Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
That was all Californy there pard. Here is some Alaska:
Yellow cedar?
Falling pics 11/25/09
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Yellow cedar?
Greystoke
Tarzan
Samlock
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You're not killing a tree there, you're gently escorting it to a next life.
RandyMac
Stiff Member
What a pup!!
Ah well, I guess I shouldn't tell you I was 23 when I cut my 9'6" Redwood and it had a top on it.
I did the whole thing with half a dozen geezers sharing words of encouragement.
I will tell you that in a panic, I took the wrong way off the springboards, a 12 foot drop into the ferns, with a half twist and a triple tumble. I didn't stop running during the whole preformance, I probably looked like a cartoon.
I would have liked to see that. I've made some less than graceful exits from springboards a time or two but nothing to match that.
Will you demonstrate that for us at the next GTG?
Greystoke
Tarzan
It would be worth it to come just to see that one pard :msp_smile:
For his second performance of this daring stunt I don't think it will be the ferns and brush going snap, crackle and pop. :hmm3grin2orange:
Mr. HE
RandyMac
Stiff Member
sure enough, find a ten footer for me.
bring the whiskey
For his second performance of this daring stunt I don't think it will be the ferns and brush going snap, crackle and pop. :hmm3grin2orange:
Mr. HE
You got that right!
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Lots of 10+footers nearby me Randy. Of course they're protected....
I'll bring the whiskey for sure. Just don't break anything doing the 12' springboard swan dive. We may need to run some more after the tree hits the ground....
Sport Faller
Gate Pimp
We haven't hit up this thread in a while, here's me diggin in on a decent sized Tamarack
forestryworks
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Look up!
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Jake, take an extra minute to ax off the rest of that bark around the face and backcut (while looking up a lot ). . . That burnt crap is pure carbon, and hard on just about every part of a saw.
That's a respectable tree there, that must'a filled up the truck pretty good.
Is that the Sylvia burn?
). . . That burnt crap is pure carbon, and hard on just about every part of a saw.That's a respectable tree there, that must'a filled up the truck pretty good.
Is that the Sylvia burn?
forestryworks
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Jake, take an extra minute to ax off the rest of that bark around the face and backcut (while looking up a lot
Yup. And watch for the big slabs of bark sliding down like a runaway elevator... It'll give you an ass whooping.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Also, that 30" tree was clearly a job for the E-Z w/ 20" bar and full skip. . . You and your overkill! :wink2:
Sport Faller
Gate Pimp
Jake, take an extra minute to ax off the rest of that bark around the face and backcut (while looking up a lot
That's a respectable tree there, that must'a filled up the truck pretty good.
Is that the Sylvia burn?
UP Good Creek, after those pics were taken I knocked that junk off the far side, ummm well it sure would've filled up the truck nice
, it looked dry as hell but part of the way through the back cut I was like "why the #### is my B&C soooo gummed up" also just about swapped knuckles with my step dad that day
Sport Faller
Gate Pimp
Umm yeah, that #### was scary, it kindof reminded me of an avalanche
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
UP Good Creek, after those pics were taken I knocked that junk off the far side, ummm well it sure would've filled up the truck nice
also just about swapped knuckles with my step dad that day
Jeez, take it easy on your step dad. . . He can't help it.
It's amazing how much water those larch snags will hold at the bole! I cut a couple last year, and had to wait for a minute to let the water finish pouring out; it was about a gallon I reckon.
It's still good firewood, just needs split up to dry. . . It's not like curing green, it's just wet dead fiber.
forestryworks
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How does dead larch compare to dead doug-fir for firewood?
Sport Faller
Gate Pimp
Jeez, take it easy on your step dad. . . He can't help it.
It's amazing how much water those larch snags will hold at the bole! I cut a couple last year, and had to wait for a minute to let the water finish pouring out; it was about a gallon I reckon.
It's still good firewood, just needs split up to dry. . . It's not like curing green, it's just wet dead fiber.
Ok he was
A: 1 1/2 hours late to pick us up to head out there
B: fritters around and wasted about an hour just to get to the tree
C: those pics were the most work he did all damn day
D: decides to cut down a tree a long assed way from the road instead of taking 3 perfectly good blowdowns that were literally touching the road
E: grumbles and whines the whole way home about "not being able to get a full load" (by this time it was 7 pm, it was time to leave)
we might have to go snag that badboy up sometime then
