Tigercat tree cutter cutting trees in extremely steep ground!

Watch Derrick for a while. Working in this ground takes nerves of steel as you'll see, enjoy!
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[@ronaaserude8225]

great angle to show how steep that hillside is Tim, Derrick just owns the buncher whether steep ground or flat

[@bobfidyschorfheide5695]

We have figured out how to watch You tube videos on our new 65" TV.....Boy is this one OUTSTANDING...almost "life size". Keep up the good work Tim.

[@Bigmike3406E]

Those machines are amazing . I’ve ran cats all my life in steep terrain D9s and 10s on hillside jobs in California so I know what it’s like in steep areas and I know that camera doesn’t capture the true angles of the terrain that’s really there . Awesome video and thanks for sharing .

[@msredneck001]

Tim, I sure enjoyed watching that! You have a highly skilled professional crew running some topnotch equipment, gitterdone! It just occurred to me that we are watching probably well over a million dollars worth of equipment run. You and your families hard work and dedication deserve the rewards of success.

[@cotontop3]

+Fishpharmer 2 million wouldn't quite get all of that.

[@msredneck001]

cotontop3 I run out of fingers and toes ;-). Keep up the good work!

[@wemovetheearthjpease]

That buncher not far from a mill

[@stevekeller8818]

I know yall run this stuff for a living but dang yall are good I love watching that stuff thanks for bringing us along

[@brentfrierson9025]

Hey Tim another great video.You Show all aspects of logging.Thats What Makes your videos so good Keep it up.

[@briangardiner1015]

It is amazing how easy a great operator makes it look.

[@cardiackidjones2848]

Working that machine like a BOSS!

[@tknaturescapes7448]

Truly amazing what those machines can do w skilled operators at the controls. Awesome video. You fellas are amazing to watch. Thanks for posting.

[@gannangrace1246]

Killer video tim as always action packed

[@garygriffin2119]

Derrick is a bad mama jammer on that machine this is an awesome video Tim tell your brother he is just cool 😎 you all be careful and God bless you

[@daveschuetrum576]

That was a really good video, Tim! I like watching an overall view. Almost as good as being there.

[@plantearly]

remarkable machine! and obviously a very skilled operator.

[@kevincarver6727]

That is a great video. Really like to watch that kinda action. That takes experience and nerves. But someone will tell you how to do it different. Thanks for sharing

[@damiensmith7304]

We've worked on pretty steep ground but we cut by hand and we only run 2 cable skidders. Nice video, Derrick is pretty slick with that Tigercat.

[@hillsidetreeservice6973]

Nice video that a lot of skill, time in that machine, and some big balls!

[@mitchellisbetterthantom6046]

your my favorite on KZbin

[@raymondhodge3979]

Awesome video of some cool machines, sure does take some nerves of steel to work a hill like that.

[@juniorraines5956]

Good video tim I enjoy it

[@darrellbatchelor9360]

Great video, y'all be safe out there!

[@guystpierre9758]

awesome I use to run a Tigercar 860 c great bunchers and nice passing job to get around that tractor lol👍

[@Ms2mark]

Mad Skills, Big Respect for the 'D-man' Testicles made of Titanium

[@timothyrennosr2451]

Great content!

[@arthurjwatkins3519]

Mr Tim it is amazing to me to watch your guys work man these are good at what they do sure and honor to get to watch these video hopely one day maybe I come and meet you that would Aewsome I have talk to a couple of your drivers they come my town couple of months ago i live in Fayette county well a little town called berry they seen like a good bunch of guys

[@georgebeasley2550]

i agree all or none if i go behind someone else when they have gotten best its gonna cost them big time derrick your the man

[@andrewthomas8192]

that is like mowing the lawn on blade of grass at a time, good video.

[@kjinohio5897]

If it looks that steep on camera it twice as bad in person. Good call on not letting someone else take the gravy and you doing the rest they don't want to do. Companies will exploit you if you cave into doing it for them. Great video Tim.

[@charlesbynum1841]

I really enjoyed that sir waveing at ya from butuan city philippines

[@rickhicks7742]

great video hes doing a good job

[@mikewawrzkiewicz3741]

Steep yea I guess cool stuff Tim Derrick is gettin it done 👍 napa mike

[@KCautodoctor]

Cleaning up for & fixing mistakes of other loggers is a no-win situation. Good to hear that you are firm in the way you handle those situations. Maybe the land owners need to address that issue with better wording in their legal contracts so it states that there are significant financial penalties for leaving trees standing that should have been cut -- that is if they actually even bother with written contracts or just handle awarding jobs by a handshake.

