Falling pics 11/25/09

[Metals406]

whats the purpose of gutting the heart ? haven't seen that done around here

Another way to discourage chairing. . . No heart means the tree doesn't have a straight line across the stump to line up with any straight grain that might want to pop on ya.

Back east, it's also used for veneer grade, so no fiber pulls out'a the butt. They also cut them off as close to the dirt as they can.

 

[bustedup]

just to be even more confusing lol ya can also gut the hinge without the heart lol.


Over here they cut very low to lol which depending on species brings root flare etc into play but every area seems to have it's own "way" lol


Hey maybe the universal translator of star trek would help everyone understand each other lol

 

[bitzer]

whats the purpose of gutting the heart ? haven't seen that done around here

For me its to discourage fiber pull, but what Metals said goes too. If you've got a hard leaning tree you want to remove as much compression wood as possible.

 

[paccity]

this one i gutted to try and limit the fiberpull.

whats the purpose of gutting the heart ? haven't seen that done around here

 

[twochains]

Yeah its hard to talk in falling lingo and I stole most of the names from the PNW guys! No one understands what I'm saying around here. Face? Whats a face? Its a notch here. You start talking notchs and faces and this and that and it gets awfully confusing pretty quick. Much easier to show...

T-handle style on a red oak from weeks ago. Left the heart wood. Wide open face. Set up that maple in front of it to slow it down. You can tell how much it was leaning when it rolls over. Didn't busted this one up at all, which would have been easy considering. No sound because crappy cell video.
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T-style with the heart gutted.

Triangle on an ash. Made it to the hinge in time.

Fence line red oak leaning WAY out. The back cut was about eye level. Wide face and heart nip. Rocks and corks don't mix.

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Nice work bitzer! I wish I could see how you set up that coos bay.

 

[tramp bushler]

Got in another one. Had a spruce today that had 6290 board feet Scribner in it. Y'all hopefully will be glad to know that we videoed it. . Will get the vid up as soon as I can. . Lots of heavy breathing .

 

[Metals406]

Got in another one. Had a spruce today that had 6290 board feet Scribner in it. Y'all hopefully will be glad to know that we videoed it. . Will get the vid up as soon as I can. . Lots of heavy breathing .

I ain't never laid steel to a 6 bushel tree. . . Maybe some day? :msp_wub:

 

[dooby]

I ain't never laid steel to a 6 bushel tree. . . Maybe some day? :msp_wub:

Hows that song go ? Go north to Ala_ _ _!:chainsawguy:

 

[tramp bushler]

Well boys ; and girl. I got er done. Safe and sound. Nothin major broke. I'm setting in the Juneau airport right now getting ready to check in my fish box on Alaska for the flight to Anchorage.

 

[bitzer]

Glad to hear all went well Glen! Can't wait so see some pics!

Beech, Maple, and Hickory. 8s, 10s, and 12s. Average load is about 1200bf.

Standing on the clutch and brake on this hill.

The landing this morning. Pulpin sucks! Pulp cash is nice though. There is somewhere between 50-60 cords of pulp and 10-12mbf or so. It was supposed to rain today so I told my wife she could go to work. Not raining now of course.

Came down the hill loaded up and the driver was just pullin in. He can toss er off a little faster than I can.

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[bitzer]

5 12s in this basswood. Stretched out pretty nice.

Put a block face in this maple to keep it from the road. I was going to put a snipe in her, but I figured what the hell try for maximum steerage.

Faceless coos bay on a white oak. I can't remember if this is in Gerald's book or Doug's. This was my first attempt and I kind of sallied it. A brand new Cannon was giving me visions of folding the tip over, but I figured this was an ideal situation to try it on. Worked like a charm and took only seconds. Yeah its only about 15" on the stump, but the tree was like a rainbow. Very easy to chair. All right give me the crap on the no face! Haha

Sizwel on a red oak. It was leaning way over the boundry.

Just kept er in. Blue line is the boundry.

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[treeslayer2003]

great pics bitz, beech jus saw right? soft maple? hey i'v cut plenty of trees with no notch.[tell no one] love the packer back, was wonderin weather or not ya load truck with it. I still don't know bout that sizwheel thing, but fine work any how.

 

[treeslayer2003]

glad you back tramp. I bet it'll be good ta get home.

 

[bustedup]

nice cuts bitz .......it a bit diff you not using a face lol

 

[tramp bushler]

 

[bitzer]

great pics bitz, beech jus saw right? soft maple? hey i'v cut plenty of trees with no notch.[tell no one] love the packer back, was wonderin weather or not ya load truck with it. I still don't know bout that sizwheel thing, but fine work any how.

Yeah the beech goes for sawlogs and firewood. The pulp mill allows only so many sticks per axle. I do load crib trailers with the machine. That truck is the lumber mill's. They haul the logs and its up to me to truck the pulp. There are a couple of sticks of soft maple, but mostly hard maple. The sizwel exposes the fibers of the hinge on your pull side allowing the fibers to bend (instead of breaking) giving the tree more time on the stump to pull around.

 

[bitzer]

Nice pic Tramp! What type of wood was all on the job? Spruce I'm guessing? I have a vague knowledge of what you guys all have out there.

 

[Metals406]

That's my kinda timber right there!

 

[treeslayer2003]

yup, tramp was busy. bitz, ain't it a shame there's no grade beech. we are over run with it.

 

[jrcat]

yup, tramp was busy. bitz, ain't it a shame there's no grade beech. we are over run with it.

Up to $1400 a load here for blockin and tie logs on the beech but thats it.