Death from above .

[tramp bushler]

Not a rant, just a reminder. What can come out of the tree your falling is more dangerous than most other parts of cutting. When beating wedges or jacking. Make it a constant practice to look up the tree real regular.

 

[dingeryote]

Not a rant, just a reminder. What can come out of the tree your falling is more dangerous than most other parts of cutting. When beating wedges or jacking. Make it a constant practice to look up the tree real regular.

With the leaves on(Real wide needles for you guys out west) it's even more pertinent. Lots of times, ya can't even see the junk before it get going. Bash Bonnets are better than assuming room temp permanently.

Hows your new bionic face doing, since ya had some time to pick the rest of the splinters out?

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[bitzer]

Had a snag top come back over the stump a couple of days ago. Lots of dead elm tucked into the saw timber on this job. Lining up 2 natural teepees to be slammed by big maples and hickories. Good loud crashing and fun! Lots of running.

Awareness of your surroundings-key.

Another important tip- Don't be in too much of a hurry to get back to the crime scene. #### starts to come out then too from the leave trees. Especially when the wind picks up a notch.

 

[tramp bushler]

ya. for select cutting its way more important. Gotta give stuff time to figure out what ita gonna do. . .

 

[tramp bushler]

Some guys get in the bad habit of not looking up the tree when they are putting in the backcut. One of the many reasons I hate half wrap handle bars. And short bars. . If all your cutting is healthy green timber thats not much bigger than your bar is long you can get away with it.
But you still need to hang on tight and keep a close eye on your saw. If the timber your falling is over ripe hardwood, In my case Red Alder, Poplar and Cottonwood. It usually has plenty of dead stuff in the crown. A guy I cut with in Tolstoy Bay got killed in Washington from a dead top that came back out of a Red Alder.