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re: I wanna be a logger
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:27 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:27 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Stihl ms 170 is the answer to question not asked
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Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:29 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Heavy equipment operator for a large company. Union pay + low hours + no working in the rain or on weekends + benefits = jackpot
You can go to school to learn how to do the shite
You can go to school to learn how to do the shite
Posted on 9/23/14 at 7:37 pm to Hammertime
Yea I was looking at that earlier. Its def something im considering 
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:18 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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Right now id drive T-post all day if it would pay the bills
Either you are really miserable at your current job or you haven't put in any fence in a while.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 8:57 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Good luck! Really, we are always looking for experienced hands to run skidders, cutters, loaders and chippers. There is a timber harvester school at the votech in Winnfield.
timber harvest school
timber harvest school
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:16 pm to tigerinthebueche
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Either you are really miserable at your current job or you haven't put in any fence in a while.
The ting about that is even if your boss hates you, there isn't much he can find to bitch about : lol:
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Geauxskeet
Thanks
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:38 pm to Hammertime
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Heavy equipment operator for a large company. Union pay + low hours + no working in the rain or on weekends + benefits = jackpot
You can go to school to learn how to do the shite
How much does the training for something like this run? Once you have the training, do you need like some sort of apprenticeship or something to get started? I'm sure a big company isnt hiring you right out of school.
Posted on 9/23/14 at 9:40 pm to AubieALUMdvm
I was looking at the CAT website and their one day basic familiarization class was 1500 dollars
I've heard Vo-Tec schools run around 20-30k for a year course
I've heard Vo-Tec schools run around 20-30k for a year course
This post was edited on 9/23/14 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 9/24/14 at 2:32 am to FelicianaTigerfan
did it for 5 years, you will work long hours and make little money, or if the weather is bad you won't work at all and make no money.
ran chainsaw,skidder, shear and drove log truck some.
ran chainsaw,skidder, shear and drove log truck some.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:11 am to FelicianaTigerfan
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I wanna be a logger
Same thing as saying,
-I want to work 12 a day
-I want to worry about getting crushed by heavy equipment all day.
-I want to have nightmares about getting crushed.
-I want to be physically exhausted every day.
-I never want to see my family
-I never want to make a good living
-I want to starve in the winter
-I want arse holes with no education to be my boss
-I want to run a chainsaw all fricking day.
-I want to have health problems later in life
Sounds like a solid plan.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:34 am to FelicianaTigerfan
Dude....
No you don't.
No you don't.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:34 am to FelicianaTigerfan
Felicianatigerfan - what's your age & what kind of working shape you in? Valid DL?
Any redneck skills or hobbies?
Any redneck skills or hobbies?
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:36 am to FelicianaTigerfan
I have a live oak, a pecan and three river birch you could practice on.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 5:37 am to Palo Gaucho
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Go to a logging job and tell them you can pass a drug test. Boom you're hired.
Almost any good job these days.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 8:11 am to Voorhies7
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what's your age & what kind of working shape you in?
32 and not sure what you mean by working shape but after sitting in an office the past 5 years I could stand to sweat and drop a few pounds
quote:
Valid DL?
Yep
quote:
Any redneck skills or hobbies?
Plenty
Posted on 9/24/14 at 8:22 am to FelicianaTigerfan
MS State has a bunch of Agriculture and Forestry type degrees.
This post was edited on 9/24/14 at 8:23 am
Posted on 9/24/14 at 9:12 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Go out and rent a 250+ hp tractor and buy one of these. LINK
When everyone else is cleaning up the "old school" way by pushing stumps with a bulldozer, windrowing and burning stumps, taking a excavator to remove stumps that didn't burn on windrow(they NEVER burn completely up), and having a dump truck haul debris away from location or possible landfill, you can do it all yourself with a tractor and tiller. No 4,5,6 man operation anymore. One pass with forestry tiller and your done. Your welcome for everyone's business that was doing it the other way and that is EVERYONE.
When everyone else is cleaning up the "old school" way by pushing stumps with a bulldozer, windrowing and burning stumps, taking a excavator to remove stumps that didn't burn on windrow(they NEVER burn completely up), and having a dump truck haul debris away from location or possible landfill, you can do it all yourself with a tractor and tiller. No 4,5,6 man operation anymore. One pass with forestry tiller and your done. Your welcome for everyone's business that was doing it the other way and that is EVERYONE.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 9:35 am to Hammertime
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TIMO like Hancock, or even managing money with a timber company
Timberland Investment Groups are the way to go if you're going to work in the timber bidness.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 10:36 am to Palo Gaucho
I got an offer there, but decided I wanted to be in the woods 100% of the time, and I didn't want to move to fricking Mansfield
Posted on 9/24/14 at 10:46 am to 14caratgoldjones
Those look like pretty handy tools
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