Falling pics 11/25/09

[Greystoke]

Seen a guy buck up about 500 feet of logs in flip flops.. FLIP FLOPS!! Id like to say i beat him with a stick.. But im not that nice :deadhorse:

Hope your not thinkin that Burv is one of those kinda guys, because I guarantee you that he would be fine to run a powersaw in naught but his birthday suit...since a powersaw is like an extension of his arm...just want to clear things up...you know, just in case you were thinkin that!

 

[Greystoke]

No, I just cut the heavy, bigger limbs off, and cut off the other limbs to make the profile as narrow as possible.

It was only about 40ft tall. I just had to miss the dumpster, but keep it as close to that grassy spot as possible.

Nice job pard...hope you made some money on that one!

 

[RandyMac]

Hope your not thinkin that Burv is one of those kinda guys, because I guarantee you that he would be fine to run a powersaw in naught but his birthday suit...since a powersaw is like an extension of his arm...just want to clear things up...you know, just in case you were thinkin that!

Hey Cody!

My cousin Kev set chokers and bucked logs elbow deep in a nasty green creek, naked. nobody thought anything about it, after all, Kev was a MacNaughton.

 

[Greystoke]

Hey Cody!

My cousin Kev set chokers and bucked logs elbow deep in a nasty green creek, naked. nobody thought anything about it, after all, Kev was a MacNaughton.

Hey Randy!

Mac(NAUGHT)on? LOL!

 

[Greystoke]

Closest I ever came to being naked while falling timber was when a limb hooked the front of my key double legged' pants; early morning while working on a job in Humboldt county, California (near Fortuna). Tore the leg of the pants from my UPPER thigh to my ankle, and, trying to "work with it" I commence to throwing big pitchy noodles onto my bare legs, which were covered with leg hair...???? After some pondering of what to do to get the day in, I decided to call the bullbuck on the radio to ask for some duct tape...I was able to patch them up for the day with the duct tape, and get my busheling day completed! I decided to save that pair of pants for the days when the bullbuck (of course on a new job) would walk me into a fresh new strip, and quote me a busheling price, which was far too cheap AWWW the days of timber falling glory!

 

[ChainsawmanXX]

Hope your not thinkin that Burv is one of those kinda guys, because I guarantee you that he would be fine to run a powersaw in naught but his birthday suit...since a powersaw is like an extension of his arm...just want to clear things up...you know, just in case you were thinkin that!

Showed this one to my girlfriend.. She told me she would like to see me do that sometime! (running powersaw in my "birthday suit")
Thanks :yourock:

 

[Gologit]

...for the days when the bullbuck (of course on a new job) would walk me into a fresh new strip, and quote me a busheling price, which was far too cheap AWWW the days of timber falling glory!

LOL. Yeah, they quote the price after you're already there. Or come up with an excuse, or several excuses, to drop the day wage after you've already taken the job. Some things never change. That's one of the advantages to being semi retired...I either know the price before I load my tools or I don't go. I might listen to a hard luck story and agree to bargain a little but the guys that just plain change the price after we've shook on it get nothing from me but taillights.

One faller I know, and it wasn't me, had his price dropped three times in two weeks...and even then he couldn't get anything but draw-money on payday. He came in on a Saturday and short bucked everything on the ground, 32s became twenty eights, forties turned into two nineteens, sixteens became two sevens...you get the idea, then gathered all his tools, and went home. He figured if he wasn't making anything on scale, they shouldn't either. When he told us the story at the Saturday morning saw shop choir practice we took him to town and bought his breakfast for him. Seemed like the least we could do.

Most of the outfits around here are pretty good at paying what they agreed to but there's a couple that are downright brilliant at coming up with excuses to either drop the wage or just not pay you at all until they absolutely have to. They have trouble finding and keeping good fallers. And they gripe a lot.

 

[bitzer]

Hey nice Pecan Forestry!

I had a bunch of city work myself this weekend. Had a good storm come through and take out a lot of trees and branches. Made two weeks pay in two days! Dog effn tired today and no pics, but it was a fun two days. The city folk were marveling at my big saws and how they "cut the wood like butter!" Its amazing the difference between a pro saw with a sharp chain to Poulan with a dull chain. Ha. ha. I got some cheers and turned some heads felling storm damaged trees between buildings and clearing obstacles. Christ I even had a "pro" tree service guy say, boy you sure know how to run a saw. Funny ####!

 

[Greystoke]

LOL. Yeah, they quote the price after you're already there. Or come up with an excuse, or several excuses, to drop the day wage after you've already taken the job. Some things never change. That's one of the advantages to being semi retired...I either know the price before I load my tools or I don't go. I might listen to a hard luck story and agree to bargain a little but the guys that just plain change the price after we've shook on it get nothing from me but taillights.

One faller I know, and it wasn't me, had his price dropped three times in two weeks...and even then he couldn't get anything but draw-money on payday. He came in on a Saturday and short bucked everything on the ground, 32s became twenty eights, forties turned into two nineteens, sixteens became two sevens...you get the idea, then gathered all his tools, and went home. He figured if he wasn't making anything on scale, they shouldn't either. When he told us the story at the Saturday morning saw shop choir practice we took him to town and bought his breakfast for him. Seemed like the least we could do.

