Pt 2 Solo Logging on My Timber Land w Farmi Tractor Winch Struggling w Big Incense Cedar Log

I am solo logging on my timber land using a Farmi 501 tractor winch on a Massey Ferguson MF 30 MF 34 tractor. I am using it to yard a large incense cedar log out of a canyon.
This video is part 2. You can watch part one here:
• Pulling Large Incense ...
Part 3:
• Pt. 3 Solo Logging Loa...
This cedar tree came down last winter in a snow storm. I am salvaging it to put it on my Woodmizer LT 15 sawmill to cut into lumber.

[@rickstephens1130]

I enjoy doing this type of logging and it's nice to watch you doing it to. I used to do a lot 😂residential logging and all I had was a 3/4 ton Chevy4x4 pick up. To do this with. And it's incredible to see how much strength we can get from using blocks and cables and chains. Thanks for sharing your videos with us and I am looking forward to seeing your other videos too.

[@terryk3118]

You've done a nice job on these videos. Thanks for taking the time and effort to produce them!

[@westwindcharters9146]

Nicely Done. I enjoyed watching.

[@mikemraz8569]

Thanks for the great video I learned a lot on the winch work that I’ll be using this summer 👍

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thanks for the comment. I hope it helps.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

3/8"s cable? You must have a couple hundred ft of cable on your winch ? That backhoe/ yarder is lit, 😂😂 Love the views you used in this video. A sharp chainsaw is a safe chain saw, thanks for this video one of my favorites. No kidding, lots to learn if your watching closely 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡👌🌲💪💪💪

[@WilsonForestLands]

7/16 cable. It’s of course more durable than the 3/8. It’s also a nice size to work with compared to 3/8 or 1/2. I believe it is 165 feet. I have one that is 220 feet that I can put on if I really need to stretch out. It fills the drum up to the limit so I like to have the 165 on there most of the time when I don’t need the length.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Was it the length of the log making it dig into the earth like that? Sorry for all the questions ⁉️ I find myself watching these over a few times, you better be get me some new ones lol Thanks again for your experience and knowledge 🧡 makes for great video 👌👌🧡

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Find me on Facebook so I can send you pics of some of what I am working on? Or a PM!👍

[@ronaldlarue1107]

That must be some feeling when log stops moving and winch line is still coming in.

[@danielhilden7181]

Great Watching this system. I would suggest a banana style skid plate of steel, with spikes into tree and incorporated into the cable system to slide trees up the hills. A plate with stabilizer skis so it won’t roll. Use your engineering skills to come up with a design if you would like to try it and a way to jack up the tree to get the skid plate under it. Just saying.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I have seen people do things like that with car hoods. I have never tried anything like that myself but it’s a provably good idea. Thanks for the comment.

[@BrentT1964]

It’s like the Assembly line the way your doing it. Your dah man Props 💯✌️🪶🍁

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thank you Brent.

[@marksparkplug7758]

Thanks Wilson, great job, there is alot of lumber in that tree, I sure like my tractor winch.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thanks for the comment Mark. there’s not much to not like about a tractor winch. Actually nothing to not like that I can think of

[@MsdMakingSawDust]

That is one big cedar log, never heard of that type of cedar before. that would be nice to have that type and that big around here and most of all that straight, working solo makes you come up with all kinds of new creative ideals...lol you did a great job getting that up onto the road. thanks for sharing and take care will be waiting to see some of that on the mill.

[@WilsonForestLands]

It only grows in some areas on the west coast. It’s common here but not real well known in much of the country. It’s usually outshined by more common western red cedar and your eastern red cedar. Thanks for watching and I always appreciate your comments.

[@secondgrowthhomes]

Awesome

[@gladebrosi6587]

I appreciate your videos, I’ve got woodland in North Central Washington and one of these days I’m gonna get a sawmill.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Sounds like a beautiful place to have woodland. After getting a sawmill I now know I should have got one long ago.

