The History Channel's: Ax Men, Pass it on...

[zopi]

Pulling that cable with that LongRanger took muy Huevos....

[Mooseherder]

How many of yooze are writing down notes gettin' ready for da exam? :D

[zopi]

Dick's a whiner...


suck it up!

[zopi]

Kinda surprised the dude driving that tank/yarder didn't get thumped upside the head...

[Kevin_H.]

Recording it on the dvr, just incase I miss something...

[Corley5]

I'm watching the encore  ;) ;D  I already learned that I'll stick to logging in N. Mi

[Don K]

How long is tonight's contest open. It's 10:12 and I gotta get up at 2:30am to pull a Mon. dayshift.

[Mooseherder]

Don...you forgot to move your clock forward there brother! :D

[Don K]

What clock? The show came on at 9pm CST here. I been on Daylight Savings Time since I went to bed last night. ;D My computer says it's 10:18. The encore is already on.

[Jeff]

Tonight's contest ends at the start of the next one next Sunday evening.

[semologger]

Ya we are always an hour behind them Don. But they never give us a head up on whats going on. 2 30 huh you are trying to beat the boys on tv they start at 4. ;D

[semologger]

Dang I was hopeing for multipal choice. On the test. ;D

[Mooseherder]

What clock? The show came on at 9pm CST here. I been on Daylight Savings Time since I went to bed last night. ;D My computer says it's 10:18. The encore is already on.

I forgot you live on the west side of town. ;)

[Don K]

That's good Jeff. It will give me a chance to catch up on the weeks I have to work midnights. I just submitted my entry so I'm off to bed. Good show, a very short hour and a long week until the next show.

Don

Is that the bad side of town? :D :D ;D

[Furby]

Not sure how soon they are shipping them as it doesn't say, but you can order the full season here:Link

[Jeff]

They ship in July

[Roxie]

I'm gonna look cute in that Stump Branch Logging hoodie!   8)

[thecfarm]

I was fascinated by the show.Probaly some things was played up,but I'm more interested in the logging part,not watching men bicker to each other.The logging is not done like that around here.I've seen pictures but never seen anything on TV before.I guessed at how it was done,some right and some wrong.Now I cam understand it that much better.Looking forward to the next show.How many shows are there?I was quite impressed by the mile long skyline.Is that done alot at that lenght?

[Gary_C]

It is a great show. I was just able to get to see it after a long two days of work and managed to stay awake for the whole hour.

I too was unhappy with the editing with all those short clips with things flying all over the place. I would prefer to see more of what they actually do and less of all the conflicts and problems. If they would just show one normal pull all the way from the bottom to top and then loading on the truck. But that probably would not get good ratings.

Oh well, be happy with what we get, it's better than nothing.  8)

[Mindy]

Hey everyone,

Its been a long, but fun, weekend.  We had the premiere in Astoria Saturday and then our local premiere last night.  Last night I had some clothing items for sale.  The Hoodys were the hot item!  So good luck on the contest. 

Melvin had to leave last night after the first showing to do some phone interviews for History.  He came back right after but I didn't ask about the interviews.

I can't believe March 9th has came and went.  I want to thank all of you who helped me.  If you are new to this thread, heres the deal.  I came here a few months ago when I started to build Melvin's website, I asked for input on the website and I got it!  As a result www.stumpbranchlogging.com came to be a very nice site because Forestry Forum members took the time to give input on the site.  So thank you all.

Talk to you soon,
Mindy

[Mike_M]

Most Skyline lengths average between 500' for smaller yarders and on up to a mile, even though a mile is not typical. I would guess most yarders average 1,000 to 2,000 feet per road. I too also thought they could of edited more of the conflict type stuff out and showed more logging.

[Corley5]

This was the 1st episode.  There's more to come to see more of the actual operations.  I think the operator of the stuck yarder needed an attitude adjustment from the show's beginning  ;D ;D

[Tillaway]

The yarders have about 2000' to 2500' of mainline which is the maximum yarding distance unless they drop line sizes.  They will hang 5000' plus to get lift with the skyline.  The yarder will only hold about 2000' or so of skyline and make up the rest of the distance with extensions.  You will see cable strung along the truck roads where there is active logging at pretty much every location.  These are usually the extensions.

[snowman]

When the show 1st started I thought, why is this guy calling a yarder a yoder? Is he reading the script wrong or something, a typo? Then he explained the difference. I live in idaho not really that far from astoria area and weve always called yarders swing arm or fixed tower, never heard yoder term before.I guess it's a regional thing,see Iv'e learned something already. :)The swing arm yarder or yoder :D was good for decking your own logs when there wasn't a loader on the job and everyone used to skid log length, before these processors took over. Can't see alot of use for them now really except  they tend to be smaller rigs and change roads faster. Good for shallow strips. I agree as others have said that they have tried to interject to much drama into the show but the general public isn't as logging oriented as people in this forum so you have to expect them to spice it up a bit.Maybe theyll show the loggers on a day off at a wet T shirt contest next. :D Actually though the stress on the landing when changing roads is part of real life yarder logging, tempers flare and brush fits are common so it was pretty realistic actually.

[rockenbman]

 ;D Well id like to say I like what im seeing so far.Ive never seen this type of loging opertion before with the yader and sky line.Talk about working your butt off and only 3 month window now thats production.