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Quote from: baker5150 on March 06, 2015, 07:41:26 PMQuote from: j_h_nimrod on March 06, 2015, 06:58:57 PMI've been down there and going up isn't a great option and going down is worse. There might be a way on the south side of the ridge but it looks like it gets steeper then where he is sitting, and already has been, before you get to the bottom. Can't figure the orchard owner getting too worked up about egressing through the land. Granted, it is private property, but I say screw that. If the owner happens to be that petty and not grant permission for the extraction (though I would probably deny if it were my property and if asked for for access due to liability), take your fine or trespass ticket and get on with your life. Personally, I don't really care about landowner "rights", if it were my land maybe I would but it's not so I don't really care. I don't know him (her, them?) so am not really worried if I were to trespass except as it may impact my other liberties. If the repercussions are more than my benefit, I would not trespass and the inverse is true as well in this situation. Not sure where this $10k for the helicopter keeps popping up. We used to rent a copter that would be real close, if not capable, to getting this rig out. We would do an all day charter (8 flying hours) and it cost not much more than $10k.We use a heli crane that charge a 10k minimum. I stated thi earlier so I think that's where it's coming from. There's a lot of insurance involved compared to charter type flightsMaybe Temsco is AK operated differently, which is likely with it being in AK, but we lifted boats, pallets of fish food, 48'x3' steel net pen walkways, bundles of lumber, fuel drums, etc. There was more than one load that the helicopter just could not lift. There were many others where we had to wait until the helicopter was getting light on fuel before we could lift it. We paid by the hour and chartered it anywhere from 4-12 hours annually. It broke down to about $31 per minute and I made sure the crew knew that if they were screwing off I was gonna start taking that $31/minute out of their wages😄
Quote from: j_h_nimrod on March 06, 2015, 06:58:57 PMI've been down there and going up isn't a great option and going down is worse. There might be a way on the south side of the ridge but it looks like it gets steeper then where he is sitting, and already has been, before you get to the bottom. Can't figure the orchard owner getting too worked up about egressing through the land. Granted, it is private property, but I say screw that. If the owner happens to be that petty and not grant permission for the extraction (though I would probably deny if it were my property and if asked for for access due to liability), take your fine or trespass ticket and get on with your life. Personally, I don't really care about landowner "rights", if it were my land maybe I would but it's not so I don't really care. I don't know him (her, them?) so am not really worried if I were to trespass except as it may impact my other liberties. If the repercussions are more than my benefit, I would not trespass and the inverse is true as well in this situation. Not sure where this $10k for the helicopter keeps popping up. We used to rent a copter that would be real close, if not capable, to getting this rig out. We would do an all day charter (8 flying hours) and it cost not much more than $10k.We use a heli crane that charge a 10k minimum. I stated thi earlier so I think that's where it's coming from. There's a lot of insurance involved compared to charter type flights
I've been down there and going up isn't a great option and going down is worse. There might be a way on the south side of the ridge but it looks like it gets steeper then where he is sitting, and already has been, before you get to the bottom. Can't figure the orchard owner getting too worked up about egressing through the land. Granted, it is private property, but I say screw that. If the owner happens to be that petty and not grant permission for the extraction (though I would probably deny if it were my property and if asked for for access due to liability), take your fine or trespass ticket and get on with your life. Personally, I don't really care about landowner "rights", if it were my land maybe I would but it's not so I don't really care. I don't know him (her, them?) so am not really worried if I were to trespass except as it may impact my other liberties. If the repercussions are more than my benefit, I would not trespass and the inverse is true as well in this situation. Not sure where this $10k for the helicopter keeps popping up. We used to rent a copter that would be real close, if not capable, to getting this rig out. We would do an all day charter (8 flying hours) and it cost not much more than $10k.
Quote from: CAMPMEAT on March 06, 2015, 07:53:07 PM He even had his kid with him... I hardcore jeeped for 10 years and I would never done that......The dude is 61. How old is his kid? And what he did is softcore Jeeping.
He even had his kid with him... I hardcore jeeped for 10 years and I would never done that......
Don't you think he'd make it out if he chained up all 4 with some big old V-bar chains all the way around?Not as much fun as a helicopter or trespassing, but.....
He is a lot closer to the orchard than back up to the top.
How much cable would you need on a skidder winch to reach him from the top? I've seen them winch some fully loaded log trucks up some real nasty stuff. If there is a straight line you'd think a Jeep would be child's play no matter how steep and slippery it is