Falling pics 11/25/09

[Metals406]

i drove a huge poplar into that mess.........it just slid down one side. ain't gonna be that easy.

I didn't see a good 'sledge' tree in yer pics, so figured driving wasn't an option.

 

[Skeans]

How many of you guys slip the butts off the side of the stumps?


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[northmanlogging]

How many of you guys slip the butts off the side of the stumps?


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Never got the hang of that one... Never really needed to either.

 

[bitzer]

some times i read to fast. if you saved 2 logs, thats what 24'? so you sacrificed 1' to save 24'? good deal in my book.

Yep. I got 4 logs to the top and 2 logs after. It busheled out to about 1000 bf. If I would have let it just fly the way it wanted it would have have split out the last log before the top for sure and may have busted up the top logs too. Ash almost always has a big heart here.

You cripple up the tree your blowdown was leaning into before you slammed it all with another?

 

[Skeans]

Never got the hang of that one... Never really needed to either.

We were doing it in cedar today god the stumps were ugly.


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[bitzer]

I like watching you cut. . . No d ick around.

You should be teaching those bore cutters how it's done. [emoji12]

Thank you sir! Yeah I didn't do much for commentary cuz I figured you guys would get it.

In the first video second tree it sat down on my bar as it slowly came around. Had to wait for it to move. Pullin the side of the stump out was intentional too on that other one. And I tossed my saw in the last video cuz I skipped my chain for the thousanth time that day. That bar met a bad end today. Good riddance. Just makin those points for the lurkers in here who might not get it.

 

[bitzer]

How many of you guys slip the butts off the side of the stumps?


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I can and have, but I usually don't have the situation where I need to. Slippin em off the back of the stump I do in tight timber if I have to avoid a hanger or save out.

 

[Skeans]

Not back but sideways


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[Skeans]

Normally on steeper ground if there's a bad spot with a good shot with a top like what we were doing today it made sense, wasn't a huge fan of doing it but they saved to 2" at the top.


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[bitzer]

I see you finally gave up the spider cell camera, Bitz. Nice!

Man, does the winter hardwood stand look like badlands!

Thats the wifes camera, don't tell her. Yeah theres no exotics in this woods to green it up this time of year. We had very little snow here. It all melted and dried up quickly and it hasn't rained yet.

 

[Skeans]

The rain is coming trust me it started again here this weekend


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[bitzer]

Normally on steeper ground if there's a bad spot with a good shot with a top like what we were doing today it made sense, wasn't a huge fan of doing it but they saved to 2" at the top.


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Yep I've slipped some big red oaks sideways off the stump so they slid down hill to save out the last log.

 

[bitzer]

The rain is coming trust me it started again here this weekend


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Its comin tonight, just looked at the radar.

 

[Skeans]

I'm hoping for another dry stretch to get the stuff out of the brush and everything off the landing, then back to thinning running a buncher and forwarder.


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[bnmc98]

How many of you guys slip the butts off the side of the stumps?


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I guess I'm not familiar with this. Do you mean cutting the the undercut with a snipe so that it rolls off to one side as it goes over? What are you exactly doing when you do it (cut wise I mean)?

 

[Skeans]

Both the face and back cut are slanted to go down the hill side well the top goes the same as the face.


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[treeslayer2003]

I didn't see a good 'sledge' tree in yer pics, so figured driving wasn't an option.

it was over to the right,close to 40"....8-900bft, i thought it would knock all of it over......should have crippled um up some i guess.

 

[Skeans]

Well I guess I should introduce myself I'm Jared and 26.


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[treeslayer2003]

Both the face and back cut are slanted to go down the hill side well the top goes the same as the face.


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wouldn't you have to chase the hinge about off? slick stump.......

 

[Skeans]

Edge it up, a cedar will pop off a hinge


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