Did this for a few years for St. REGIS, up in Morton, Washington. First day on the job, I thought I'd quit, or die. But I stuck it out, and am glad I did. Hardest job I've ever had, but I enjoyed this job more than any other job I ever had.
I worked High lead on a Skagit 110 then worked with a Washington 108 swing yarder and can relate to those first few days on the job. I was setting chokers then chased landing. My Uncle was a hook tender and was killed around Packwood ,Randle in the 60's.
@@tiowedoMy uncle was also killed in the woods in the 60s on the Oregon coast near Yachats. My mom named me after him as he was her favorite brother(of 5) I went on to work in the woods and commercial crab and fish in Alaska till retirement (2yrs ago) Good life
@@elwellboy I worked for LP nichen cove and port Alice in the late 70s and early 80s when most of the camps starting shutting down then went back to Washington logged off the miserable blast zone of Mt st Helens my brother worked out of corner bay and Tennessee springs
Did this for 15 years on and off. Broke into the woods in camp grisdale on slacker one, last wooden tree that Simpson timber had. Crazy stuff, alot of shotgunning, some sucker blocking and northbending there. Then went up to S.E. worked for Gildersleeve, Bill Menish, Whitestone, and Soderberg. Pulled rigging and tended hook. Got injured too many times to remember, finally got out in the late 80s. Sure do miss the feeling of finishing off a hard day on the rigging and finding a 12 pack of Rainier in the culvert where the log truck driver had left it cause we got him so many loads. Then was good times, felt like a man, felt alive. There's them that's logger and them that ain't. Never say whoa on a go ahead show. Run or die... don't mind sacrificing a few dogs for a few logs. The raven screamed the whistle tooted, the haul back slacked and the rigging scooted, caught in the bight as the choker grew tight, that's the last hangup that hooker will fight.
Awesome - So were at False Island for Soderberg? Knew a few guys that worked there in the 70s. I was at Corner Bay pulling rigging and tending hook. Alot has changed since the days of big wood and kinky 1 1/8" chokers. Thanks for watching and commenting.
False Island, also worked for them later in Kake. Got the job through Art Brooks aka the Man catcher as Don Brown used to call him. He had an office in the Smith tower in Seattle. Art used to be president of the Alaska Loggers Association, then turned state witness when Reed brothers sued LP for their monopolization of the industry in S.E. Anyway turns I got cause during a card game one guy got stabbed so he went back to his room, got a gun and shot the guy who stabbed em. Hence they were shy two hands. Didn't find out till I got to camp. Was real nice and polite to them fellers, and didn't play cards with them. Never go to Corner Bay, worked for Whitestone out of Hoonah, and eight fathom bight for Silver Bay Logging. Your right about those kinky 1&1/8 chokers, like trying to wrestle a python. First time I saw em I said to myself, how come there sending us those guy lines on the rigging lol.
In 1971, I worked in Forks for Ernie Neilson on the most "highball side" in Forks. Loyd Brown was the hook tender. He and I were friends from logging in California.I worked setting choker's and worked as a "hookers pimp"; [ Climbing trees to rig tail holds"} We were expected to load 25 trucks a day; everyday, in 10 hours.These guys were the real deal; grew up on an island in Alaska with a dad that was a "high climber".
Those were the "good ol days". Very little cable logging these days. Most guys today wouldn't have a clue how to rig a tail tree. I worked at Corner Bay in SE in early 70s. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I used to dream talkie tooter whistles while I slept. I'd wake up in my trailer out in camp in the middle of the night and swear I could I could hear whistles. LOL And I was one of the fallers!
Yep - some things you never forget. I haven't been in the rigging for almost 50 years and I still wake up to make sure I'm not standing under the haulback! haha. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice - My brother in law cut timber for Mare back in the 60s then he and I worked in SE AK in the early/mid 70s. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Yes - it requires a lot of expensive machinery and hard working folks doing dangerous jobs to get the wood to the mill. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Probably - if not, it's right up there. Got to keep your head on a swivel doing these jobs. Lot's of stuff going on and it happens fast. Thanks for watching and commenting.
3 Rivers out of Darrington. Yep this was a good ol' high lead show. The next day they put on a carriage since the Witchita brakes were not cooling properly. Thanks for watching and commenting
As noted they were having cooling problems with the Wichita brakes so started using a carriage the next day. Some nice wood on this show. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I have the luxury of not having to also work in the brush or operate a machine like you do when doing vids. Been out of the woods for a long time. Now just a hobby when I find a show where I can shoot some footage. Nothing like the sights, sounds and smell of logging in the PNW. Thanks for watching & commenting. Thoroughly enjoy your channel.
