NO CLUE What I'm Doing! Operating a Logging Harvester in Michigan

I had the opportunity to go visit "Logger Mack" in Michigan and operate his Ponsse Harvester for a while. It was fun to see another part of the ag industry. Check out Logger Mack on everything!
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Zach Johnson, the “Millennial Farmer” is a 5th-generation farmer who’s spent his life growing, working, and learning on his family’s farm. His wit and dry sense of humor appeal to children and adults alike. A product of the millennial generation, his appreciation of new technology blends with his old-fashioned work ethic, and he offers a unique ability to deliver his message in a way that resonates with lifelong farmers as well as those with no knowledge of agriculture. With growing consumer awareness about where their food comes from, Zach has identified the need for an independent voice from the front lines of agriculture. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences in the agriculture world while providing farmer-to-farmer education to help facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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[@torskoff]

Funny fact, Einari Vigren, founder of Ponsse company named his first selfmade machine after a stray dog, who wandered in same the area Einari was at. Dogs name was Ponsse. Greetings from Finland, from where Ponsse origins.

[@Loggermack]

The story goes Ponsse wasn't the best-looking dog(ponsse sure is a good-looking machine now👌) but was the most reliable hunter

[@Jopet_show]

That Ergo is quite old machine nowadays. Scorpion is awesome and very good looking machine 😍 greeting from Finland and good logging 🙂

[@ponssemies8923]

It got the dogs name because he was mixed breed and the machine was made from a lot off old wheel loaders and other machines

[@paulamos5694]

Einari Vigren

[@keffective6650]

Grandpa worked in a logging camp winters of 1918 and 1919- horses, sleighs, and two-man saws. Paired with an experienced lumberjack, they logged virgin timber for building the country. He brought many stories back to the farm.

[@marshalldouglas6048]

Evan is an everyday man, I have friends just like him. Great people!!

[@stevenberg1903]

I'm glad you are showing your audience the last few vids! The world is a lot more complicated than many people think.

[@MillennialFarmer]

I love getting out and seeing other parts of agriculture when I can! Very soon I'll be too busy for the season around home and won't be able to get out for a few months.

[@trucker_b]

This is the definition of “I don’t know what I’m doing but I’m gonna do it anyway” 😂

[@taurus4205]

Just like a combine

[@trucker_b]

@@taurus4205 😂

[@KickinBird]

😂

[@Rx37Legacy]

I went to school here in Finland driving these machines. It really is a nice job once you get the hang of it, then it's just second nature really. I currently drive excavators tho.

[@jaakkolehti4566]

I work in a company that makes parts for Ponsse forestry machines. Super cool to see them in action in a Millennial Farmer video 👍🇫🇮

[@andrewjones-productions]

What a lovely person Evan seems to be! That was actually a very interesting video. It seems to be a very lonely job, although I suspect the people that do it don't necessarily see it that way. I imagine they get to see a lot of wildlife doing that kind of work and have a special kind of appreciation for the natural environment. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

[@rejiko]

unfortunately you are so noisy u barely see any wildlife. done this kind job part-time in my early twenties at an operation/forest owned by a family friend in germany and it is long hours, very lonely as you said demands a lot of concentration so it can be mentally quite draining if even you are experienced at it. plus the worst part is you start in the very early hours when its still dark and u finish at very late hours when its dark as most of the work is done in winter time to do less damage to the fauna and the soil. it for sure is a long term job only for very specific people, most of the other drives i observed kind of hated to be around other humans and would barely socialize during breaks or after work when we stayed in the cabins in the forest unless it involved free beers and smokes

[@MackB12]

Doesn’t seem any more lonely than farming.

[@prezzle208]

​@@MackB12that was my thought. If you're not the owner that they're trying to sell to, your phone is quiet almost 24/7

[@Loggermack]

​@CeeJay It is what you make it. I have a cellular booster and take time to keep in touch with family(especially grandparents!) and friends on the phone as well as live stream cutting occasionally.

[@brettlamont4965]

Saw that same machine in Finland. They had it remotely tied into the mill so real time, it would maximize the lengths versus what the factory needed versus what the other machines where cutting. Coolest machine to see in operation ever. Great you got to run it.

