Friesen Bros. Logging

[nwlogger1]

Good vidio guys. This shows how the real axe-men work. No drama or flash, just good steady work and getting the job done.

[buttmanroad]

Oh and 12 people dont use toilet paper

[buttmanroad]

Awsome

[danl0we1]

An excellent and well made video very different to how its done in the UK, it was good to see the whole system right up to loading on the timber wagon.

[3xAmigosProductions]

green forests offer more, just saying.

[derneuschooer]

friesenbros heeten jii? praot ji ook plattdütsch?

[TVremote42848]

left those stumps pretty high

[Bobus2003]

Does the Limmit Delimber not have a measuring system? Would make the need of the slasher non-exsistant

[dirtyboy304]

damn that stroker takes sum skill don't it?

[pand30n]

You use atleast 5 men to do a job that we do in sweden with 3. Thats 3 from the point the tree is cut untill its on the truck heading for the roads. So much fuel down the drain.

[4Mr2ThC0]

@pand30n this is sustainable logging, meant to pick only to proper trees with minimal impact to the environment...

[carl450r]

@pand30n for sure your production is better thann 3000 cubic meter by week?with minus 2 guys :)

[theonlydaylight]

i woud like to ses you log out her in washinton

[hawker800FO]

@theonlydaylight its completely different types of logging if you tried logging here they would run circles around you and vice versa

[theonlydaylight]

@hawker800FO true

[Rocky070107]

hey the chains on your skidder are loose. : (

[1998classicXJ]

9 people are dirty hippies.

[NUB420DUB]

WTF dont drive on the pile!! never seen it done like that

[Ki113rBuD]

why are u cuttin such small wood?



[CephalicZyklon]

@Ki113rBuD looks like they never thined it

[XxrushxX1]

that machine is BADASS!!!

[kawabingo]

hauptsache groß und schwer,aber null effektiv,das haben die in der alten welt echt besser drauf

[shithustler420]

yeah canada boys. fuckin live just down the road

[Byrdbros]

well..at least ther not wrecking machines and obviously it is not their first day on the job...possibly just a nice calm day with some old timers running the show .

[imranmarshall11]

FUCK THOSE LUMBERJACKERS

THEY CAN JACK OFF FOR ALL I CARE

SAVE THE EARTH!!!

[diesel4life7410]

@imranmarshall11 did you know that a pine forest will grow back to origanl in 5 to 10 years god i hate tree huggers

[imranmarshall11]

@diesel4life7410 and man do i hate you right now...

[diesel4life7410]

@imranmarshall11 good hate me but know your homework logging is a renewable sorce of energy i do get your point i hate clear cutting to make way for a city im with ya there but loging in a forest and it growing back i have logged in bushes that have been logged 15years ago and they grow back up fresh for the pickens

[diesel4life7410]

@imranmarshall11 you say save the earth well ok i agree some loggers are retards but lets say there was no logging what would your house be made of? how would you wipe your ass? what would you right on?

[Cater821]

@imranmarshall11 ..... you have got to be kidding me. Cutting down some trees is not going to harm the earth. Trees are a renewable resource....Whenever there is a site cleared, they go in and plant new trees. Someday when you get an education maybe you will understand that... From your bad language, I doubt you passed third grade. Grow up.

[llib245]

These poor operators. All you experts should make your own video to show them the right way,then leave a space for coments and watch your self esteem go down the shitter. Good video.

[ranger0106]

excellent video 

[peteacher52]

Most interesting and helpful video. Thanks for posting.

[stephenjray1988]

the first skidder operator must be new or getting paid by the hour my boss wouldn't put up with me going at that speed lol

[bodders1029]

@harcerz97 what the hell? ive seen some stupid shit in my time!?

[HereticSinner666]

those are the 4 things u need :Skidder,Delimber,Loader w/ slasher and a buncher

[odmcarp]

awesome video, i enjoyed it from start to finish. thanks for posting,

[gothenburgan]

damn, you guys are equipped with the same type of machines that we used in sweden under the 50´s and 60´s, and its a really slow and cost a LOT of money to work this way!!

My machines that i own is 1 timberjack / john deer 1270 harvester and one 1410 forester and i would say that i could do exactly the same work that you guys do, but 4 times faster with just 2 machines... cut, take away the boughs, messure, cut to the right length, and pile up for the forester, all in a click of a button!

