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Thinking about upgrading your chainsaw?

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Mercellus Bohren

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May 18, 2017, 4:08:54 PM5/18/17
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https://i.imgur.com/QXaORxD.gifv

GrtArtiste

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May 18, 2017, 4:32:41 PM5/18/17
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On 5/18/2017 4:08 PM, Mercellus Bohren wrote:
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> https://i.imgur.com/QXaORxD.gifv
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Very nice!...But can it do the same to an Oval Office???

GrtArtiste

xyzzy

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May 18, 2017, 5:53:16 PM5/18/17
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The columns of the collonade would be short work for that thing.

Ken Olson

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May 18, 2017, 6:16:27 PM5/18/17
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On 5/18/2017 5:53 PM, xyzzy wrote:
> The columns of the collonade would be short work for that thing.
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Check this out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t06LbvE3CI

agavi...@gmail.com

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May 18, 2017, 10:16:29 PM5/18/17
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That's my brother's kind of stuff.

xyzzy

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May 19, 2017, 9:44:39 AM5/19/17
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Remember when all those logger shows were on Discovery? Swamp Loggers, Axe Men, a few others I forget? Yeah I watched them. Lots of cool equipment.

agavi...@gmail.com

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May 19, 2017, 10:15:21 AM5/19/17
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When my dad grew up, logging crews were entire camps, families and all, manning axes and crosscut saws. When I grew up logging crews were 20 men on the ground with chain saws, a few skidded drivers and cable men, a man operating a lumber/trimmer and loader.

Now it's 2-4 men in cutters that limb and trim and skidded/loaders. All in air conditioned cabs. No heat, fire ants, or poisonous snakes/plants.

His average sale on a piece of equipment is on the $200-350k range. They have service trucks running all over the southeast.

The volume of wood they run through chip mills is incredible. Timber is a cool industry these days.

xyzzy

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May 19, 2017, 10:39:14 AM5/19/17
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On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 10:15:21 AM UTC-4, the_andr...@yahoo.com wrote:
> When my dad grew up, logging crews were entire camps, families and all, manning axes and crosscut saws. When I grew up logging crews were 20 men on the ground with chain saws, a few skidded drivers and cable men, a man operating a lumber/trimmer and loader.
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> Now it's 2-4 men in cutters that limb and trim and skidded/loaders. All in air conditioned cabs. No heat, fire ants, or poisonous snakes/plants.

Automation's effect on blue collar jobs strikes again.

> His average sale on a piece of equipment is on the $200-350k range. They have service trucks running all over the southeast.
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> The volume of wood they run through chip mills is incredible. Timber is a cool industry these days.

In the last month a whole bunch of logging operations have started up in my area. Some of it is prelude to development but I think most of it is just time to harvest the trees.

agavi...@gmail.com

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May 19, 2017, 12:36:29 PM5/19/17
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That automation brings a better blue collar job thought doesn't it. You're much better off working in a factory building heavy equipment than standing on the forest floor waiting to die from a timber accident.

I had two uncles that spent their lives in timber. One lost a hand and the other had a scar the length of his head from a truck when a tire exploded.

All that said, working in the forest is pretty nice in late fall and early spring
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