[@Mariini]

John Deere harvesters&forwarders are also made here 🇫🇮. Also Logset and Sampo Rosenlew, which is a smaller company, I guess they are mostly available in Europe.

[@billroberts3864]

Zach, thanks for taking us along on an interesting trip to Upper Michigan for a demo on the tree harvester. Evan sure is a skilled operator on that machine. Blessings to you.

[@johnwellwood46]

as complicated as that machine is, Evan sure makes it look easy, awesome video Zack, thanks for taking us along..

[@rodchristensen644]

As a fellow Michigander, I loved this video. Thanks Zach

[@bradh7472]

I was born in the U.P. in Houghton County. Some great grandparents came from Finland and settled up there because it reminded them of home. My great grandfather was a major logger of the day up there and sold most of his hardwood logs to Ford Motor Company in the early 1900's. They used the wood for wheels. He knew Henry Ford well. Nothing to brag about just some history I know being from there. We moved from the U.P. to Texas in 1979 because my dad had an opportunity with the job he was working at. They opened another mfg plant. Thank goodness for that! LOL

[@toddbehrends1373]

Is there nothing that you won't try? Thank you for once again bringing us content that is "Interestingly Satisfying."

[@DougsHomestead]

It's amazing what two guys can get done with advanced technology equipment! Thanks for the show!

[@tracyannbanks123_]

It’s really nice to see a planter work with zero issues, Good luck with your harvest

[@tracyannbanks123_]

Id love to know you better Landon, thats only if you dont mind cos you seems to be a nice and very cool person

[@davidsellars646]

Zach and Mack, almost sounds like a radio team. It's great that you do these videos. Just as there are a small percentage of farmers growing food for the many, there are a small number in the forest industry making products for the many. There are over two thousand different types of products that have wood content in them. Lumber and paper are only two of them. As one that spent my college years in the UP, it's also nice to see a bit of it again.

[@LordEisenhower]

Been driving a Ponsse Bear for 5 years in southern Sweden, the strength in those cranes never seize to amaze me. The Finns know what theyre doing.

[@brucebelitz3451]

I've watched more of this kind of thing than I would admit! Amazing technology!

[@SbrGrendel65]

Great to see you in Michigan, the U.P. Is gods country. So much open space and forest everywhere. It’s great to see they found a use for trees who gotten a disease and died. Lots of land owners in Michigan will sell some trees on there land. In those communities jobs are hard to come by or they make less.

[@susangolden4001]

A wonderful machine that makes the industry a little safer. Once again showing us something that teaches what it takes for us to get wood products at our stores. Thanks again. J.Au-en

[@stevenicoson6670]

Thanks for another great video. It was interesting and enjoyable. These loggers have quite the machinery. Wow. Was so interesting. I bet one of those is expensive. Thanks for taking us along. The Iowa Farm Boy.

[@un9250]

At 4:47 It predicts the best lenght of long to cut, by using data that has been researched by smart people on how certain species grow length and diameter wise. the diameter at the base it can detect and then it just kinda predicts the approximate diameter at the end of the log. and then by predetermined charts of log value .it can evaluate if its more economical to cut one longer log or two smaller ones.

[@seanmccomb6343]

My Great Great Grandfather was a lumberjack in Northern Michigan for many years, and when he died, my grandmother said he still had all of the muscle he built from logging after all those years.

[@realkilju]

Ponsse made in finland, so cool to see it in USA

[@tommathews3964]

That was, indeed, oddly satisfying! We have some similar, not quite so sophisticated, logging machinery around the deep south here.

[@DHESS007]

Zach, Great video. Sitting down in that seat with those two joy sticks appeared to be rather intimidating for the first time (they were not simple joy sticks). Evan, great guy. Thanks for showing some of these other jobs that most of us did not know existed. I think the uncle probably was a sharp guy to separate and sort the different cut wood according to type without having the rest of the tree to identify it. Thanks.

