A little shout out...

[Burvol]

Ive got a 32" but it has been well used!! i would definitely get a new one if i did it.

do you run square chisel? do you have a depth guage grinder? i've been thinking about getting one, i'm good at filing them but i like the assurance that every one is the same.

are you running ported saws or stock?

Ported and built 385's, one by me, one by a builder. One dual port (mine) one not (for fire restricted ground). Full comp square chisel, and boy oh boy it's the cat's meow in fir. No way would I even think about anything else. I just file my rakers by hand. It seems to work good for me. I still can't believe guys would run anything but comp on big saws in fir and pine. It's so damn smooth, cuts like banshee and it stays sharper way longer. And....it's a less kickback prone chain.

 

[hammerlogging]

After all hardwood felling, tall straight symetrical softwoods would be the gravy no doubt. And it is fun to work different regions, although all mine have remained HW regions.

I never thought about whether a full comp chain stays sharp longer, interesting. But, i sure do prefer filing my half skips.

 

[hammerlogging]

To all you who spend every day working in the woods!

I've been helping out a friend felling for him a day or 2 a week this winter. My regular gig has been kind of slow and he got behind on the lot he is on and needed a hand. It's steep with a lot of rock and ice and the snow is getting deeper. I've been in the tree care business on and off for 20+ years and I'd have to say that felling for him is probably the most exhausting work I've ever done, between the sheer physicality of it and the mental alertness. It's also a hell of a lot of fun.

I give you guys who do it day in and out a lot of credit!

I had worked in res. tree care before I started felling timber full time. Its a whole different ball game. Trust me, it gets lots easier and you get lots faster with practice. NO cleanup either! As far as I'm concernedd, it can't be beat.

 

[slowp]

I had worked in res. tree care before I started felling timber full time. Its a whole different ball game. Trust me, it gets lots easier and you get lots faster with practice. NO cleanup either! As far as I'm concernedd, it can't be beat.

Uh, maybe no cleanup for you guys, but sometimes there is brush to be piled by hand and machine. Burning it is fun to do.

 

[M.R.]

To all you who spend every day working in the woods!

I've been helping out a friend felling for him a day or 2 a week this winter. My regular gig has been kind of slow and he got behind on the lot he is on and needed a hand. It's steep with a lot of rock and ice and the snow is getting deeper. I've been in the tree care business on and off for 20+ years and I'd have to say that felling for him is probably the most exhausting work I've ever done, between the sheer physicality of it and the mental alertness. It's also a hell of a lot of fun.

I give you guys who do it day in and out a lot of credit!

Some how? This took me on a trip down memory lane, back to my middle school days, during the X-mas break and after- my friends father was a faller and we ride up with the crew and spend the day a digging the snow away from the trees for him @ fifty cents a pop. One of the guys was great at telling jokes, but about the time he got to the punchline he would start into another, then another, etc. -take days to waggle the punch line from him, he sure enjoyed it though.....

 

[sILlogger]

Ported and built 385's, one by me, one by a builder. One dual port (mine) one not (for fire restricted ground). Full comp square chisel, and boy oh boy it's the cat's meow in fir. No way would I even think about anything else. I just file my rakers by hand. It seems to work good for me. I still can't believe guys would run anything but comp on big saws in fir and pine. It's so damn smooth, cuts like banshee and it stays sharper way longer. And....it's a less kickback prone chain.

I cut some Southern (yellow) pine once, about 5 acres,that is the extent of my pine experience.

 

[056kid]

I cut some Southern (yellow) pine once, about 5 acres,that is the extent of my pine experience.

yellow pine cuts kind of like ponderosa pine.

 

[sILlogger]

yellow pine cuts kind of like ponderosa pine.

is that considered hard or soft, in the realm of pines?

 

[hammerlogging]

from my little pine experience, the species classified under the auspices of SYP- southern yellow pne, are soft. This is the loblolloy, slash, etc. The southern pines excluded from the SYP category are ones with inferior lumber qualities, such as Virginia pine (which has a number of other , some less tasteful, names) The SYP ones are nice and soft, the non SYP ones are brittle, and throw sharp chips. But, wait for our coast to coast crossover 056 to confirm

 

[056kid]

Judging lean and stuff would be the issue probably. The tallest straightest wood we have here is poplar then white pine which is still way different. I dunno just walk up to it and cut it, in a sensible manner. and it will be fun.

 

[booboo]

Thank you, I'll take that compliment. I work hard and take pride in my cutting. It's hard to shake it once your going. After cutting timber for a while you'll be screwed too....nothing else will satisfy!

I take pride in my work as well...and the sawdust of tree work got into my blood a long time ago. But I can see how I could easily be screwed. It's the most fun I've had with a saw in a while, it's so quiet when the saw is shut off. and I sleep well at night!

 

[forestryworks]

I think you'd make it alright. We might have to set up a qualification day, though. Just to help get you started. Kind of a practise day...with a bunch of us watching. And helping. And advising. Lots of advising.
Slowp could lay out the job, mark the trees, and make sure you were dressed properly. You could partner up with Burvol or Treeslingr....I hear they don't yell too much and they always spit downwind. We could get Smokechase as a technical advisor...especially good if we run into dead lodgepole. JacobJ, Tek9Tim, John Ellison, Bushler, Humptulips, JoeSawyer, and I could be the advisory committee. We'd mostly just watch. And comment. Loudly. I'm sure I left somebody out but they could come anyway.
Lakeside could be there as the saw guru. Gary could be in charge of oil and double as the bouncer. We'd need a cook...RR2 could come up from Texas. And a timekeeper...Trinity does that. Did I leave anything out?

Ready? Between all of us we'll get you through the first day. You bring the beer.

lol, good one bob. i'd rep ya but i'm out