Author Topic: Got on TV! (Read 1394 times)

terrifictimbersllc · « **on:** January 06, 2012, 07:03:02 pm »

My customer called the TV station yesterday and the WFSB Channel 3 news team (Hartford, CBS) showed up while we were sawing. Very impressed with the result not to mention feeling very lucky. Sometimes things work out.

http://www.wfsb.com/video?clipId=6614186&topVideoCatNo=213439&autoStart=true

Buck · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:07:39 pm »

Very nice Dennis. That is some serious advertisement there for you and Woodmizer. Nice!

customsawyer · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:09:40 pm »

It could not have happened to a better guy. That is just awesome. Just a little jealous that it didn't happen to me.

qbilder · « **Reply #3 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:31:05 pm »

Very cool!!!! Good for you

Full Circle · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:44:04 pm »

That is fantastic, Dennis! Congratulations.

Roxie · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:44:16 pm »

Now you are a big star!

bugdust · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:47:33 pm »

Great job, and you defied goofing up in front of the camera. For that, I vote you get a new WM cap. Mine looks about that bad, just no as much oil in the bill. You made us pround.

kelLOGg · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:51:43 pm »

Nice coverage and publicity, Dennis... and we both had the same career before deciding to saw wood.
Bob

jdonovan · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:54:54 pm »

That was an amazingly well done report... you didn't have to pay the station for the advertising did ya?

POSTONLT40HD · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:56:35 pm »

And the crowd went WILD !

rockman · « **Reply #10 on:** January 06, 2012, 07:59:10 pm »

Thats Awsome, Lots of positive points in that piece. I bet your phone has been busy tonight.

Kevin

bugdust · « **Reply #11 on:** January 06, 2012, 08:11:22 pm »

Come on guys, let's shout to Marty, Sparky, and all the guys at WM.

Dennis NEEDS A NEW CAP

clww · « **Reply #12 on:** January 06, 2012, 08:11:36 pm »

Great video and advertising, too!
Good for you, Dennis!

Red Pill · « **Reply #13 on:** January 06, 2012, 08:12:40 pm »

That's outstanding!

ellmoe · « **Reply #14 on:** January 06, 2012, 08:18:45 pm »

That's great. Presented you and sawing in a very favorable light.

Mark

Slingshot · « **Reply #15 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:13:58 pm »

Good shootin' ... I like that kind of stuff.....

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jueston · « **Reply #16 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:24:56 pm »

very well made report, and its great for you, i hope your prepared for all the work this might bring in.

i hope your also ready for all the extremely valueble black walnut yard trees that your going to get calls about buying after she said how much that oak was worth....

trapper · « **Reply #17 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:29:05 pm »

Had a logrite in there also

pnyberg · « **Reply #18 on:** January 06, 2012, 10:37:45 pm »

Excellent work Dennis, congratulations. I'm sure this will help you, but it's my opinion that anything that reminds people that portable sawmills exist help all of us.

--Peter

cypresskayaksllc · « **Reply #19 on:** January 06, 2012, 10:41:23 pm »

maybe its time to move to hollywood. Do you have an agent yet? Nice

WDH · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2012, 12:09:36 am »

That was well done! If I did not have a mill and if I did not live 900 miles away, I would call you to cut lumber for me

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nomad · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2012, 07:16:25 am »

Well done interviews, and a really nicely done video too. Great!!!

Chuck White · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2012, 07:20:58 am »

Nice presentation Dennis.

That video news cast should land you lots of jobs.

Mooney · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:22:18 am »

I think I can handle a hat

Great job! It's already embedded on woodmizer.com!

redbeard · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:47:26 pm »

Very nice. Good job Dennis you are a natural in front of the camera.

terrifictimbersllc · « **Reply #25 on:** January 08, 2012, 12:16:38 pm »

I am very, very grateful for all of your kind comments, and for arranging a new WM hat. Just don't think that means I will throw out the old one!

Most of you commented on the quality of this news clip. Exactly. I can't get over the professionalism and skill of the WFSB Channel 3 Hartford Eyewitness news team who produced this video about an unusual subject, cutting logs into lumber with a portable sawmill, after snow and wind took down a lot full of trees, and still got everything right. Except maybe not that I'd finish all those logs in another day.

And to my customer, who arranged the coverage at their own initiative, to help me out. And who also arranged the whole situation and provided the content, including perfect stacks of lumber and logs. Monk could not have done the latter two better.

Someone was looking over me that day. At the beginning of the video, there was that log rolling (or should I say falling) down from the top of the pile, right onto the loading arms. YIKES, I was thinking.

And I'm not prone to giving sound bites, but a few lines still came out right. And, in front of the camera, I managed to cut a 12' hemlock into a perfect 8x8 and one side piece of lumber with 5 cuts. The morning started with difficulty of either ice or air in the diesel lines. And not too long after the reporters left, the hydraulic micro switch failed but I had a replacement and didn't drop any of the tiny nuts or bolts, and my fat cold fingers still got things back together.

Anyway, sometimes things work out even better than one expects.

Lance T · « **Reply #26 on:** January 09, 2012, 08:54:43 am »

Great Clip!

moosehunter · « **Reply #27 on:** January 09, 2012, 04:15:02 pm »

I was wondering how you managed to get that log to fall onto the loading arms!! If it had been me it woulda kicked sideways and broken something

Nice piece of free advertising!

mh

dgdrls · « **Reply #28 on:** January 09, 2012, 06:13:19 pm »

Well done Dennis!!

Best regards

DGDrls

WDH · « **Reply #29 on:** January 09, 2012, 09:57:41 pm »

Actually, I was impressed with the log rolling onto the loading arms! I did not realize that it was serendipity

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zopi · « **Reply #30 on:** January 10, 2012, 11:07:46 am »

Hey, mista! Can I have youah autograph?

Riggs · « **Reply #31 on:** January 10, 2012, 12:33:19 pm »

Great story, I'll admit, I went back and watched again, just to see how bad the hat was...

rockman · « **Reply #32 on:** January 17, 2012, 09:42:50 am »

Terrifictimbersllc, Just curious if the exposure brought any new business? I'll be suprised if it didn't.

Kevin

terrifictimbersllc · « **Reply #33 on:** January 17, 2012, 10:29:39 am »

I got one call within 5 min of the segment being aired, she had trees still standing. Exchanged voice mails so far. I've run into a half dozen people who saw it on the news, one who had trees and was thinking about wood. I think its main value will be in using the link in email and on my web site to let people see me & the sawing process & hope they tell others. Callers coming in via my web site seem to like it. Time will tell.

Magicman · « **Reply #34 on:** January 17, 2012, 11:45:48 am »

You will benefit from public exposure such as that for years to come.

I love free advertisement.

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Author Topic: Got on TV! (Read 1394 times)