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Pacific Northwest LOGGING I Tigercat Feller Buncher

Aaron Witt
2024 ж. 19 Қаң.
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Welcome to one of the world's most productive logging regions-the Pacific Northwest.
Here, logging companies manage hundreds of thousands of acres to grow the timber we need. Whether it's lumber for our homes or toilet paper for our... you know... we all use timber products daily whether we realize it or not.
And don't forget-trees are a RENEWABLE resource. Thanks to excellent management practices and regulations, these lands are replanted and re-harvested repeatedly.
This is where Kirkpatrick Cutting comes into play. Kirkpatrick can harvest timber on extremely steep terrain using a Tigercat feller buncher attached to another machine via a steel cable and winch.
There's nothing quite like an early morning in the woods!

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  • Tree’s are one of the best renewable resource we have. Most areas in the northwest are replanted after logged. Called tree farming.

    @mrfiero1451@mrfiero14513 ай бұрын

    • bingo

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt3 ай бұрын

    • @@AaronWittlook up Levanen Inc. they have a tower logging operation.

      @mrfiero1451@mrfiero14513 ай бұрын

    • Lack of biodiversity in the pnw forests is a problem. When every single tree is a doug fir, only one bug or disease is all it takes to decimate the forest.

      @cptbuiltk7944@cptbuiltk79443 ай бұрын

    • Exactly. Trees are just another crop, but happens to have a decades long harvest cycle.

      @benhart16@benhart163 ай бұрын

    • Bio fuel is becoming fuel type which utilizes all the extra parts from the trees. Bark. Leaves, small branches etc. also managing our forests correctly can reduce wildfires.

      @mrfiero1451@mrfiero14513 ай бұрын

  • Aaron...Aaron....You are an engineer.....1000 RPM's per minute! That's redundant. M in RPM stands for minute! C+ for this segment. But friggin LOVE watching that feller work! WOW! And what in the heck is the, "top of the roof?!" 🙂

    @marksellinger3736@marksellinger37363 ай бұрын

    • That one got me too. Common construction mistake.

      @zekeabercrombie3583@zekeabercrombie35833 ай бұрын

    • @@zekeabercrombie3583 Aaron is a common construction mistake? I thought he was from Arizona

      @marksellinger3736@marksellinger37363 ай бұрын

    • Nit picking at its finest

      @nicoleranallo7641@nicoleranallo76413 ай бұрын

    • My personal favorites are ATM machine and PIN number. Allow myself to introduce…….myself (Thanks, Austin Powers).

      @chrisfallis5851@chrisfallis58512 ай бұрын

    • And it's rpm, not rpm's

      @Harry_Gersack@Harry_Gersack17 күн бұрын

  • the tigercat looks sorta adorable all covered in brush edit: 1000rpm per minute lol

    @Duvstep910@Duvstep9103 ай бұрын

  • Could you do a steel mill one day? Btw the logging videos are some of my favorite since I deal in portable milling. You make the best videos bringing attention to these jobs. Thank you for the excellent content

    @cjschoenmann2258@cjschoenmann22583 ай бұрын

  • That dog was like "Stop talking, human! Throw that stick!" 😂😁😜

    @UncleManuel@UncleManuel3 ай бұрын

    • 😂

      @SiboBushings@SiboBushings3 ай бұрын

  • Finally some logging content!

    @sinclair6.782@sinclair6.7823 ай бұрын

  • I'm not going to lie... I have crashed drones multiple times filming logging videos! Awesome video!

    @Tbraat@Tbraat19 күн бұрын

  • Spot on Aaron! Come on over to Idaho and I can give you a taste of inland northwest logging and forestry practices.

    @rupps_timber@rupps_timber3 ай бұрын

  • Feller-bunchers are speciallized machines indeed. These machines aren't used in Europe though, as we cut to length instead.

    @johannessamuelsson6578@johannessamuelsson65783 ай бұрын

    • Yes we call those dangle heads they are used in selective logging usually. Not very common though. But we do cut to length still. Buncher drops the tree, Skidder drags it to the processor, where it is cut to length and de-limbed, from there it is stacked for load out. Alternatively it may not go through a processor and instead a stroked de-limber will strip it and load it long log for power poles and such. I am talking from a British Columbia perspective but still the same as the Pacific Northwest in the States.

      @n2nitro444@n2nitro4443 ай бұрын

    • Forwarders with cut to length cutting heads are very inefficient. I'm not surprised they are not used in the United States.

