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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 28, 2019 - 07:32am PT
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HV, where the hell is Llatikcuf Washington?
I actually worked for Olsen and Miller in 1973. I replaced a guy who had been killed when he was sucked into a yarder guy-wire drum. Apparently the operator wasn’t paying attention.
I’ve been through Forks a few times in the past decade. My how that place has changed. Many of the mainstay businesses have closed. Most of the restaurants and bars are gone. The highway used to be littered with shake mills. Now only a couple remain. The town got a revival when the Twilight TV series was being filmed there but that has faded away.
Everything changes and everything stays the same. You gotta learn to roll with it or you’re gonna be one of those guys sitting on a bench staring out to sea thinking about the days he spent sailing on the big ships disappearing over the horizon... Hey wait! That’s me!
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 28, 2019 - 08:28am PT
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Llatikcuf? you must be reading left to right, don
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Apr 28, 2019 - 09:08am PT
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Don,
It must of been a real comfort for you to go to work under that same inattentive yarder operator who waxed a dude the week before. I only filled in a few times for a chaser, but just enough to know that I never wanted that job. Way too much opportunity for someone else to inadvertently kill you.
Forks found out like any other place that wore the title of Timber capitol of the world that it is only a crown you get to wear for the brief period that it takes you to log it out.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 28, 2019 - 09:20am PT
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Realtors work cheap in Forks.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 28, 2019 - 09:23am PT
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Hooblie- Hahahaha! I see it now. I may be slow, but I’m dumb to make up for it!! Hahahaha!!!
Reilly- Don’t kid yourself- there are some very expensive properties around Forks.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 28, 2019 - 09:35am PT
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LOL Realtor.com has 2 homes listed within 10 miles of Forks. The priciest is 389K.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 28, 2019 - 01:19pm PT
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It’s all relative, Mr Moss. I momentarily forgot that you live in an overpriced California area. There’s a house about a half a mile from my Tahoe house that’s on the market for $75 million. If that’s too pricey, there’s one even closer for $39,750,000.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Apr 29, 2019 - 03:00pm PT
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I have never tried this before and you experts were no help.
A chair:
I'll clean it up with one of those chainsaw grinder wheels by Lancelot. Maybe I'll put some spar varnish or oil on it. We have dark skies here and this faces east away from the lights of town.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 29, 2019 - 03:02pm PT
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Very Nice.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 29, 2019 - 04:02pm PT
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See, you needed us like you needed a hole in yer head. Good werk.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Apr 30, 2019 - 06:05am PT
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It was fun carving that chair but still work. For you guys that used a chainsaw for work, my respect.
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donald perry
Trad climber
kearny, NJ
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Apr 30, 2019 - 06:11am PT
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Use a rat-tale file for crying out loud. Make sure you have a box of new files. Learn how to pull the file backwards. protect your self by covering the exposed teeth you are not filing with a glove. You have to learn how to push down HARD.
The only time you need a grinder is if you are cutting out roots all day out of rocks. Otherwise a grinder is obsolete.
I am an tree business owner for decades, so I know what the I am talking about. So don't question me or I may need to make a video and you will not like it.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Apr 30, 2019 - 06:20am PT
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Otherwise a grinder is obsolete.
I use a file to sharpen. The grinder attachment is one of those wheels with a chain on it for shaping the stump. Or where you talking to someone else?
Post a video. I would like to see it. I can appreciate a pro at work. I am a total rookie with a chainsaw.
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 30, 2019 - 07:27am PT
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donald perry -- "I am a tree business owner for decades, so I know what I am talking about."
You do?
Apparently, you missed that one by a mile ....lol
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Apr 30, 2019 - 07:43am PT
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lol. I think it was an honest mistake. He is right about those grinder sharpeners. Those little chainsaw wheels for an angle grinder is not something I imagine a tree service guy would use on the job, but I could be wrong. They seem to work pretty good for some rough wood shaping. Anyone here ever use one?
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 30, 2019 - 07:50am PT
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I know it was an honest mistake.
Just wanted to rib him for it for fun .....:-)
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Apr 30, 2019 - 08:03am PT
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My little brother started a tree service business last year after spending a career behind a desk. He says it is fun but very stressful. Hard to find good help and keep them. He got me that chainsaw. He is also a great source for wood.
I'm kind of curious Mr. Perry, how did you do in your business? Make a good living? How many employees? I imagine back East you come across more hardwood than in say the Portland area. Did you just do the tree work or did you do firewood or milling or other wood processing?
The log behind the dog is the section above the stump that I carved. It is 5 feet long and 25-27" in diameter. After I cut a couple rings off it for some projects I'm going to play around with carving it. Any suggestions? I'm not in those cutesy animal sculptures, more into furniture.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 30, 2019 - 08:41am PT
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Turn it horizontal and make a bench. You’ll have to get creative with the legs,
but what else do you have to do? 😉
(If it were me the chunk you cut out for the seat would probably do nicely for legs)
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Apr 30, 2019 - 08:47am PT
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Chunks not chunk. There were a bunch of knots so I had to go back and make a few more cuts to break it up. I didn't feel safe making a cut from the top to get it out in one piece.
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donald perry
Trad climber
kearny, NJ
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Apr 30, 2019 - 04:26pm PT
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[photo That's my son sitting in the skidder.
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