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Timber Operations in East Texas Being a city boy, I always envisioned a timber operation as a bunch of people with double bitted axes and chain saws climbing trees to top them and cutting them down at the base. My concept was far removed from reality. Timber operations are quite mechanized. On January 14, 2009, I visited the timber operations of Fomby Timber in Newton County. |
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| Logs are stripped of their limbs, and only the trunks are taken to the mill. The machine on the left (delimber) removes the limbs that are pulled through it by the loader. | ||
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| Stripped logs are piled awaiting transport to the mill | ||
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| Larry Fomby, owner of Fomby Timber operating the loader. | ||
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| The Skidder collects trees that have been cut down and brings them to the operating center. | ||
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| The trees are dragged by the skidder | ||
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| The shear cuts down trees, and the operator lays them down after cutting | ||
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| The shear at work in the woods | ||
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| Timber!!!! | ||
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| The Delimber removing the limbs from the main trunk of the trees | ||
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| A close up of the shear that cuts through the trees like a hot knife through butter | ||
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| Loading the log truck | ||
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| A load ready to go | ||
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