[bodders1029]

@gothenburgan i have to agree - that is a serious amount of handling when a harvester and forwarder can produce the desired result more effectivly. the skidder is the weekest link here, two machines working are easier to sync than four! iIf there are two skidders thats five! 

[Jonas889665]

@gothenburgan

That is the reason, why all the new modern Equipment comes from Europe, ore is designed in Europe.

[petey757]

@gothenburgan no you couldn't those machines put out 4000 chords every two weeks......your 1270 and 1410 wont even come close to that

[bonnielea14]

@ yocanbanconit it is for pulp, if it was for lumber they wouldnt be using that slasher.

[landlightning]

@bonnielea14 They're only slashing the aspen, which is usually used for pulp. Note that there aren't any conifer decks around there, which are usually used for lumber.

[petey757]

@bonnielea14 u dont know shit they slash soft wood into 16 foot and 8 foot and send it on trucks to the sawmill

[bonnielea14]

@petey757 maybe where you are but here in Maine only pulp wood gets slashed. Most companies like Pelletiers' from American Loggers (based in Millinocket) cut full and half length logs for lumber.

[christmas0800]

If I cut trees this slow I would get fired

[effinghamhick]

@christmas0800

He's still producing more than the skidders can move.

[charliebobluanski2]

buncher...walking way to slow and looks like hes doodlin around looking for trees to cut? walk+cut= higher cut and the chains on the grapple seem a lil looser than should be...

[enfred01]

maybe if he goes to fast he work him self out of a job ...and when u talking about walking the deck u talking about the skidder coming off the end of the deck ,,just wonder is that wood going for pulp or saw logs ..and just wait till the bc bug gets there .lol.

[lemmig]

What part of northern ontario do you log ..

[NorthCarolinaDiper94]

damn im 12 and run a loader and sometimes a skidder loggin the mountans of wnc and im still faster that that skidder opperator

[perki1952]

@NorthCarolinaDiper94 You are 12 and have 15 years of experience ......

[timberjack1ful]

Respond to this video...? who showed these guys how 2 log there slow as hell

[abc123bengi]

is that skidder stick shift or hydro? are the newer ones hydro?

[stephenjray1988]

yea that is the slowest skidder driver i have seen but look at this way wont be near as many break downs cause he aint running it hard enough lol

[woodsbull620]

Hood equip sucks. Since their dad died, this 2nd generation seems to be a bunch of spoiled kids who do not give a XXXX about their customers.

[vieuxjf]

good video,vraiment bon!!!

[hockeyslade]

Feller Buncher cuts and sorts trees (faster), skidder hauls trees (faster) Limber finishes sorting and de-limbs and stacks trees (faster) Slasher cuts trees to 100 inch pieces and loads on trucks (faster) That's how it works gentleman. Thank you for your time. lol

[oilfield666]

short logs yeah....long logs you skip the slasher part and top the trees at around 6inch and keep the full lenth.

[vecazeke]

i have to do all this (except for skiding) with my chainsaw and hands. :( can someone give me a harvester for free??

[cornfarmer4700]

i have 3 brothers one farms and one logs so i work for him when i am all done but this stuff is amazing to do and hard work i ran a feller buncher and log skidder i still do but he logs in the upper peninusla of michigan

[oilfield666]

i log in canada....ran feller buncher, skidders and delimbers. lots of wood up here.

[cornfarmer4700]

i would think so he he has 2 nice feller bunchers so thats what me him run

[landlightning]

Walking the deck with the skidder = broken trees!

[oilfield666]

that and bent skid plates to the point where you cant put them back on once removed (unless beat back into shape, holes move). seen quite a few newfies do this. not one held the job for very long.....very hard on equipment.

[perki1952]

@landlightning So what ?

[landlightning]

@perki1952

I say walking the deck with the skidder = broken trees and you say, "So what?" So in the worst case scenario perfectly good trees are being wasted because they're broken and nothing can be made of them and in the best case scenario more wood is being wasted at the mill because fractured lumber doesn't meet quality specs and is discarded, so in both scenarios it's wasteful, AND the mill pays you less for your logs because the quality is poor, that's what.

[perki1952]

@landlightning How do you know what this wood were used to ? The end of the video indicates firewood ! Or wood shavings ! :)

[landlightning]

@perki1952 Possibly, but that's aspen they are cutting to length at the end, not the conifer the skidder was walking. Aspen is usually not used for saw logs, but conifer usually is used for saw logs, so chances are, the trees that skidder is breaking are going for saw logs. Either way, walking the deck also equals more severely damaged and/or lost skidplates, which in turn requires more maintainance, so don't do it!

