Sitting home..

Woodhauler · March 04, 2013, 05:13:05 AM

Can't,or don't dare to go haul today! 31 degrees here at 4:30 !! 650 dollar fine and 3 points on your lisence if you get wrote up being on posted road!

1270d · March 04, 2013, 05:15:07 AM

Our job posting wed at 8 am. And its 8 below right now

AlexInman06 · March 04, 2013, 05:21:32 AM

Our road restrictions start going on the 11th around here :( I've got a couple jobs I would've liked to have done before they started lol

Woodhauler · March 04, 2013, 05:32:16 AM

Some roads have been posted since mid janurary around here! Cold weather hasn't been around for a month now!

coxy · March 04, 2013, 05:50:11 AM

ill take the 31 you can have my 10 the weather has been crazy one day -10 the next +30 crazy hope you get to work

Woodhauler · March 04, 2013, 06:01:39 AM

Quote from: coxy on March 04, 2013, 05:50:11 AM
ill take the 31 you can have my 10 the weather has been crazy one day -10 the next +30 crazy hope you get to work

Send it this way for a couple more weeks!

David-L · March 04, 2013, 06:21:46 AM

It's 20 dergrees here in North Central Mass right now, Can't ask for any better. It's been good in the woods till about noon and then it gets punky. Weather is and has been a little weird around here. I guess the benefit of a 16k lb machine.
David

coxy · March 04, 2013, 07:32:36 AM

its pretty bad when the north is hotter then the south feel bad for guys up there :(

justincase · March 04, 2013, 07:04:37 PM

The next couple nights don't look much better!

Woodhauler · March 04, 2013, 07:07:40 PM

Going in the am to load for madison paper, posted road or not!

justincase · March 04, 2013, 07:21:22 PM

I hope my trucker does the same.

Corley5 · March 04, 2013, 07:30:56 PM

Frost laws are going on Friday in the surrounding counties. My county, Cheboygan, has surprised everyone the last couple years with a 12 hour notice. Guys not only had logs they couldn't get hauled but had equipment stranded too >:( >:( >:( I've got some basswood sawbolts and pulp that's going out in the AM. I tracked the harvester to a class A job today. Two miles cross country. Cheaper than hiring a truck

I'm ready for breakup 8)

David-L · March 05, 2013, 05:55:32 AM

Hovering at 20 degrees again here in Central Mass. Looks like another morning of work. What are the temps in Maine now.
David

chevytaHOE5674 · March 05, 2013, 07:35:45 AM

Load restrictions go on tomorrow morning at 8am UP here. Got a job going that the crews worked well into the night to try and finish up, they have a little more to go today and then moving the equipment tonight to a class A job (Class A roads don't have restrictions). Last night they started jumping wood from the bush to an empty lot on a class A road so that they can get it hauled during breakup.

Woodhauler · March 05, 2013, 02:11:29 PM

Quote from: David-L on March 05, 2013, 05:55:32 AM
Hovering at 20 degrees again here in Central Mass. Looks like another morning of work. What are the temps in Maine now.
David

45 right now, 35 this am at 3

sprucebunny · March 05, 2013, 02:39:15 PM

Bans went on today. 4 tractor/trailer loads down my dirt/mud road so far. Ohh...I hear another coming :

Peter Drouin · March 05, 2013, 06:50:22 PM

No more wood for me :D :D :D

countylogger · March 05, 2013, 07:17:32 PM

Weather is definitely not in our favor...even up north

sawguy21 · March 05, 2013, 11:31:02 PM

We are getting a run on harvester bars and chain but that won't last much longer. Equipment will be parked pretty quick.

thecfarm · March 06, 2013, 09:01:21 AM

countrylogger,welcome to the forum. Where up north? Have a skidder,truck,sawmill?

Woodhauler · March 07, 2013, 04:55:00 AM

Hates to give in! 32 all nite, ground never froze! The woodcutters will start calling around 6:30-7 when theybget up and the temp will drop a couple more degrees! They will be crying on the phone wanting there lastr few loads hauled! I got wood on every job i hauled off! Couple loads on each job. The posters say below 32 or solidly froze with no water showing! Leaves alot of lee way for the cops to write you up! 650$$$$$ fine and points on your lisence if you get caught! Then if your loaded and they weigh you up, they can take you back to 26,000 pounds and start the fine there! So with a legal load on a non posted road i would be 50,000 pounds over on a banned road!

CTL logger · March 07, 2013, 05:09:57 AM

That sounds like a very large gray area in for the cops interpretation of froze!! I wouldn't risk it, could be worse I have over 80 load piled up on a road that's over a mile to the posted road and 3 more miles of that. Supposed to start chipping today it's 33 now!