[@OctoBooze]

The Ponsse can mark each cut piece with a color denoting its type, if it's a saw log or fiber or anything. Makes life for forwarders a lot easier :)

[@MillennialFarmer]

I couldn't tell the difference between most types of trees/wood out there but Evan knew them all easily. It was cool to see and learn about

[@paxbonum4683]

My grandfather harvested trees a little over 100 years ago in the Lower Peninsula of MI. When I was a teenager and in my early 20s, when I stayed at his house, he would always wake us up like they did when he was cutting lumber... "It's daylight in the swamp!". Very cool video. Hope you can get Onyx to clean the mud off the truck. 😅 God bless and Easter Blessings for all the MF Family.

[@smoothlandin]

Cool to see you out in the woods, logging is a part time venture for me. Harvesters are awesome. Have a tracked buncher and grapple skidder which works well for our land out here. Love hand cutting but mechanized options are faster and safer. Keep em coming Zach, thank you Becky for editing, love the videos.

[@barrygades3066]

Great video Zack....Thanks for having all of us out and your time Evan ✌️

[@Loggermack]

Was my pleasure 👍

[@Dozer04r1]

That was really cool. Thank you for sharing a collaboration with Evan - never thought i'd have an interest in seeing how that works. Pretty cool stuff.

[@joelg8004]

Machine is probably pretty intuitive once you get it down, but to control it the way he does quickly and efficiently probably takes awhile to master. Very impressive!

[@OctoBooze]

It does become second nature after a while yeah. Don't need to think of any of the myriad of buttons or movements, they just happen exactly as you think.

[@williamyoast216]

I literally found myself with my mouth open watching the machine working. The operator has so much skill

[@Padoinky]

Thank you for introducing your audience to this new “oddly satisfying” content. For info on how the NYS Adirondack Mtn Park logging biz worked in the 30s-40s, there are a lot of new-fangled colorized movies depicting life in the isolated logging camps, dropping trees using two-man bow saws, using horse teams to drag them to a river, floating the logs down river to the mill sites, etc. Manly Man work…

[@pauldemeules9927]

Cool video keep the visits to other operations coming. We understand its been a long winter keep up the great work and videos.

[@peggyswander3744]

Always interesting Zack. Thanks. and the fact that you visited the UP I love this video even more.

[@user-zw8ju5kc7i]

Love the vids, Keep up the good work!!!

[@richardburguillos3118]

Really nice. What fun! Thanks for taking us along!

[@zackgeorge2575]

Very interesting video. Thank You!

[@Farmer_phil]

Love watching these machines working, pretty sure there were my first videos i watched on KZbin before the vlogging was a thing😃

[@provisiontech1]

That was a cool video, thanks for sharing with us.

[@esab1670]

Really enjoyed this thank you

[@stevendufresne9994]

Thanks Zach Great Video 👍👍

[@toddherbrand4507]

What a cool video thank you

[@roblonsdale8927]

The master tree feller fella..:) top guy and excellent interview as always Zach

[@Im_not_karen]

This is so cool

[@Bedawson]

I love this.. this is awesome.

[@carysmith9039]

Great video! Hope you had a good trip to Michigan

[@mattderr1013]

Great video Zack. Very interesting

[@discoverykai1547]

your work is great, i love it so much

[@bradpogue3448]

Now that was cool great job Zack

[@anthonybaker9186]

Zack that was a great video

[@randallolson7554]

oddly satisfying as well! loved it

[@viprgaming641]

Hey Zack welcome to my state! I've seen one of those machines up north while riding. Used to call them Scorpian Kings. I've played with them in Farming Simulator too hehe. They are amazing and powerful machines

[@Rx37Legacy]

Ponsse does make a machine called Scorpion King actually 😂

[@OctoBooze]

Scorpion King is a beefed up Scorpion, a wildly different machine to operate but yes it's a harvester from Ponsse as well. The one Zach gets to ride is an Ergo.

[@bryanhubner9848]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. Logger Mac has a new follower. And yeah it is oddly satisfying to watch those machines

[@geraldsundberg3610]

Very interesting Zach! Glad you went out there. This is my type of thing!

[@brucerleech]

go Thank you very much I really enjoy your videos

[@darylcase8400]

Welcome to Michigan! Beautiful country.

[@nashcobb3056]

thank you

[@ericmillergppianoman8611]

Welcome to Michigan! It’s a fascinating state!! And thanks for this very interesting video. We learned a lot today.

