Why The Lumberjack is No More

I want one of those.

They do something like that around here in the pine forests for paper pulp. But, the bark is usually on it when it’s loaded on the trucks. They might be using pine bark for mulch.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

That was a cool 2 minutes !
It would be fun to run that tree picker for a while. That forest is set up like rows of corn crop.

-- keeping myself entertained

I bet that machine would kick the crap out of you after runnign it for 8 hours a day. Strap on your sealtbelts folks its gonna be a bumpy ride.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

I wouldn’t want to be standing within a hundred yards of that machine while it was operating. That machine could be used in a great horror movie. Thanks for posting this grumpy.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

All that is needed next, is a giant lathe to turn some toothpicks or pool ques!!!

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

WOW, that thing makes quick work of it.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

that is krazy, isn’t it??

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Incredible

-- John from Horse Shoe

One man and one machine takes the place of a couple of each. There still has to be someone who maintains the machines. After doing a little of the logging (Very little) in my younger years and more of the maintaining of the machines in my later years, I would rather maintain the machines.
Thanks for the video. I wonder when they will have a machine that cuts, dries, dimensions, and then spits out furniture?

-- Mel

what species tree are they cutting? you can see the trees are planted in rows. is that in the US?

-- david roberts, spinning Tales from Topographic Oceans, no, really.

That is an awesome machine for sure. I’ve seen this video and several others (competitors I think). Not taking away from the engineering and the skill of the operator, I wonder if the speed is faster than real time. I can’t see how a human operator can react that fast.

-- Joe

Wow, What a machine!!!!!!!!!!!!JIM

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Makes me wonder if you were to ask the fellow driving that machine if he thinks of himself as a lumberjack.
I think he might say that he is.

He’s a lumberjack with a better tool. That’s like a woodworker with a CNC router.

-- "Hard work is not defined by the difficulty of the task as much as a person's desire to perform it.", DS251

Jocks. I don’t know many of the answers on this one. It came to me on an email. But it looks like a softwood plantation.
I have seen these machines in action and they are quick but perhaps there is an automatic process built in to some of it otherwise it would give you a big headache trying to concentrate with things moving so fast.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python