Bad things happening in three'ziz, ah didnay believe it.

[difflock]

Until I went back up the Moss after lunch, a magnificent sunny day, and I had got into a productive routine, and expected to get the wee log trailer filled to bring home about 20:00 hrs.

Cutting shitty nom 6" and misshapen Lodgepole, to clear a route into the more mature timber.

So I bulldozed the landing clear with the winch blade and pootled on down the track I had cleared earlier.

Stopped to lower a wheen o overhigh stumps (about 2'), and in pure rank moss, and caught a patch of clay and stones.

bugger!

Strike 1:001_huh:

So I sharpened the saw and left the rest of the stumps, cos hey they wernt really in the way.

Went to "freespool" the winch rope and found 3 frayed wires instead of the control box, bloody hell, must have ripped it off when bulldozing the brash (cos too bloody worried/concerned about my delicate radial tyres)

Strike 2:001_huh:

But hey incredibably I found it undamaged, and got it rewired.

Got the turn of trees yoked up and moved forward a bit to winch them in/set the choker chains.

Only a bit of winch wire out, so no wild pulling force involved, but a sudden lurch and loud bang later, and I was winching in a broken wire rope( well it was getting damaged near the end anyway)

Strike 3:001_huh:

I got that fixed with rudimentary tools on-site, (thanks to the very neat wedge arrangement to lock the rope in the end unit) winched the turn to the landing and came home.

Going to spend the rest of the day drinking Hobgoblin.

Most I can break is a glass!

M

Better luck tomorrow.

[difflock]

PS

Re strike 2

I had caught a particularly strong stump, way way off the the side, but one of the trees had taken a "dwamle" to itsel.

bugger.

N.B.

Too late to edit orig post.

m

[fergusonforestry]

get yerself a tankard for that beer! just incase

[difflock]

Funny enough, at the GDST, or might of been the APF Show, I was admiring a leather "Tankard", made from thick leather, and lined/sealed with beeswax.

A thing of real beauty and utility.

Not for sale, in proper use by the owner.

Marcus