Alder (hardwood) Logging In The Area Of The Smoke Eating Cows

[slowp]

I've never burned birch. Alder burns but not very hot. It also doesn't keep very long. A lot of people burn it, or used to before it became popular as a wood for cabinets. That's about all I know. I burn it and I like it.

It is good to cook salmon on alder slabs. Yum.

 

[chucker]

alder is about 90% the same as birch except for the bark .. splits like soft maple and works great for smoking like pete said..

 

[rwoods]

Another tree hits the ground.

[video=youtube_share;LbtX3syK8vY]http://youtu.be/LbtX3syK8vY[/video]

Not a critique - just a question: What's all the "hand sawing" on the face cut about? Ron

 

[Gologit]

Not a critique - just a question: What's all the "hand sawing" on the face cut about? Ron

Look at the wind blowing those ferns around. If you start your face in a tree that's rocking as much as that one probably is you want your first cut wallowed out quite a bit. I think he was wide-kerfing to keep the bar free when the tree moved. Otherwise it can sit down on your saw, bend your bar, make you all embarrassed and otherwise ruin your whole day.

 

[forestryworks]

I think he was wide-kerfing to keep the bar free when the tree moved.

Way easier to do that with square than round, for sure!

 

[Sport Faller]

Way easier to do that with square than round, for sure!

I didn't think square made any difference..... til I ran it and we were putting out enough noodles to make Nate's property look like the floor in a sawmill

 

[rwoods]

Look at the wind blowing those ferns around. If you start your face in a tree that's rocking as much as that one probably is you want your first cut wallowed out quite a bit. I think he was wide-kerfing to keep the bar free when the tree moved. Otherwise it can sit down on your saw, bend your bar, make you all embarrassed and otherwise ruin your whole day.

Thanks. Makes sense. I thought he was afraid the tree could snap in the wind and he was making sure he could run without leaving a stuck saw. Ron

 

[Gologit]

Thanks. Makes sense. I thought he was afraid the tree could snap in the wind and he was making sure he could run without leaving a stuck saw. Ron

That could be too. Sometimes running is your best choice...with or without the saw.

 

[slowp]

The wind was at a marginal point--my unskilled opinion. Out in the cow field, there were little whirlwinds twirling around. Little branches were flying through the air. I was wondering if I would have to cut my way home. I had the Barbie Saw in the back. It was blowing pretty hard.

I didn't know why he was sawing back and forth, but I figured it had something to do with the wind. He was stopping a lot and looking around, and that either had to do with the wind, or two women that he thought might be in the way. We stayed on the landing and I used the zoom to film.

Alder is a tricky tree.

 

[056kid]

I didn't think square made any difference..... til I ran it and we were putting out enough noodles to make Nate's property look like the floor in a sawmill

Not to mention being able to open up even the slightest dutchman. Night and day. .

 

[madhatte]

Pretty sure I recognize that delimber. I think that was the crew I was following on the root rot study.

 

[slowp]

My friend talked to the faller, who said I took pictures at the absolute worst time. He was having trouble with the wind, and things were not going well.

 

[chucker]

My friend talked to the faller, who said I took pictures at the absolute worst time. He was having trouble with the wind, and things were not going well.

to my idea this would be the best time to take pics!! it just goes to show the rest of the novice world that all is not the way it seems!! tv reality shows are far from true to life as most of us know and see!! you did good "slow pete" , for showing it the way it was and more than often the way it is!!

 

[hammerlogging]

Not to mention being able to open up even the slightest dutchman. Night and day. .

Good to hear from you again, by the way.

 

[slowp]

Pretty sure I recognize that delimber. I think that was the crew I was following on the root rot study.

They are from the lower Cowlitz country.

 

[056kid]

Good to hear from you again, by the way.

Thanks Joe.