Falling pics 11/25/09

[SliverPicker]

i have had a couple of the ones with the ear muffs built in, they will stay on but i want to hear whats going on with the tree.

I've found that the rubber ear plugs with the "stem" thing on them work good. They don't block all that much sound. The tapered foam ones are too quiet. The squared off foam ones work too if you cut them in half and wear half in each ear. That's my 2/100ths of a $.

 

[Skeans]

I've found out of the wheels I've tried to orange salmon wheels seems to work the best with not burning the wheels, I do know some guys use wax or the wax wheels but I've never cared for how they cut. Rakers are set at .25 with an oregon 510/511 grinder works great for that.


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[Trx250r180]

Something to try on your wheel dressing ,my cutters sometimes came out with forward lean like you have in this pic ,if dress the wheel so the side is more up and down it will cut a little better ,i just ran one last night i ground with no lean ,i liked it a lot

 

[Skeans]

Have to change my dresser position or the position of the carriage, it's a pro sharp when I have played with the setting I always go back to the factory B position


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[Skeans]

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[treeslayer2003]

My full brim has saved me more than once for sure, I wear plastic though. Skull buckets don't fit right and I really dislike ratchet suspensions. Also once from a flying chain. Never cut them, but, maybe hardwood doesn't shed like our stuff does.



You got a full head of hair? I know when mine gets long enough it will push the hat right off my head, or let it slide off?



Owl

lol, not any more........bed post rubbed it off they say. i think it was three youngans and a woods full of junk breaking down done it lol.

Mike you did it ya old coot! Nice work chasin. Yeah you need to get a full brim. I have ear plugs in and can hear everything. Bugz too for the eyes. I caught a good limb in the head a week ago that would have sent me to the ER. Not the first time. Your head ain't that special that a hard hat won't fit it! I have never owned nor will I own the forestry type hard hat.

Spotted- you wouldn't believe the type of **** exploding and flying back at you in hardwood select cut. Especially in bigger timber. Our trees are a lot wider canopy so there is a lot breaking and flying around.

yea, its like a grenade went off up there. i normally do get out of dodge and get behind a big stem if i can. prolly should look into a real lid, maybe the west coast lids fit better......every thing else from out there seems to be better.

 

[treeslayer2003]

mr. skeans likes a block face, so do i, it works good for me in hardwood to steer with out much fiber pull. i guess now that i can do vids, i will have to show Jon some different things i do with hardwood.

i have some field edge pine i think a sizwheel will work well on...........i understand what it does and how, i just have trouble with the order of the cuts in my head.

 

[Skeans]

I do a block here and there just to stay sharp on them, in front of that one was a small pile of brush and vine maple so it helped save it out. 9 times out of 10 I use a humboldt


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[CapitaineHaddoc]

 

[northmanlogging]

Les quelques branches qui cherchent drôles que vous avez là.

ahem... them some funny looking branches you have there...



No I don't speak french... or english really....

 

[dhskier2]

Capitaine- who's the maker of your dolmar (fuel/oil container) there? Is that center black part a tool pouch you strapped to it, or part of it?

 

[Gypo Logger]

Les quelques branches qui cherchent drôles que vous avez là.

ahem... them some funny looking branches you have there...



No I don't speak french... or english really....

En Roulant Ma Boule.

 

[bitzer]

Nice clean block face Skeans! Is the hardwood alder? I can't what most anything is out your way with all the moss. Wood looks almost like hard maple or beech.

Nice pics Captain! What kind of wood is that in your first pic? Looks like some fun ground.

 

[chucker]

Nice clean block face Skeans! Is the hardwood alder? I can't what most anything is out your way with all the moss. Wood looks almost like hard maple or beech.

Nice pics Captain! What kind of wood is that in your first pic? Looks like some fun ground.

hey bitzer, alder is a crazy wood ...looks a lot like our hard maple crossed with the grain pattern of birch. when split the fine grain will show hollow pockets in the growth rings(same as maple like a small grain of rice) almost like it started to rot? thinking this is from sap storage, why I am not sure, while splitting this it's almost to easy! smooth/tough barked tree with a mind of its own. wish we had it back here! OBW... remember moss grows thickest on the N. side of the whole tree? lol

 

[CapitaineHaddoc]

Capitaine- who's the maker of your dolmar (fuel/oil container) there? Is that center black part a tool pouch you strapped to it, or part of it?

Not a Dolmar can, it is Oregon branded. And yes, this is a double tool pouch, very useful!

 

[CapitaineHaddoc]

Nice clean block face Skeans! Is the hardwood alder? I can't what most anything is out your way with all the moss. Wood looks almost like hard maple or beech.

Nice pics Captain! What kind of wood is that in your first pic? Looks like some fun ground.

This is black spruce, twice heavier than spruce and a bit harder. Terrain is really steep here, and there's a lot of cliff's everywhere. I really like this kind of work, but the skidder will become crazy [emoji1]

 

[northmanlogging]

hey bitzer, alder is a crazy wood ...looks a lot like our hard maple crossed with the grain pattern of birch. when split the fine grain will show hollow pockets in the growth rings(same as maple like a small grain of rice) almost like it started to rot? thinking this is from sap storage, why I am not sure, while splitting this it's almost to easy! smooth/tough barked tree with a mind of its own. wish we had it back here! OBW... remember moss grows thickest on the N. side of the whole tree? lol

Wut?

Moss grows everywhere here... north, south, bottom, moving cars... all the things you where told as a boy to not get lost in the woods are meaningless...

Never seen a hollow in a growth ring on our Alder... does split nicely though.

 

[northmanlogging]

En Roulant Ma Boule.

Uh... I don't get ? google says "rolling in my ball"

 

[chucker]

Wut?

Moss grows everywhere here... north, south, bottom, moving cars... all the things you where told as a boy to not get lost in the woods are meaningless...

Never seen a hollow in a growth ring on our Alder... does split nicely though.

you are right about one thing north! "moss grows everywhere" or where does it not grow ? that was the point of the ? mark! lol except under a pair of working boot's!

 

[Trx250r180]

Uh... I don't get ? google says "rolling in my ball"

And if they have a nice lean, you can split them halfway up the tree on the back cut,saves a lot of axe work later.


OOps ,was suposed to quote the post above this one .