Falling pics 11/25/09

[HuskStihl]

BC Bowling 101

Fiber puller!

 

[Woos31]

View attachment 521793 View attachment 521794 View attachment 521795 View attachment 521796 Springboarding a snag today. Got a little video of me tree bowling

Nice pictures pard and I'm diggin the springboard action, not often seen

 

[Skeans]

What kind of tree was the pusher? For a brief second almost looks like hardwood.

Either be a hemlock, doug fir, or a spruce but it doesn't have the flare of a spruce or hemlock.

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[1270d]

Skeans when are you invading the Midwest?

 

[Westboastfaller]

Fiber puller!

Well I do try my best....to pull fiber, snap 'em over stumps and spike 'em into to ground. What do they expect for $107.69 an hour. 2.9 cents for the second that changes or ends yout life.
There is way more work than experienced fallers. Hell, I got payed up and think I'll cut for someone else tomorrow. **** 'em

Yes I would hang in the cut longer if I wasn't overcoming a falling difficultly.
OK I lied, it was more for the crash effect as the Cedar was lifting. Buckers long butt all the Hemlocks anyway

 

[1270d]

Buckers long butt all the Hemlocks anyway

Is there rot or is it Shakey?

 

[HuskStihl]

Well I do try my best....to pull fiber, snap 'em over stumps and spike 'em into to ground. What do they expect for $107.69 an hour. 2.9 cents for the second that changes or ends yout life.
There is way more work than experienced fallers. Hell, I got payed up and think I'll cut for someone else tomorrow. **** 'em

Yes I would hang in the cut longer if I wasn't overcoming a falling difficultly.
OK I lied, it was more for the crash effect as the Cedar was lifting. Buckers long butt all the Hemlocks anyway

Ha! I'm not fit to carry u'r bar oil! Take it for the **** it is.

 

[Skeans]

Skeans when are you invading the Midwest?

We might come back to the show if not we'll be back in October is what I'm told, hopefully soon the days are numbered for that 653 I spend more time wrenching on it then it spends working anymore. Can you do me a favor and ask your operator if the left side of the Gullwing blocks his line of sight to the left?

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[1270d]

He says side visibility is slightly less than the old one on the right side from the seat. And he wishes they didn't block the view straight back. Loves the big top window.

 

[Skeans]

He says side visibility is slightly less than the old one on the right side from the seat. And he wishes they didn't block the view straight back. Loves the big top window.

Well that means we're down to a used Timberpro, Barko, or a cat 501. To be honest I'm not personally thrilled about the cat machine partially the dealer here and the fact I can get locked out of a piece of equipment again for parts.

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[1270d]

Well that means we're down to a used Timberpro, Barko, or a cat 501. To be honest I'm not personally thrilled about the cat machine partially the dealer here and the fact I can get locked out of a piece of equipment again for parts

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A friend of mine had a2014' 501 that had a lot of problems. He ran a new Barko with a southstar head a few times on demo. Said it was twice the machine the 501 was. In the end the bought a ponsse

 

[Westboastfaller]

What kind of tree was the pusher? For a brief second almost looks like hardwood.

Western Hemlock. I agree with what you are staying. I have often thought on some of the tree ID threads it was Hemlock but turned out it was a hardwood tree.

 

[Westboastfaller]

Is there rot or is it Shakey?

shake, weather check, rot,flair.

It may change from job to job. If it's heli then we would do it on everything but red cedar on the hill

 

[HuskStihl]

shake, weather check, rot,flair.

It may change from job to job. If it's heli then we would do it on everything but red cedar on the hill

I understood everything in this poast except "weather check". What is that and why would it make you want to cut higher than normal?

 

[1270d]

Almost all of our eastern hemlock is Shakey. Nice looking trees but only good for pulp unless they're in a really dense stand

 

[Westboastfaller]

I understood everything in this poast except "weather check". What is that and why would it make you want to cut higher than normal?

http://blog.spib.org/shakes-checks-and-splits-in-dimension-lumber/
Splits

I believe they are all very similar. In dimension lumber it's basically a split as it splits between grow rings and is often caused when drying or drying incorrectly.
Shake is a separation with the grain and check is across the grain.
Definition of a split on a full tree would be visual from the outside.

*Edit 3ft off the butt may turn the tree into export saw log when it comes to shake & check,

 

[Westboastfaller]

http://blog.spib.org/shakes-checks-and-splits-in-dimension-lumber/
Splits

I believe they are all very similar. In dimension lumber it's basically a split as it splits between grow rings and is often caused when drying or drying incorrectly.
Shake is a separation with the grain and check is across the grain.
Definition of a split on a full tree would be visual from the outside.

*Edit 3ft off the butt may turn the tree into export saw log when it comes to shake & check,

Sorry I apologize there will be no more tree pictures from BC. Apparently we ran out of tree's...AND water.. CRAZY! Thats what happens when fallers are no longer hand picked, All the tree planter's do the BC falling course and become fallers. Now who's going to plant your tree's? Boy they didn't see that coming.

Sorry that was a misleading description on my part when I said checking crosses the grain; meaning end grain from an end grain view (grow rings) Its best never to describe grain as it can confuse the matter. I think you understood what I meant. Shake is a separation running with the grow rings and checking the splits are "90°" creating little squares. Hence the name checking (checker)

 

[Westboastfaller]

Found a few more tree so I guess there will be more falling pics from BC.
Afew pics from the beaver

 

[Westboastfaller]

 

[HuskStihl]

Amazing. Nice to know that even exists!