Processing Trees To Logs

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[@asarand]

Man, Chris! For a first timer on these logging machines you sure make it look easy! Lol

[@silentepsilon888]

I could watch this all day long without getting bored.

[@GlobalistJuice]

Impressive operation. And to think, now there is a single machine that does all of it, cut the tree, delimb the log, cut to length and stack - and does it all from the first initial grapple's wrap around the tree.

[@63256325N]

The fellow running the knuckle loader looks like he's had a bit of time on the controls. Very smooth, impressive. Enjoyed watching that. 😁 Thanks for the video. 👍

[@cathiwim]

Duncan Mac which machine is the knuckle loader?

[@capefearlogger6773]

That cutter man got some skills .. 👀

[@williamkennison1981]

Awesome video! I also work in the woods alone with a tractor, winch, and chainsaw. I cut 2 trees today! Took all day to process them. Filed my saw 4 times. Bugs are biting like crazy! Fun though!!

[@jimcraig5208]

That logging bring s back slot of memories. Use to watch them when I was a kid growing up in the 60s thanks for the video

[@ronniespikes9089]

I really enjoyed this video. You did a very good job showing other aspects of your everyday job. Keep up the good work!

[@SailorAllan]

love learning stuff from your channel---would have been nice for you to explain the sorting process going on there......

[@regsparkes6507]

Interesting stuff to watch,..thanks for the the twenty minutes of really interesting processing. I always think, " what great smells,..tree sap, diesel smoke and hot oils, everywhere! LOL!

[@johnapel2856]

That's really cool. Never seen any of that done. Thanks.

[@thepotterer3726]

Clear felling and then removing the stumps seems to be a lot more effective and produces a greater amount of usable timber.

[@waynetharp]

They have some nice equipment and great operators! Thanks for video!

[@steelhorse4524]

You’re ready to hire Stevie from Logger Wade now. Lol I remember that phone call it was hilarious

[@arkansas1336]

A logging video is always a good video, thanks!

[@stevengullison5123]

Good afternoon I have worked in the woods all my life, but never seen any of the equipment work. Thank you for sharing

[@dwightjones5826]

That will be a hell of a job cleaning up all those stumps

[@blackdogexcavator21]

That dude running the loader has got some skills! You know someone is good at something when they make you say "I could do that". (I cant though). Cool video.

[@brianwebber7168]

Will and his crew move pretty fast with you there stupervising😂👍

[@donbraden8533]

Nice video Chris now I know how that processing is done 😎👍👍

[@mischef18]

Enjoyed this video bro and look forward to your team doing what you do.

[@axecuttimber8307]

Good job guys !!!

[@markbridle9329]

Great video Chris

[@Forestryman707]

Oh there is gunna be a good stumping video coming up

[@countrytv645]

This is right down the street from my farm!

[@snazzyusername]

Fastest buck saw I've ever seen...makes me realize how slows ours is.

[@capefearlogger6773]

Jason Jeffers I was thinking the same thing . That things turnin boy.

[@markbrown6236]

Thanks for filming that.

[@t4rules]

Your woodprocessing is very different from ours i Sweden. Nice video..

[@dfgyuhdd]

This is just lot clearing. The wood production industry is a little more streamlined than this.

[@46rambo49]

send us some rain, lake Powell and Havasu are way down, Vegas can use the water too! I have a Husky 265, running strong for 30 years

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Damn loggers just throw things everywhere. Chris will get aggravated. Lol God bless

[@oz1vlh]

Really impressiv

[@phillipjones3342]

I would like to know the thought process of dividing the wood some narrative would help love your videos

[@williamuskoski1385]

Sorting by saw logs pulp wood and theres a few others. Has to do with quality of the timber and size. Also how many knots etc

[@melissareynolds8691]

❤❤❤

[@trickmytractor7187]

Level ground, straight pine trees That would be viewed as gravy train work here in Ky 👍

[@alansmith4734]

Would this be considered a butcher shop tour video to a Vegan?

[@FishFind3000]

Alan Smith nobody is eating it tho I don’t think so

[@vhostovich]

Your getting to be another cottontop3. : )

[@stokeburner6730]

O' boy dont miss a beat on that claw does he?

[@thunderstruck1078]

Good folk.