The good ol days high lead and shotgun carriage loggin. A butt riggin WILL fit through a 15" block lol ( if your whistle malfunctions and you miss a stop in the back end lol)
Sounds like you might know someone who was in the back end smoking a cig and forgot to stop the rigging coming back!! hahaha Thanks for watching and commenting.
Got my roommate in North bend area a job on the rigging in the late 70s. He got so tired his first day he grabbed hold on the haul back right before the rigging hit the landing and slowed down. When the yerker engineer went ahead on it a bit it sucked his hand into the block. He lost the tips of three fingers first day on the job. I wasn't there Id left for S.E. Port Alice. Miss those days.
Who is this they have a john dear with a wartah get a yarder get electric chokes eliminate someone getting hurt on the landing electrics will pay for themselves fast with cycle time get a acme it's spendy but shit will pay tenfold id wait for the market though there only paying like 3 to 500 a thousand wich is shit
This outfit is rarely doing yarder shows. Mostly shovel logging. Probably not worth the investment since yarder logging is not their focus. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Did this for a few years for St. REGIS, up in Morton, Washington. First day on the job, I thought I'd quit, or die. But I stuck it out, and am glad I did. Hardest job I've ever had, but I enjoyed this job more than any other job I ever had.
Yep - hard work but like you I enjoyed it. I spent time working at a camp in SE Alaska back in the early 70s. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I worked High lead on a Skagit 110 then worked with a Washington 108 swing yarder and can relate to those first few days on the job. I was setting chokers then chased landing. My Uncle was a hook tender and was killed around Packwood ,Randle in the 60's.
My dad work for St Regis around 1960
@@tiowedoMy uncle was also killed in the woods in the 60s on the Oregon coast near Yachats. My mom named me after him as he was her favorite brother(of 5) I went on to work in the woods and commercial crab and fish in Alaska till retirement (2yrs ago) Good life
Brings back memories of my youth thanks for the awesome logging
Glad you enjoyed it. Same here-haven't been in the rigging since early 70s in Corner Bay AK. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@elwellboy I worked for LP nichen cove and port Alice in the late 70s and early 80s when most of the camps starting shutting down then went back to Washington logged off the miserable blast zone of Mt st Helens my brother worked out of corner bay and Tennessee springs
Did this for 15 years on and off. Broke into the woods in camp grisdale on slacker one, last wooden tree that Simpson timber had. Crazy stuff, alot of shotgunning, some sucker blocking and northbending there. Then went up to S.E. worked for Gildersleeve, Bill Menish, Whitestone, and Soderberg. Pulled rigging and tended hook. Got injured too many times to remember, finally got out in the late 80s. Sure do miss the feeling of finishing off a hard day on the rigging and finding a 12 pack of Rainier in the culvert where the log truck driver had left it cause we got him so many loads. Then was good times, felt like a man, felt alive. There's them that's logger and them that ain't. Never say whoa on a go ahead show. Run or die... don't mind sacrificing a few dogs for a few logs. The raven screamed the whistle tooted, the haul back slacked and the rigging scooted, caught in the bight as the choker grew tight, that's the last hangup that hooker will fight.
Awesome - So were at False Island for Soderberg? Knew a few guys that worked there in the 70s. I was at Corner Bay pulling rigging and tending hook. Alot has changed since the days of big wood and kinky 1 1/8" chokers. Thanks for watching and commenting.
False Island, also worked for them later in Kake. Got the job through Art Brooks aka the Man catcher as Don Brown used to call him. He had an office in the Smith tower in Seattle. Art used to be president of the Alaska Loggers Association, then turned state witness when Reed brothers sued LP for their monopolization of the industry in S.E. Anyway turns I got cause during a card game one guy got stabbed so he went back to his room, got a gun and shot the guy who stabbed em. Hence they were shy two hands. Didn't find out till I got to camp. Was real nice and polite to them fellers, and didn't play cards with them.
Never go to Corner Bay, worked for Whitestone out of Hoonah, and eight fathom bight for Silver Bay Logging. Your right about those kinky 1&1/8 chokers, like trying to wrestle a python. First time I saw em I said to myself, how come there sending us those guy lines on the rigging lol.
great video. always nice to see a high lead show in action.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I greatly appreciate the video. Thank you from a "micro logger".
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
In 1971, I worked in Forks for Ernie Neilson on the most "highball side" in Forks. Loyd Brown was the hook tender. He and I were friends from logging in California.I worked setting choker's and worked as a "hookers pimp"; [ Climbing trees to rig tail holds"} We were expected to load 25 trucks a day; everyday, in 10 hours.These guys were the real deal; grew up on an island in Alaska with a dad that was a "high climber".
