[AT] Swamp loggers

[charliehill]

Mike that was on Ax Men right?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Meulenberg" <msm10301 at juno.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Swamp loggers


> What cracked me up the other night was how they were training the 
> "greenhorns". This kid was a hard worker,and needed the job. His 
> assignment was to unhook the cables from the logs after they were brought 
> up the hill. The owner was running the crane and his son was "teaching" 
> the rookie. Well the logs barely touched down and the son was hollering to 
> hurry up go, go, go, like 5 seconds was going to make or break the 
> company. So on the next turn the rookie runs in there to unhook the cables 
> too soon and a log about takes his head off, which of course infuriated 
> both father and son. Geeese, the kid couldn't win. Mike M
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Swamp loggers
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:52:58 -0500
>
> Yeah I think maybe that was Ax Men.  Swamp Loggers has it's share of over
> hyped drama but to my knowledge the work they show is real and shown in 
> real
> time.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <toma at risingnet.net>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Swamp loggers
>
>
>> Quoting charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:
>>
>>> Tom what in the show was speeded up?  I didn't notice.  Either I didn't
>>> think it was speeded up or it was so obvious that they were "fast
>>> forwarding" that I understood why.  Either way I don't remember it being
>>> out
>>> of line on the Swamp Loggers show.
>>>
>>
>> It has been a while since I saw it. I thought it was Swamp Loggers,
>> maybe AX Men. It was on the old dish we had , this dish we have now I
>> can't find anything.
>>
>> They were always racing the clock, Most of the machine footage was
>> shown in unrealistic fast motion. It is not a matter of only having
>> limitted time. They showed the same scenes over and over again.
>>
>> The one I would like to see is the Alcan Highway, I have never seen
>> the whole thing. There are scenes of D4 and D8 Cats working.
>>
>> Tomy
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
> Wh
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> Banking
> Click here to find the perfect banking opportunity!
> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/c?cp=dbOJymNdwUPS8MdH5lNttgAAJz1gK6mhzd3tI7OLY0oIAkZ3AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAXeAAAAAA=
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at