Falling pics 11/25/09

[Burvol]

Good to see your staying sharp Jameson. You definetly have about the most drive to fall timber I have ever seen.

 

[Burvol]

Here's my whine or rant. All you fallers, please cut those stobs off. My legs are getting all messed up with big polka dot bruises from wallowing through your brush!! It is Summer and time to wear shorts when not in the woods. Those pointy little stobs AKA pig ears, make for bad words. We don't want that.

OK, lecture over.

More bad words to come tomorrow.

I always do Patty. When I went down to the OR Coast a couple of years ago to cut for Bushler (Paul S) he told me a story about his right hand man, a big tough rigging slinger who took a fall on a splintered stump and lost his whole eye.

 

[forestryworks]

Good to see your staying sharp Jameson. You definetly have about the most drive to fall timber I have ever seen.

Thanks for the good word Jesse.

It sure was a welcome change cutting in the Rockies as opposed to the Eastern OK steam bath.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Thanks for the good word Jessie.

It sure was a welcome change cutting in the Rockies as opposed to the Eastern OK steam bath.

I didn't think that looked like Oak-la-homa, where in the Rockies are you cuttin?

 

[forestryworks]

I didn't think that looked like Oak-la-homa, where in the Rockies are you cuttin?

I was in northern New Mexico for about a week on vacation.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I was in northern New Mexico for about a week on vacation.

Lol, I've never had a vacation where I was cutting any trees, I wish I did on my trip out West in '07. :censored:

 

[bitzer]

Great pics everyone! I'd say this is one of the best threads in the whole dam site!

The last time I cut on vacation I was felling a decent red oak spar that the top had blown out of at my uncles place up north wisco. An old homie and sandals was my gear that day.

 

[slowp]

Collyrado eh. That explains why there is slope to the ground. Have a good time!

 

[Burvol]

Thanks for the good word Jesse.

It sure was a welcome change cutting in the Rockies as opposed to the Eastern OK steam bath.

Just keep doing what your doing. Save a little coin, ride out the down times, and I will do my best to have you cut with me in a few years. Hang it all up, and come out west! Not sure if I would be the greatest WC falling instructor, but you would make it easy on me (you can cut already), LOL. Looks like you already have a good foundation going and by your pictures, you obviously have the drive and moxee to do it (snags, volunteering to cut them dangerous things). That's good. I know it sounds cheesy, but falling timber really means something to me, and I know it does to you too. That's who I want to surround myself with in the field

 

[bitzer]

Had fun with two new toys today: my homemade jack and my new to me 394.

Dead red leaning up hill. The downhill side of the top had blown out long ago and the uphill side grew into the clump of basswoods uphill and to the left in the pic. The main limb ran right through a V about 60' up in the nearest basswood. Either tree was going to hang no matter what. The jack helped push the red through.

 

[bitzer]

The jack did pretty well. Although I noticed the plunger started to creep up every time I let off. The ram never came down though. The tree would have tipped after about 2" of lift but it got hung like expected. Had to throw one of the blocks I cut out under the jack to get the tree to go over. The main limb snapped and all went as well as it could have. Its pointing back at the stump. I was well out of the way by then. Good crashing all around. This is going to be one of the more fun ones of this job. I've got a few others around this size, but the majority of the rest are under 20" I wish I was cutting the healthy reds in here. The biggest I guessed is around 50". I bucked the first 6' out of this to have cut into boards as it was still pretty solid. The rest was junk. First time jack was fun and beat the hell out of beatin wedges on this one!

 

[huskyhank]

Good job on that one!
Your homemade jack seems to work well.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Just keep doing what your doing. Save a little coin, ride out the down times, and I will do my best to have you cut with me in a few years. Hang it all up, and come out west! Not sure if I would be the greatest WC falling instructor, but you would make it easy on me (you can cut already), LOL. Looks like you already have a good foundation going and by your pictures, you obviously have the drive and moxee to do it (snags, volunteering to cut them dangerous things). That's good. I know it sounds cheesy, but falling timber really means something to me, and I know it does to you too. That's who I want to surround myself with in the field

Jesse, quick question, where do you usually see rock hard firs in a strip? East of the Cascades?

 

[slowp]

I went up the hill to check stuff and made some videos.

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[Burvol]

Thar she blows, brand new all hopped up to the hilt. Sounds tough and a ton of compression. Nice sounding saw.

 

[RandyMac]

Are ya puttin' boxers over them lacies?

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Well Jesse, how's she handle?

 

[forestryworks]

Thar she blows, brand new all hopped up to the hilt. Sounds tough and a ton of compression. Nice sounding saw.[/QUOTE]

Nice madsen's falling dogs you got there.

 

[coastalfaller]

Thar she blows, brand new all hopped up to the hilt. Sounds tough and a ton of compression. Nice sounding saw.

My eyes, my eyes............they're burning!!

 

[mdavlee]

I hope you really like it. I wouldn't want you to want your old saw back

It looks good and should run real good from what you said about it. Have a good day tomorrow with the new saw.