Those were the "good ol days". Very little cable logging these days. Most guys today wouldn't have a clue how to rig a tail tree. I worked at Corner Bay in SE in early 70s. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I used to dream talkie tooter whistles while I slept. I'd wake up in my trailer out in camp in the middle of the night and swear I could I could hear whistles. LOL And I was one of the fallers!
Yep - some things you never forget. I haven't been in the rigging for almost 50 years and I still wake up to make sure I'm not standing under the haulback! haha. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice job filming keep it going
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
nice side fellahs gittin er done !!! thats a jag headin off the mountian !!!
Glad you enjoyed it. Yarder was having a few issues but still gittin logs. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Set chokers in early 70s for Mare Brothers in Hoquiam Washington.
Nice - My brother in law cut timber for Mare back in the 60s then he and I worked in SE AK in the early/mid 70s. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice-looking standing trees curiosity how big is sale is that unit wise acres ? Thanks for sharing video man awesome
Glad you enjoyed it. Not really sure how big this job is. Guessing about 200 acres. Thanks for watching and commenting.
i realize why lumber cost so much it is not the wood that cost the money but getting that wood to your doorstep does a lot of work involved
Yes - it requires a lot of expensive machinery and hard working folks doing dangerous jobs to get the wood to the mill. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@elwellboy i dont mind paying for lumber a 10 ft 2x6 pressure treated board cost around 15 bucks at home depot
Trying to find the tower I worked under as a chaser, our mainline was 3 7/8 in.
Good luck. They don't exist. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Was this out by Port Ludlow by chance??
This show is over in the Mt. Baker area. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I wish it was by ludlow !
Lindas montañas donde trabajan aquí en chile montaña son iguales don de trabajan madera unos cerros quebradas
Fue un día muy agradable, lo que hace que trabajar en la montaña sea mucho mejor que en la nieve. Gracias por ver y comentar.
Is that the Three Rivers side
Yes it is. This setting was up above Saxon. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Most dangerous job out there.
Probably - if not, it's right up there. Got to keep your head on a swivel doing these jobs. Lot's of stuff going on and it happens fast. Thanks for watching and commenting.
What outfit is this? Not often these days do you see old school grabinkski logging with the rider block.
3 Rivers out of Darrington. Yep this was a good ol' high lead show. The next day they put on a carriage since the Witchita brakes were not cooling properly. Thanks for watching and commenting
We used to just call it pollocking
Get a lot of logs with a ryder block stay safe get logs
As noted they were having cooling problems with the Wichita brakes so started using a carriage the next day. Some nice wood on this show. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@elwellboy 10.4 thanks for the time it takes ti put up the vids pretty much seems like i have a second full time job doing videos
I have the luxury of not having to also work in the brush or operate a machine like you do when doing vids. Been out of the woods for a long time. Now just a hobby when I find a show where I can shoot some footage. Nothing like the sights, sounds and smell of logging in the PNW. Thanks for watching & commenting. Thoroughly enjoy your channel.
Great video. Marred only by the lack of a B.C. style fat truck.
State highway departments here south of the border aren't fat truck fans. hahahha Thanks for watching and commenting.
Washington yarder?
This is a Skagit BU-84. Been around for awhile but still getting lots of logs. Thanks for watching and commenting.
i think it's a old b&m yarder they painted all there skagit yarders yellow
The good ol days high lead and shotgun carriage loggin. A butt riggin WILL fit through a 15" block lol ( if your whistle malfunctions and you miss a stop in the back end lol)
Sounds like you might know someone who was in the back end smoking a cig and forgot to stop the rigging coming back!! hahaha Thanks for watching and commenting.
I never saw it go through the block but I did see it destroy a block
Got my roommate in North bend area a job on the rigging in the late 70s. He got so tired his first day he grabbed hold on the haul back right before the rigging hit the landing and slowed down. When the yerker engineer went ahead on it a bit it sucked his hand into the block. He lost the tips of three fingers first day on the job. I wasn't there Id left for S.E. Port Alice. Miss those days.
Who's chokin
Mongo and Nolan were in the brush that day. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Who is this they have a john dear with a wartah get a yarder get electric chokes eliminate someone getting hurt on the landing electrics will pay for themselves fast with cycle time get a acme it's spendy but shit will pay tenfold id wait for the market though there only paying like 3 to 500 a thousand wich is shit
This outfit is rarely doing yarder shows. Mostly shovel logging. Probably not worth the investment since yarder logging is not their focus. Thanks for watching and commenting.