[@carlparker3562]

Them loggers have a blast in the mud don’t they 😂

[@mandy8211]

Probably need to sharpen that cutoff chain saw blade!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Nice wood

[@blackdogexcavator21]

I hope Mr. EliteEarthworks doesn't see this. Its never good when your wife admires someone else's wood.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Jeff Younts 😂😂😂

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Jeff Younts I’m not worried 😎😂

[@blackdogexcavator21]

@@eliteearthworksllc I admire a guy that has confidence. You da man.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Elite Earthworks LLC you shouldn’t be 😘

[@montanaidol6377]

I’m trying to start doing some stumping of property. Would you have any advice to someone young and new trying to get in this industry?

[@Todd.Roberts]

I have always wanted to run a skidder but never had the chance

[@jonathandesselle4464]

Skidder needs to make a delimbing gate out of wood and bk logs threw...make it way easier on loader op.

[@TrailTrackers]

I know a lot about excavating, but I know nothing about logging. It's cool to see these guys doing what they do. I just wish you would have had that guy explain what he was doing with those different piles of logs. Like what the heck is "pulp wood". I imagine that's wood that's gonna get turned into paper? The next video you do of these guys, please have them explain why certain logs go into certain piles. All that wood pretty much looked the same to me except the smaller stuff that was clearly not gonna get turned into boards.

[@pirox2720]

TrailTrackers each type of tree is used for different purposes some of those will be hardwood some are pine and others are another type of softwood as for the piles it's easier to sort now then try and sort things when they are trying to load the trucks

[@operatorfpv7277]

Ya, it looks like chaos for sure. I am not experienced in this industry either. My GUESS would be, too small for boards, bends, and good boards in different tree types. All 3 operators, feller, skidder, and processor are trying to sort different piles to make the plant more efficient. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@cathiwim]

TrailTrackers if you watch this carefully you will see they have one big pile to the right of the cutting machine(im thinking pine for lumber), the longest skinny stuff goes in the tallest left hand pile for pulpwood, and i think the pile to the left of it is hardwoods for lumber. How close was i, Chris?

[@jimmyturner3715]

Thought I was watching #cotontop3 for a sec lol

[@KPearce57]

#cottontop3 would have had the 4 acres done before they even got the saw set up.

[@williamuskoski1385]

@@KPearce57 one to many ts

[@louisianadirt2188]

Lol I couldn't handle being a logger everything look disorganized and messed up, nothing's clean and pretty.i like find dirt work and dressed out when we leave! Lol Stay safe Dwayne

[@airsoftsnipes100]

better watch out, andrew camarata is on the come up

[@thepotterer3726]

I couldn't hear what the operator said when you asked, "what's the plan for that one"?

[@vhs071809]

"We'll get the chainsaw out on that one...." I can only assume it's due to the limb/branch size not being able to pulled through the red de-brancher 👍🏼

[@csnelling4]

👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@rdukes5779]

Lumber is probably gonna end up at a Georgia Pacific plant

[@frankdavidson9675]

i was in home depot 2 days ago 2x4 x8 treated @9.95 each i feel sorry for builders hardly any ones working----- here in the south the woods are full big pine trees yet we get lumber from canada and ply wood from sweden ????????????

[@willthompson6692]

I think we need a video of you running the loader

[@letsdig18]

maybe a prentice someone just bought? lol

[@willthompson6692]

Ha come on

[@tito192]

John Deere #1 Tiger cat #2

[@jonathandesselle4464]

O boy on loader is pretty good... But skidder sitting to much...to many swings with loader...pile wood in ground saw..cut..pile...cut pile...should have 5-6 logs cut b4 swinging logs into pile..

[@douglasgrimes8974]

More. Videos of this

[@spokraket4236]

Ah yes that age old question, are you a stihl or husquarna fan. The correct answer is yes.

[@MrFakit]

Silly Cat, logs are for Tiger . . . Cats

[@jamesevans938]

New business venture Guins Excavating and logging service

[@maineman11]

Better than Wade.

[@miiigi]

One word PONSSE!

[@MrHowieZ1973]

Cutting down trees like this should be outlawed. The carbon footprint is off that charts. Short term gain for long term pain to the earth. You have a right to make a living but you don't have a right to kill the planet for it.

[@silentcaos]

aww how cute, look at the baby cutter, you should see the man size wood slashers up here in MN.