[@MrVailtown]

KCautodoctor my dad always said" if we wasn't good enough be hired the first time, what makes us better this time "

[@boardbysled]

Bunch of guys here in NW Oregon are welding on grouser extensions on the bunchers so that they can cut more and more of that steep ground by machine instead of with hand fallers. We have to same issues mixing the good with the bad. You have to have enough ground based ground to support the cable yarding.

[@jaredskeans5385]

They're doing more then the 8 to 10 inch single bar extensions, they're also doing the cable assist seen it done on a few jobs.

[@boardbysled]

Yup, 50+ tethering machines working or on order in the PNW last I heard.

[@jaredskeans5385]

boardbysled not sure how many are running I know a few guys that have the systems and run them part of the reason is the main company in the area required the setup.

[@drewstacy116]

Cottontop3, How is your brother doing? Hope all is well 🙏🙏. Man, I really enjoy watching your brother butchering those trees👍👍. And I also love watching your videos

[@royriddle9340]

Awesome

[@excavatorfun6265]

wicked ,kick ass vid. and operator

[@cynthiaherr9029]

Hold on Derrick, You'll make it..lol That's real steep there Tim good grief.. Take Care, Have a great day...

[@royceabbottsexcavation3709]

And that's how that's done.👍🏻💪🏻👊🏻

[@stephenhunter70]

He is skilled, I wonder if it would be better to leave it and let it grow some more! yes they will get even taller, but also they will be broader also.

[@alvinroundy6856]

I know that is not easy, but he sure makes it look easy.

[@w056007568]

Oh goodness, what an operator Derrick is with a truly amazing machine. I cannot begin to imagine what the view is in the cab when working such steep slopes especially when it lifts the rear or side of the tracks. I am amazed how stable it is carrying and swivelling with a big heavy tree and what it must feel like sliding down that slope under load! Equally surprising is how well it climbed up that slope when he had finished going down. I have one basic question: Is there a specific reason why he is cutting going down hill rather than reverse or is it just to make it easier to extract the logs up the hill?

[@w056007568]

Thanks for your explanation and reasoning.

[@mikebuffing727]

Dan i had the same thought. Derrick: what's the maximum hillside angle that thing can work?

[@guitarmanz51]

Dan Whiteford I love the

[@jpeveto81]

That's an operator there! My butt would've done chewed that seat all up, there wouldn't be nothing but the springs left.

[@olskoolloggin9761]

That's what i'm talkin' bout!👍👍

[@roncurenton]

Always wanted to do that kind of work. Just never got into it.

[@douglascasey3486]

This is not even close to where I've had these machines. It's a bad spot, but you should have seen some of the places we cut in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and West Virginia.

[@joseffornek8351]

That's steep right there! I couldn't imagine the sensation of riding 90k pounds down a hill. Anyone who works in that ground has my respect. Stupid question: if you have all the trucks loaded, do you help with shoveling the trees up the hill?

[@cotontop3]

+Josef Fornek I will go shovel if it gets a little worse than this hill in this video.

[@JonathanKnighton961]

Is there any kind of machine similar to the skidder that helps hold on to the hills here in MS? Maybe a Tracked version.

[@davids.sharpescpls3075]

Would it be profitable for you to have a little crew separate from your regular logging operations to clean up the wood other loggers left behind. like a clean up crew ?

[@StumpjumperVideosPA]

throw em up or down &c chase with your shovel , that way the buncher don't have to keep goin up & down each tree . we do a lot of ground like that nice work !

[@cotontop3]

+StumpjumperVideos kinda hard to shovel when I was wanting to film the 830 doing his thing at distance.

[@kepplec]

10:53-10:55 track is a little tight and locked up in between the two pads.... that happen often on the cutters?

[@HeroicZ31]

we do that everyday on the west coast

[@rubenmanitowabi5671]

Chainsaw and a cable skidder?

[@SkiffFish21]

hey boss just a question do they make a tracked skidder and if so would it work better on the steep hills like that?

[@jonp4783]

Yes a 527 swing boom cat. Perfect for this stuff we use them on a daily here in southern oregon. Very steep ground will make this stuff look flat

[@jeremytice7774]

Enjoy very much ,just ignore the stupid comments lol.

[@briangardiner1015]

Could you imagine doing that without an upper leveler? You would feel like you were standing on your head.

[@Dylan_LB7]

Does he have to manually tilt the body of that machine or does it just find level as he moves down the hill.

[@cotontop3]

+Dylan Severit he does it

[@gary24752]

Does this land get cleaned up after the clear cutting and replanted?

[@cotontop3]

+gary24752 yes it's replanted in the fall

[@kinghill8]

thats how shes done boys

[@MrVailtown]

6/12 pitch or 7/12 ?

