Falling pics 11/25/09

[Trx250r180]

they sure look taller once the limbs are gone

 

[Metals406]

Same here. I look at some of that stuff they have to drop, and not only drop but save out, and all I can think is "better them than me".

I don't cut much hardwood and when I do it's mostly oak. I don't have to make them save out...good thing too. Those multi-stem monsters have had me running more than once.

My brothers, wifes, uncle. . . Logs back in east (PA?). He cuts some high value stems I guess.

On some of the stuff he doesn't want to break -- he'll climb them and take out a leader, or the whole top -- to not risk breaking at all.

I guess a guy can get into some cherry and whatnot on them private sales, that are 10k+ per tree. You don't bust up too many of them before I reckon you'd get tramped.

 

[twochains]

I hope like Hell that you guys who climb like that get paid VERY VERY WELL!!! ...I'd puke after 20 ft and I am not ashamed to admit it. That's amazing actually!

 

[Metals406]

You ain't dumb Glen! Far from it my friend.

 

[Rounder]

#### Glen, didn't anyone tell you it's easier just to throw the whole damn thing on the ground, then limb it?

Cody does the same goofy ####, must just be an Alaskan Faller thing...

-Nice pics - Sam

 

[RandyMac]

#### Glen, didn't anyone tell you it's easier just to throw the whole damn thing on the ground, then limb it?

Cody does the same goofy ####, must just be an Alaskan Faller thing...

-Nice pics - Sam

Is Glenn short too?

 

[Hddnis]

#### Glen, didn't anyone tell you it's easier just to throw the whole damn thing on the ground, then limb it?

Cody does the same goofy ####, must just be an Alaskan Faller thing...

-Nice pics - Sam

Pays pretty good though for goofy ####.




Mr. HE

 

[northmanlogging]

most of the good climbers I've met have all been on the short side of not tall... I've also met a bunch of short guys that like to stand on stuff when anybody taller then them is around... I wonder if its connected? :wink2:

I'm not a real good climber... just so ya know

And two chains climbing is hard work but not so bad... its more using muscles that you don't use real often and a whole bunch of em then anything... topping and limbing is not for the faint of heart though, but it is a lot of fun...

 

[tramp bushler]

Is Glenn short too?

Glen is a whole 5'8" 255 pounds of muscle, guts and speed
:kilt::kilt:

 

[tramp bushler]

Those are pics from last summer
I was trying t figure out how to attach them to a post. To put on another thread.
They changed photo bucket since I posted them. . I guess I need to get tapatalk. But Then I have to make sure I got my wallet with me when I sit down . . That's a lot of thinkin to do that I'm not getting paid for. :msp_thumbup::eek2::hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Rounder]

Glen is a whole 5'8" 255 pounds of muscle, guts and speed
:kilt::kilt:

Built as a timber faller should be....I'm a 5'11" 155 pound misfit with a bad back.

 

[RandyMac]

Built as a timber faller should be....I'm a 5'11" 155 pound misfit with a bad back.

I was 6'1" 165, buckers are supposed to be squatty.

 

[tramp bushler]

Built as a timber faller should be....I'm a 5'11" 155 pound misfit with a bad back.[/QUOTe

You need a longer bar.
I had a bull buck that was so skinny he couldn't have weighed 145 . . The guy could nearly fly thru the brush and was a way faster cutter than me. . He couldn't pack a 15" Skookum RopeMaster tail block. But he could put the wood on the ground. .

 

[Eccentric]

I was 6'1" 165, buckers are supposed to be squatty.

Ahhh.........


Now I understand why you said I'd make a good bucker a while back...:cool2:

 

[twochains]

Built as a timber faller should be....I'm a 5'11" 155 pound misfit with a bad back.

I don't know why you consider yourself a misfit at 5'11 155. I'm basically the same size and have never wanted to be any bigger. People built like us can go at a run all day.

 

[056kid]

My brothers, wifes, uncle. . . Logs back in east (PA?). He cuts some high value stems I guess.

On some of the stuff he doesn't want to break -- he'll climb them and take out a leader, or the whole top -- to not risk breaking at all.

I guess a guy can get into some cherry and whatnot on them private sales, that are 10k+ per tree. You don't bust up too many of them before I reckon you'd get tramped.

Who told you that? 10,000? Umm, no.....

 

[HuskStihl]

Built as a timber faller should be....I'm a 5'11" 155 pound misfit with a bad back.

I was 6'1" 165, buckers are supposed to be squatty.

I don't know why you consider yourself a misfit at 5'11 155. I'm basically the same size and have never wanted to be any bigger. People built like us can go at a run all day.

Pffft, girlie men. 172 pounds of fat, sloth, and fear!


Holy crap TB, that is high. Make sure that tree is spec'd for your weight:msp_biggrin:

 

[056kid]

I was trying to act all cool and pretend I understand what the heck y'all were talking about, but I don't. Why shouldn't you swing a tree right while making the backcut from the left side?
Thx,
Jon

It all depends. I have what you could call a bad habit of sawing under the lean. On slopes it puts my saw in front of me and not at my feet, I like sawing out infront of me a lot more than on the deck.
The way il do it is put in a face, making sure my far side,(pull side) is opened up proper, saw out the Kerf, then go around back. The first cut on the back is on the pull side, establishing my holding corner, that s, ets the stem in motion, then I just follow it through minding my gunning sight so as not to cut off my holding wood. Saw it up enough so as not to pull wood and gtfo of there!

 

[bitzer]

Hey Bob - I wonder how you guys save out a 200' + tall conifer on short ground! If the wife ever gives me the boot maybe you can put me in a strip for a day. I think I'd get impatient waiting for them to tip though. Unless I'm in a straight stick ash or basswood patch, things move really fast.


Ted- I can see what you mean about cutting under your Dutchman. You do what you have to do. I usually have the luxury of mostly flat ground and even stumps.


Glen! Great ####in pics! I'm glad you screwed up posting. I'd probably never see em otherwise. Nice work!


Christ, I'm 5' 11" 220lbs. I've got a chest like a ####### half barrel though. My dad is built more like you guys. Same height as me, but hes got to be around the 165- 170 mark.

 

[Metals406]

Ahhh.........


Now I understand why you said I'd make a good bucker a while back...:cool2:

I don't think "Bucker" was what he yelled at ya, but yer probably close! :hmm3grin2orange: