Falling pics 11/25/09

[stihl sawing]

Here it is bucked up and finished

Also cut a few chunks off a blowed over Hackberry while i was there.

 

[forestryworks]

You done a good job there.

That don't look like any ponderosa I've ever seen.

 

[stihl sawing]

You done a good job there.

That don't look like any ponderosa I've ever seen.

Thanks, It may not be a ponderosa, That's what he called it.

 

[ropensaddle]

Thanks, It may not be a ponderosa, That's what he called it.

Ok ss now you got the felling down time to ride the wraptor

 

[stihl sawing]

Ok ss now you got the felling down time to ride the wraptor

Oh No, You know i ain't climbin.lol Even if it pulls me up. That's a nice rig ya got though. You gonna demonstrate it at the next GTG?

 

[hammerlogging]

white pine. confirmed dead.

Looks like a wicked uniintentional bypass on your horizontal cut of your face. Make your horizontal and angled face cuts meet or else its just the kerf that is your face.

Great you had a chance to practice. And are willing to learn.

 

[stihl sawing]

white pine. confirmed dead.

Looks like a wicked uniintentional bypass on your horizontal cut of your face. Make your horizontal and angled face cuts meet or else its just the kerf that is your face.

Great you had a chance to practice. And are willing to learn.

Yeah, I noticed i was off on the notch some, I wanted it facing a little farther left. So i cut some more off. I do need to work on making the cuts meet. Thanks for the advice. I want to do it right, I've been cutting many years but don't mean i do it correct. Also i don't get the chance to cut a big tree every day for practice. Most of the stuff i have cut lately is already blown down by storms.

 

[paccity]

I'm not a pro by no means, Just a firewood cutter. But i hope you guys don't mind if i post this here. If so i will remove it.

A friend of mine wanted this dead Ponderosa pine cut down. He wanted it cut in eight foot sections. He's gonna mill something with it. It had a bad lean toward his house, so i put my winch on it for extra pull.

I notched it to fall where i wanted it too and it did. I have a bunch of pics to load of it. So anything you guys see in the pics that might help me get better, Please let me know. I can take the critizisem too.lol So let me have it.

I did cut the stump flush to the ground for him. Guess i should have cut the tree closer to the ground too.

there are no pro's here. just some are whole alot better at it than others. practice makes better.

 

[madhatte]

Dead white pine, beetle galleries and pitch tubes, blue stain. You know I'm curious. What killed it? I don't see the cankers on any of the branches suggesting Blister Rust, so was it just girdled by the beetle attack? Oh snap, I guess I'm a tree nerd.

 

[paccity]

Dead white pine, beetle galleries and pitch tubes, blue stain. You know I'm curious. What killed it? I don't see the cankers on any of the branches suggesting Blister Rust, so was it just girdled by the beetle attack? Oh snap, I guess I'm a tree nerd.

ha, you got know about what ur killin.:msp_biggrin:

 

[stihl sawing]

Dead white pine, beetle galleries and pitch tubes, blue stain. You know I'm curious. What killed it? I don't see the cankers on any of the branches suggesting Blister Rust, so was it just girdled by the beetle attack? Oh snap, I guess I'm a tree nerd.

He said it was hit by lightening, It did look kinda blowed out a little at the base. One reason i cut it high. I was afraid it might be busted up or hollow down there.

 

[Gologit]

Dead white pine, beetle galleries and pitch tubes, blue stain. You know I'm curious. What killed it? I don't see the cankers on any of the branches suggesting Blister Rust, so was it just girdled by the beetle attack? Oh snap, I guess I'm a tree nerd.

Tree pathologist? Oh great, I just invented another form of 'ologist.:taped:

 

[madhatte]

I did notice the catface, but it seems to have healed up nicely. I'm pretty sure the lightning didn't do it in.

 

[madhatte]

Tree pathologist? Oh great, I just invented another form of 'ologist.:taped:

I'm not the only one. Hell, I'm just a baby. I have my go-to guys who know WAY more than I do. I love it when I get in over my head and have to call for help... that way I KNOW I'm gonna learn something!

EDIT: also -- was out with the crew training on a new protocol today, and while demonstrating field ID of one disease, found a clump of trees which all had three! Trees are full of surprises.

 

[stihl sawing]

I did notice the catface, but it seems to have healed up nicely. I'm pretty sure the lightning didn't do it in.

It also had beetle holes in the bark, They may have done it.

 

[madhatte]

It also had beetle holes in the bark, They may have done it.

The blue stain and the galleries suggest that this is the case. I'd also look for pitch-out; the top of it should indicate about where the tree was girdled.

 

[Metals406]

I'll post a picture of some Pondies on my place tomorrow so you can see the difference SS.

I was gonna guess Southern White Pine, but it looks like Hammer beat me to it.

Looks like you got a good workout and made it home safe.

 

[slowp]

White pine usually has 5 delicate looking needles in a bunch. If you look up, they'll look on the fine side. P-pine will have 3, longer heavier needles in a bunch.

White pine will have longer, finer cones. P-pine has round, sturdy cones that really hurt if you get hit by them when playing PC Baseball or having a cone fight.

 

[madhatte]

PC Baseball sounds a lot like Rock Baseball.

Rules go like so: you get out near the end of a landing, where the big crushed rock is pretty well-exposed. Batter faces the valley, pitcher faces uphill. Pitcher picks up a rock from the landing and talks some smack on the batter, who answers back in kind. Generally rocks bigger than actual baseballs are frowned upon; larger rocks have been known to significantly shorten the lifetime of a bat.

Pitcher pitches. Batter swings. A "strike" most often results in the gathered crowd shouting obscenities at the batter. A "ball" usually results in an injured batter.

A hit is graded according to loft. A rock which spins immediately off the road into a slash pile gets a sort of "ehh" response. A rock which arcs gracefully into the air and follows the topology cleanly enough that it crashes almost inaudibly to the bottom of the valley 30 seconds later will get a respectful "whoah".

Game ends when
a) there aren't any more bats left OR
b) there aren't any more rocks left OR
c) there aren't any more players left OR
d) there aren't any more beers left.

The winner is generally whoever does the coolest hit, or whoever lucks out and gets th last beer. Your mileage may vary.

 

[slowp]

Sounds similar except that we were on the job so no beers. We'd play if we finished a unit and there wasn't time to go to another one.
We didn't dare show back at the office early. I think somebody got hit on the eye. They had the sense not to turn in an accident report!

White pine cones would be more suitable for a cone football game. If there is such a game.