Falling pics 11/25/09

[tramp bushler]

Todays load wasn't as pretty but it pays the same .

I gotta go hunting another patch of timber tomorrow.

 

[tramp bushler]

The college edjucates say that Tazlina lake used to be huge . And the theory is that when it receeded it left bands of drift silt then bare gravel then silt and on and on .
So the better timber grew in the better drained soil . The better wood seems to grow in rows that :msp_unsure:run northeast to southwest . Then there will be black spruce muskegs then better timber . Most of the good stuff is hid from the highway so any loggers who go thru on the highway don't see it .
At this point I think I'm the only working operation in the basin . :msp_rolleyes:

 

[Plankton]

Some Pines

 

[redprospector]

Plankton,
Lookin' pretty good, but you might want to back up another step or 2.

Andy

 

[paccity]

Plankton,
Lookin' pretty good, but you might want to back up another step or 2.

Andy

young and cocky.:msp_rolleyes: he will learn.:msp_wink:. nice job plankton.

 

[forestryworks]

young and cocky.:msp_rolleyes: he will learn.:msp_wink:. nice job plankton.

Learned my lesson two years ago!

 

[paccity]

crumpler. did you see chucks fb post? get up there.

 

[forestryworks]

crumpler. did you see chucks fb post? get up there.

Saw it. Working on it!

 

[RandyMac]

"The Cutter" Michael Hawkins Cutting Down Trees In Clatsop County Or. With a 390 xp 32 inch Bar 2012 - YouTube

http://youtu.be/KUQabKZ9taw

 

[Plankton]

Thanks always learning! I do tend to stand a little close

This is the ugly stump in the last photo

I got some more online today

Thats it for me real hard to take photos when theres trees to fall!

 

[tramp bushler]

I recomend a new hardhat . Nice looking cutting .

 

[tramp bushler]

"The Cutter" Michael Hawkins Cutting Down Trees In Clatsop County Or. With a 390 xp 32 inch Bar 2012 - YouTube

"The Cutter" Falling Large Second Growth Doug Fir - YouTube

A little too much driving for my liking . Make too much of a habit of that and you'll end up a red smear on the hill side .

And I've driven Lots of timber .

 

[coastalfaller]

Finally found this one and got it uploaded.

 

[tramp bushler]

Thats a nice fatty . .
Was that taken reciently .
U guys don't have ferns growing already do u ?

 

[coastalfaller]

Thats a nice fatty . .
Was that taken reciently .
U guys don't have ferns growing already do u ?

Nope, that was in 2004, on the Charlottes. Note the no hi vis! lol I wish we had the ferns, still a ton of snow in most of our settings. I was on the cat opening up a road this past week, hopped off to check the depth where I had just cut the bank.....snow was up to my chin.....I'm 6'2"!!! Brutal.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Thanks always learning! I do tend to stand a little close

This is the ugly stump in the last photo

Thats it for me real hard to take photos when theres trees to fall!

Nice groomed forest floor youve got there must be nice to see the ground:jester:

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[Gologit]

It's a good thing you're tall, Brian. Otherwise you'd have to have a flashing red light on top of your tin hat so we could see you.

 

[KiwiBro]

"The Cutter" Michael Hawkins Cutting Down Trees In Clatsop County Or. With a 390 xp 32 inch Bar 2012 - YouTube

"The Cutter" Falling Large Second Growth Doug Fir - YouTube

Thanks. Please excuse my ignorance, but what's the reason why he stays at the stump, cutting into his hinge once he knows it's going where he wants it to go? Notwithstanding the time when he's looking for some bias and therefore cutting more on one side of the hinge, it still seems quite a bit of time at the stump when others I've seen would be on their way out of the potential branch drop zone.

My thinking is that can't be the safest of places to be but as always seems to be the case, there's more going on than first impressions might suggest so I'll be the stupid one and ask.

Is the wind having anything to do with it (looks pretty much downwind)? Keep the holding wood to get her started then keep gunning it to avoid barber chairing or end checking, once the drop direction has been established?

 

[Gologit]

You're close. The main reason to stay on it is to steer the tree a little better. If the wind is directly behind you and it's blowing hard enough it can start the tree over before you're ready for it. A good sharp fast saw in the hands of somebody who knows what he's doing will get that tree off of the stump before the wind takes it. Or, you can play the wind and saw it up at just the right time. That means staying at the stump.

If the tree starts over a little too soon it will still probably go where you planned but it might chair and there might be excessive fibre pull. That happens but it's best to keep it to a minimum.

Chasing the hinge isn't always the best thing to do and until you really know what's going on it can even make things worse. Cutting off a corner, especially in the wind, might have you trying out your escape path.

Staying at the stump is okay if you're sure what the tree will do. I do it. Sometimes. If you ever figure out a way to be 100 % sure what the tree will do every time please let the rest of us know.

Until then, get away from the stump if you don't have to be there.

 

[RandyMac]

Bob covers it pretty well.

and Mike knows I would call him a fiber puller.