Most of the outfits around here are pretty good at paying what they agreed to but there's a couple that are downright brilliant at coming up with excuses to either drop the wage or just not pay you at all until they absolutely have to. They have trouble finding and keeping good fallers. And they gripe a lot.

Yeah, there were always a handful of bullbucks that were price cutters! Working in Cali I had the best bullbuck ever...guy would never cut your price.

 

[hammerlogging]

Hey nice Pecan Forestry!

I had a bunch of city work myself this weekend. Had a good storm come through and take out a lot of trees and branches. Made two weeks pay in two days! Dog effn tired today and no pics, but it was a fun two days. The city folk were marveling at my big saws and how they "cut the wood like butter!" Its amazing the difference between a pro saw with a sharp chain to Poulan with a dull chain. Ha. ha. I got some cheers and turned some heads felling storm damaged trees between buildings and clearing obstacles. Christ I even had a "pro" tree service guy say, boy you sure know how to run a saw. Funny ####!

that a way. Big difference in work, tree care and timberfalling. Really only similarity is in fact the chainsaw. Glad you had fun.

 

[Greystoke]

Here are my latest fallin pics. At least it was Willow falling and not me!

Broke out my dawg of a 3120 with 50" bar for falling this stob and bucking it up. Look I made a saginaw! Not very often that I do, but customer wanted a flat stump, and I needed to saw some lean into this ugly old stob.

That's an 80 20 ratio undercut and backcut, or maybe 85 15

Aww, timber fallin glory! NOT This is about as glorious as it gets for my fallin anymore! Although the tree climbing part makes up for it. I regret never taking the time to stop and pose for some pics back when I was fallin timber for reals.

 

[slowp]

Here's from last week's hazard tree go. That's a tent left by some inconsiderate camper. I rolled it up and disposed of it. I was worried about "land mines" along the road but we didn't find any, or any used underwear either. Such is the glory of roadside hazard tree cutting. :greenchainsaw:

 

[bitzer]

that a way. Big difference in work, tree care and timberfalling. Really only similarity is in fact the chainsaw. Glad you had fun.

You got that right man! Draggin limbs and rounds beats the hell out of ya! Lots of putsy, putsy. I'm finding that out as I'm working on starting my own service part time. Beats the hell out of my regular pay. Thanks for the good word!



Hey Cody those are some badass pics man! Anytime anybodys got the 3120 out with a Cannon it means serious. Gotta go deep on those faces. Those sobs don't know when to fall if you don't. When I'm in that situation I gun until I feel the kirf start to tighten and pull out quick before it pinches. Last Saturday I did that with out really paying attention to how far in I was. Just waited for the pinch. I looked at the stump after and it had to be 80/20. Climbing trees is a whole new set of nuts! I'm finding that out the hard way. Good pics man.

 

[Burvol]

Here are my latest fallin pics. At least it was Willow falling and not me!

Broke out my dawg of a 3120 with 50" bar for falling this stob and bucking it up. Look I made a saginaw! Not very often that I do, but customer wanted a flat stump, and I needed to saw some lean into this ugly old stob.

That's an 80 20 ratio undercut and backcut, or maybe 85 15

Aww, timber fallin glory! NOT This is about as glorious as it gets for my fallin anymore! Although the tree climbing part makes up for it. I regret never taking the time to stop and pose for some pics back when I was fallin timber for reals.

You the man

 

[Hddnis]

Tarzantrees, that is a nice looking saw you got there. Almost compensates for having you in the pics.

JK, looks like a fun job. How far away was the fence? Chainlink is the most unforgiving fence out there. One little bump and the top rail bends.




Mr. HE

 

[Cedarkerf]

Here are my latest fallin pics. At least it was Willow falling and not me!

That's an 80 20 ratio undercut and backcut, or maybe 85 15

Aww, timber fallin glory! NOT This is about as glorious as it gets for my fallin anymore! Although the tree climbing part makes up for it. I regret never taking the time to stop and pose for some pics back when I was fallin timber for reals.

Nice pic of it going over. Those Cannon bars make for nice pics.

 

[ChainsawmanXX]

Here are my latest fallin pics. At least it was Willow falling and not me!

Broke out my dawg of a 3120 with 50" bar for falling this stob and bucking it up. Look I made a saginaw! Not very often that I do, but customer wanted a flat stump, and I needed to saw some lean into this ugly old stob.

That's an 80 20 ratio undercut and backcut, or maybe 85 15

Aww, timber fallin glory! NOT This is about as glorious as it gets for my fallin anymore! Although the tree climbing part makes up for it. I regret never taking the time to stop and pose for some pics back when I was fallin timber for reals.

What are you doing with that Willow crotch? that would be some BEAUTIFUL wood

 

[slowp]

You should post that picture on the chainsaw, then we'll read about how many folks died after being electrocuted from drooling on the keyboard.

I will find out how willow burns this fall. My chunks have aged a year. The sprouts coming out of the stump seem to keep the deer from eating other things.

 

[Greystoke]

Old willow I just bucked into firewood, actually fairly rotten. That chainsaw is actually a dawg...everything is stock, and I have not even opened the muffler up yet. I bought it when I started doing tree work cuz I knew I was going to be bucking a lot of big, junky trees up for firewood and I did not want to use my Modded 088 Stihl that I used to use when I was falling timber full time. I had a nice laser ground chain on that 3120 so that helped make up for the blubbery powerhead

 

[Burvol]

Yes it can be done. Early into the season 25 lbs.