chainsaws rule

[sunfish]

The big old long bar saws are cool and stuff, but I'd rather run a ported 346xp!

That said, I've not seen any trees that large around here in the Ozarks...

 

[imagineero]

That is because you are like the 98% of AS members, a complete weiner.

Was there a steel bit on the end of that log you're sitting on, or did you just make it up on site?

 

[Gologit]

Uhh... maybe I'm too forward thinking. I wonder where that log is going when the cut is finished. It appears to me that the far end is supported by the stump. From here it looks like when the cut is finished, the logger and the stub will be taking a ride down that draw?

You're not too forward thinking, hell, you're barely thinking at all. The guy laying across that log is a member here and I doubt seriously if you're even remotely qualified to question his methods.
He's a professional faller and he's worked some of the biggest timber on the steepest ground that exists.
That particular picture was taken in Alaska. If you want we can post some links of him cutting trees that would probably make you run away and hide.

 

[imagineero]

Awwww come on don't be so hard on the guy or you're going to cause weeny shrivel again

 

[Gologit]

Awwww come on don't be so hard on the guy or you're going to cause weeny shrivel again

Yeah, you're right. Trying to talk any sense into that guy is like trying to fill a sieve with sand.

 

[XSKIER]

Yes, please post some pics of the professional faller. Perhaps I can go into remission for a little while...

 

[Nuzzy]

Uhh... maybe I'm too forward thinking. I wonder where that log is going when the cut is finished. It appears to me that the far end is supported by the stump. From here it looks like when the cut is finished, the logger and the stub will be taking a ride down that draw?

 

[barneyrb]

Yes, please post some pics of the professional faller. Perhaps I can go into remission for a little while...

Do you have to work that hard to be that stupid or does it just come natural?

 

[cgraham1]

If you want we can post some links of him cutting trees that would probably make you run away and hide.

I'd like to see more. Those pics are awesome. Thanks for sharing RandyMac!

 

[Gologit]

At the beginning of the video the man on the far left running the saw is Cody Thomas, the same guy that was draped over the log, bucking, in the photo that XSKIER found "retarded". XSKIER, on the best day he's ever had, wouldn't qualify to carry this guy's lunch box.

There are other YouTube videos of him but this one will give a good idea of skills and abilities.

 

[windthrown]

As an AS 98%'r, I'm a cutt'in big wood here under supervision with my Earthquake saw (or is it an Echo?).


Mr. Shrivel Weenie at work

 

[farmer steve]

You're not too forward thinking, hell, you're barely thinking at all. The guy laying across that log is a member here and I doubt seriously if you're even remotely qualified to question his methods.
He's a professional faller and he's worked some of the biggest timber on the steepest ground that exists.
That particular picture was taken in Alaska. If you want we can post some links of him cutting trees that would probably make you run away and hide.

hey
GL, why would you say that to another member? i thought the same thing about what was going to happen after the cut.no i'm not a pro logger and haven't been lucky enough to saw big wood like some of you, but i have been sawing 40 years. i do respect all you pro's that handle saws like you do and i am always impressed with pics on AS whether it is a 10" oak or a 10' pine. have a good day.

 

[cgraham1]

Then...


And now...

 

[cgraham1]

...that last bucking cut pic looks just retarded!

hey
GL, why would you say that to another member? i thought the same thing about what was going to happen after the cut.

I think calling the guy in the picture "retarded" was what triggered the harsh response.

Maybe next time he should ask for an explanation and perhaps learn something new.

 

[farmer steve]

I think calling the guy in the picture "retarded" was what triggered the harsh response.

Maybe next time he should ask for an explanation and perhaps learn something new.

didn't see where he was calling the guy mentally challenged,just the bucking cut.
and yes i agree with you. if you don't know ask. the old saying goes. "engage brain before mouth".

 

[Nuzzy]

hey
GL, why would you say that to another member? i thought the same thing about what was going to happen after the cut.

How could any Joe Homeowner look at this pic and come to the conclusion they knew better than the one operating the saw; so much so, they could even call it retarded... Seriously, does this look like an amateur operation or this guy's first day on the job?

but i have been sawing 40 years.

40 years of stumps like the one in your avatar?



opcorn:

 

[2dogs]

Without seeing all of the aspects, that last bucking cut pic looks just retarded!

Like this:

Stay on flat ground skier. This kind of work is difficult and dangerous. Not for the weekend firewooder.

F&L needs to be password protected and this thread moved there. Randy can guard the gate.

 

[XSKIER]

Haha! You effin elle prissies get all riled up about a thread that starts off about a guy comparing the efficiency of a hatchet and chainsaw in 3" wood? Go saw a log!

 

[Gologit]

hey
GL, why would you say that to another member? i thought the same thing about what was going to happen after the cut.no i'm not a pro logger and haven't been lucky enough to saw big wood like some of you, but i have been sawing 40 years. i do respect all you pro's that handle saws like you do and i am always impressed with pics on AS whether it is a 10" oak or a 10' pine. have a good day.

That's a fair question and I'll give you a fair answer. I said what I did because it damn well needed saying.

I don't know what XSKIER does for a living but I'll bet that most of us, watching him work, wouldn't blindly criticize him if we didn't understand what he was doing. I'll also say that most of us wouldn't call his methods or techniques "retarded" unless we knew enough about whatever he was doing to have a level of expertise equal to his.

XSKIER ran his mouth, he got called out on it, and as far as I'm concerned that's the end of it.

 

[2dogs]

Haha! You effin elle prissies get all riled up about a thread that starts off about a guy comparing the efficiency of a hatchet and chainsaw in 3" wood? Go saw a log!

You like to dish it out but you can't take it. Now it is everyone else's fault.