fishhuntcutwood
Full wraps and long bars!!!!!!!!!
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For those that doubt the use of full wraps, or for those who aren't sure what they're for, as that question gets asked often, here's some illustrated proof from a Doug fir I worked today.
If someone can enbed these in order, that'd be great, but I don't have a place to stash these to do so, so you'll have to click on them from below.
The first pic "no cut" shows me on the uphill side of the cut, which would work fine and would be preferred, other than the large cedar sitting directly in the way. Were the cedar not there I'd of been able to cut from there, using the full wrap handle as I went. So that'd be the first case for it, allowing me to stand safely uphill of the cut with the bar down toward the tree, allowing me to dog and sweep into it....had the cedar not been there.
So the cedar IS there so I have to cut downhill from the tree. In the second pic, "downhill side" the saw is in the same kerf, but flipped over. You can see how the saw went from sitting comfortably at my knees to now at my shoulder, just in a matter of a few feet of repositioning due to slope. Now I'm able to use to use the full wrap portion here "downhill handle," again as I handle the saw from the underneath side and complete my notch. That'd be another case for the full wrap-all in the same tree.
This tree would have been a true hassle with a half wrap handle, and this kind of cutting situation is very, very common here. Obstructions and slope are the name of the game here.
This tree also illustrates the need for long bars out here. (But that's another thread entirely!) I needed to cut this tree all from one side. It was 30" give or take and you can see because of the cedar, I would not have been able to cut from each side with the 20" or 24" bar many would prefer on a 460 or 660 (which I used). I would have used a 32" as I initially had on the saw before these pics, but I wanted to make especially sure not to hit the cedar behind. So I awkwardly nipped away at the little piece of holding wood on the uphill side until enough was removed that I could go back downhill and complete the back cut up to the hinge and put the tree down.
All just FYI.
Jeff
If someone can enbed these in order, that'd be great, but I don't have a place to stash these to do so, so you'll have to click on them from below.
The first pic "no cut" shows me on the uphill side of the cut, which would work fine and would be preferred, other than the large cedar sitting directly in the way. Were the cedar not there I'd of been able to cut from there, using the full wrap handle as I went. So that'd be the first case for it, allowing me to stand safely uphill of the cut with the bar down toward the tree, allowing me to dog and sweep into it....had the cedar not been there.
So the cedar IS there so I have to cut downhill from the tree. In the second pic, "downhill side" the saw is in the same kerf, but flipped over. You can see how the saw went from sitting comfortably at my knees to now at my shoulder, just in a matter of a few feet of repositioning due to slope. Now I'm able to use to use the full wrap portion here "downhill handle," again as I handle the saw from the underneath side and complete my notch. That'd be another case for the full wrap-all in the same tree.
This tree would have been a true hassle with a half wrap handle, and this kind of cutting situation is very, very common here. Obstructions and slope are the name of the game here.
This tree also illustrates the need for long bars out here. (But that's another thread entirely!) I needed to cut this tree all from one side. It was 30" give or take and you can see because of the cedar, I would not have been able to cut from each side with the 20" or 24" bar many would prefer on a 460 or 660 (which I used). I would have used a 32" as I initially had on the saw before these pics, but I wanted to make especially sure not to hit the cedar behind. So I awkwardly nipped away at the little piece of holding wood on the uphill side until enough was removed that I could go back downhill and complete the back cut up to the hinge and put the tree down.
All just FYI.
Jeff
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