My First Video

HungLikeJesus · 02-14-2008, 01:13 AM

I've just created my first video and uploaded it to YouTube.

It's big (350 MB), and maybe only interesting to a few people. It shows helicopter logging in Washington State.

It took a while to upload and process, and it lost a lot of image quality.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2008, 09:43 AM

That's a Boeing Vertol 107, like the CH-46 the Marines use, operated by Columbia Helicopters.

lumberjim · 02-14-2008, 10:33 AM

surprising that the wood is valuable enough to make that cost effective.

HungLikeJesus · 02-14-2008, 11:34 PM

Someone told us that the helicopter cost was $1000 to $1500 per hour.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-15-2008, 10:45 AM

Cheaper than building roads. They work on this side of the country, also.

busterb · 02-15-2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

surprising that the wood is valuable enough to make that cost effective.

Priced any lately? #2 2x4x10' = $2.85 yesterday.

HungLikeJesus · 02-15-2008, 04:37 PM

Due to the housing drop, wood prices are down. A lot of the mills won't survive, especially the smaller ones. There's also been a flood of finished lumber from Canada, where they've been dealing with the beetle problem a little longer (you have to cut the standing dead within a year or two or the mills can't process the lumber). This has put further downward pressure on lumber prices.

busterb · 02-15-2008, 10:23 PM

Around here the smaller mills are only cutting for drag line mats. One pipeline co. ordered 28,000 mats. Hardwood is about over.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-15-2008, 10:46 PM

How much wood in a mat, Buster?

busterb · 02-16-2008, 12:43 PM

Don't know. Will check, but last time I went up that way, got ran over.

Here are some of the sizes.. That co. states they produce 150k mat per year.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-16-2008, 02:29 PM

Holy shit, that's a lot of hardwood!

02-14-2008, 01:13 AM	#1
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02-14-2008, 10:33 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	surprising that the wood is valuable enough to make that cost effective. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-14-2008, 11:34 PM	#4
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Someone told us that the helicopter cost was $1000 to $1500 per hour. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-15-2008, 10:45 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cheaper than building roads. They work on this side of the country, also. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-15-2008, 04:37 PM	#7
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Due to the housing drop, wood prices are down. A lot of the mills won't survive, especially the smaller ones. There's also been a flood of finished lumber from Canada, where they've been dealing with the beetle problem a little longer (you have to cut the standing dead within a year or two or the mills can't process the lumber). This has put further downward pressure on lumber prices. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-14-2008, 09:43 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's a Boeing Vertol 107, like the CH-46 the Marines use, operated by Columbia Helicopters. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-15-2008, 10:23 PM	#8
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Around here the smaller mills are only cutting for drag line mats. One pipeline co. ordered 28,000 mats. Hardwood is about over. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

02-15-2008, 10:46 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How much wood in a mat, Buster? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-16-2008, 12:43 PM	#10
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Don't know. Will check, but last time I went up that way, got ran over. Here are some of the sizes.. That co. states they produce 150k mat per year. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 02-16-2008 at 12:49 PM. Reason: add link

02-16-2008, 02:29 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Holy shit, that's a lot of hardwood! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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