      @UltraMagaFan@UltraMagaFan3 ай бұрын

    • @@UltraMagaFan well, obviously we have a harvester cutting the actual tree, and then the forwarder picks it up and transports it to the log truck

      @johannessamuelsson6578@johannessamuelsson65783 ай бұрын

    • @@johannessamuelsson6578 I was thinking of a combination cutter. I don’t know why I said forwarder. Even then skidding is still more efficient. You pick up the whole tree instead of 8 foot sections of it.

      @UltraMagaFan@UltraMagaFan3 ай бұрын

  • Those machines are incredible!! So much power yet finesse with those trees!

    @KL0WNK1NG@KL0WNK1NG3 ай бұрын

  • Gotta love the Cam Hanes "Keep Hammering" swag in the cab of the Tigercat!!

    @markbatzel@markbatzelАй бұрын

  • Another amazing vid. Thank you all for the hard work!

    @TsunauticusIV@TsunauticusIV3 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching!

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt3 ай бұрын

    • Oh , no shit, thats what the m stands for in rpm, révolution per minute? I would've never guessed😮

      @earlwright9715@earlwright97152 ай бұрын

  • Need to go find a big tower yarder next

    @NYB800@NYB8003 ай бұрын

  • Interesting...how the development of the Hydraulic Motor & Piston Cylinders, have totally changed any type of industry. From back in the day.

    @Dinoxt12@Dinoxt123 ай бұрын

  • Love the logging videos.

    @rpier8357@rpier83573 ай бұрын

  • That was a great dog! He wanted to show what RPMs are and demonstrate how the cutter works!

    @gohj98@gohj983 ай бұрын

  • Should look into more forestry machines, in Canada there are still these old monstrosities that are still running from the 70s, massive logging trucks with 16ft bunks, super snorkels, and old yarders.

    @VortekXtiik@VortekXtiik3 ай бұрын

  • You should come to Maine and check out some of the logging we do

    @ThebluecollarboyzALL-IN@ThebluecollarboyzALL-INАй бұрын

  • Aaron you definitely have the coolest job ever

    @paulpeters5199@paulpeters51993 ай бұрын

  • Yes it's renewable and will be replanted. But with only one sort of trees, it is like an grainfield. An plantation over thousands of acres. There is no biodiversity. I think normally the northwest is rich in different types of deciduous and coniferous trees. Here in Germany we are now taking a different approach, where different tree species are mixed together in the forest. It looks better and is ecologically more stable. We hardly do any clear-cutting anymore. For me as a wood harvester driver it is more complicated, but I think it is worth it. Other countries other manners.

    @DeDeimos1@DeDeimos12 ай бұрын

  • 5:22 Saying RPM and revolutions per minute is redundant. 5:27 Dog is operating at 6 RPMs (Rolls Per Minute).

    @AndyFromBeaverton@AndyFromBeaverton3 ай бұрын

    • nice

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt3 ай бұрын

  • Wonder if you stayed in Eugene for our ice storms. Would’ve been cool to see a video of all the lineman at work

    @konnerborsheim9449@konnerborsheim94493 ай бұрын

  • Way to go Jason!

    @MountainCuban@MountainCuban3 ай бұрын

  • awesome equipment lekker video keep it up

    @iamabigf00t59@iamabigf00t593 ай бұрын

  • greetings! gorgeous editing! see you soon~

    @eprohoda@eprohoda3 ай бұрын

  • Really nice video

    @JamesJones-sh7ut@JamesJones-sh7ut3 ай бұрын

  • A basic and good video

    @thomasesteb9589@thomasesteb95893 күн бұрын

  • Dude thank you for coming out! Let’s do it again on the next roadshow!

    @jdavenport_photo@jdavenport_photo3 ай бұрын

  • Not that operators first day

    @tlyons4758@tlyons47583 ай бұрын

    • I was amazed at how closely and quickly he was operating around his tow cable. What happens if the blade hits the cable? Nothing good I assume.

      @95thousandroses@95thousandroses3 ай бұрын

  • Been waiting for this one😈

    @Carharttcowboi@Carharttcowboi3 ай бұрын

  • Right on near my neck of the woods . You should come up to wa state and check out logging towers

    @inferno1770@inferno17703 ай бұрын

    • hopefully sometime soon

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt3 ай бұрын

  • Here in the south.. they replant trees all the time. That's if they do a clean cut. Some times u thin cut an then couple of years later they will go in an clean cut an a few weeks later the. Go In an replant trees. A couple of times I seen helicopters come in an help with cleaning an one or two of em an sprayers. The company I use to work for they have a track an tire fella bunchers.. I use to run a tigercat 625 Dual arch skidder

    @wayneburnett8532@wayneburnett85323 ай бұрын

  • Come on man! At the +/- 6:00 mark the dog CLEARLY wants you throw the stick for him.

    @tomhoffman9729@tomhoffman97293 ай бұрын

  • Is there a part 2? You need to check out a high lead job.

