Hurricane season is here

[sloporsche]

It is breezy last time I went outside in Pace, FL and there seems to be an out band about the Panama city area. The edge of the eye seems to be about touching shore.

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And out in the Atlantic is this. Not certain is this becomes a problem yet, there is more from where that came from.

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we had some hard rain earlier this afternoon no wind to speak of ,very light rain at 7 pm now in panama city beach

 

[FrommerStop]

Looks like it has made landfall and it eastern bands are over pensacola, fl at the moment.

 

[FrommerStop]

 

[sloporsche]

Looks like it has made landfall and it eastern bands are over pensacola, fl at the moment.
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rain off and on ,heavy at times but no powerful winds .....panama city beach 5:30 am

 

[FrommerStop]

In a little while in pace. fl I will walk the property or if I fall asleep do it when I wake up.

 

[Recondo 101]

Timber cutters finally got here after a three year wait, we got two days of setup and cutting and it drizzled all day yesterday. them poured last night. So will need a day or two for a dry out.

Interesting watching the new version of the process of cutting in action, after being over 40 years out of timber cutting. Wow, the new $400k cutters are amazing to watch how fast and efficient they are.

Anyway, we are shut down at the moment due to the storm and it is raining with torpedo warnings and watches. Should clear in a few hours now.
This was yesterday in the rain with a saw/cutter, with the vertical jaws that hold a tree upright as it cuts the tree off at the ground, then lays the tree down gently so it does not fracture. Great stuff for the 150 ft tall pine trees.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Timber cutters finally got here after a three year wait, we got two days of setup and cutting and it drizzled all day yesterday. them poured last night. So will need a day or two for a dry out.

Interesting watching the new version of the process of cutting in action, after being over 40 years out of timber cutting. Wow, the new $400k cutters are amazing to watch how fast and efficient they are.

Anyway, we are shut down at the moment due to the storm and it is raining with torpedo warnings and watches. Should clear in a few hours now.
This was yesterday in the rain with a saw/cutter, with the vertical jaws that hold a tree upright as it cuts the tree off at the ground, then lays the tree down gently so it does not fracture. Great stuff for the 150 ft tall pine trees.
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Torpedo warnings? Evasive maneuvering Lima.
It is something to watch em run that stuff. Zip, and done. Getting paid for the trees?

 

[ABlaster]

Torpedo warnings? Evasive maneuvering Lima.
It is something to watch em run that stuff. Zip, and done. Getting paid for the trees?

I'm guess he is based on the fact the company is bringing in the good equipment to make sure the product doesn't get banged around too much! Just guessing, but I'm wondering if my reasoning holds.

 

[sloporsche]

We have trees like that here too is that natural for them to have no branches low or do they get trimmed / pruned ?

 

[Recondo 101]

Oh, yes, this is contracted cut on our tree farm by T. R. Miller's / their cutters. They get a lot of practice cutting. Plus I have a timber broker on site to supervise and keep track of the % cut on the thinning, to make sure they cut the right trees, crooks, forks, leaners, broken tops, etc and the right density and take the right trees to produce the best future follow up cuts in years to come. We make a plan, the cutters come and execute the plan.

As the trees grew, we knew we need to thin, and we realized we had to clear cut at last 100 feet around each of our structures of four structures. Plus clear cut for a second barn building. Then take out every third row. So we are cutting a few hundred trees from 26 to 40 years old. Neighbor had 80 acres clear cut and we are having our 80 done in two ways. so the combination in one spot, was worth them moving and setting up. Their equipment, just three pieces, cutter, skidder and loader, is about a cool $million bucks, so that stuff eats 24/7 and the equipment sitting still is a killer. They can easily cut, sort and load 200 logs a day. So the tractor trailer rigs are an add on.

Just glad the sun is now out and the wind is still blowing well enough to dry everything out.

The loader, de-limber and trimmer, all hydraulic, can do 4-5 trees at a time. The end box is the triple drum limb cutter that rotates logs, there are two saws that cuts the butts off square and cuts the tops, 4-5 trees at a time. The loader operator has four stacks of logs by type of logs. this was at the start, only about an hour, including setup and cutting. The rear trimmer just cut the tops off five logs. They do not burn much daylight.

 

[Recondo 101]

Yep, good trees, 30+ ft to the first limb, heavy buggers when they get 2+ feet in diameter and 150 ft tall. When they hit the ground if you just cut them, the top section can just shatter. So laying them down VS dropping, then saves a lot of timber from getting broken up or cracked in the long run. A 22 -24 ft long 2x12 or 4x12 is real expensive today.

 

[sloporsche]

Yep, good trees, 30+ ft to the first limb, heavy buggers when they get 2+ feet in diameter and 150 ft tall. When they hit the ground if you just cut them, the top section can just shatter. So laying them down VS dropping, then saves a lot of timber from getting broken up or cracked in the long run. A 22 -24 ft long 2x12 or 4x12 is real expensive today.

so when i see hundreds of trees in our area that are tall and only have green at the top that is natural, NOT man made trimming .

 

[Viking1204]

2.25" of rain at my house when the strongest storms rolled through about 6am! We had a bit of wind but not much, will have to clean up some palm branches and pecon tree branches. Storms always weed out the weak or dead branches! I'll check when I get home from work and see how much more rain fell with recent storms that moved through!

 

[Recondo 101]

Storm center and the remaining low has stalled in the north movement. Started pulling one rain squall after another out of the Gulf. Not good for the red clay base in northern most FL and south AL, MS, GA turns that hard stuff to a slick soupy mess.

 

[FrommerStop]

Storm center and the remaining low has stalled in the north movement. Started pulling one rain squall after another out of the Gulf. Not good for the red clay base in northern most FL and south AL, MS, GA turns that hard stuff to a slick soupy mess.

So that is why we still have rain here in NW FL.

 

[sloporsche]

poured in panama city beach just now for 5 minutes

 

[Viking1204]

poured in panama city beach just now for 5 minutes

Might be getting some more, line of storms currently in Rosemary Beach heading your way! Those storms went through Eglin about 11am!

 

[MarkS]

poured in panama city beach just now for 5 minutes

Stormed in Baker this morning finally cleared up about noon

 

[sloporsche]

big badda boom thunder storm here for almost half an hour PCB