I want to see him hanging out with the Trailer Park Boys.

I’m not sure how many people the thinning videos are relevant for so I appreciate the positive feedback.

@@WilsonForestLands I thought you were pretty thorough. I liked that you mentioned soil quality and your methods for what stays and what goes. Thanks again, I’m looking foreword to the next video! Also I’ve it’s been eye opening to see how much you can pull with that winch and tractor combo.

Good to know it’s not as boring as Boring. Although I don’t know if I’ve ever been to Boring. Sometimes I wish I could easily move the white oak and put them in a different spot.

I wasn’t sure if many people would be interested in this kind of thing, I appreciate the feedback. I mostly know the soil types by the vegetation that grows on it. And the way runoff behaves during precipitation. Maybe that would be good to do a video about.

@@WilsonForestLands That would be a good video. Thanks!

It’s good to know that I am not the only who enjoys doing that.

The good thing about 6 acres is it’s a lot easier to maintain.

I will have to try harder on the next one to make it the most boring. A 25 inch bar is a very good length. If I was to do this kind of thinning more often I would probably put the 25 back on. A 25 pairs nicely with a Stihl 362. I have a 362 but it has so many hours on it I retired it a while back. I may get another if I start doing more thinning.

Yep is stays sharper longer and I don’t have to bend over as much.

No they don't, your chain spins about 100 miles an hour, one rock will dull all the cutters, the more cutting teeth to file, the longer it takes. Longer bar can save your back. I had a Sthil 090 with a 72" bar, very carefully not to rock it, 1/2 hour to sharpen it.

Thanks Erik. I was curious to see if that thumbnail would either work or flop. I am still trying to decide whether it is clickbait or not. It kind of is but it kind of contradict itself as being clickbait at the same time.

@Wilson Forest Lands Nah its just you being a little funny and poking fun at yourself.

Oooohhh, Snap! (I too used to watch Wr S. No longer. Too much conspiracy/anti "guvmint"...)

I will take that as a compliment. I used to like his content in the early days, especially the forest work.

Yeah he has taken some directions that don’t interest me as much.

I’m confused - I think I missed the corporate puppet part of this video. Was it where he displayed the Stihl-branded bar on his saw?

@@davidmushal7862 Hi D, the "corp. puppet" comment was not about Wilson -- it was a (justified) jab at Wrangler Star, (see G Boz' comment above). Wilson is only unduly controlled by his sawmill and milling videos for YT...

I am working on something similar with the NRCS for fuel reduction on a property I have. If I get it I haven’t decided if I’m going to do any of it or hire it all out. last time I went up 140 I was amazed at all the dying Doug fir trees as you start going up the hill.

I find a 25 inch bar to be a good length for thinning and even firewood when the things I am cutting are not directly on the ground. A Stihl 362 or equivalent makes a very good combination. If I was to start doing a lot of thinning again I would probably go to that combination.

I have some videos of my home made splitter and dabbling in firewood sales. Most of the firewood here I will burn myself, give some to my mom, and sold just a few cords. I probably only cut six or seven cords of wood in the last year on this property. And just a few cords on the coast property. Mostly just a way to utilize some of the material, not something I want to do a lot of.

If you don’t know what you are doing, my suggestion is to thin very light. Take out the obvious poor quality trees and see how the forest responds to it. By thinning a little at a time over the years you can see which trees do better. I have been doing this for a long time and I still prefer doing multiple light thinning over a period of years.