Falling wedges. What's good, what's not, and why?

[paccity]

nice series of vid's. that explains a lott.

 

[HILLBILLYREDNEC]

Why you need wedges and rope

YouTube - ‪Tree Felling Goes Wrong‬‏



:msp_w00t:

 

[Gologit]

Hbrn...

Thanks for posting that video of yourself. We always appreciate pictures from pro fallers, even when things don't go quite right.

Too bad about the house. If you had used a slanting back-cut would the results have been different?

Did you get your house fixed yet?

 

[lfnh]

Rope ?

Hard hat - nah, nothing upstairs to worry about anyways..

Well, least ya don't have to haul the firewood very far.

Dent's book is better, but one example of figuring wedge lift.

Species, time of year, face cut, hinge placement, stem condition have to be considered.

 

[HILLBILLYREDNEC]

Wedges

Dents book is a good book to have in the library. I got my first copy when I took forestry class in high school. We had a cranky old faller that was our coach for the timber sports events that was willing to teach the one who would listen . He is the one reason I got into the timber industry. My teacher my clear we were to read as much on timber falling and all aspects of the industry. Our coach got all of us in the class out into the working falling units at least twice a year. Wedges were something my coach said every faller must have, they are a safet device like a brain bucket. I am a firm believer in wedges for safety.

 

[HILLBILLYREDNEC]

Thanks for posting that video of yourself. We always appreciate pictures from pro fallers, even when things don't go quite right.

Too bad about the house. If you had used a slanting back-cut would the results have been different?

Did you get your house fixed yet?

This kinda bashing is what ruins a good a thread.

 

[dave k]

And so the tall tales continue.....it's like watching a cheap TV channel with cheap reruns !

 

[HILLBILLYREDNEC]

And so the tall tales continue.....it's like watching a cheap TV channel with cheap reruns !

So why do you get such a thrill bashing someone whom you have no personal knowledge of :msp_mad:

 

[dave k]

HBRN rest assured I get no form of thrill from anything conected with you !
I took a couple of pics ,not great ones!, of some yews today at work we felled one around Xmas just to the right of the house which was about 36"dbh and it made some great milled timber.

 

[RandyMac]

This message is hidden because HILLBILLYREDNEC is a poser and on your ignore list.

 

[HILLBILLYREDNEC]

Wedges

One of the cheap options for a wedge pouch is to use the white canvas square water bottle bags use by the forest service.

 

[RandyMac]

Hah ha hah
I don't know what you had to say, but I am certain it was stupid.

 

[056kid]

Just like nobody ever batted an eye at old hbrn, he just continues like all is good.:msp_sleep:

 

[slowp]

Hey 056!

My friend just bought an 056 to use for milling. I picked it up. It has enough weight to be a good boat anchor. :msp_smile: It also looks to be in excellent condition.

 

[stihl 440]

Just like nobody ever batted an eye at old hbrn, he just continues like all is good.:msp_sleep:

Which i think is utterly halarious...LOL

 

[indiansprings]

PNW HBRN the problem is your consistency, in one thread a crusty old hand teaches you, in another it's your dad, now it is a high school forestry coach. Which is it?, that's all people want to know. Based on the sloping back cuts none of them done a very good job. The vid you posted was nice. You've just to figure out who you are, in one post your umemployed, in another your a "pro gypo faller" in another a tree trimmer/removal specialist, in another a ranch hand, another a part-time preacher. It's hard for anyone to give you any credibility when you are all over the board, it's like a wedge is a safety device, no chit, most of the guys on this thread are prolly old enough to have kids your age. Remember, you can't chit a chitter, most of these guys have heard more BS, than you can ever spew and they see through it in a heart beat.
Maybe you can come up with more pics than the infamous sloping back cut that makes a 20 year firewood hack look great. You have a responsibility to give safe, sound advice on here, many newbs, that don't have a clue may take your bullchit serious and one may wind up hurt, maimed or killed because of it. Think before spewing out advice.
RandyMac, NW axe man and guys like Gologit, Paccity and others are respected because they have walked the miles in the woods, put down the big trees for years, and give advice based on that expierence not by reading others peoples post and paraphrasing them. Be responsible!

 

[paccity]

well said indiansprings , but though i have walked the walk i wouldnt put me in the same league as the vet's you mentioned. but thanks anyway.:msp_wink:

 

[Philbert]

YouTube - ‪Wildland Fire Chain Saws - Part 8 - Tree Falling‬‏

This was a very good instructional video - very clear, very well thought out.

I am going to scan through the series of these on YouTube.

Thanks.

Philbert

 

[8433jeff]

This was a very good instructional video - very clear, very well thought out.

I am going to scan through the series of these on YouTube.

Thanks.

Philbert

Maybe the HBRN should watch the series with you, Philbert.

 

[HILLBILLYREDNEC]

From the way I take it there is pattern to my haters rants, they have no clue as to what my world is like. I was lucky to even get the few years in the brush before the industry died where I was living. There are few on here whom that a got the chance to cut in the old days before pecker pole logging became the norm. I was taught by guys that were starting to retire from the timber falling business. They were the lucky ones,a lot of us end up doing any job available to survive and pay bills. My dad was the one saving grace after I got hurt, gave me work to pay bills an be able to have food on the table. I am not a poser like so many claim I am. I many not have hundred years like some of these guys, I am knowledge able enough to ask for help. There is no one on this planet smart enough to know everything about tree fallen. How many of the AS people know of the ecomomic collapse happening in Central Oregon, If you have a job your lucky and had better fight to keep it.