Falling pics 11/25/09

[paccity]

na, it is not the camara, its the earthquakes from st helens .lol.

 

[slowp]

na, it is not the camara, its the earthquakes from st helens .lol.

I forgot about that. It musta been!

 

[ChainsawmanXX]

Alright! Us old duffers can teach you about falling...you can teach us about all the electronic gadgets that drive us nuts.

And...just to pile it on a little, everybody is dead right about the splitting wedge. It can rip the teeth right off of a chain...think shrapnel. Leave it at the wood pile. Metal falling wedges have their place but for what you're doing plastic is a better choice.
Cheap wedges are okay but if you're having to drive wedges hard I'd go with K&H. I've had good luck with them.

Where can you get good K&H wedges? The only real logging supply around here is a Stihl dealer. Lol would Baileys be the best?

 

[slowp]

http://www.madsens1.com/catalog.htm

Page 3.

 

[madhatte]

I love those guys. I'll steer business their way any chance I get. I wonder how much I've spent there over the years, both privately and on behalf of employers? I bet easily over ten grand.

 

[Hddnis]

Here ya go Ted...

Ted... If ya want I can put these in one of your posts...

Gary

All I'm getting are red x's.

Can everyone else see the pics fine?




Mr. HE

 

[Gologit]

Nope...red X's

 

[Ramblewood]

I love those guys. I'll steer business their way any chance I get. I wonder how much I've spent there over the years, both privately and on behalf of employers? I bet easily over ten grand.

Madsen's are the greatest ! Really good customer service, better prices, nicer people; at least on the phone .

 

[ru55ell]

Madsens!!!! they are the best!!!!!

Ru55ell

 

[mdavlee]

Yep madsens are awesome guys to deal with. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Plankton]

Another +1 for madsens! they rock, fast shipping even here on the east coast!

 

[Ramblewood]

I wish Madsen's would post so I could REP them officially .

 

[lfnh]

Here's one: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14002

Do a Google search, there are more.

some more from OSU:

http://www.orosha.org/grants/osuforest/osuoverview.html

 

[056kid]

http://www.orosha.org/pdf/grants/osu/synthropeusewinch.pdf


Maybe the 4th one I read. . .

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Another +1 for madsens! they rock, fast shipping even here on the east coast!

+2, I can vouch for Madsen's on how fast their shipping is to the yeast coast, my 066 handle arrived right after the guy finished making it.

 

[ChrisF]

Closest thing I've got to a falling pic this week.

Checking out a pair of limb-locked leaners. Not large trees by any means, but challenging and fun nonetheless.

 

[bitzer]

Wind delay. Started at 15-20mph this morning now more like 30-40.

I apologize in advance for the piss poor quality and casual language.

I did a little intro with this, but the sound didn't work. Hard maple sittn back maybe 10-15 feet. The wind was blowning 15-20, occasionally harder and diagonally across the lay. It was putting a good amount of pressure on the jack which definetely added to the sketch factor. Back-cut first, stood it up a little, then faced it. Gunned a little deep, but it worked out. Ended up lifting it 2.5" before she tipped. New grade 8 bolt and bigger plate held up well.

 

[ChrisF]

Can't view your clip. Says it's private. :/

 

[bitzer]

Thanks Chris! Here it is I think.

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o1cuAD11kE4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[ChrisF]

There we go.

Nice vid, thanks for sharing!