1270d
ArboristSite Guru
I cut handles off with a hand saw, then put some wraps of duct tape to help keep the hand from slipping off. Then you always have tape with you, whether for temporary bandage or to hold your chaps up if a buckle breaks etc.
Falling pics 11/25/09
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1270d
ArboristSite Guru
Its looking tattered, but there's still usable stuff there.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Full wrap and the big five points would get that saw pullin instead of pushin. I do back bar alot, but I like to dog in on the bigger stems. No need for extra pressure on that hinge either with the side wedge. I do love me some nice red oak tho. Could be my favorite. Good video. I always like watching timber.
Yeah I stick the axe head in my armpit and as far as my fingers can stretch down the handle is where I cut it. Works perfect every time.
Yeah I stick the axe head in my armpit and as far as my fingers can stretch down the handle is where I cut it. Works perfect every time.
bnmc98
ArboristSite Guru
I have that one, called a "rafting axe"
I had to put some extra of those small head wedges in the top though so the head wouldn't keep slipping.
bnmc98
ArboristSite Guru
I used to run half wraps but I got stinkin tired and my hands felt arthritic all the time.
The guys that I cut for think there is no other way. When I flip the saw over they say I am cutting wrong.... leaves high stumps.
Then I show them the towers the feller buncher leaves.
BTW they always point out the ones that have had 2 loads of logs skidded over them and all the dirt dragged away, or the ones with massive swell.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Of course they pick the high ones. My forester likes to do the same. Yeah that saw jumpin around makes my arms hurt just watchin it! Colton is younger then me yet I think. He can take it!I used to run half wraps but I got stinkin tired and my hands felt arthritic all the time.
The guys that I cut for think there is no other way. When I flip the saw over they say I am cutting wrong.... leaves high stumps.
Then I show them the towers the feller buncher leaves.
BTW they always point out the ones that have had 2 loads of logs skidded over them and all the dirt dragged away, or the ones with massive swell.
dhskier2
ArboristSite Operative
This has to do with stages of succession- the natural plant community establishment and change over time following a disturbance (like fire, land conversion, clear-cut, major wind event, etc.)
Early plant/tree establish'ers are called the seral (pioneer) species, and the ones that establish much later are the climax species. This is a broad definition. Local influences come into play, like the severity of the disturbance, the vegetation type, elevation, aspect, annual precip, frost-free period, things like that. If the system wasn't reset to "zero", then some trees will reestablish and some wont. If it was reset to zero then only the early seral species will come in right away. The climax species might not begin to occur on the site for decades. Since you're talking about hardwood country, here's a picture to illustrate:
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
That's a big ol oak! Bet it weighed a metric **** ton!
We gotta get you into a full brim hat instead of the construction style.
I know it's common back east, but it still looks goofy! ;0)
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
QTLA!This has to do with stages of succession- the natural plant community establishment and change over time following a disturbance (like fire, land conversion, clear-cut, major wind event, etc.)
Early plant/tree establish'ers are called the seral (pioneer) species, and the ones that establish much later are the climax species. This is a broad definition. Local influences come into play, like the severity of the disturbance, the vegetation type, elevation, aspect, annual precip, frost-free period, things like that. If the system wasn't reset to "zero", then some trees will reestablish and some wont. If it was reset to zero then only the early seral species will come in right away. The climax species might not begin to occur on the site for decades. Since you're talking about hardwood country, here's a picture to illustrate:
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I had a full brim but it slid out of the skidder and I turned it into a cookie sheet. That's my stihl one that I wear in the winter so I can keep my ears warm with the muffs. Can't say it's my favorite hard hat but it's better than just hoping your noggin is hard enough to protect you from the death from above.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
I got wrapped in the head pretty good yesterday. Downpour and 30 mph winds. It got ugly in a hurry.
Colton I hate when the rails open up on a bar especially when it seems like you should be able to get more out of it. Usually I run em longer than I should even though it drives me nuts.
Colton I hate when the rails open up on a bar especially when it seems like you should be able to get more out of it. Usually I run em longer than I should even though it drives me nuts.
I do the same thing. Then I get frustrated and take it off and put a new one on. Every time I do that i tell my self I'm not going to run one that long again. But I still run them until they are junk every single time.
just like a lot of us trying to save a dollar to make things a bit better during harder times.... it's really not much different than running your truck an extra 1000 miles before changing the oil at 3 grand, cept safer than a split bar!!! lol
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
IDK, once the rails start spreading, the chain slops around, cuts get crooked/bind and you slow down. I tighten the rails with a bench vise (could never make the fancy tool work), but they will always spread really quickly.
Colton could pick up a new 16" bar for 25 bucks
Colton could pick up a new 16" bar for 25 bucks
lol... ? I am not sure if you stepped over the thought of not getting a new bar idea or just a young gun? most of us that run a bar that long is for a daily beat the odd's test, not so much that a person cant afford a new bar or not . it's like a numbers game of odd's to beat the gol out of a win ! the number's game of gol is a time over matter you might say... the odd's of making a day or to see if your number has made the draw! the number I am playing against sometimes is tomorrow or age 66 and 6 month's for retirement? which comes first ? my number or lucky to see retirement?? we will see tomorrow!?
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Most guys round here do. It just takes them about three months to replace it all.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Did you mean to post this in Bitzer's thread?
nope! I was just giving you some **** about getting a new 25.00 bar and not trying to get all that a person can out of a wore out split bar... lol it's all a chance closing the rails with a bench vice or a pair of vice gripes....
