with you, have a good rest of your week, be safe.

[@GreatLakesLogger]

@@thedailylogger this particular salvage piece is being done for Vaagans yes. My boss runs two 830 bunchers, and I'd kinda like to see what those run like. I really like Ponsse's machines, but I would agree that when it comes to tree length operations, Tigercat makes some of the better machines out there

[@thedailylogger]

@@GreatLakesLogger The 830's are very capable machines. The outfit I'm with now had several of them, I ran the last one for a bit before they got me this 870. I do all my own maintenance and as much service or repair as is needed and I'm capable of. To me the most important differences between the two, is the ease of service on the 870. It seems like Ponsse is the dominant brand in the PNW to me. Tigercat has quite a lineup of CTL now too and seems to be having strong interest in Europe. I haven't heard of any systems running Tigercat CTL in the PNW. Janicki up in NW Washington tried an 1185 but I think it didn't work out for what they were using it for. It will be interesting to see what's at the show in Feb in Eugene.

[@bigtimbert1983]

nice timber and nice video

[@thedailylogger]

Thanks! Good to hear from you. It was some pretty decent wood, and a nice break from the burn. Plenty more of that to go but I'll appreciate the green while I'm in it. Be safe!

[@stevewooff5982]

Another great video ! Thank you for taking the time. Also as a new buncher op. I really appreciate the “step” info on the double cuts. Very helpful. Have a great weekend !

[@thedailylogger]

You bet, glad to hear that the videos are useful. Using that step is really helpful on the heavy leaners. Also on big wood near powerlines or houses or roads just to give an added degree of safety. Thanks- stay cool!

[@dolanschmidt356]

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[@wallis066]

I appreciate your insights on your process. Comeing from a hand falling background and recently buying my own buncher it's nice to have sound advice from experience

[@thedailylogger]

Glad to hear that they are useful to you. I came to Bunching from handfalling as well, I think that experience really helped me from a standpoint of thinking about layout, saving it out and how the down wood will log. That organizational thinking is the most important part of Bunching I think. What part of the world are you working in? All the best to you, thanks for the comment and for watching, we appreciate it! Be safe.

[@wallis066]

@@thedailylogger I'm up in northwest Washington on the Olympic peninsula thanks again be safe

[@thedailylogger]

@@wallis066 Right on, you're right in the thick of it. Best of luck to you, safe cutting!

[@woos31]

Thank you Mrs daily logger for editing videos for operators like myself that run equipment in a sandbox vs a woodpile haha! One day I'll grow up (not likely) and since I'm a puzzle guy, get in a buncher and decifer the puzzle that is bunching timber. Last video you mentioned processing for my ADD which I also want to learn but I like the challenge and puzzle of figuring out how use the ground to get the job done and leave it so it's easy for the next guy's step of the process. I just couldn't rattle the right words across my brain pan to explain it last time lol. Anyways, thank you both and safe cuttin pard

[@thedailylogger]

Hey, you bet! I was just kidding around on the ADD/processor- but I feel the same as what you're saying, it is a puzzle to figure out. I think I'm more OCD- running the Buncher lets me get everything sorted out! Thanks from both of us, we appreciate your watching!

[@Joelontugs]

Can you explain how you get in this line of work when it's no where around you that you know of I would give almost anything and mu divine attention to run a buncher

[@thedailylogger]

That's a great question. There is logging in every part of the world but of course it requires stands of timber so you will have to search creatively for it in urban areas. I think the key ingredients for a person like yourself are desire, ambition, determination and a good attitude. If you have sufficient quantities of these I believe you can achieve anything you want, particularly in the United States. Here are a few more specific suggestions. We in the industry are literally dying for new people to fill in the ranks. With no connection with the industry you will have to expect to start at the bottom, and be grateful for the opportunity, even if the opportunity is sweeping the shop floor. A related field may be a good place to start, like a heavy equipment dealer or business that supplies to the industry. That could serve as a place to come into contact with loggers, learn about a related field and give you a chance to demonstrate a good work ethic. Another good choice to get started might be a trade school. Harvesting equipment is highly technical, and becoming more so. Mechanical aptitude is a requirement, and a skill that can be learned. Tech, and specifically electronics, is and will continue to be a critical part of future equipment. Running a piece of equipment requires mechanical skills. If you can make it run, and keep it running you will never lack for work. Logging, or in my case running Buncher, is a profession that is acquired through experience I have found. If you really want to get into the woods and you get an opportunity to do so it will be at the bottom to start. If you are willing to demonstrate the ability to take direction, give it your all, figure it out and get it done and get it done safely, you will move up to where you want to be rapidly. The Timber Industry is a tough world, but at the same time it's filled with good people, and good role models, who are also always on the lookout for talent and ready to extend a hand to young people who demonstrate they have the grit to make it. Best of luck to you!

[@Joelontugs]

@@thedailylogger sir thank you for the amazing response it means more to me than I can describe and I'm actually not in an urban area actually the exact opposite chauvin Louisiana 2 hours south of new Orleans and 10mins from gulf of Mexico the heavy equipment business is extremely rare but not like logging which is non existent and I'll deff look into getting into it as far as starting at the bottom hell I'll hold the preventable piss bucket with a smile if it means working towards running a buncher as a person who loved riding motocross cutting on the side of a mountain sounds fun and not for the faint of heart which I live for

[@thedailylogger]

@@Joelontugs You bet. You know, just a few hours Northwest from you would be Texarkana pine country it seems, that is big time logging territory. All the best to you, good luck! Be safe