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We don't. The forest service or whoever the landowner is usually replants or allows the forest to naturally regenerate

No, they're usually cylindrical. All this wood is owned by someone else anyway

Thank you sir!

To manage and maintain them so they will be productive and healthy in the future. This area was burnt in a wildfire about a year ago. If it had been properly thinned before then, it wouldn't have been damaged so badly.

Yes, but in Washington State now.

One of the best I've cut in for sure.

No doubt there are better operators. I'm not running a ponsse anymore. I'll go back to a ponsse absolutely as soon as it's possible. I've yet to see anyone build a machine that'll match. Ponsses have made us more money than any other machine hands-down.

It is typically sold by the cord or ton here. A cord is 4 feet by 4 feet by 100 inches. There is typically 2.4 cubic meters in a cord

@@GreatLakesLogger Thank you, we heat our house with wood so I am familiar a cord. You've done a great job answering my questions

On this job I only put in about 8 hour days. I don't usually get bored because I am concentrating on being productive. As far as number of trees, it all depends. Anywhere from 150 to 6-700

Ah yes he's an excellent operator. Unfortunately I don't understand Finnish either. Its been several months since I've been in a harvester, I am currently helping my uncle with spring planting in Wisconsin. I think I'll likely be back in the processor in the late fall or early winter. Perhaps then I could make another video explaining the process. For now, I could answer a few questions you might have.

@@GreatLakesLogger are you self employed?

@@ruralconservative6625 No, I worked for my dad in the woods

@@GreatLakesLogger I have another question why is the crane arm made as part of the cab on the scorpion but on your machine the cab is fixed?

@@ruralconservative6625 Different machine model, different design.

Yes sir. A fair percentage of saw logs on this job but not a very big diameter average.

We cut our land in Rusk county this winter. I could've watched the Ponsee and Cat 501 all day.

@@firecaptaintom1977 cool... this was in Clark County. Whereabouts in Rusk? I've got grandparents and friends around the Conrath/Ladysmith area. What was the name of the company who cut it?

@@GreatLakesLogger Our land is NE of Tony. Tony Smugala was our logger. Matt from Superior Woodlands was our forester.

Very happy with both.

If its straight and solid, it goes mostly for railroad ties unless it's high enough grade, then it goes for better lumber. That's for material 11 inches (28 cm) and above. Material from 11 inch down to 8" (20 cm) goes for pallet stock and some low grade lumber I believe. Anything smaller than 8", too crooked, or rotten goes to the paper mill. The paper mill only accepts pulpwood sizes up to 18" (46 cm) so anything rotten that is bigger than that gets cut out and left for wildlife habitat or if there's too much, it gets cut to length and usually gets used as firewood.

💪 I appreciate it!

Thank you sir!

Its not as fast as spruce or pine of equal diameter, but its nice for oak. How many m3 per hour you cut? This job is averaging out to around 20.7 m3/hr.

Thank you sir!

Hey Billy! I see you over at Buckin and Tinmans channel. Good to see you here!

@@GreatLakesLogger I am glad to be here. Buckin and Tinman the whole group are amazing humans. I found buckin on a whim. I am new to LIFE 3 years opioid sober. Glad I found ppl who motivate and inspire the rite way. I started saying. One person at a time hehe 💪🏻⚡️🪓 Kindness and love

@@GreatLakesLogger #buckinbillyray When I feel agitated I say to myself. “I’m at peace I’m not in a hurry” 💪🏻⚡️🪓 Then go break out a chainsaw & beat on some wood. Hehe. Kindness and love.

North of Fall Creek WI

@@GreatLakesLogger ferment there almost looks like Michigan I was just in Wisconsin for like 6 months doing all the Kroger's grocery stores put an alarm systems in them Zephyr they're not called Kroger they're called something else over there we went North and started it while we ended in wawaywth or how you say it lol..

@@timhart2652 I'm not real familiar with Northern WI, this is down 10 miles east of eau Claire/chippewa falls.

I guess I'm not the bloke in charge..... Where you located?

@@GreatLakesLogger NE MN

We're located in west central WI. Our saw material goes to the Amish sawmills in this area.

Thank you! No, we bought this machine November of 2017 from the Ponsse North America location in Rhinelander Wisconsin. They received it on trade when the previous owner purchased a Scorpion. Here is a video from the previous owner. czcams.com/video/JPJSIXkjWtU/video.html

Thank you! I have more footage to upload whenever I get time. I think I'll try my hand at some editing this video but I need to find a good editing program. Any ideas?

Yes white pine is generally quite heavy, however these tree were starting to die and had lost some weight. They were still quite heavy to pull around with an H7/C4 combo. From pine we usually (including the wood in this video) cut saw material down to 8" diameter, then pulpwood down to about 4". That obviously depends on whether the stem is still straight and how knotty it is. Right now we are cutting red pine bolts (saw material) down to about 8.5", then if it's straight and clean, we can cut more bolts out down to 6" for another sawmill. At that point, the rest is pulpwood.