Logging as is was/is?

[CharlyBonifaz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lQqdmjlxMJw

no translation for the language;
film was produced in Austria; from 6 mills, there is only one left working;
it takes about half an hour to cut that tree down; it takes about an hour or two to cut that tree to boards
they stopped working the first day because it started to rain and the snow became too soft to transport the logs

[Rick Alger]

Thanks, Charly. I really enjoyed this.

[Rod44]

That is great. Sure like those chunky horses and the sleight bells. Have to look for a set like that.

[Pete Jesse]

Thanks for posting this.
There are days I think my chain saw is hard work.
A question:
at 12:41 during the video they are hooking up the bridle chain, it appears to be on the back bob. Is this correct? What advantage is there to having it on the back bob?

[mitchmaine]

thank you charly, i really enjoyed this. the hand tools put a much different pace to the job. the work becomes human again. i noticed the sawyer is missing a finger, they sure do eat alot. thanks again.

[Scott G]

Thanks Charly. I really enjoy these older vids. We can all learn much from them…

[CharlyBonifaz]

@Pete & Jesse 38612 wrote:

at 12:41 during the video they are hooking up the bridle chain, it appears to be on the back bob. Is this correct? What advantage is there to having it on the back bob?

it is the back one;
no they don’t explain, they just say because there is a steep way ahead they put it there and it can be kicked off during motion.

at 7.15 they mark the stump with a cross: that’s to keep the bad spirits away

[Rick Alger]

The bridle is on the back on my set of sleds. I thought that’s how they all were. Seems like you’d have a potential jackknife problem if the bridle was on the front bob.

[Jay]

I agree with Rick – the bridle chain on the back bob makes for less chance of jackknifing. Fascinating video. Interesting one handed driving of both the team and the single at times. Tools in great shape by the looks…. Jay

[Eli]

Thanks for posting love the video.

[Does’ Leap]

Great video, thank you. I really enjoyed the community aspect of it. I mainly work in the woods by myself but have recently been trading a day a week with a friend who bought a team. Working with others (horses included) builds a bond like no other.

It looked to me like the main team had no britchens (the single did). Did I see that correctly? If so, are they just relying on bridle chains for holding back the load. Also, they have a quick shot of where the single trees are attached to the main evener. It looked to be a ring with a sort of “T” inserted – I assume a sort of quick release. Charly, do you have any other info or pictures on this system? Looks like it would sure beat trying to unscrew a frozen clevis when you want to split of a single while logging.

Thanks again.

George

[CharlyBonifaz]

It looked to be a ring with a sort of “T” inserted – I assume a sort of quick release. Charly, do you have any other info or pictures on this system?

just a simple toggle system from what I could see

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