Skid Road Video

[Woodboogah]

Tried to take a video with my phone.  Came out shaky.  My wife said it made her sick watching it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbd_hNdcEIQ

[Timbercruiser]

Im happy she is running good again !!!!!!!!!!! :D

[coxy]

I am glad I don't have to look through that darn mash all day that would make me sick ;D ;D

[thecfarm]

Need better shocks on that skidder.  :D  Not like you are driving down I-95.

[Woodboogah]

Doesn't help I was trying to hold my phone and drive.  I'm used to the steel mesh, doesn't keep the heat in that well though.

[coxy]

Doesn't help I was trying to hold my phone and drive.  I'm used to the steel mesh, doesn't keep the heat in that well though.

:D :D foam it that's what I would do :D :D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[jwilly3879]

The mesh takes some getting used to. The combination of bifocals, bouncing around and the screen still gets me.

How long is your skid?

[Ed_K]

 And where are the hills, N.H. has hills I see em from my town  ;D .

[Woodboogah]

The longest skid on that job was about 3/4 of a mile.  There are hills there, once I cross where it is brushed in its steep just cant tell in the video.  That lot is a 137ac. parcel in part of some 400ac.  It is known as Birch Hill.  I cut the hill side already up to the tower not heading back down.  Couldnt get trucks up the hill once the snow flew. 

[lumberjack48]

I never rode a skidder that long unless i was moving it. A guy could still make a turn every 15, 20 minutes. Taking this ride on the Jack is a good reminder why i never owned one. There a good skidder but take a lot more getting used to because of the poor visibility.

Thanks for video, i'm laying in bed, so it was nice to take a ride out in the woods. Very nice looking logging job, the same way i did it.

[tlandrum]

I did a video like that a few years ago during mud season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laOxuVW9GrQ

[Woodboogah]

That's pretty well muddied up i'd say

[thecfarm]

tlandrum,were you hauling tree length out of the woods? Those logs must of been covered with mud.

[lumberjack48]

I had skid trails like that every spring, making that last push

[Woodboogah]

That looks like a lot of filing to me. 

[tlandrum]

yes I was skidding tree length . I had a fec buck saw,as long as the mud didn't set up on the trees the saw would make it thru the day. then next morning id swap out the chain