Safely Back from SAWLEX

[maple flats]

Lets have all members post their safe return home from SAWLEX. I got in at 7:00 pm after a 6.5 hr drive. No problems to report. SAWLEX was great. Congratulations to Baker and Woodmiser for impressive times in the shootout with their BIG mills (50+ horse diesel). Peterson, 27 horse KOHLER, (Chris Browne from Peterson and our own Captain), you did great against the big mills that cost 2x what you were using, great time)
I got a weather report that it would likely be dry at home and had to cut out at 12:30 so I could get some work done tomorrow. Lets hear from the rest, hope you ALL have a safe trip home. It was great meeting so many of you face to face.
Maple Flats  Home safely 8) 8) 8) from SAWLEX

[maple flats]

Forgot to mention. On the trip home 2 cars passed me at about 75 and were passing most others on
I- 90. A few miles later I saw them in the median with wrecked cars but it looked like they were just shook up, hope so. Looked like a tractor trailer stopped and a full size van, couldn't see if either of those were involved or just stopped to help (or maybe stopped to clean their britches)

[Quartlow]

Well I've been home safe, but then again I only have a 45 minute drive  :D

[populus]

We made it home a few minutes ago, record time. Thanks for a great time, everyone!

[Ron Wenrich]

Made it home @ about 9:15 PM.  The drive back was better then the drive out.  Better weather and a different route that was 20 miles shorter. 

Note to self:  don't trust the milage or time figures that Mapquest spits out.

[gmmills]

   I've also been home for quite a while now. Even closer than Quartlow. It only took me 12 minutes.

[maple flats]

Hey gmmills, where did you stay that fer from home? :D

[fstedy]

 8) 8) 8) Made it home OK 6hrs. 15 min. traffic was really moving. Had a great time meeting everyone and the exibits at Sawlex.

[Furby]

Home at 12:12am, right on 5hrs. 30 min. of road time!

[Roxie]

Cowboy Bob and I are safely back at the ranch!   :D  The trip up was 7 hours, but we made it home in 6......ol Bob was scratching his head wondering what the difference was until I pointed out the trip home was all downhill (literally)! 
We had so much fun and it was so wonderful to be standing and talking to best friends you never met! 
I also want to personally thank Captain and Kevin for coming up with such an outstanding idea! 
Oh...and Jeff...thanks for the earrings!   ;)

[dewwood]

Got home last evening, good trip, good show and lots of old and new friends.

[neslrite]

Tamiam and I are home safe.

By the way Kirk Allen, on the way we found these great new M & Ms they were strange star war colors and tasted different too.  Maybe Spanky the Monkey would like them.

Kevin

[Tam-i-am]

It was a long ride home but we are back safe.

The show was great!  Met lots of FF members.  What a great way to start my summer vacation and get back onto the forum!

Can't wait for the PigRoast!

Tammy

[RMay]

Made it home this morning about ten  ;D 1015 miles in 21 hours . Had a great time meeting everyone face to face  8)

[Jeff]

Were home!

time to Crash...

[Kirk_Allen]

Buzz and I got back to my place around 2pm.  He decided to head on home so he should be back at his place by 6 or 7 tonight. 

WHAT A GREAT TIME!  I have never laughed and cried so hard in my life!

Kevin, Spanky made it home just fine and we still have two packs of M&M's ;)

[Jeff]

[Furby]

I don't even want to know what is going on in the second pic!

[Jeff]

Thats how Kirk looked most of the weekend.  He either has a torn muscle or cracked ribs or something that is very very painful when he laughs.  Poor Kirk was bunched up in laughter/pain like in the bottom photo a LOT.  ;D

[Jeff]

oops, I meant  :-\


:D

[tnlogger]

furby i see your point  :D :D :D

[Ga_Boy]

I made it back in a little over 6 hrs, got routed through downtown DC due to bridge construction and traffic. 

It's good to be back.  Great meeting all the FF folks that came, I had a great time.



