Falling pics 11/25/09

[RandyMac]

nothing beats a good piece of hickory.

 

[stihl sawing]

nothing beats a good piece of hickory.

And a Tire Iron.

 

[056kid]

My tacos where so good I tipped my beer over reaching for a napkin, had to get a new one.

.98 cents of beer into the plywood. . .


Im going fishing tomorrow, wish me luck. . .

 

[tlandrum]

.98 cents of beer into the plywood. . .


thats alchohol abuse,and its hard to cut timber with a fishin rod in hand

 

[056kid]

Alcohol owes my family, so its OK. . .

 

[hammerlogging]

Ya got to consider one more thing, the type of cut. Lots of harwood falling is selective thinnings (dare I mention high grades). Lots of OG falling and west coast falling, as more of our east coast should be, and fortunately a fair bit of mine is, is clearcuts. You have very little chance of the butt coming back on you in a clearcut. Clearcutting, although it includes cutting a bunch of BS, has many safety advantages, not to mention silvicultural advantages. It also really amps your tons/acre!

Most of the time I have 1 1/2 strides tuck the saw somewhere it won't slide or roll down the hill and get myself the rest of the way out of the way.

 

[tlandrum]

Ya got to consider one more thing, the type of cut. Lots of harwood falling is selective thinnings (dare I mention high grades). Lots of OG falling and west coast falling, as more of our east coast should be, and fortunately a fair bit of mine is, is clearcuts. You have very little chance of the butt coming back on you in a clearcut. Clearcutting, although it includes cutting a bunch of BS, has many safety advantages, not to mention silvicultural advantages. It also really amps your tons/acre!

Most of the time I have 1 1/2 strides tuck the saw somewhere it won't slide or roll down the hill and get myself the rest of the way out of the way.

slamm dont do the clearcut or weigh wood thing ,he is mostly a vaneer logger according to his thread.

 

[forestryworks]

Worked in a semi-blowdown patch. All roadside stuff.

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[DangerTree]

Thanks for the good word, I still got a lot of learning to do lol.

Did you ever see a documentary called "Death in the Forest"? It deals with fallers in BC and talks about what you just said.

I don't know if my groundie here used proper technique but she gotem' down.

 

[DangerTree]

 

[ChrisF]

Worked in a semi-blowdown patch. All roadside stuff.

Thanks for sharing, man.

 

[DangerTree]

This tree had a 12' butt

 

[Thorcw]

Forestryworks I feel bad for ya on that last one there full of compost

 

[forestryworks]

Forestryworks I feel bad for ya on that last one there full of compost

Yeah that oak took a dump for sure.

 

[forestryworks]

Ya got to consider one more thing, the type of cut. Lots of harwood falling is selective thinnings (dare I mention high grades). Lots of OG falling and west coast falling, as more of our east coast should be, and fortunately a fair bit of mine is, is clearcuts. You have very little chance of the butt coming back on you in a clearcut. Clearcutting, although it includes cutting a bunch of BS, has many safety advantages, not to mention silvicultural advantages. It also really amps your tons/acre!

Most of the time I have 1 1/2 strides tuck the saw somewhere it won't slide or roll down the hill and get myself the rest of the way out of the way.

Good post.

 

[bitzer]

Hey nice vids Jameson! Looks like you're still havin fun down there. Lots of leaves on the trees down there yet too I see.

Nice vid Cody! That thing sure took some pumpin. Great bang when it hit though!



Does anyone grab their wedges as the tree commits to save diggin for them or losing them down the hill (as long as there is no wind or other obstacle pushing back)?

 

[Greystoke]

Finally took the time to figure out how to get my video up. Here she is...glorious day!

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[RandyMac]

Good stuff Cody.

If you haven't done it or seen it done, the amount of sawing involved is almost unbelievable, then you buck.

 

[forestryworks]

Finally took the time to figure out how to get my video up. Here she is...glorious day!

How many tanks did ya go through on that 088 to get her down?

 

[Greystoke]

Good stuff Cody.

If you haven't done it or seen it done, the amount of sawing involved is almost unbelievable, then you buck.

Yessir...a lot of sawing involved in this one. Took me the rest of the day to buck it. I am glad that I was not the one that had to rip it. I guess the first two 20' butt logs had to be quartered so the chinook could fly them, then the third and fourth logs had to be ripped. I had done some ripping prior, and it was boring!