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Great video. Thanks for sharing.

thanks for showing the map. As someone who likes to watch guys doing ongoing projects over time it's fun to keep up with where on your property you are doing it

Good morning Glenn, what’s the cost 💲 of a Management Plan roughly?

Looks nice Glen good job. JeffinMaine

I didn't really know the definition silver culture I always thought it was like say that you're a farmer and you got pastures and you let some trees grow up in it for shade for the animals. That's how I heard it referred as.

Do u know how long the corduroy Road is supposed to last before it rots out ?

What about using slab wood for a road base? Sawmills usually have a plethora of it laying around wanting to get rid of it. Be a quick cheap option perhaps

Morning Glenn

Glenn we split them with chainsaws out in the field and we only build the corderoy 10 ft wide, and use three rails the center one remain floating under the corderoy. But sometimes we cover 200 ft of swamp and they are still working some 20 to 30 years later and we do not add any topping, and instead let nature drop her leaves and us that as a joint filler Brian

Good information to distinguish Red to Hard Maple in winter time. Easier to get a good leverage on the hinge when the tree is cut near the stump. But not an ideal height to work with! Before long, I shall have the forestry engineer to come to my land and survey the work to be done. Thanks!

Hi Glenn: Why don't you use the larger trees as top of the corderoy by cutting them in half and placing the first one down flat the the next up with round side down followed by the third flat down and so on as we do for snowmobile or ATV trails over mud. doing it this way on top of the rails carries tractors and skidders across the mud flats with no problem. Use this for the a very solid top for approx. 4 to 5 feet then place the smaller round logs for the same distance and then use the split logs again and repeat down the length of the road section.If the half logs where to be spiked to the rails the other round one stay in place much better. Keep the video's coming as they are quite interesting. Brian in Central Ontario Canada.

Good job Better than a clear cut.

I have similar heavily grown in areas where pine should be the main goal to clear for rather than cedar. It seems to be about the same distance from my wet areas as yours, but no log trailer here to easily move material. One atv/log arch and tractor pull to move the distance. Great for exercise and fresh air.

Good job felling Glen that will look nice when you are finished. I call my property the "Black Mud Farm" because of places just like you have shown. It is 3* outside right now and if I drove my 30hp Kubota over some of my wet spots I know it would break through. I have found that my black mud usually sits on top of a clay layer which does not absorb excess moisture, it acts the same way bedrock does in your area. The rainwater permeates the soft topsoil down till it comes to the clay then it travels along the top of the clay layer about 16" down. When it comes to a saddle or area of zero pitch the water just collects, I think and saturates the soil above it. JeffinMaine

44 min late and I'm still first lol

Yeah that old cable will be great as a winch line extension. You’ll end up needing or wishing you’d remembered it, down the road. Ha. Yup.

Your a tuff hard worker and the weather there must be something you have to be raised up in , no way would I live there 😮

Cable is high price BUT wait for the medical Bills???? Don’t put it off 😮😮😮

Love the winch behind the tractor That’s a great way to make it easier and faster 😊😊😊 Never seen one in person but would love to have one for many reasons 😊

Good morning, I like the way you manage your wood lot Steve from Nb

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Wow! That must be the most "groomed" corduroy road I've ever seen! I was about to suggest you a small hand held logging tong instead of a pulp hook until I saw yours at 24:10. That is an incredible tool to avoid bending and yet be able to pull safely on logs. Whatever you used for the corduroy road, I am burning that in my boiler!, any species! Thanks for sharing that knowledge about light response. I was not aware of that. Indeed, intuitively, I knew that when a tree is only crowned at its very top, it indicates it's old, no matter the height or diameter. Now I know they might not be worth keeping for future growth. With a base of snow on top of that portion, it will be easy to drive over. Then comes summer, it will sink enough to stabilize for good. What I've done in the past for similar road, I would take the excavator and pack down snow on top of mud and let it freeze. I was good until spring. My equipment is all lighter than yours, that worked for me. Thanks!

Great to see the content. Planning to do a similar road for nearly 150’ stretch of swampy low lying area where several neighboring properties drain into. Like another commenter, I plan to use 10”+ softwoods which are plentiful. Couldn’t tell how you placed the logs but if I recall the ACE film and other guides the logs are placed with alternating butt ends. Assume you’re doing that as well.

Thank you for taking us with you. God bless you and your family.

