Falling pics from work

[Burvol]

I finally had a camera with me at work today. We're finishing up a small corner of a unit in the pictures, then will be moving across to the other side where there is some really nice, hammer Dougs. Quite a few 40" plus and a few around four foot. I'll take pics when I can, but that's not always the case. Hope you enjoy.

Tall, slick, Doug Fir on the West side...every faller's favorite timber to cut.

Most stuff is around 22-34" with three longs and a few with shorts. Roughly 140-175 feet tall overall. Nice 45 to 60 year old timber.

Starting a face

Starting the back cut

This one's on the unit boundry, no where to put it but out, got leave trees dwon the sides, and I don't want to jack up my lead. Damn wedges, the wind is starting to pick up too.

Got her double jacked, and there she goes.

My Dad, the guy who taught me how to cut, and he's a pretty fun guy to boot

 

[slowp]

Nice pictures. And then the sky opened up and the weather returned to drizzle, right?
Right? It did, I'm sure. Real nice pictures!

 

[Burvol]

Thanks Slowp, I should have said, I can't believe it. The sun was out! This has been the coldest, wetest spring I can remember...seriously.

 

[stihl 440]

385

I have the same dawgs on my 385.........nice work....nice fir.....

 

[RPM]

"Most stuff is around 22-34" with three longs and a few with shorts. Roughly 140-175 feet tall overall. Nice 45 to 60 year old timber".


Nice......! Can't beat the PNW for growing trees. Theres your sustainable cut - I like it!


Logit , plant it, log it again ....and again......:greenchainsaw:

 

[clearance]

Nice pics, good falling. I see you have a 394 or 5 but that saw your dad has is a bit before my time, what is it?

 

[mile9socounty]

Nice pics, good falling. I see you have a 394 or 5 but that saw your dad has is a bit before my time, what is it?

I looks like either a Partner or a Pioneer/Partner series. Very nice pictures man. It's always nice to see some clear blue sky up through the Dougs. Keep them coming!

 

[Burvol]

Nice pics, good falling. I see you have a 394 or 5 but that saw your dad has is a bit before my time, what is it?

Miles9county was right, it's a Pioneer (turned Poulan or whatever happened) 655 Pro one of the last 10 that came off the line before the plant closed in 1995, 100cc Ball Breaker of a torquey sucker. Chainspeed is a tad slow but the torque will blow your head off. I actually love that saw for stumping, stumps harder than anything until you hit the 088 range.

 

[Burvol]

Miles9county was right, it's a Pioneer (turned Poulan or whatever happened) 655 Pro one of the last 10 that came off the line before the plant closed in 1995, 100cc Ball Breaker of a torquey sucker. Chainspeed is a tad slow but the torque will blow your head off. I actually love that saw for stumping, stumps harder than anything until you hit the 088 range.

Wait a minute...I fell for it! Ha! you know what it is, hell you probably ran one for years, being a Canuck and all. I think they started in Canada, right?

 

[Ed*L]

Awesome pics!

Thanks for posting!

Hopefully you can get some when you get into the bigger timber.

Ed

 

[Bushler]

You're going to be spoiled rotten cutting that flat ground. Cool pics. Like how you used a bore cut to finish your face and keep a low stump.

Hint, wedge pouch and suspenders are your friend.

 

[clearance]

Wait a minute...I fell for it! Ha! you know what it is, hell you probably ran one for years, being a Canuck and all. I think they started in Canada, right?

No, I didn't know, all I have ever ran is Husky and Stihl. Its all I know.

 

[Burvol]

You're going to be spoiled rotten cutting that flat ground. Cool pics. Like how you used a bore cut to finish your face and keep a low stump.

Hint, wedge pouch and suspenders are your friend.

I tried both, can't stand em'. Suspenders make me feel like I can't move right, my uncle never cut with them for 30 years either. Wedge pouches are just something to hang up in brush in my opionion. I tried those too. Big Bill pants have big pockets that can hold four wedges if nescessary. I usually pack three, two tens and a twelve for this size of timber, more or less as needed. As for being spoiled rotten, I spent most of last year in the heart of the Cascades on Cable ground, I actually like it better in some cases. I cut a mixture of both. Gravity is your friend on that really steep ground. There's some uneven and weird laying ground in this sale, but nothing that is cable.
Thanks for the input Bushler, I always listen and respect fallers that have been at it for years. As for the low stumps, I've been trained and beaten into submission to do it. Just natural now. My mentor use to cut a lot of Forest Circus ground, go figure on the low stump!

 

[Adkpk]

Cool pics. Any views around there? Looks kinda flat but it can't stay that way, ah.

 

[forestryworks]

these are some nice pics to look at after being on the road the past four days

haven't held a saw in over a week
and your pics push the itch

nice cutting

keep her goin'!

 

[Bushler]

The 'spoiled rotten' was a joke. Any cutter that gets some flat once in a while deserves it.

Your Dad looks like a good natured guy. You have something special working there with him.

 

[Burvol]

The 'spoiled rotten' was a joke. Any cutter that gets some flat once in a while deserves it.

Your Dad looks like a good natured guy. You have something special working there with him.

Thanks, he's a heck of a good man. Dad expects you to be competent besides hardworking. We never really got along as much (not hate or anything like that, we use to just butt heads) until we started cutting together and trusting eachother's lives together. He's just about my best friend now.

 

[Tzed250]

Thanks Slowp, I should have said, I can't believe it. The sun was out! This has been the coldest, wetest spring I can remember...seriously.

Global warming...

 

[Fuzly]

Thanks for the cool pics.

I wish they would show stuff like this on that TV program.

 

[chainshawman]

Very nice timber, and on FLAT ground !!!!! I am in the north east corner of Washington state and all I get to cut on is ground were a tree saw can not go or if it is to big for it to cut I am jealous for sure!!!! Have any openings for a cutter down your way?