My Small Scale Logging Operation

[@Hd36Wissayer]

Amazing. That is all I can say Mike. People watching the video for a meer 10-20 minutes. But this was your whole day. Setting up all of the camera shots and then taking the time to edit everything and watching it yourself before you post it. All I can say is amazing.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thank you for that. Yeah I don’t think a lot of people know how much goes into making videos. An hour and a half job turns into a full day job when shooting video and editing.

[@philosborn1840]

Logging is logging, no small scale, good work!👍

[@dubya2514]

Nothing like the smell of fresh cut Douglas fir...👍💪

[@WilsonForestLands]

Well said. That’s one of the enjoyable things about doing this kind of work.

[@davefran01]

Wilson the man who Keeps It Simple Stupid ! 😀 A wry sense of humor also !

[@brianjonker510]

Thank You or the great sound editing. By that I mean the machinery noise is down to a quiet background level and zero stupid music. So a thumbs up, a comment for the Al Gore (lack) of ithms. Plus watch the vadterizings.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thank you for noticing. I do turn the sound down on machinery to make it easier to listen to. I agree with you on stupid music. I would rather listen to the actual sounds in the video. Thanks for the feedback.

[@tomt8320]

Oh No Mike! You throttled that poor spruce at 11:23. 😂 I hope it recovers.

[@WilsonForestLands]

That was a cedar and I thought I took video when I stood it back up afterward. For some reason that shot disappeared or somehow never made it to the final edit. It is upright now and I think it will be fine.

[@Joeman57]

WOW that winch works really great. Impressive.

[@WilsonForestLands]

It works great and it’s been very reliable for over two decades.

[@jamiethomas2155]

Great video my Friend. Now that’s what I call getting work done.

[@bwillan]

Amazing how much work you can get done when you forget to bring the camera microphone . LOL 😁

[@WilsonForestLands]

You are not lying, it makes a huge difference! 😂

[@100-AcreWoods]

You sure get a lot done for a one-man, small-scale operation!

[@zeke1eod]

Very well done. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe, and God bless

[@lukelizotte2813]

You are pretty handy with the pallet forks on your tractor but I am curious about why you don't have a grapple bucket yet. Is it because it wouldn't fit on your tractor or the expense? I see you grabbing and pulling logs and pilling brush sometimes which a grapple bucket would be handy for on level terrain. Great videos by the way.

[@stevesteve8364]

Entertaining and informative videos! I’m an East coast hobby logger. We cut notches the traditional way. Maybe because of deep snow and or because axe cutting long ago. Might be difficult to Humbolt notch close the the ground using an axe. You give great info about your tools. Will you tell about the deckover trailer that you use? length & payload Thanks.

[@mikeparker556]

Thanks!

[@WilsonForestLands]

👍

[@MarkM-ke6cn]

Hey...I think I accidentally learned some stuff...thanks for sharing. Nice load of Fir.

[@Wheelloader__]

A silent movie. Very cool 😎 🚜🪵

[@joeyrector1015]

Nice load of logs

[@brianmilliard6998]

lol, no tiki no laundry Mikey.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Your best yet, no blah, blah, blah Just kidding Mike! 😁 Good video and perfect timing as the sound went out on my laptop a few days ago so I didn't miss much on this one!

[@WilsonForestLands]

Well that’s why I made this video. So you would be able to watch it on your laptop without missing anything. 😁

[@terryk3118]

Thanks for the nice video. I miss your narration and wish you had turned on the smell-a-vision sensor.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Yeah I wish I had a smell-a-vision sensor. That’s one of the best parts about cutting Douglas fir.

[@digger413]

Staying busy watched video before going out and cutting firewood thanks for sharing your time

[@1montkosh]

Boy, that looks like fun!

[@birddogfarms6981]

I didn't realize you were a real logger. I thought you just played one on YT. 😂 Nice job, Wilson. Enjoyed watching your process.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I am probably somewhere in between those two. 😁

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Nicely done and put together. 😉👍

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thank you Daniel. 👍

[@vilheim11]

What are the lengths you’re cutting these logs?

