Sport Faller
Gate Pimp
Dammit, why do I always forget to look up
[video=youtube;9dDl_FgEHlY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dDl_FgEHlY[/video]
[video=youtube;9dDl_FgEHlY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dDl_FgEHlY[/video]
Falling pics 11/25/09
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bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Oh, don't worry sparky, I'll shake it out of there. One way or another...
Or just remember not to get near that tree :msp_biggrin:
mingo
ArboristSite Operative
Nice chaps.
In the video, sometime around the 56 second mark looks like the wedge is moving, so the top is tipping. Least that's what it looks like. At 59 their dropping.
Maybe you can see it better on the raw video.
Thanks for sharing the video. Lee
Maybe you can see it better on the raw video.
Thanks for sharing the video. Lee
Bob clear some pm space. I'm going to be headed your way tomorrow.
I emptied the box. Let me know when and where you're gonna be.
forestryworks
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By god if you don't start lookin' up ol' Nate is gonna hop outta his easy chair and put a popknot on yer head big enough fer a calf to suck on! :hmm3grin2orange:
That one almost ate your saw! You got away with it...this time. Next time, leave the saw. New saws are cheaper than ambulance rides. Or funerals. End of lecture.
Maybe it might have worked a little better if you'd not sawed it up quite so far and tipped it with the wedges instead. Looking up is good and you should do it often but sometimes your wedges will be the first indicator of movement.
Oh...your hat is two shades of orange lighter in color than your chaps. Slowp won't include you in her Best Dressed Logger Awards if you don't try to accessorize a little better. :msp_biggrin:
My rule: It is quite all right to yell the F Word when the tree is trying to grab your saw. Perfectly all right.
Or the excrement word will do too--when saw burps and dies.
Ah yes. Today was going as expected. Every little tree needed a tractor assist. The 2 trees with some size slammed right down. During the apres hotdog feast tree, The Barbie Saw burped and died. She would not start. I switched to my East Coast short bar 032 saw and got that tree on the ground--no tractor assist needed.
Here is the tree I am proud of. It went where aimed, between the some kind of a fruit tree and a leave tree. Unfortunately, it was 8 feet taller than it looked and it took out some barbwire fence. Hmmmm, Barbie kills Barb wire. There could be a song in that. And yes, I am trying to be more aggressive, and cut part of the hinge off. Bad...
The little tiny wedge is good for pounding in a tiny tree to see if it is cut off all the way so the tiny tractor can pull it over. That tree was limblocked from the get go. I am the rigging rat too.
Back to the Barbie Saw, I called the not as famous saw shop in Chehalis, and talked to one of their mechanics. He told me what to check. Number 1 was the spark plug, and I learned that it is interchangeable with the 032. So, I pulled the plug and inserted the 032 plug.(I think I have a spare somewhere?) The Barbie saw started up and ran. Yay. I must add spark plugs to my going to town shopping list. Maybe take some cookies to the saw guys.
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RandyMac
Stiff Member
Fences, powerlines, waterlines, fancy bushes.....the tree will sudden sprout up a few enough to hit them.
:hmm3grin2orange: ....and water trucks, pickups, active haul roads, boundary lines, and (my personal favorite) Caution Timber Falling Ahead signs.
paccity
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thats why i've never seen a strait watertruck.:msp_biggrin:
And, we didn't see a cow all day. Then after the fence was hit, a curious one came along, checking it out.
He/she was wise--maybe they didn't want to go through a few blackberries? Or maybe the woofing of the two dogs scared it, but they turned around and wandered back to where they came from.
He/she was wise--maybe they didn't want to go through a few blackberries? Or maybe the woofing of the two dogs scared it, but they turned around and wandered back to where they came from.
Sport Faller
Gate Pimp
Every damn time after one hits the ground I smile for a second and then go "sonofa#####" I forgot to look up
It went a bit sooner than I expected (which could've been solved by my dumb ass watching the top for movement) and I kindof accidently went throught hte hinge on the far side so I'm guessin that's where it grabbed me
I need to leave the chaps on the hood of the truck for about a week and then they'll be the same shade as my tin hat, also I need to be dribblin Copenhagen on them and all my shirts :hmm3grin2orange:
I was having trouble with sausage grease, so I switched to a poorer hot dog brand.
Oh, and I solved the droopy chaps problem. I drop suspenders off shoulders, put on chaps, pull up suspenders and all is fixed. No droop.
Oh, and I solved the droopy chaps problem. I drop suspenders off shoulders, put on chaps, pull up suspenders and all is fixed. No droop.
forestryworks
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Speaking of hot dogs... These are really good!
Those haven't shown up here in the land of one small grocery store, or go west where there are two small stores. Maybe in Chehalis?
I didn't but the landowner, who was right there did. I told her that the fence might get hit. No biggie, no escapees, all is cool.