I think you have inspired me to start to look at trying to fill in a section of my woods road that is always soft. It is a gradual downhill and water drains down the road. We get through by atv, but want to get the tractor and winch back in there to be able to harvest so spruce before they die off.

Surprised you wouldn't take the middle tree out of those 3.

The road looks good Glen it is not how I have done my 2 sections in the past, but it may be just fine. I staged my logs right at the area I need to work on so that I only had to carry the/ move them maybe 10 feet. . The largest ones I moved with my tractor right into place some at one end of the job and some at the other. Mine repairs were both about 25' each. I only used soft wood and mine are much larger trees, I think. Mine ranged from 6" up to about 18" in diameter and 10' +/-. I too have seen the Army Corps of engineer's film, I think. One thing you have to remember they had no intention of making a lasting road surface they needed a temporary road good for a few months. I also think in the film I saw they did not just lay the top logs on the sleepers they lagged the top logs down into the sleepers to prevent movement of logs at the surface. I may be remembering it wrong, but I think that is how they did it. Down on the last area you showed the culvert and wet hole you said was the worst. If I had an excavator like you do, I would remove the top 20" or whatever is the sloppiest most unstable material and set it off to one side at that site. Then I would use larger 10"-12" soft wood logs in direct contact with the muddy bottom. The replace the sloppy, muddy soil back on top of it being sure to completely cover each log in the mud. One thing I am interested in is the tractor chains you are using, Mine are ladder style chains with a boxed section between each two cross links to prevent them from sinking into the areas between the tire lugs. They work fine but I do not have the Ice studs and wish I did quite often. Do you remember the name of the company you got yours from? Looking forward to the next video, JeffinMaine

morning glenn. thats a great corduroy section. at about 38.minutes i had to chuckle. the music you picked was like from james bond like. foster glenn foster. lol

Morning Glenn

Great Video

That went very well! I guess it was before we got all that snow. We got 2 feet in the last week or so... I am not fan of cutting trees like that, as they provide shelter to a lot of critters, including ants... but I understand there was a priority to preserve the other trees. Thanks!

this a phenomenal video -Margo’s friend

I rub grease on the cable while its stretched out. What did you add those "wings" for on the winch? Looks like you or someone did a great job on them.

I am glad you rewound it, could you see where it had looped and twisted the first time?

Good video! I liked the cutting down the red maple part where supervision was required to keep you from doing something not smart! 🤣 I had to replace the cable on my uniforest winch. I took one look at it and decided to take it to the dealer who is only 15 minutes away. It was such a rats nest that they had to use cutting wheels and torches to get the old one out. I did learn a lesson on how NOT to use a winch from that experience 😁

As you wound the cable onfor the first time you should have had some weight on it so it does not all twist up on the winch drum. I could see it is twisted before you even get to use it.

Very helpful video, I need to do the same with my wallenstein winch. Thanks

Great video Glenn! Keep them coming. Stay warm my friend!

Morning Glenn

the ground should be nice and froze now that we had below zero for a few days. great job.thankfully you didn't have the cable fling back at you.

you did just fine. so far so good.

well glen glad i found your yt page. its great to see you on here. happy for you to finally get to do what you want now that you have retired. have a great year sir.

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Ya that blows when break the line. Its to bad they dont make swedged line in that size like how my line skidder has. If was one size bigger and swedged down to 7/16 size as you have, it would make more strength having more wires in it.

Nice little setup. I have a jd 4120 with a wallenstein fx90 skidding winch. Chains probably work decent but i converted mine to 3 chokers like a line skidder setup is kinda but less chokers of course. But ya id say faster to hook up than carrying chains and main line with sliders.

I like your side ax carry, looks a little awkward, but I assume so you can sit in the tractor without taking off your belt? I end up trying to do all my cutting, then take off chaps, feller's belt, then do the winching and tractoring, but that requires some careful planning and doesn't always work out to completely segregate the work like that. Last week was a good one in VT for logging. Gotta be ready for the freeze ups!

I replaced my cable last spring. It had wires sticking out. You will be surprised how easy it pulls out with the new cable.

Not a big loss those Aspens fell. They were already reaching their age where they die anyways. As you say, better let the fir grow now. I would not go to synthetic, as it is even more susceptible to chafing. You have a lot of rocks you have to deal with on your land. We had a few good days for logging until this week... Happy New Year Glen!

HAPPY NEW YEAR GLEN