    @porcucoon@porcucoon3 ай бұрын

  • 3:58 Did you mean you hit a tree? The tree didn’t move over and hit the drone. 😂

    @chloehennessey6813@chloehennessey68132 ай бұрын

    • I'm guessing he flew too close to one that had been cut. Batter up!

      @richardreid6377@richardreid6377Ай бұрын

  • You should check out some cut to length forestry

    @tosijjaan@tosijjaan3 ай бұрын

    • These are cut to length. Once they are bunched, then skidded to the processor, which de-limbs and puts to length, it's then stacked and trucked out.

      @n2nitro444@n2nitro4443 ай бұрын

  • Trees are a crop, like corn, wheat and soybeans. It just takes longer to grow and harvest. When we think of them as a crop and less like a fixture of the landscape we will manage them differently and better. People will be more acclimated to walking through trees like walking through farmland.

    @josiahpeterson6100@josiahpeterson61003 ай бұрын

  • It would be Cool to see how the trees were then brought to road and put on trucks

    @hamblin113@hamblin1132 ай бұрын

  • You need to check out Vancouver island logging next

    @AJDeere@AJDeere11 күн бұрын

    • I'd love to sometime soon

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt10 күн бұрын

  • Noway this was 2 days ago. But cool video

    @Bjames5150@Bjames51503 ай бұрын

  • We run tracked buncher on flat land as much as steep

    @peeverlogging9950@peeverlogging99503 ай бұрын

  • Why do they leave one tree up and to top of the hill? Future anchor point for the next cutting?

    @jacksonbennett6151@jacksonbennett61513 ай бұрын

    • Either not mature enough to cut. Or the wrong type.

      @n2nitro444@n2nitro4443 ай бұрын

  • 1000 rpm per minute? doesn't rpm sand for revolutions per minute?

    @millerthekiller1124@millerthekiller11242 ай бұрын

  • have you ever checked out a yarder?

    @andrewplayfair3075@andrewplayfair30753 ай бұрын

  • "In the southeast, you dont have hills!" Im in the end of one of the oldest mountain range in the world, the Appalachian mountain range . I have hills all around me

    @earlwright9715@earlwright97152 ай бұрын

  • Revolutions per minute per minute??

    @ReaperThugX@ReaperThugXАй бұрын

  • So basically you need one machine as expensive as this one which stays seated the all day on top of the hill just to operate the winch? idk if its really profitable.

    @lebaillidessavoies3889@lebaillidessavoies3889Ай бұрын

  • 😅 definitivamente árvore entrou na frente drone

    @danielmedalia8232@danielmedalia8232Ай бұрын

  • 1000 rpm's per minutes, ah yes, I love me some rotations per minute per minute.

    @joshpodolsky7740@joshpodolsky7740Ай бұрын

  • THE JOB I WOULD LOVE

    @phillipcraddock8248@phillipcraddock82483 ай бұрын

  • Maybe potlatch timber company along with most of idaho will figure out how to replant again.

    @kevinallen206@kevinallen2062 ай бұрын

  • How is the up hill winch controlled from the cab? Tied together via wireless control so they work together? Interesting to learn how that is done.

    @chuckwillcox1930@chuckwillcox19303 ай бұрын

    • I know eh. Such an interesting pc of the job, and no mention of the technology involved.

      @blueman5924@blueman59243 ай бұрын

    • I’m wondering the same thing, you’d want some tension all the time automatically but also pay in and out when tracking the lower machine and for it to hold firm if it’s slipping.

      @jacksonbennett6151@jacksonbennett61513 ай бұрын

    • All the winches are linked to the machines via radio contorls some of them have a set tension they will pull at some is based on track speed of the cutting machine

      @joel387ktm@joel387ktm3 ай бұрын

    • Having bunched on a tether before. It is in fact wireless and connects to your foot pedals. But as soon as you stop moving it pulls some tension. To hold you.

      @n2nitro444@n2nitro4443 ай бұрын

    • it's automated based on the tension. The feller buncher controls it from his machine

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt3 ай бұрын

  • "1000 RPMs per minute" lol

    @Mk7Dustin@Mk7Dustin3 ай бұрын

    • I'm not smart

      @AaronWitt@AaronWitt3 ай бұрын

  • Rpm's per minute? Just in case, i guess?

    @earlwright9715@earlwright97152 ай бұрын

  • 1000 RPM's per minute? PM stands for Per Minute.

    @iceman_wn_@iceman_wn_Ай бұрын

  • What happens if the cable breaks?

    @Sdukes001@Sdukes0013 ай бұрын

    • The winch is "supposed" to be an assist only.