[@larrydavidson3402]

Great video Zach, you keep the videos very interesting all year round.

[@garyslinglend994]

That was a great video. You do good work for a farmer.

[@siebedegamer1509]

i like the vids you guys make keep up the good work

[@Heisstrong]

Great job Zach! Evan is awesome! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@pamfyffe6235]

I could watch him for hours...mesmerizing!!!!!

[@ScottySwans]

Awesome video, and glad youve now made it to the Mitten State! Thanks for doing a great job and also naturally explaining the forest lifecycle!

[@waterskiingfool]

I like when you show us different professions. Cool video

[@MrGomjabber]

great content. I watched a lot of the same thing on the family 80 last winter in west central wisconsin.

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@danyoder3534]

That’s so cool Zack. You need one of those on the farm

[@scottmcnabb9122]

Well that was definitely cool never seen one of them Harvesters operate before behined the seens well in the cab good stuff zack cheers .

[@shirleybewley6646]

That was awesome! My Dad and brother were loggers...old style. So fun to watch this, my Dad would have loved that machine! :)

[@bambootherainwing8070]

YOOO MY HOME STATE!!! hope you enjoyed your stay my dude!

[@suechambers5123]

Fascinating..who knew there was such a machine. Thanks, Zack.

[@joeblow7392]

Cool machines..also great ep on Drinking brothers

[@markbranch9804]

Hope get to see some of things around. Picture rocks. Water falls.

[@ipy_osrs]

Fascinating.

[@lowkeytalented2288]

Amazing video Zach!

[@larrykoolmees4634]

AWESOME!!! That pretty much describes this and most of your videos. HAHA Your a very lucky guy. Many of us live vicariously through you. DON'T STOP! thankyou.

[@Farmerjay]

That was sweet to watch

[@jimp.4531]

fun in the deep woods of Michigan, with a new type of TOY,, Great idea.

[@Zfoster59]

This video was awesome.

[@AmericanCountryBros]

Welcome to Michigan!

[@sahholsteins1]

That was cool to watch,.we've seen them up.north in Wisconsin, when we.go on atv trips in the woods

[@stevefunderburgh8852]

Heck Zack, that's the best way to learn, Hands On experience.

[@reum2007]

Your my fav. to watch whats been going on? i dont see the same good old vids from you and i check every day!! Hope to see you guys back in action soon!!

[@ChiefStones]

Zach, I really like your pod casts. I wish you would do more of them.

[@grandauto8750]

awesome vid!

[@micke20]

This was really interesting to see how well you actually did handle a logging harvester once you got behind the controls 👏👏👍😎

[@johnking8679]

WOW, Zach !! - that was sure different from your usual video !! But, still enjoyable !! Thanks for sharing, ol' Buddy !!

[@kfoltz6968]

Welcome to Michigan. The UP is awesome. I personally love it up there.

[@JackFrost-mt5dh]

Aaaaaay that was a great video!

[@robertgiguere7137]

Really like the different industries that you showcase. How about a mushroom farm or a salt mine next. They are harvesting carrots here right now in north Florida.😎

[@almamilk7330]

Thanks for the tour in Louisville. I know lots where down there from Ontario and they say it was amazing.

[@phillipdickinson8557]

That was great logger Mack was great

[@YouTube_Professor]

We carried those cutter rigs from Europe to Baltimore on one of the ships I worked on, pretty cool rigs.

[@jordanbichel6279]

Holly shit Zac you were right in my back yard pretty sure you were out on all the off road trails to funny I actually took my truck mudding out there 3 weeks ago

[@joelkooienga87]

Welcome to MI Zach!! Now you need to make it to the Lower Peninsula and see some of the farming operations we have..

[@stephensabatos898]

Pretty cool to see you out and about Zach getting to meet new people and to try new experiences out . Pretty cool and you were only about an 1½ hr south of me . pretty amazing what those machines can do . Great job 👍

[@sethspring5609]

I've seen those machines in the UP while snowmobiling and always would stop to watch because it's amazing how they can process so many tree so fast. Awesome video showing how it's done!!