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Participantthat is good George. I’ve used a needle before but have lost several off equipment- running over with a dozer track, so I don’t have any now. My next step will likely be a rope like you have on the left for and a few pulleys.
ParticipantI call it a slip hook. I’ve gotten a lot of use out of a 20′ chain with a slip hook on one end and a grab hook on the other. I choker something I cant reach easy, and can hook the grab hook anywhere to set the length of the chain.
ParticipantCongrats to Brad Teeter for winning the Gathering contest today. The look on his face as the announcer read off results from last to first and didn’t say his name until the end. I think the beards had something to do with it.
Congrats Brad!
ParticipantI would like to try to be a part of that harvest, and this model.
ParticipantI am one of those future operators I believe. When my teaching job becomes less sustainable I look to draft powered forestry to be part of a large pillar of a diversified farm plan. Having taken all GOL levels, attended workshops, and harvesting my own timber and firewood, I think I’m ready. The business side of it intrigues and scares me at the same time.
As an educator I’d love to put together a rotation of sustainable skills courses to offer at a dedicated learning facility in the Connecticut River Valley. I may have such a site available soon. I imagine people could come stay for the length of each course (variable length), choosing what course(s) interest them, and returning for multiple courses to maybe earn a certificate in certain trades. I would try to be the middle man bringing together interested learners and professionals from their field, designing curriculum to mesh the two, (and selfishly learning a lot along the way.)
That’s my pipe dream, but either way you’ll see me in the woods at some point soon.
To that end, if there’s a job I can help out on in late July/early August I’ll have almost a month free, a team, arch, and gear. I’d love to be the greenhorn on a real job in order to get a better feel for that vs/ weekend warrioring.I’m going to keep watching how all of this emerges and will lend my support.
ParticipantYup,
I’d like to buy a used arch. 2×4 or 2×6. I have cash and transport capability. Will you folks kindly keep an eye out for me. If you hear of any deals let me know?
Thanks, JayParticipantI;m sure we have met then. I was at the last cultivation demo. We’re running another one this year too. Congrats on making the transition from interns to running your own show. I’m still just a weekend warrior working as a teacher too. Lots of carriage work for me and my own logging, plowing, and cultivating at a very limited level of garden work. If ever you need a good team and a hand I’d be glad to come over, or help out as needed. I’d like to come over and visit anyway.
JayParticipantI’ll be boiling all weekend. Different spiles this year and I’ve got almost 300 gallons to boil. Time to start looking for an evaporator…
ParticipantParticipantI teach environmental studies at the high school level and cannot possibly hope to keep up with the scientific literature, so I quite often send the students out to literature review and have them report back to the class, after I’ve gone over the basics.
One statistic stuck in my mind from last week. In the 1950s the ratio of record hot days to record cold days was 1:1. There was extreme weather, yes, but in both directions. For the decade 2000-2010 the ratio of record hot days to record cold days was 10:1, with most of the increase in record hot days coming since the 80s. I expect we’ll continue to see more frequent intense weather events.
Can anybody answer to how this is affecting conventional machine loggers? If we are having trouble in the woods with our light kits, are they even getting out this year? They have a lot more overhead to pay too, how are they managing? Just curious.
ParticipantThere is a chance that we will host a game of logging class just before the annual gathering this year if there are enough interested people. In Charlestown, NH in Sept or Oct. Levels 1 &2 or higher if there’s enough participation.
ParticipantI’m in.
Participantme too
ParticipantBuy more moveable panels than you think you need. Twice as much. I have John Lyons panels- they rock. Bigger and heavier than standard gates and 6 will link up into a nice strong catch pen. Move it to pasture, catch cows, back up trailer to panels, load cows. I’ve done this in many fields among the farms I graze at. I also have some bolted to my barn to make a “maximum security” catch pen with stall access sometimes used as a creep for calves.
I built a roof over my headlocks and a roofed round bale feeder and both have drastically reduced food waste. They are skippable moveable too. Even if you are in a permanent spot it’s nice to be able to move things around as needed.ParticipantFrozen in the morning, muddy by noon, and that’s just the barn yard. It’s a great place to sprain an ankle in the morning. I imagine high impact areas like your landings are much worse. I hope it gets cold for you soon.
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