John_Mc
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- Monkton, Vermont
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- NH TC33D Modified with belly pan, limb risers & FOPS. Honda Pioneer 520 & antique Coot UTV
Does someone somewhere teach chainsaw techniques? I started as a landowner 40 ish years ago and have just slowly built up experience over the years, and I'm sure I have been doing something wrong all this time but no one has told me so.. AND.. I still have all my hands , feet, fingers and such so I must not be doing too bad!
As DLCTCG mentioned, Northeast Woodland Training is one of the GOL franchises, and they are VERY good at what they do. I really appreciate their organized approach and the time they take to explain "why" and don't just say "do this". The understanding goes a long way toward allowing you to adapt the techniques to different situations.I know there are other places too... but here is one: Northeast Woodland Training
Main organization overseeing all of the trainers in the US can be found at Game of Logging
There are 4 levels, and each one builds on what you learned in the previous levels. Regardless of how "advanced someone may be, you have to start with Level 1"
In my level 3 class years ago, the participants were all chatting during a break and talking about our background and what got us interested in the classes. It turned out that one of the participants in the class was a professional logger. HE had been logging full-time for more than 20 years. He had taken the first 2 classes a year ago because it got him a break on his insurance. He started using the techniques, and came back for levels 3 & 4 because he said it had changed the way he worked in the woods. He said it's not the only technique he uses, but he said he now uses it regularly since getting used to it.
There is another training organization that used to be connected to GOL, but split off. If I recall correctly, he is based somewhere in the southeast. He travels around a lot. I see that he's got a 3-day comprehensive training in Nort Carolina coming up in May. It culinates on storm damage work. Not cheap, but if he's anything like the GOL trainings, you' get a lot out of it. He also does single day sessions from time to time and in different places, if 3 days is more than you want to jump in to.
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