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History Channel s Logging Show
Is it me or is safety thrown to the wind on the History's Channel's show on Oregon loggers?
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How safe you can be using the cable system they do to pull the logs up the hills? I do understand the need for speed.
Seems they use air horns to signal when the logs are ready to pull, just how well can operator hear with the diesel running that pulls the logs or those running chain saws. I know at times they are out of sight. Not sure if they use a certain number of blast to signal different things.
Logs are being pulled up hill and it would be duck quick if it came loose (yes have seen the main cable snap) woe to those down hill from it. Seems it is one of the owners which has a long list of such injuries with his artificial hand.
Those above are major and not easy to change am sure. But no one wears eye protection or face protection. They do wear metal hard hats. Sort of understand no ear protection as they have to hear cables snapping, coming loose, moving through the brush and across trees. Also signal blast and such.
We just had a few acres cut and the difference between those guys and the local guys operations is amazing. Being very fair, we don't have hills and surely don't have mountains. But we have swamps. Amazing what those skidders can pull through. They also were not so close to each other that one's action could have a major impact on another.
How quick those guys are having to jump clear when the cable is tighting up is unreal and when a log is beginning to be pulled sometimes it will surprise you how it moves and what all it moves.
BTW, it has been discussed here before on how to sharpen a chain on a saw, this past Sunday night he used a hand file on probably a 36 or longer bar. Probably was more of a touch up than a full sharpening.
Murf, ever since seeing "Deadlist Catch", the price of crab has no complaints by me.
I do notice on both of these they are really running at speeds that is hard to maintain safely for any period of time. Wonder how much camera affects that if any. kt
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Hey guys, the show that was on this Sunday night, did you see it? Good lesson in protecting the old head. Limb feel over a hundred feet and went through what was suppose to be bullet proof plexiglass or such. It did it's job and stopped the limb, protected the operator. If not, well he probably would not have gone home. kt
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