[perki1952]

@landlightning You might be right ! Sorry ! :)

[landlightning]

@perki1952 It's all good! :)

[WillBrownell95]

@perki1952 no it looks like pulp but it could be bolts pulp is wood chips for paper and bolts are cut up in to short lumber for palets

[WillBrownell95]

@landlightning No yeah they deduct money but every thing is used but the limbs other wise all of the wood that is no good for lumber is chiped and sold to a paper mill witch is made in to paper every thing is used including the bark. the bark is chiped died and used for that stuff you put around your house

[landlightning]

@WillBrownell95 I meant "wasteful" in the sense that less board-feet of lumber can be made from a broken tree, and since lumber is worth more than chips, it is wasteful. Yes, the pieces will be used for chips, but it's still discarded as a saw log. That's what I meant. What could have been a 2x4 instead becomes chips, and that is a waste, even if the chips are being used in the end.

[WillBrownell95]

@landlightning How do you consider that wasting its being used for paper and most paper that is produced is used for boxes. and it all depends on the type of wood ok say it was spruse the chips are worth more than the lumber because the wood is a low class wood so no one wants to cut it they would much rather chip it and by the size of the wood how do you know that its not a load of bolts they are used for palet lumber bolts are 8 foot saw logs

[landlightning]

@WillBrownell95 Because it's not going to be used for its original intended purpose, and okay, you got me there, I can't say 100% for sure that its intended purpose is saw logs, but where I come from, it would be. Around here, the saw mills that make lumber out of S/P/F aren't interested in making chips, that's done by the pulp mills, and those same saw mills would easily use the logs in this video for lumber, even if they could only get one 8 foot 2x4 out of it. Done it plenty of times.

[WillBrownell95]

@landlightning See yeah most solid wood is used for lumber here to but if what you say is true then what becomes of the wast after the cutting process is done they chip it then sell the wast to the pulp mill so either way it is getting used

[landlightning]

@WillBrownell95 Yes, I understand that the boken pieces will likely be chipped, but what I'm trying to explain, is that since the original purpose of the logs is most likely lumber, any piece that cannot be made into lumber is therefore a waste, even if it gets chipped and used in the end. Does that make sense?

[WillBrownell95]

@landlightning Yeah i under stand

[effinghamhick]

@landlightning

That isn't hurting anything, and it's saving wear and money on the loaders.

[landlightning]

@effinghamhick I'm not sure what you mean. What isn't hurting anything and saving wear and money on the loaders?

[MsLocus]

that has to be the slowest skidder driver and cutter opperator i have ever seen! I can cut twice the wood with a wheel buncher 843J john deere and my uncle can drag it and delimb it faster than he picked it up lmao

[mandmlogging]

ya must be by the hour (oil patch job)

[radiozins]

the great nobama and algore do not approve.

[uberlogger]

The fuck kind of delimber is that?

Real logging uses a processor.

[mandmlogging]

That a rilsey limmit, and even it this operator is a lil slow, if you out a guy on there that know how to run it, it would kick the ass of any processor espicaly in bigger wood

[mahalaha]

in general we worked good size block with an 870 TC in about a week when a single grip harvester/processor takes about a month in the same block. Ja, you are right, he is slow but I am sure he is new at this and gets faster in time if he cares about production at all.

[WillBrownell95]

@uberlogger I love processors but thats the way they do it old school

[Gasteraner]

Awesome!

Thanks for that !

A skidder and fellerbuncher cab view would be nice as well !

Take care and all the best

Alexander

[ericsimp14]

great video on showing the entire process from standing wood to junked up on the trailer! thanks for sharing

[hibbsy86]

WOW can you say to SLOW thats why eastcoasters dont hack it out in the west

[Newyorklumberjack]

What's wrong with east coasters ? We can can log with the best of them .

[Bargemonkey]

I agree... thats why the west coast is known as "the land of fruits and nuts.."