Mark

[WV_hillbilly]

  Made it home safely  in about 2 hours .  I 'll bet GareyD is pretty safe as well ,  all the state troopers were on the route I took home . :D

 Kirk   Did ya make Spanky ride in the trunk or did  he wear his chest waders in case he had to wade thru cold water ?

[Kirk_Allen]

Furby that was one of many photos taken in sequence of me buckling over in pain from laughing so hard.  The Monkey was a gift relating to a story that Harold shared with us the night before.  It was all I could do to breath from the pain on my left side.  I spent the better part of the weekend holding my side and TRYING not to laugh.

Dan, The Monkey was in the trunk!  Wait till you see him at the pig roast  ;)

[customsawyer]

I made it back about 3:30 this morning little over 15 hrs after we got that blower unloaded thanks to all those that helped lift it into my truck. We would have lost it a couple of times if I hadn't put that bungie cord on it.  :D :D
I had a great time and it was really neat to put a face to some of the names that are on this forum.
I think you guys did us proud with the booth and all of the work that went into it.

Thanks a million
Jake

[DR Buck]

Kitty and I made it home to VA a short time ago (Sunday eve).  We made a visiting detour after that GREAT Forestry Forum get together.   Stopped today and took in a ham radio flea market on the way home.   What a great weekend!

Look for a post later with links to over 100 full size pictures for downloading.

[Brad_S.]

My stop at Sawlex was in conjunction with a trip to Cinci to visit my sis. I only got to spend a few hours at Sawlex and just a few moments at the FF booth. I'm very sorry to have missed meeting and conversing with you characters. ;D
Made the trip both ways safe and sound and look forward to my OWN bed tonight.

[Mrs._Stump_Jumper]

The stump jumpers made it home safely at 9:15 p.m. Sunday had to go through some rough winds and thunderstorms.

Here is a pic of custom sawyer's heavy duty tie down :D :D :D




I have more pics I will post them later after I get a long nap. ;) ;)

[redpowerd]

Here is a pic of custom sawyer's heavy duty tie down     

what a great term for 'suspenders' ;D

[GareyD]

Tom, Harold,  DanG and I got into my place here in Georgia about 10pm Sunday evening...only took about 14 hours to get here...all the state troopers weren't in W. Virginia...I hadta hold it under a 100 mph most of the way home  :D :D :D

The guys left here around 8 this morning...DanG oughta be home sometime around lunchtime, Tom sometime around supper time and poor Harold might be home by morning 

I'm not real positive, but I think Harold should win the mileage award for traveling the farthest to Sawlex  ;) I know he wins the time award...he left home last Tuesday 

It was great to finally meet everyone, y'all are a great bunch of folks....
plus I got to introduce Kirk to his new "best" friend "Spanky" smiley_monkeyfight  :D :D :D  ;D  ;D :D :D :D

[OneWithWood]

Got home safe and sound Sunday around 3pm, Indiana time.  Driving time was around 6.5 hours.  I took a different route home and saved about a half hour.  It was a more scenic route with a lot less constuction.
The drive was definately worth it to meet up again with folks I met at last years piggy roast and to finally meet others.  I always come away from meeting other forum members totally impressed with the quality of folks that hang out here.

[sparks]

Major hassles trying to get to the show. Was able to spend about an hour Saturday and had to go. Sorry I couldn't meet everyone. Maybe we'll hookup at another time. :'(

[Kirk_Allen]

Garey,
Spanky is doing great ;D  I am looking for a pair of rubber boots for him to wear at the piggy roast logg rolling contest.  Dont want his feet to get cold and wet ;D  Hope to have his leather hat finished by then as well.  Spanky needs to be dressed properly for the piggy roast!

He is running low on those little brown crucnhy candies though.  Got to resupply soon!  I may check the hospital and see what they can give him :D

[Teri]

Dad just arrived and is already giving me a bad time!!!

