Falling pics 11/25/09

[Metals406]

LOLOLOL....Both. Too much of one and not enough of the other. The phone keeps ringing and I keep answering it...I'll never learn. Too many people think that 'cause I got gray hair, wrinkles, worn out boots , big saws, and a grouchy attitude, that I know what I'm doing.

I am planning on working harder at being semi-retired. It's a lot more fun.

You want to play semi-retired more. . . Just let me make the message for your answering machine -- nobody will call again. . . Ever.

You been cut'n some pumpkins or what? (pics or it didn't happen)

 

[Frank Savage]

That's hardwood world though. Our conifers do and can break off, but generally they don't compared to your wood on the swing. That's where the siswel comes into play. It takes the hinge out of that "vice" that holds all the pressure. After awhile you'll figure out the suicide swing, which in most cases is just as effective, and is way faster. I use it a fair bit, but most times it's subconsious. Pull out the Dutchman on the really bad stuff. Suicide swing works by sawing up your side almost all the way (think, make tree start moving, not sitting like Dutch), then reaching over and cutting your corner up or off, and then peeling the rest of the hinge back around to you.

Hi Burvol, I´m sorry, but I have to please You to explain the suicide swing quite, errrr, in extened manners. Maybe one word per page with a lot of pictures http://www.arboristsite.com/images/icons/icon7.gif (but no joke about the picture)
Maybe I´m just stupid, or (my explanation, of course biassed, I know http://www.arboristsite.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ) it´s the problem I´m not from english speaking country and still I´m not good enought in eng. terms. I understand it should be about starting the tree to move, then sawing in pattern to "saw the ground from under the tree´s foot" to make it walk around. But I can not figure out esp. when the tree should start to move, as well as the direction and placing of cuts in last sequence, where I just suppose the tree being somewher in the middle of the swing http://www.arboristsite.com/images/smilies/monkey.gifterms:monkey:

What I only can figure out is a harakiri swig, where I´m ending with my head smashed either by bark/splinters from back part of especialy snag/splinters from torqued part of the hinge from iside of the backcut. Not good way to teach myself something new (or am I just sissy?http://www.arboristsite.com/images/smilies/monkey.gif)...

 

[056kid]

Paint what?

microsoft paint for his pictures..

 

[hammerlogging]

. How do you get the cobwebs out before they get knocked out!?!QUOTE]

Thats there is a great way!

A little monday morning wake up call.

Keeps it interesting.

 

[bitzer]

Basswood from last friday. The top was well over the back so I thought for sure it would sit. The first pause in the back cut I was reaching for a wedge, but it started moving so I had to hit the far side right away and then back to my side. Stayed on the saw a little long, but it came around ok. I knew there would be some rot in this one, but the face was clean. Good and hollow in the back though. Keeps it interesting. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_VOHxT9Gog?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_VOHxT9Gog?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

 

[Rounder]

Different

Got a gig this week tripping a bunch of dead cottonwood. No logs sawed here.
My 394 (favorite saw) tossed it's cookies the first tank. Kind of put a damper on the day - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - Sam

 

[Metals406]

Got a gig this week tripping a bunch of dead cottonwood. No logs sawed here.
My 394 (favorite saw) tossed it's cookies the first tank. Kind of put a damper on the day - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - Sam

Sam. . . Sorry to hear about the Husky. Top end or bottom end?

As a side, there's a knife maker in your neck of the woods buying cottonwood burl for knife handles.

Here's his info. . . Dude makes some nice knives.

John Doyle : http://bitterrootcustomknifeworks.com/

Bitterroot Custom Knifeworks

 

[Rounder]

Nate, pulled the muff, piston's shot. Got a feeling a failed bearing may have been the culprit. Didn't have time to go any deeper, not really sure, just severe scoring on the piston. From what I saw, the cylinder will probably make a real nice pencil holder. Probably just pay the shop to tear it down and diagnose, can't afford to do anything else right now (394 P/C's are NOT cheap). Way to much time spent wrenching lately.

Thanks for the link to the knife maker, I'll get in touch with him, be nice to see something come of that wood. - Sam

 

[forestryworks]

Nate, pulled the muff, piston's shot. Got a feeling a failed bearing may have been the culprit. Didn't have time to go any deeper, not really sure, just severe scoring on the piston. From what I saw, the cylinder will probably make a real nice pencil holder. Probably just pay the shop to tear it down and diagnose, can't afford to do anything else right now (394 P/C's are NOT cheap). Way to much time spent wrenching lately.

Thanks for the link to the knife maker, I'll get in touch with him, be nice to see something come of that wood. - Sam

What is your next favorite saw?

 

[Cedarkerf]

Got a gig this week tripping a bunch of dead cottonwood. No logs sawed here.
My 394 (favorite saw) tossed it's cookies the first tank. Kind of put a damper on the day - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - Sam

Ya gotta hate the smell of cotton wood in the morning. To bad about the 394.

Kill em all

 

[forestryworks]

Some photos from a wonky roadside hazard.

 

[Rounder]

What is your next favorite saw?

I really like my ported 66, just not as smooth in the hands as the 394. It does pull chain like a SOB though. - Sam

 

[Metals406]

Jameson, If I didn't know any better, that "roadside snag" looks an awful lot like a telephone pole. You ain't drinking again are ya?

 

[forestryworks]

Jameson, If I didn't know any better, that "roadside snag" looks an awful lot like a telephone pole. You ain't drinking again are ya?

Lol, now that you mention it, it does look like a telephone pole.

 

[Spotted Owl]

Some photos from a wonky roadside hazard.

Nice, but your face is upside down:biggrinbounce2:


Owl

 

[bitzer]

Burvol- The buzzards have been circling the woods all week so I thought it was time for the suicide swing. Seriously, nearly every time I looked up they were there. Anyway, the elm held like I thought it would, but the hard maple just broke fibers and didn't get much more swing then just a thick hinge. I've got some more testing to do though. The first elm I did, it came around past the face and I had to clip it or it would have kept going. I thought I had plenty of room, but it was brushing tops way out in front yet. I can see how it would be really effective with tall wood out your way. It seems like it needs more room than just a dutch would. These trees were about as green as I ever get into, dying or busted out tops with sprawling growth. I had a couple spitting water in the backcut. This was mostly little stuff in the 20" dbh and 70' tall range. Decent straight wood as far as these go though.

 

[bitzer]

Here is a few from this last job.

Black Ash.

Basswood from the vid.

First tree this morning. Black Ash.

Same leaning Black Ash. I don't think these are prone to chairing, but it was out there. The ground cover is pretty tight here too so I just wanted to get it on the ground decent. I put a dutch in this one and it sat down right away. I could feel some serious tension when boring so I took a pic before I went back any farther. I just cut out the back and was almost fast enough, but it made its own strap. I see my backcut was a little tipsy.

The black dots on the butt are carpenter ants. It was full of them. They were moving a little slow this morning.

 

[bitzer]

Heres a couple more. Mini choking. The little guys and tops are a pita to skid. Especially when trying to save everything around it. I'd rather be skidding decent logs all day. Much easier and they roll.

The landing this morning. Probably about four decent days work by myself. Had some equipment issues that slowed me down and a couple other obligations that called me off the job a few times. It was good to be in the woods every day for nearly a week though.

 

[Rounder]

Spar Tree

Needed a spar tree today, so we dragged Cody out with us. Not really, just a beetle kill removal. Glad we had him, the land owner parked his camper where we had meant to free fall the trees.

Thanks again Cody, ya made that one go a lot easier! - Sam

 

[Greystoke]

Fun day with friends, and lunch thrown in...what more could a guy ask for! Except I still think I should have bought some whiskey to drink on the way home Thanks for the pics man.