Falling pics 11/25/09

[rwoods]

One more gadget for me to carry to look professional though I'm not. Will it ever end? Ron

 

[Gologit]

One more gadget for me to carry to look professional though I'm not. Will it ever end? Ron

I keep waiting for somebody to post a video with a lap-top in the background giving them step by step directions.

 

[rwoods]

There have been a few times I wished I had someone in the background giving me step by step directions but I'll pass on the lap-top. Ron

 

[BeatCJ]

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Okay, did I really see that guy take out a carpenter's rule and measure the height of his face cut before making it? Ron

I've seen people cutting firewood do that. Pull out the rule every chunk. Needless to say, I had my load cut split and loaded before he was done blocking.

I was showing the stepson (he got an o26 for his 18th birthday) that just eyeballing it is fine, but if he really was concerned, the tip of the bar to the tip of the dogs is close enough. I went back and split it, even when he measured the chunks varied a lot. Oh well, we can fit a 20" piece in the stove, 16 makes for a good fudge factor.

 

[Skeans]

How long do you suppose the uncut video is?

Granted its a fine demo of how to use a bottle jack, albeit handicapped by the Swedish 4 step... But **** me 7 minutes and it would have been on the ground with no edits... Here I'm betting at least 20...

Not real sure, surprised they weren't quartering them down the hill instead like I'm used to doing on steep ground.


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[Skeans]

Okay, did I really see that guy take out a carpenter's rule and measure the height of his face cut before making it? Ron

Only time I've done anything like that was on a block face in a good size tree from side to side for direction of the fall.


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[Gypo Logger]

Wood.

 

[Skeans]

Nice cut


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[Metals406]

Posting before AS goes down again.

 

[SliverPicker]

Wood.

What format does a video have to be in to be posted to UTube?

 

[1270d]

I think pretty much anything works and YouTube converts it to something else.

 

[SliverPicker]

Thanks 1270.

 

[coltont]

Took a break from mushroom hunting to limb out a few trees

 

[northmanlogging]

Some one mentioned side shifting awhile back thought I should give it a try.

The maples in the distance are leave trees, falling into a draw, not ideal I know but you work with what you have right.

 

[treeslayer2003]

that was pretty dam slick Matt......i am impressed. for some reason i see what ya did better on this vid.

 

[northmanlogging]

Think if I had it to do over again, I'd make a wider face, get some more weight out in the ether rather then sitting on the stump. Maybe get it to fly a little farther down hill.

As it was it was a fairly narrow face, thinking I wanted it to jump more?

 

[treeslayer2003]

looked to me like it went exactly as planned.........i wern't there. did seem like you were at the stump till almost the last.

 

[northmanlogging]

yeah it went pretty good... it landed almost all the way to the bottom of that draw, just wish it would have turned a bit more and saved some more of the top...


and with these fiberous trees you have to hang out a little longer then is strictly wise so you don't get real bad fiber pull, not to mention getting it to break away clean.

Someone suggested gutting the heart to help with these side shifts... honestly wanted to see what happens if you don't.

Cut another one today that had loads of hold wood and horrible fiber pull, but it was also back leaning and took 14 minutes of wedge beating to get it over...

 

[Metals406]

I thought it side slipped nicely Matt. It definitely changed lays compared to where it would have went.

 

[HuskStihl]

Some one mentioned side shifting awhile back thought I should give it a try.

The maples in the distance are leave trees, falling into a draw, not ideal I know but you work with what you have right.

That was really slick. Nice work.