      @banffdigger@banffdigger3 ай бұрын

    • @@banffdigger I understand that but things do fail and my question is what happens to the machine does it tip over or have a safety for that.

      @Sdukes001@Sdukes0013 ай бұрын

    • @@Sdukes001 It depends what the ground is like and how steep it is frozen 60% you might go for a big slide, steeper broken ground you might have a really bad day. Those tigercats are fairly stable I have seen them cut on 70% all day long with no winches and a really gifted operator. The contractor I work for runs winches that are a 2 line system so I feel they are safer. Just as a side note the hotsaw will cut that chain in a blink of an eye. That is way more likely then any other part of the system failing.

      @banffdigger@banffdigger3 ай бұрын

    • @@banffdigger I seen that when he was going back uphill definitely need a very good operator.

      @Sdukes001@Sdukes0013 ай бұрын

    • Nothing. The feller buncher can go up and down the mountain by itself. The cable is there just to be 100% sure it doesn't flip over.

      @UltraMagaFan@UltraMagaFan3 ай бұрын

  • Is the operator having to manually level the machine or is it automatically controlled

    @brianhynes17@brianhynes173 ай бұрын

    • They do have a button to press that will auto level, usually though you don't want to be perfectly level.

      @banffdigger@banffdigger3 ай бұрын

  • The dog wants you to throw the stick

    @tysonwalsh8193@tysonwalsh81933 ай бұрын

  • Aaron check out swamp logging in north Carolina

    @tallbeen1990@tallbeen19903 ай бұрын

  • We need wood to build homes. Dirt slope board video soon ?

    @secondgear6079@secondgear60793 ай бұрын

  • 5am? Y’all are late 😬

    @nickvial7008@nickvial70083 ай бұрын

  • Whelp, looks like your gonna have to go back and show how those felled trees are extracted……

    @7B-NorthIdaho@7B-NorthIdaho3 ай бұрын

  • They're the same exact feller bunchers loggers use 2,700 miles away in the southeast. There's absolutely nothing special about them. They're incredibly common machines. You should have done a video on a cable yarding operation instead. It would have actually been interesting. That's a type of logging specific to the Pacific Northwest that you do not see everyday.

    @UltraMagaFan@UltraMagaFan3 ай бұрын

  • america needs to start building homes from conrete and steel so much more durable and better for CO2 intake fresh oxygen etc I mean not anti wood but make it more for specials craft purposes that are more artisinal in nature

    @StagnantMizu@StagnantMizu22 күн бұрын

  • Should really look at forest thinning not forest clearing

    @al_d7829@al_d78293 ай бұрын

  • It’s the third world logging you need to be worried about.

    @anthonyjohnson100@anthonyjohnson1003 ай бұрын

  • a full1-2.5 min of driving talking about to find a drone but no crash footage? talk about dead footage

    @betes1@betes13 ай бұрын

  • Dog wanted a zyn

    @olivercolpitts1559@olivercolpitts15593 ай бұрын

  • Sad to see

    @royalblood2405@royalblood24053 ай бұрын

  • What I really don't understand is: You're at locations where there are people that know so much more than you and yet you're refusing to let anyone explain it to you. You're always explaining stuff the way you derive it instead of collecting some facts before starting to talk. For example the cab doesn't level out so the operator is nice and comfortable but to prevent the whole machine from tipping over. Whithout that mechanism it wouldn't be able to operate on steep slopes. Also revolutions per minutes per minute

    @Harry_Gersack@Harry_Gersack17 күн бұрын

  • Another example of global warming

    @robertjohnston6387@robertjohnston63873 ай бұрын

    • You live in a tent ?

      @thepressurepack3777@thepressurepack37773 ай бұрын

    • this isnt deforestation, this is logging. they usually get replanted afterwards

      @keinname7478@keinname74783 ай бұрын

    • @@keinname7478 Logging actually releases more CO2 than car traffic, so... Even though they replant, it still doesn't neutralize the emissions quick enough. I think that was Robert's point.

      @johannessamuelsson6578@johannessamuelsson65783 ай бұрын

    • @@johannessamuelsson6578 Robert doesn’t have a point he’s as stupid as the tree huggers and there’s no global warming either

      @kenhofer8063@kenhofer80633 ай бұрын

    • K​@@johannessamuelsson6578

      @carlfalt174@carlfalt1743 ай бұрын

  • Wow that thing accelerates 1000 RPM 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦, thats ridiculous. It would be spinning 100,000 RPM by lunch time...😂

    @amosbackstrom5366@amosbackstrom53663 ай бұрын

    • the dog messed up his train of thought.😂 He did not “stick” to the script.

      @blueman5924@blueman59243 ай бұрын
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