[@karlscaife6970]

Nice job,good tools

[@OOOOOO12345]

I'd like to do that....for fun. Trying to make a living that way would probably get in the way of the 'fun' part.

[@WilsonForestLands]

You are right about that. I tried to do it just enough to keep it fun.

[@HardRockVermont]

Great content, and great hard work footage!

[@sacha11666]

Nice video capture and multi-angles, lot of tips and tricks in there guys! Reminds me the old silent films. Do one in black and white with 1.5x the speed and some added glitches! Would be a chef-d'œuvre. 👌🏼

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thanks for the comment. That could actually be fun to do sometime.

[@waltdelbo6445]

Good un. Thx Mike

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thanks Walt.

[@BonitaGreen-z3h]

Have you done an in-depth vid on your tape? if not please do. It seems basic, but would be pretty informative. Thanks

[@talgreenberg3405]

Agreed I’d like to know more about it

[@WilsonForestLands]

Yes I did a video about it here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6TZeISnoreBoqc

[@richardabernathy6242]

Like the old Ford

[@1montkosh]

That's a Massey Ferguson.

[@VicsYard]

Did I see 4 camera ms set up for the one tree coming down. Nice edit man.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I usually do 4 cameras on falling trees. In this case by the time the tree fell the sun was shining directly into one of the cameras. That ruined the shot so on at least one of them I only had three cameras in the final edit.

[@geraldbeard6969]

Looks like southern Oregon

[@WilsonForestLands]

It is Southern Oregon, good eye.

[@randallcrane2704]

Good video

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Not that you don't already know, but you really could use a grapple. Good, relaxing, video as I look out the window at snow and 22 degrees.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I have been told I have a birthday coming up this year. Feel free to buy me one. And a tractor that it will fit on. I think we’re going to have Christmas again this year too. If it helps you can spread those out over both of those holidays.

[@pdxbk]

@@WilsonForestLands Pretty soon all that work moving the cameras around without making it look like you're moving them around will pay off. I see your work and it's really visually stimulating. It looks live you've got 8 cameras with all your work.

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

No problemo.

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

[@billyrayvalentine9360]

Another gem Mr. Wilson. Wondering how affected your acreage is to the doug fir decline spiral I've been reading about?

[@WilsonForestLands]

Although the trees in this video looked green and alive, they were actually dead. Just haven’t browned out yet. They were killed by flat headed fir borers and I would say it is a result of the Douglas fir decline spiral. It hasn’t been as bad on this property as it has in a lot of areas. I get more rainfall than a lot of the areas where it’s been really bad. But it is creeping into this area and the main reason I am harvesting these trees is to reduce the bug population and slow down that spiral. This year I’m trying to get as many of these infested trees out of here while the bugs are still in them. If the drought and excessively hot summers continue I think it will only get worse here.

[@fadetounforgiven]

I guess the two small logs that work as stoppers at 2:50 are somehow tied to the chassis of the trailer and that's why the board on the right (of the image, left of the trailer if looked from behind) is a bit out of place, correct? Nice.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Those were just a couple rounds of firewood I sat on the trailer to try to slow the first log down if it decided it wanted to try to roll off the side of the trailer. The trailer was parked on a slope leaning toward that direction. I put a couple binders in the steak pockets to stop it as well. The pieces of wood were just a slow it down to keep it from hitting those too hard. That deck board is rising because that board is twisting as it dries after being wet all winter. The deck screw that was holding it down finally gave out.

