biggest tree fell?

[booboo]

Late jumping on this thread but...

It was an approx. 7' dbh American Elm killed by DED on the UMass Amherst campus back in 1995. If anyone is familiar with the campus, it was on the main drag by the big lawn next to the Campus Pond. It was just a flop out onto the lawn. We did first thing in the morning before there was any traffic on the road so everything was still and quiet. I'll never forget the sound of the hit echoing off the library and other buildings, it was freakin' awesome!

:greenchainsaw:

 

[slowp]

I am trying to see the Kuliens. :greenchainsaw:

 

[Tree Sling'r]

Yeah, I don't think they are doing too much of this in Humboldt anymore, but I have fallen out of touch with the guys that I worked with down there, so not certain. I know when I was there we felt lucky to get a job like this now and again, as we were mostly in second growth. I heard that Pacific lumber went belly up?? Randymac might know more??

Cody

I worked over there last year, and it was getting tight. It is just terrible right now. Nothing huge though with the exception of a few outlaws here and there.

 

[Greystoke]

Kuliens

I am trying to see the Kuliens. :greenchainsaw:

Here is my first pair of Kuliens. You can even see the tricounies!

Here is my My Female Model, modeling my Third pair, with spring heels, and I think this pair had drive in caulks.

Here is my Male Model with them.

Here is my Male Model again; He is showing what it is like to wear any boots BUT Kuliens...

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt356/papacodes/Family/scan0004.jpg?t=1244558627

 

[WVwoodsman]

tarzanstree: thanks for sharing the pics, way cool!

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Here is my first pair of Kuliens. You can even see the tricounies!

Here is my My Female Model, modeling my Third pair, with spring heels, and I think this pair had drive in caulks.

Here is my Male Model with them.

Here is my Male Model again; He is showing what it is like to wear any boots BUT Kuliens...

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt356/papacodes/Family/scan0004.jpg?t=1244558627

HAHA, they look a little big on your three kids.

 

[slowp]

I bet nobody called their feet Smurf Feet! Hmmmf. Bad Columbia helicopter fallers, Bad....

I think I finally hit the right tightness to lace my new ones today. They sure are nice to have again. Despite the Smurf feature.

I hope you have framed pictures of your models. That's cute. Maybe send to Kuliens?

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Sorry I'm not sure what "smurf feet" are? :monkey:

 

[madhatte]

Here is my first pair of Kuliens.

Centralia kid here. Used to steal leather scraps from Kulien's dumpster back in the day until they started locking it. Wearing Nick's for fireline and Buffalo calks but hope to someday be able to afford Kulien's. Top quality + home town pride = aww, man, I'm envious.

 

[Gologit]

Sorry I'm not sure what "smurf feet" are? :monkey:

Small feet. Very, very, very small feet.

 

[slowp]

Small feet. Very, very, very small feet.

Wrong. They are average feet but the Kuliens make them look smaller. Feet should not be made fun of by errant fallers!:greenchainsaw:

 

[Gologit]

Wrong. They are average feet but the Kuliens make them look smaller. Feet should not be made fun of by errant fallers!:greenchainsaw:

Wrong. The feet are tiny...the Kuliens make them look microscopic. Smurf feet...smuf feet...smurf feet.

And so we don't get busted for hijacking the thread...I cut down a 1" japenese maple with a pair of fingernail clippers. I bore snipped it with a humboldt under slice. The stump was ALAP'ed with the file part.

 

[forestryworks]

And so we don't get busted for hijacking the thread...I cut down a 1" japenese maple with a pair of fingernail clippers. I bore snipped it with a humboldt under slice. The stump was ALAP'ed with the file part.

pretty funny there, bob

 

[slowp]

Wrong. The feet are tiny...the Kuliens make them look microscopic. Smurf feet...smuf feet...smurf feet.

And so we don't get busted for hijacking the thread...I cut down a 1" japenese maple with a pair of fingernail clippers. I bore snipped it with a humboldt under slice. The stump was ALAP'ed with the file part.

Are NOt!

I plan to take down a Big Leaf Maple this afternoon. I'll use the manual oiling loppers and cut straight through the hinge. Maybe I'll launch it. The Used Dog will yard it up the hill, then do some mastication. This takes care of slash and whitens his teeth.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I'd hold off for now. We're suffering pretty good up here too. Work is pretty sporadic at best right now. We're running at about 25% capacity on the Charlottes and actually just got going in Tahsis (ironically enough!) on a block that we started in Dec of 2007, got snowed out within a couple weeks and then we weren't allowed back until now. Due to markets etc, etc. Finally got going again, got 2 days in.................and got shut down for heat!! Can't win for losing! If it's not one thing it's another. Best of luck to you, I'd wait for things to settle down a bit before making the move though. There's lots of fallers sitting up here right now too.

Wow that's terrible, I was told those are the two best areas workwise. :jawdrop:
Things aren't to bad for cutters around here, with all the gas leases and the exports on what's left of high quality lumber and logs.

 

[coastalfaller]

Wow that's terrible, I was told those are the two best areas workwise. :jawdrop:
Things aren't to bad for cutters around here, with all the gas leases and the exports on what's left of high quality lumber and logs.

Normally they are pretty good, just with what's going on we're suffering like everyone else. Tons of people are leaving the industry all together in addition to many contractors going broke. Those that are left will have a good run again though when things pick up again. There is still lots of good quality timber left here, just need someone to buy it!

 

[Gologit]

Normally they are pretty good, just with what's going on we're suffering like everyone else. Tons of people are leaving the industry all together in addition to many contractors going broke. Those that are left will have a good run again though when things pick up again. There is still lots of good quality timber left here, just need someone to buy it!

Good post. Exactly the same situation down here.

 

[coastalfaller]

Good post. Exactly the same situation down here.

Thanks. I try to remain optimistic. Somedays I wake up though and think what the h**l am I doing!

 

[bullbuck]

..underslice,boresnip,launch...that sh..ts funny i don't care who you are...

 

[MCW]

Hi fellas.
I normally hang out in the chainsaw forum but like checking out some of the other forums occasionally. Biggest tree I've dropped is around 120-140' at a guess.
It was a big Radiata Pine on a mate's place in Tasmania (Australia). Trunk was about 5 foot at the ground but probably about 44-46" where I cut it (can't compete with some of the trees here! )
Didn't take any pics but my fiancee got a video. Dropped it with a 32" bar on my Husky 3120XP. Easy to fell and didn't need wedges. He had a bigger one he wanted dropped that was about a 7 foot trunk and 160' tall but his wife wouldn't let me cut it down as it was the last decent Pine on their 140 acre property and she wanted some young ones to be seeded for Christmas trees.
Youtube link below...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRnUuLxcNxc

The pine below was about 7 foot at the widest point I cut. I didn't drop this one but cut it up with my 60" bar so an excavator could shift it. The trunk at ground level was huge for a Radiata Pine, about 8-9 foot. I never saw these standing but they would have dwarfed the one I cut down in the video. I'm 6'3" and standing on the stump.

I got asked to drop a big Eucalypt for a guy but its a bit too risky for me. Its about 7 foot at the base, around 120' tall but near powerlines and his Citrus Orchard. The top isn't weighted very well to drop it where I want - he'll have to get the pros in with their high lift cranes/trucks. He might get a shock at the price too. Photo below with my Dolmar 7900 and 20" bar...