[@adammoggysawmilling5164]

Beautiful tree well worth the effort

[@WilsonForestLands]

Yep we will see how worth it is once I start cutting it up.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Now I see what you are doing with your cuts when lopping off those 8 foot sections...at first I thought you were missing your bottom cut when doing the top cut but same idea as proper pruning of a branch.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I try to cut them in a way that minimizes tear out and cracking. There was a couple times my top cut and bottom cut didn’t lineup. That was just me being clumsy.

[@gerardfallon9204]

Thanks for the tutorial….I work alone on my wood lot using cables and blocks and am thinking about investing in a skidding winch for my tractor. Do you have any tips on different makes as well as either mechanical or hydraulic? Bsafe

[@stephenwells9698]

Im learning so much from you that i might start logging here in philippines

[@WilsonForestLands]

If you do I hope to see you either videos or pictures. That would be really interesting to see how things are in the Philippines.

[@bcnewfie494]

beauty tree should make some great boards , we don't have cedar here in Northeastern BC Canada few hours south before ya get into em. think we call this type Aromatic Cedar great for building hope chest etc, think we have red and yellow cedar on the coast

[@WilsonForestLands]

We don’t have red or Alaska here. We have to go an hour north or west to get to them. Incense is all we have here. I am not familiar at all with NE BC. I just assume it would be a beautiful place because it is BC.

[@pamherring3015]

Nice work!

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thanks Pam

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Very impressed! I don't think that most people realize how much REAL time it took for that short 12 minute video. Always look simple when watching a video. Dave

[@WilsonForestLands]

I didn’t think most people wanted to watch a two hour long video so I did a bit of editing and made it 12 minutes. A 2 hour job turns into more like a half day job when doing all the video. I enjoy doing it so it’s all worth it. Thanks Dave.

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

@@WilsonForestLands This question has been bugging me for days; is Incest Cedar the result you get when two Cedars of the same family cross-pollinate?

[@WilsonForestLands]

Actually it’s even worse than that. As with every other tree we call a cedar in North America, this one is also not a true cedar. But this one is unique in that it is in its own genus. It’s the only organism that exists in the Calocedrus genus. So not only is it a result of trees pollinating within its own family, within that it can only pollinate with trees in its own genus. But I wouldn’t hold that against it. Sometimes if that’s all you can do, you just have to do what you have to do.

[@Grizz270]

You definitely know more than I do on this so I'm just wondering here .... before cutting the first 8 feet off what if you had of rapped the cable around the log 4 or 5 times to get the log to roll sideways while pulling to get the butt of the log to roll out and up out of the gouge? ...I seen the log rolling towards the end like you did that....cheers

[@WilsonForestLands]

That may have worked but I just decided to take some weight off it. I also wasn’t wanting to pull it to the side when it was that low to avoid making another rut in the hillside. Although I ended up doing it anyway later on. Hard to know which would have been the better way, the way you asked about or the way I did it. It’s a good suggestion and would have worth trying that way too.

[@liampoirier]

how much will the mill pay for all those logs you made out of that tree

[@johnhaug8792]

That was a tall tree!

[@WilsonForestLands]

Yep close to 100 feet tall.

[@gotti5472]

Could you have cut the tail end off it would have dropped the end down more and the top up 😂

[@cascademtman5901]

Do you always work alone? I do half the time. Don't mind it, but it's a lot more work.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I do and it is more work but I don’t have to get as much done if I don’t have to pay someone to help or split the profit. Sometime is nice to work with someone but usually more nice to work at my own pace.

[@PapawMule]

@@WilsonForestLands well done..!

[@sal39759]

Nice tree! Any concerns about a gully washing out in that spot?

[@WilsonForestLands]

Yes considerable concern, so I filled in the ruts and took steps to prevent that. I actually mention that in part 3 which will be out Sunday. Great observation, thanks for the comment.