[OneWithWood]

Teri,

Your dad is a jewel.  Whenever he gets down on you for some meanial thing just remind him to see 'The Big Picture'   :D

[DanG]

"Big Picture?"  Hmmmm, where have I heard that before? :D :D 

Got here about 2pm yesterday.  Harold & Tom only tarried long enough for me to unload my stuff and off they went.  As GareyD mentioned, we overnighted at his place going up and coming back.  Somehow, they managed to make us feel like family and honored guests, all at the same time.  I feel very sure that I have some new close friends and we will meet again soon.

When H & T picked me up last Wed. Tom commented that someone had just mowed the lawn. When we got back, a mere 5 days later, I almost had to get out the metal detector to find the DanG mower! >:(  Came in from a 2000 mile round-trip, and rode some more.  Just what I needed. :-\

[Tom_in_Mo.]

DanG you mentioned that you thought that a metal detector was going to have to be used in finding a lawnmower, well when I got home I thought the same thing, but to find my truck for all the dust. It hasn't rain here in these parts for about 8 weeks. I have already bought last year hay and turned my cattle into the hay fields. I think it would "go crunch" when I walk on it in certain parts of the hay fields. I have already had one pond to go dry. I guess its a good time to clean her out.

Are you guys going to the pig roast?

[Teri]

OWW... I'll just send him your way!  :D :D

[OneWithWood]

Funny thing about grass.  When I got home I tarried just long enough to unload my dirty clothes, change into work clothes, pet the dogs, go out to the greenhouse and kiss the wife.  Then I jumped on the mower and mowed until a nasty thunderstorm, complete with hail, rolled in.   Oh,well I was tired and so I watched the storm from the workshop wondering how the greenhouse would fare.  It came through unscathed  8)
Tried to finish the mowing Monday evening but I broke the mower not 10 minutes into it  >:(  Add it to the list!  Cut up slabs instead.  Kept thinking about a way to attach the 038 to one of the 10' x 24" roller conveyors to help speed up the process.  Fortunately my photographic memory and digital technology ensured that I had a good prototype to work from.  Someday I will fab it up.
Yesterday I repaired a flat on the F250.  Today I am going to continue to side the barn.
It's good to be home, if only briefly.  The boss man wants me to be in Hyannis, Ma this weekend. :(

[Ron Wenrich]

Hey DanG

Just kinda curious if Garey still has that rooster.   :D

[Wife]

hey guys and gals.
I made it home!!! Boy its good to be home again.
just getting geared up for New Zealands show now.
Would like to thank all those who i meet at the sawlex show and to all those who helped me with setting up the mill for the shoot out and again after the shoot out. i wont name you all because there were so many of you, and with all those peterson hats and shirts i felt like I was at home.( Even the cheerleader was cool)(tammy from log rite)
Special thank you to Captain for not only doing a great job at the show and in the shoot out, but for taking the time to organise the site for the "forestry forum" and giving us all a chance to catch up with one another and share some stories. I'd do a show with you anytime. 8)
For those who i had already meet it was cool catching up with you all again.
BTW, it is cold here, we had a good frost this morning, but it was a lovely day with not a cloud in the sky.
Until next time, harae ra (pronounced, hi-re ra) meaning good bye.

[DanG]

Glad to hear you made it home, Chris.  I enjoyed seeing you again.  I'm sure Kerris is glad to have her Wife back! ;) ;D :D :D :D

[Tom]

It was good seeing you again, Chris.  You might have gotten the prize for who came the furthest.  :D

Your right, Captain deserves a  Kudo for his organizational skills and fore thought.  Y'all are good examples of the fact that competing companies  can get along in the business environment.

[Fla._Deadheader]

Hi Chris.

  Hope your trip was as smooth as ours.  :

  Sure was good to finally meet you.  You and Cap'n put on a real demo with them Petersons.

  Say Hi to Kerris.

[maple flats]

Hi Chris, is there a thread explaining why your screen name is WIFE, or is it better noone knows?

[Jeff]

Kerris, is actually wife and thee wife. Chris got in the habit of posting under Kerris's login, although I am sure he has his own somewhere. I may have to go look that up. Maybe we oughta let Chris keep wife and get Kerris a new handle.  :D