Are you kidding me ??? Definately what NOT to do !!

[Moparmyway]

I am speechless

 

[Fishinfreak99]

That guy has no clue and is gonna get somebody hurt really bad making cuts like that

 

[blsnelling]

I have a hunch he's a professional veneer faller.

 

[Ironworker]

I'm not a logger and have only dropped a few trees in my life, but please educate me and explain what he did wrong. The only thing I could think of was walking in front of the tree before it fell.

 

[hanniedog]

Looks to me the guy knew what he was doing but I make farmer cuts so what do I know.

 

[Chris-PA]

I'm going to wait to hear from people who know. He sure made a clean and accurate cut, so I'd have to guess he's got experience. I cannot tell what directed or controlled the fall direction of that tree. It fell away from the final section he cut - why?

I also would not mess with the chain of a running saw, but maybe he put the brake on (could not tell).

 

[slowp]

Just a forester here. He is not using any hinge . A hinge is what controls the fall and should keep the log from spinning around when falling. I didn't see any face cut either. I think that he was trying to not get any stump pull because on the youtube site he says he's cutting veneer logs. Maybe he's comfy doing that, but he would be on my mental list of fallers to keep a distance from. But, maybe it is a technique used in hardwoods? I don't know. It's a risky looking way to cut.

We need to hear from hardwood production fallers.

 

[ANewSawyer]

I haven't ever felled a tree but I can't really say I see an advantage. I would be afraid of killing myself.

 

[hseII]

Tit was that Stihl Bar on a Husky that got you, Wasn't it.

 

[jughead500]

Either dumb or has titanium nads.

 

[blsnelling]

I'd say it's probably thousands of trees of experience.

 

[Ironworker]

Just a forester here. He is not using any hinge . A hinge is what controls the fall and should keep the log from spinning around when falling. I didn't see any face cut either. I think that he was trying to not get any stump pull because on the youtube site he says he's cutting veneer logs. Maybe he's comfy doing that, but he would be on my mental list of fallers to keep a distance from. But, maybe it is a technique used in hardwoods? I don't know. It's a risky looking way to cut.

We need to hear from hardwood production fallers.

After reading your post I went back and checked and you can see a small face cut on the log.

 

[RandyMac]

he will be singing high notes back barring with that saw between his legs.

It is a accepted practice, but not necessarily a good one.

 

[wood4heat]

That was bizarre. Why was he cutting with the top of the bar? Did he have any idea which direction it was gonna go when it fell? Maybe just relying on the shape of the canopy? Then I like how it hopped off the stump and chased him and his cameraman! If that's how they do it ok but that was unlike anything I've ever seen.

 

[blsnelling]

The top of the tree had a pretty good lean to it. I didn't see anyone running to get out of the way. I think it went just as planned. I'm not saying it's the best way to do it, but it appears to me that he knows a few tricks that most of us here don't, including myself.

 

[blsnelling]

His comment on YouTube:

Jump cut this tree so it wouldn't bust off stump or bust crotch there was no other way to get this tree to save out with out destroying surrounding timber it saved out to the top with well over 1000 ft in it

 

[old-cat]

What a joker!!!

 

[hseII]

That was bizarre. Why was he cutting with the top of the bar? Did he have any idea which direction it was gonna go when it fell? Maybe just relying on the shape of the canopy? Then I like how it hopped off the stump and chased him and his cameraman! If that's how they do it ok but that was unlike anything I've ever seen.

Did you see that big limb on the left?

And I don't believe he's an avid AS reada.

 

[Trx250r180]

stump jumping

 

[hseII]

stump jumping

Our Resident Bovine would not be pleased with that short stump: wrong Angle.