[@fadetounforgiven]

@@WilsonForestLands thank you for the explanation. It seem to me a bit odd but it also made sense as there seemed to be some gap between those boards and so some stripe or whatever could go in there. I thought so also because that firewood didn't almost move despite of the relatively big push and being round. I hadn't noticed the binders, now I see them. Here in Spain we don't usually use those kind of trailers for these things, it's almost something that would be pulled by a tractor, and those holes (usually with a rounded shape, or square with rounded corners, about 10-12 cm/4-5 inches in diameter or so) woul receive a wooden stick each, not rarely made on the spot with some eucalyptus branch, sometimes oak. As I'm used to seeing these and this was not the case, I started wondering. Thank you!

[@WilsonForestLands]

They don’t usually use trailers like that here for logging either. I am a bit of a unique situation where I have my own sawmill on the property, so I do it in a unique way. Most logs around here are transported on large trucks with log bunks.

[@fadetounforgiven]

@@WilsonForestLands yes, I was speaking about people doing it for themselves. Whenever I want some logs for firewood, I hire someone with a tractor and the usual tractor trailer (be it flat or not, mostly not), we fell the trees down, cut it to (the trailer lenght) size and bring them home. Some people use rototillers/cultivators/something-like-that with a trailer to collect and transport their firewood as well. If the thing goes big then they will bring, as you say, their large trucks to take the logs away. But that means they've sell the wood for commercial use, very rarely for firewood. Thank you.

[@MsdMakingSawDust]

Now that’s a working silent video. A little bit more work and no talking . See how much more you can get done when you don’t have to explain yourself 😂😂😂 good job.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Yes but now they want me to explain why I wasn’t explaining myself. 😂

[@brianjonker510]

Am I correct to guess that is a west facing slope?

[@WilsonForestLands]

You are close, it’s an east southeast facing slope. 😁

[@ElectricDanielBoone]

Taking out the trees you said have slowed their growth at various locations on your property? I was up on E. Galls Creek BLM land yesterday cutting and burning small dead trees (gorilla fuel reduction) and what a fire hazard dead tree mess it is up there! You have your little patches of woods looking great Mr. Wilson! Did you see Ashland is paying $1.4 million for dead tree removal from their watershed with a helicopter? 😮

[@WilsonForestLands]

These trees were full of woodpecker holes, already dead, just not browned out yet. That Gold Hill area has been hit pretty hard by bug kill. When you are done up Galls Creek, Sardine Creek across the river could use plenty of attention too. 😁

[@ElectricDanielBoone]

@@WilsonForestLands The Galls Creek ridge (between E&W Galls Creek) BLM land is only about 1 square mile. Just me and my little battery saw, so that’s a few lifetimes of work. BLM can’t get their mind around what I’m trying to do🤣. I believe they think I’m just stealing firewood, but I’m not! Sardine Creek has seen a few decent size fires 🔥 I can remember over the years.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I wondered what your interactions were like with the BLM. I had one person from the BLM turned me in who thought I had crossed the line and was thinning on their side. The Forster who came out to look at it said I wasn’t but told me he liked what I was doing and they wouldn’t mind if I did. I did hear Ashland is paying for the helicopter logging. I didn’t look much into it but If I understand it right, they already paid to have the trees thinned. Now they are paying to have them taken out because they are dying.

[@ElectricDanielBoone]

@@WilsonForestLands We should get together and yak about this offline, but I wrote the BLM ‘district manager’ a letter asking about a Stewardship agreement, but just got a phone call from their Ashland office from the guy that oversees Galls Creek BLM. We talked for quite a while. He said he noticed my work up there, but like I said, he was suspicious I was just stealing firewood, which as you know is common (that dumping trash, and homeless camps). I never take any wood, I don’t even own a truck anymore. Anyway, same as your experience with them, he just told me to be “discreet”🤣 about my activities up there. BLM rules for recreational campfires say you can cut and burn standing dead trees, so that’s what I’ve been working under to make a tiny dent in the standing dead fire hazard. USFS is more restrictive on standing dead, so BLM land is where I can do more.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I like this gorilla fuels reduction idea. I think it would be great to have more people out doing things like that. You can email me at [e-mail]

[@scotto6314]

Good one 👌