TreeTangler
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Well this sure got interesting lol. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that an "open face" is a facecut with both top and bottom sloping?
'Nite. Sorry you're bored.
Okay, she's gone. Now we can start telling Forester jokes.
Pfffffft.
I think she's trying to trick you into putting your foot in your mouth.
Andy
I just read the average American eats 63 dozen donuts per year.
And...I need to buy a saw. Which saw should I buy? I want one that will prune rose bushes, cut OG Redwood, mill 36inch slabs, mow the lawn, run forever on darn poor maintenance, look really cool in the back of my pickup, and not cost over 300 dollars. Any ideas?
NOT TO MENTION THE POTENTIAL FOR A BARBER CHAIR.i read the last page n skipped to the front .i know this gets better!steep slope is supposed to break the fibers, and give you more control of the fall... when you have to shallow of a face angle, that gap closes to early and then the stem will lift off the stump literally pulling fiber out to do so, you also lose control prematurely, since your holding wood is now pulled out and therefore only holding onto air.
NOT TO MENTION THE POTENTIAL FOR A BARBER CHAIR.i read the last page n skipped to the front .i know this gets better!
i see the muck hasnt reached the top of the boots yet. Had to go back and reread the whole thing to figure of the nastiness.
Well this sure got interesting lol. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that an "open face" is a facecut with both top and bottom sloping?
this was alot of reading{3 beers}. Out here we call it a birds mouth.use it a lot on heavy leaners with a worthy diameter. There are alot of good cutters on this site.Some are full of sh$t though.And we can't mess w/ someone who has 11,000plus entries :taped: i read through this like some couch-locked house rat. it was good !oh!I am a couch locked house rat L.O.L. . oNLY FOR 3 MORE DAYS THOUGH THEN ITS BACK TO THE TIMBERuttahere2:
this was alot of reading{3 beers}. Out here we call it a birds mouth.use it a lot on heavy leaners with a worthy diameter. There are alot of good cutters on this site.Some are full of sh$t though.And we can't mess w/ someone who has 11,000plus entries :taped: i read through this like some couch-locked house rat. it was good !oh!I am a couch locked house rat L.O.L. . oNLY FOR 3 MORE DAYS THOUGH THEN ITS BACK TO THE TIMBERuttahere2:
As far as learning from the old timers..... some of them are very crude in their felling technique. Some are good. But all of them are still around due to their situational awareness. Work on picking up that from the experienced guys first. Then make nice stumps. If you make your first 1000 stumps perfect, then get. killed, was it worth it? Look up, look around, be aware.
Maybe I'm missing something here but every "perfect" stump I have ever sawed was the product of a well executed fall. Aka tree in lead, saved out cause of being in lead and kept the operator safe. Of course there are many other concerns, but a good stump usually means things went right.
Hahaha. You can mess with anybody you want to, regardless of their post count. It's all in good fun.
As my dear old dad would have said. It's not the year model that counts, it's the miles on the odometer....and the fuel used to put them there.
I'm ready to get back to work too. Winter sux.
Andy
Kid, I think his point was simply that which I highlighted. He is just reminding us that many fallers have left a "perfect" stump but was killed in the process. There have been several falling videos posted on this site where the follow up comments were "Great job excepted you never looked up."
Hahaha. You can mess with anybody you want to, regardless of their post count. It's all in good fun.
As my dear old dad would have said. It's not the year model that counts, it's the miles on the odometer....and the fuel used to put them there.
I'm ready to get back to work too. Winter sux.
Andy
I recommend a PRO saw, cause homeowner saws are to heavy and gutless for anything and everything. You'll need to pay twice as much as you want to and then get it ported otherwise it'll be a dog. Oh yeah, it's gotta be made by whichever brand it was you said you weren't interested in as well, the one with the closest dealer 500 miles away
Good luck :jester:
Originally Posted by redprospector
Hahaha. You can mess with anybody you want to, regardless of their post count. It's all in good fun.
As my dear old dad would have said. It's not the year model that counts, it's the miles on the odometer....and the fuel used to put them there.
I'm ready to get back to work too. Winter sux.
Andy
Objection.
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