Woodhauler · March 07, 2013, 05:15:42 AM

Quote from: CTL logger on March 07, 2013, 05:09:57 AM
That sounds like a very large gray area in for the cops interpretation of froze!! I wouldn't risk it, could be worse I have over 80 load piled up on a road that's over a mile to the posted road and 3 more miles of that. Supposed to start chipping today it's 33 now!

That is very true! I have been ready for spring for a month now! Most of the guys i haul for spend there money faster then they get it! I don't need any extra fines to pay this spring!

Woodhauler · March 07, 2013, 05:18:52 AM

Quote from: CTL logger on March 07, 2013, 05:09:57 AM
That sounds like a very large gray area in for the cops interpretation of froze!! I wouldn't risk it, could be worse I have over 80 load piled up on a road that's over a mile to the posted road and 3 more miles of that. Supposed to start chipping today it's 33 now!

How long do they leave the posters up down there? Its may 15th here, but they take them down when thing are dry! May be april 15

rick f · March 07, 2013, 05:36:34 AM

Weve got about 10 more cord of firewood to get. The gravel road into the yard is all out in the open and it is giving up fast. the yard is on the edge of the blueberry grouung and has given up , mud about a foot deep where the ton truck sets. were working on frozen ground cutting ang splitting. In the woods most places are hard but slippery. I hope this wind will help dry things up some. The truckers down here aren't doing much now the weather won't cool up enough.

It's 33 here now, hasn't benn much below frezzing for a couple weeks it seems.

coxy · March 07, 2013, 06:24:03 AM

we have a town here that if you cry alittle thay let you get the rest of the job done like 4-5 loads depending on how far on the road you go if its like 5+ miles thay him n haw alittle good luck up there it 26 here now at 6:15 am

James Arsenault · March 07, 2013, 06:53:35 AM

Quote from: Woodhauler on March 07, 2013, 04:55:00 AM
Hates to give in! 32 all nite, ground never froze! The woodcutters will start calling around 6:30-7 when theybget up and the temp will drop a couple more degrees! They will be crying on the phone wanting there lastr few loads hauled! I got wood on every job i hauled off! Couple loads on each job. The posters say below 32 or solidly froze with no water showing! Leaves alot of lee way for the cops to write you up! 650$$$$$ fine and points on your lisence if you get caught! Then if your loaded and they weigh you up, they can take you back to 26,000 pounds and start the fine there! So with a legal load on a non posted road i would be 50,000 pounds over on a banned road!

I've got three loads on the yard, with two more partial. I wouldn't have believed it could hover at, or a degree above, freezing this long at night in the first of March.

I told my trucker not to bother unless he was sure conditions were permissible. I don't feel right in pushing him to risk the troubles so I can make another dollar. I do have very low overhead also. That helps........

Woodhauler · March 07, 2013, 06:58:54 AM

Quote from: James Arsenault on March 07, 2013, 06:53:35 AM
Quote from: Woodhauler on March 07, 2013, 04:55:00 AM
Hates to give in! 32 all nite, ground never froze! The woodcutters will start calling around 6:30-7 when theybget up and the temp will drop a couple more degrees! They will be crying on the phone wanting there lastr few loads hauled! I got wood on every job i hauled off! Couple loads on each job. The posters say below 32 or solidly froze with no water showing! Leaves alot of lee way for the cops to write you up! 650$$$$$ fine and points on your lisence if you get caught! Then if your loaded and they weigh you up, they can take you back to 26,000 pounds and start the fine there! So with a legal load on a non posted road i would be 50,000 pounds over on a banned road!
Got a permit tuesday to haul a load of firewood in warren, may get one from the state monday to haul a couple loads in carmel.

I've got three loads on the yard, with two more partial. I wouldn't have believed it could hover at, or a degree above, freezing this long at night in the first of March.

I told my trucker not to bother unless he was sure conditions were permissible. I don't feel right in pushing him to risk the troubles so I can make another dollar. I do have very low overhead also. That helps........

DigDug · March 07, 2013, 07:35:45 AM

Hopefully your woodchoppers can make it for a month till postings are lifted. Hope you can get some freezing nights in while the postings are up.

xalexjx · March 07, 2013, 03:18:01 PM

no roads are posted up here yet, still 2 ft of snow on the ground hopefully 2-3 more weeks before the thaw but doesnt look good for the weekend

2308500 · March 08, 2013, 07:03:58 PM

roads close to heavy trucks midnight sunday night up here in nova scotia. fines can really pile up in a hurry

a few years back, a large atlantic canadian lumber company needed to move a dozer so they took a chance on it.
somebody saw them, a phone call was made and the end result was right around $10 000 fine. (info straight from the dot officer)