Falling pics 11/25/09

[treeslayer2003]

hey, an oldie with a trouble matic lol. well i ain't the only one with old stuff.

 

[bnmc98]

And some more. Ok I'll quit buggin you guys for a while.





This last one pretty much sums up my day. Frustrating. It had a double crotch and if I would have sent it where it was leaning I would have lost the last log for sure, maybe two. Yeah I had to pull some fibers to do it though. Saved all the logs out and even the top logs. It made 3 10s and 3 12s.

Hey Bitzer. Are those cantines on your belt fuel and oil?

 

[SliverPicker]

I usually only side step a tree to avoid hanging it up. When they let go it seems the bigger trees give you more room for error. The inertia of the bigger stems is much greater. More predictable when they come down. The whole tree moves sideways. With the smaller ones they sometimes swing a bit instead of the whole tree shifting sideways.

 

[treeslayer2003]

I usually only side step a tree to avoid hanging it up. When they let go it seems the bigger trees give you more room for error. The inertia of the bigger stems is much greater. More predictable when they come down. The whole tree moves sideways. With the smaller ones they sometimes swing a bit instead of the whole tree shifting sideways.

whippey, i hate cuttin whippy sticks

 

[bitzer]

Hey Bitzer. Are those cantines on your belt fuel and oil?

Yes. Fuel, oil, and water. I can run two tanks thru without havin to go back to the jugs. That way I can work my way back to them. Saves time on walking. They took a little gettin used to, but don't get hung up as much as you'd think. Its also real handy when you're finshing a buck in a real limby top. You don't have to climb out to refuel and then climb back in again.

 

[bnmc98]

Yes. Fuel, oil, and water. I can run two tanks thru without havin to go back to the jugs. That way I can work my way back to them. Saves time on walking. They took a little gettin used to, but don't get hung up as much as you'd think. Its also real handy when you're finshing a buck in a real limby top. You don't have to climb out to refuel and then climb back in again.

What a great idea, I have never seen that before.

 

[Skeans]

I've taken quart bottles and cleaned them out with some rope hooked to my belt.


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[bitzer]

What a great idea, I have never seen that before.

Yeah they're just some stainless steel water bottles. The o-ring goes bad on the fuel bottle pretty quick, but it seals up fine without it. I do drill a pin hole in the top so it can breathe tho.

 

[SliverPicker]

whippey, i hate cuttin whippy sticks

Or..maybe I'm just doing it wrong?

 

[treeslayer2003]

Or..maybe I'm just doing it wrong?

no good way.........feller buncher lol. i used to just jump um and run like hell....have several going down at once. i ain't that fast no more

 

[chucker]

no good way.........feller buncher lol. i used to just jump um and run like hell....have several going down at once. i ain't that fast no more

? and if you are as old as I am, I will bet that you still find day's that you are still faster than you ever were !! LOL

 

[Gologit]

? and if you are as old as I am, I will bet that you still find day's that you are still faster than you ever were !! LOL

Yup. 100 yard obstacle dash with saw...senior division. It should be an Olympic event.

 

[coltont]

I like when you run and the rose bushes catch you.

 

[treeslayer2003]

Yup. 100 yard obstacle dash with saw...senior division. It should be an Olympic event.

its amazing what you can go over or though with a 4' 30lbs saw..............

 

[treeslayer2003]

I like when you run and the rose bushes catch you.

them, holly, green brier, black berry, devil cane..........i pulled a thorn out of my heel this morning, no clue how that happened or when.

 

[northmanlogging]

scareded a home owner today... Dusting a little alder next to a property line/fence/house... all lean one way and limbs the other.

Anyway she sat back just a little, almost gave the dude a heart attack... Wedges and everything was fine.

 

[treeslayer2003]

hmm, the file is to large? a 40 second vid? i have no clue how to post a vid or even how to send it to Jon...........its makin me feel dumb dammit!

 

[1270d]

I don't know how to email a video. Do you have a YouTube account?

 

[bnmc98]

It should look something like this.

Well, I tried this last friday. (just quoted the video for reference, not my vid) There was a small tree in a smz that I wanted to avoid without knocking it over or cutting it down to add to the stump tally. Was right in front of the tree I was cutting and in the way, so I thought I would try the slide off the stump and go around it. Needless to say it did not work. I did not want to hang around to chase the hinge so that the butt could flip up and hit me in the face as it hit the little tree in front of it.
It hinged just like any other and actually the root on the uphill side still had a hold of it, pulled it a little.

hinge probably needs to be gone as its going over, I am guessing.

 

[Metals406]

Well, I tried this last friday. (just quoted the video for reference, not my vid) There was a small tree in a smz that I wanted to avoid without knocking it over or cutting it down to add to the stump tally. Was right in front of the tree I was cutting and in the way, so I thought I would try the slide off the stump and go around it. Needless to say it did not work. I did not want to hang around to chase the hinge so that the butt could flip up and hit me in the face as it hit the little tree in front of it.
It hinged just like any other and actually the root on the uphill side still had a hold of it, pulled it a little.

hinge probably needs to be gone as its going over, I am guessing.

Yup, it's gotta be free to work, tall sticks with weight helps.

In the video, Jack's cut'n 2nd growth reds -- real tall, enough canopy to act like a kite.