[NathansBackwoods]

@Newyorklumberjack, nothing wrong with east coast loggers, Its just a west coast styriotype, most people think logging is only in the northwest, i kind of enjoy that because i live in the NW, but there are loggers where there are trees, midwest, east and the south, if someone makes fun of you for being an east coast logger just say id like to see you log in some of the places ive been, see what there reactions are, if they have never logged in the east the may think its really dangerous...lol

[CephalicZyklon]

@NathansBackwoods yeah man i live up in wisconsin and i hand cut some of the biggest white pines seen to man haha

[paratrev]

@Newyorklumberjack yeah im in PA and we log the old fashioned way, a chainsaw and tractor, but were just as fast as the best.

[lweigle]

@Newyorklumberjack HELLS YA WE CAN

[chado2448]

I hate jack off machines.

[brian77764]

I owned a tigercat 853 lots of problems, stayed with Timberjack

[ScootTheSkidderMan]

By far the shittiest skiddin ive seen....i wouldnt be surprised if he has busted that grapple off...Very slow and shitty decking..

[effinghamhick]

I didn't anything wrong with the skidder driving? I think you'll find it takes a LOT more than what I saw there to injure a 648.

[Jsewell0203]

Tigercat is great equipment, reliable, well built, great service and support.

Get one at ironmartdotcom

[storselet]

stonedge logging

[joehm23]

Thanks for upload

[ticker511]

This is very good, but very slow operation. If they have the time that's fine. I have tryed bearpaw's on all 4's , it will beat you to death. They must have thier gramma driving the skidder. I like this operation no waste, [ very good video guy's ] I got stuck in the pile one time , i had a big mess.

[minnesotalogger247]

Why not hot log it with limber and skidder? I run a 2100 limmit on a Daewoo and a 648 classed machine can hardly keep up, even on a short skid. Everyone does it different I guess. Some buddies run Limmits and 748G3's and they go in 7th to keep up to limbers on a mid range skid. BUT they replace seats every year. I won't run that hard..

[beyondupnorth]

Thats fine if all pieces produce at a equal rate, work the same hours and nothing breaks, but not always practical

[Byrdbros]

Great video and operation....looks like fence posts...lots of equiptment..thanks for the vid.

[yocanbanconit]

What kind of lumber can be had from such small trees? Or is it for pulp?

[fhrenchy4120]

WTF is with the single drag....what a waste of time. The climbing over the deck..TRY GRAPPLE DECKING!!!!Break alot less tress and build straighter and less tangled decks!!

[fackinjacksack]

this video would be cool if they weren't cutting down trees.

[fuxr]

yes this is true

[SaveRestoule]

Look what logging might soon do to a small town!:

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[Newyorklumberjack]

sure beat's liming that pulpwood with a saw what a pain. And thos feller buncher's are pretty handy,and the grapell skider is nice better then a cable skidder,get more skids out but i guess ether one works good for certain jobs.Also i notice you have bearclaws on the back and double dimonds on front our skidder we claws on front singles dimonds on back i don't know aboutyou how do you like thos bear claws.Ithink there a pain singles work real good.

[raptorcrazy3]

Is that a new operator in that buncher

[WV24985]

Holy cow...I've never seen a machine like that. It cuts, grabs, and moves whole trees. The only logging I've seen is men with chainsaws who climb the trees to top them, and then cut them from the ground...drag them with a skidster or dozer, and stack them with a knuckle boom...This is the coolest video I've seen, today!!!

[pittlogger]

your hoses sure hang down on the buncher head we got a tigercat 822 the hoses dont hang down

[Jeffsfriesen]

Yeah, you probably have a different head on it. The amount of extra hose length depends a lot on how much rotation the wrist is capable of.

[timbco475]

i meant the limber not the bunch'er the bunch'er is a tigercat

[joehm23]

i love that maschines

[bbigman2000]

Excellent Video, Certainly a lot different to how things are done here in Scotland, Impressive.

[rai7133]

ya, we log in maine a lot, ecspecially up north, we have a lot of big pines up here

[ZzDe0]

i all ways here about logging in the north west but do they log here in the north east to????

[rai7133]

They use feller bunchers a lot in Maine, from like the Orono area up, I saw some this summer in class

[kohlerhunter]

i love the machines but i hate what they do to my woods.

[astanaught]

save the trees!

[wightman23]

jeez thats funny i live in maine, they only cut like that tho up north

[yawotton]

That's a neat cutter, Must be popular in your region

[testa375L]

who made that feller buncher

[steam0001]

"who made that feller buncher"

Tigercat :-)

[timbco475]

it looks like a john deer that was modified by pro pac

[carfanf50]

i love feller bunchers

[willymilly69]

that is a lot like maine logging but some differnce