[@arkansas1336]

Tough working conditions, slow but persistent! About how many gallons of fuel do the skidders, loaders, cutters (just on site work) do you average using per day or week? Thanks for showing the less than normal working conditions you have today! ....13

[@KCautodoctor]

Don't forget to also add in the diesel for the log trucks (more expensive due to on-road use tax automatically added at pump versus off-road diesel). And their fuel use is going to be alot more varied due to having to got to different mills for different loads

[@arkansas1336]

KCautodoctor --- I was only asking about the VOLOUMN of fuel they used in their LOGGING SITES' equipment. Although, I'm sure other people are interested in the dollars.

[@vdpeer]

Not to spoil the fun, but what happens to that very steep slope in a heavy rain after it's stripped of cover?

[@cotontop3]

+Dixon Peer you can see if the video that the only thing that's gone is the standing trees. All of the mat that's anywhere from 6-10" deep of old limbs, leaves, straw and fine brush is still there.

[@rugerfarming2529]

I see why he has bad knees because he got on the windshield to keep him in the seat

[@louisnemick317]

I would say that the hair on the back of his head was standing up at times.

[@JDSWeather]

Wow that's scary that'd have me sitting on the edge of my seat

[@flyinghigh9106]

To someone that has never run a buncher before it looks impressive But for the guys that do run them it’s just another day at the office Throw some rocks and snow in there then it would be a challenge That’s good ground with lots of traction

[@cotontop3]

You should be filming and posting on here because you’re missing out on about $3,000 a month for videos like that.

[@kirkjackson8073]

Do they replant those hills?

[@cotontop3]

+Kirk Jackson yes

[@michaelbrown8545]

Gettin it done Tim as always, good timber seams to be a bit thinned out, is this regrowth or has it been thinned out previously ? Cheers mate.

[@cotontop3]

+Michael Brown that tract has never been thinned.

[@michaelbrown8545]

cotontop3 thanks Tim, at least there nice straight sticks, over hear on the central Queensland coast everything leans to the North West or is top heavy on the NW side due to the almost constant SE winds, not much forestry in this area though just state forrest. Cheers again mate.

[@jsteelt12]

I don't understand why manufacturers don't put plows on feller bunchers like you see on mini excavators. It would really increase the capacity and manuverability

[@jayharris9823]

Timberrrrt

[@larrysloskysr5503]

Great . You all half done on job?

[@cotontop3]

+Larry Slosky Sr I think we are now

[@wendelljones8555]

No place for the nimrod! thanks!

[@digbyodell2924]

I take it this is public land? I don't think taking out the understory so the buncher doesn't get hemmed in on steep ground would go over too well otherwise as it sets the next harvest back a decade or two. Unless it's all undesirables growing underneath.

[@cotontop3]

+Digby O'Dell this will be planted and thinned again in 12 years and clear cut again in 22. Here in southeast timber grows fast and it's no different than a farm crop, grow it and mow it again and again.

[@digbyodell2924]

I see, that must be the north side of the hill then or maybe it's just because they were in a hole cuz they look like they're doing a lot of stretching for sunshine.

[@brentmedders]

I bet you're one tired fellow after cutting in a place like that, I'd be exhausted from trying to find the oh crap handle.

[@cotontop3]

+Brenton Medders you are done at the end of the day

[@Brian-gw6di]

Very cool video... That machine is pretty damn cool even though i hate seeing a nice wooded area be destroyed.

[@boardbysled]

It will most likely be replanted with timber to grow another crop, far from 'destroyed.'

[@williamuskoski1385]

Brian 3 i think he said it getting planted in the fall

[@jerrylepisko9826]

why isn't the operator running with his final drives behind him instead of up front.

[@cotontop3]

+Jerry Lepisko you have to run with the drives on the downhill side on any leveler machine because the max tilt is towards the idlers. It tilts more degrees toward the idlers than it does toward the sprockets.

[@jasonrowe268]

I'd hate to be replanting that. You'd keep sliding right down that hill.

[@cotontop3]

+Jason Rowe yeah the planting crew has their work cut out for them

[@wemovetheearthjpease]

Hard to go behind some one else all the easy wood is gone

[@NZ78503]

Could you have a blade on front of Tigercat for stability?

[@bigsmile542]

Be safe on those billy goat hills.

[@robertcurry9496]

that machine is not 90k. its 76500 plus 7500 head 84000k.

[@cotontop3]

+robert curry with all the extra mods ours has on it now, it is right at 90k. We haul it, we know.

[@thomasr.miller5553]

Work SMARTER not HARDER ..What a pucking mess ..