cousin jack
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Everything posted by cousin jack
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Excactly my sentiments, what craftsmen those loggers were though.
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I had this problem recently, I had ordered some Meindls off Jonesie, 43's, which I have been for many a year, tried them on as soon as they arrived and I knew they were too tight straight away, it was a pain having to post them back but got a pair of 44's by return of post, cheers Jonesie.
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It's seen some history this one, if only they could talk
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Just thought I'd put a few pics of this old boy.
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My skidding winch
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It's a Squirrel for me, you get what you pay for.
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I'm not into the shooting part anymore, but I do "pick up" with my lab for a couple of local shoots. I get more pleasure from working the dog and seeing him make a difficult find and retrieve than I do from shooting them now. getting older, I suppose.
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Nice herd of Belted Galloways, (well, I'm from farming stock)
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Nice work.
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No, I would'nt do that, anyway he put's a razor edge on my billhook when it needs it, and he's also a very good welder and is always repairing or making something for me, so I won't be putting him right.
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Explains it very well, thanks
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To be perfectly honest, I would'nt have thought twice about it, untill he came out with it. He is a marvellous old man who has spent all his life in the woods and is normally spot on with his information, but I think he's got this wrong, but I won't have the heart to tell him.
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I am just starting thinning a block of Red Oak, I am told by the old woodsman on the estate, they are classed as a softwood, is this correct? It seems pretty dense to me!
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Does anyone know who was doing the horse logging demo?
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I get like that when driving down the A30 and see Carn Brea, I know i'm Home. Don't take any notice of what SSS says about Camborne men, they still believe the world is square in there, and that if you sail to far out from North Cliffs you'll fall off the edge .
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I was only in Redruth for a couple of days, fortunately me mother took me 'ome, although I did visit when Cornwall were playing there. There seems to be a heck of a lot of Cornishmen on this site, I would never have thought such a small county could support so many woodsmen, arborists, and the like. So where are you from then CTS?
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Ok Chopper, let me remind you, in the good old days when the game was still amateur and they just hit one another instead of faking injuries, Camborne won the Merit table about 8yrs on the trot, the best player you lot had for years was Brian Andrews, where did he come from? I was born in the old hospital opposite the old grammer school
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Glad you enjoyed them, if Simon gets down into the West Country again, I'll let you know.
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Ok then, minimal noise/pollution, sorry Camborne it is Although I was born in Redruth, but I had no choice in the matter.
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Bloomin 'eck, a tenner a ton for oak in the round, I would be suicidal if I'd put that lot in.
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It's a niche market, there is a chap in Scotland, Jim Johnstone, he would be a full timer if he could but FC will not give him any work with the horses, so he drives a conventional forwarder for a living. As to the benefits, horses can work where machinery struggles, damage to the floor is superficial, no compaction, less damage to residual crop, no noise/pollution, brilliant for use on regen sites, and PAWS. We can't compete with conventional equipment, and we don't want to,but we can work alongside it, as in the pictures, steep site, horses to ride and landing, then pick up by conventional forwarder. Simples.
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you are dead right, it is hard going, especially if you are working on a tonnage basis, but saying that, it keeps you fit as well.
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No, that is a chap called Doug Joiner, he makes a living from running courses doing demos and bracken bashing and suchlike, but he is not a full time horse logger. Simon is unique in that he will often buy the timber standing and market it himself, therefore he lives or starves by his judgement, and skill.
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Shires are ok on the flat, if you can find one that is bred to work, not show. But they are to big, like an oil tanker, if you are working steep, awkward sites you want something small, powerfull, and with brains, the Ardennes are all of that, when people ask what sort of horse I've got, I tell them, " a Sherman tank on legs".
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They will be what they call the North Swedish, very similar to the Ardennes, as the Ardennes blood was used on them a lot.