[@alanfarenden9378]

Put them on you tube then.

[@silentcaos]

@@alanfarenden9378 next time I am out with the loggers I will get a good pic for you, the slasher blades they use up here are over 8' dia. diamond tip teeth and cut 5 to 6 trees at once in about one second. it would make a cool video for sure....

[@michaelb.5345]

That crew don’t mess around or were they trying to impress you Chris...

[@benjaminnothing3873]

Why do america do logging 10 times harder just get two equipment one that cuts down threes and branch them and cut them into logs then one that drives them out to a road where a log truck with its own arm that can load the logs on its own trailer

[@operatorfpv7277]

Americans like using tons of equipment. Honestly, this is relatively bare bones compared to some operations. His plant is set up to make easy access to load out. We also dont like spread out trucking, so this is to get a ton of trucks all at once. The process you are talking about is more for remote locations without a lot of truck access.

[@davidmathay7117]

Also redundancy. A multipurpose piece of equipment breaks down, you lose all the uses of that piece. A single use piece of equipment can be made up for in the short term. Say the feller breaks down. While its being fixed, the processor and skidder can still run. And you can manually cut the trees down with a chainsaw. Yes, it takes longer but work is still getting done.

[@benjaminnothing3873]

David Mathay well we work faster and cut down logs faster here even if we have a few hours down time so i dont see the point in doing it the way america does it but i mean its america i have nothing else to say

[@operatorfpv7277]

@@benjaminnothing3873 keep in mind, letsdig18 showed us a video of his first 20 minutes on that felling machine. A good operator can cut an insane amount of wood in a day. That skidded is dragging 3 full size pine trees per trip. That plant is making one mess of limbs in one location. We aren't saying any of them are the most efficient at the whole process. We are saying the volume per hour is what they are after, and they are good at it, as a whole. The single excavator attatchment you are talking about is very cool, and very good at making road width cuts thru the woods. The field size cut like this, I dont think it can keep up. Now, I would love to see a side by side on video and in fuel consumption and hours worked to complete. It is possibly very close. It could possibly be worlds apart. Idk. Either way, we love your method as well, we are just explaining that this is faster in daylight hours vs the feller/plant combo attatchment.

[@hotrodhog2170]

Seemed like there is a lot of wasted movement On that cutter/sorter machine. Moving that arm back and forth while not doing anything. Informative video though.

[@makingithappen9722]

It seems cumbersome. Why not have a machine that folds, removes the branches and cuts in the right lengths. And one machine that drives out the logs to the road and then the truck driver loads the timber truck himself?

[@letsdig18]

That's still 3 machines just like what we have here

[@makingithappen9722]

@@letsdig18 Just 2. One machin folds, removes the branches and cuts in the right lengths One machine drives out the logs to the road The truckdriver is loading his truck. But he is there 4 u 2.

[@operatorfpv7277]

Our 'merican truck drivers usually will sit in the truck and wait to be loaded. It's more efficient if you have a practiced, experienced operator staying in the loader and loading the trucks than the drivers who aren't experienced with the machinery loading themselves. Trucks with loading equipment attatched are more expensive than trucks that carry stuff. Also, piles change. It takes a well trained driver to actually look at something and recognize it as pine, oak, etc. Instead of strap, strap, stop sign, signal, PRIUS!!!!

[@makingithappen9722]

@@operatorfpv7277 Well, we do so in Sweden and have done so since the end of the 70's. Your system was abandoned about mid-70s. It was considered uneconomical.

[@operatorfpv7277]

@@makingithappen9722 agreed, it costs more in fuel, but is faster volume wise. This is a speed system. Get in, cut, get out. We have a huge area of open country that is usually relatively flat and attatched by fairly straight and flat roads. Where #letsdig18 is, it's miles and miles of flat, wooded area that is turning into patches of farms. I wouldn't be surprised if their truck drivers cover enough distance per load to need 20 drivers or more on tap to keep a loader busy.

[@mitchellconant9336]

Not first

[@shawnjerome8599]

First

[@jasonjones6328]

You get no respect points for using clips for the same videos..;)

[@letsdig18]

that 30 second clip was needed to explain these logging series

[@wesleyboyd1810]

Saw logs long pulpwood and short pulp wood and hardwood

[@buddyday6254]

Different from usual but very informative. Great job Chris