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

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Never new about Madsens till a few years ago. I had a saw shop that I got what ever I needed .If you left a random gift of Jack Daniels on the counter they would give you a few bucks off your orders. I am a scrounger and found a lot of good falling wedges that were lost or discarded in the brush. The color coding is kinda interesting theory. How about blue wedges for old growth, the yellow wedges for soft wood, and the orange for the hardwoods, the red for burned wood and green for jungle falling:hmm3grin2orange:

Jack daniels huh?........the stories just get better and better. So you "scrounge" for your falling wedges? And your a pro faller?...how come i dont believe you? OK...what is the REAL reson why wedges are colored? MR...PRO FALLER PNW HBRN that is.
 
OK...what is the REAL reson why wedges are colored?
Everyone knows that's the fault of the same buggers that dreamed up striped socks. They just know that we are going to lose at least one of each colour and have to buy another pair to take matching pairs into the woods. Mark my words, it won't be long before they come up with various striped wedge configurations once they've maxed out the benefits of coloured wedges. Consumerism, like most isms, has plenty to answer for.
 
Consumerism, like most isms, has plenty to answer for.


They should make them camo. All of the hunters compulsively buy anything camo colored and they would lose many more of them. Replacement sales would zoom!

"Honey, have you see my 8" Trebark wedge? You know I can only use my MossyOak wedges in the spring time, and the Orange is for cutting during deer season!"

Philbert
 
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Along with empty soup cans, gatorade bottles, Donetto boxes, and other logger flotsam, I have picked up many a busted/cut/no good wedge. I did not take them home, I tossed them in the back of whatever logger crummy or pickup was handy. Wedges don't blow out. Now, empty Donetto boxes do, so I handed those to whoever was handy and gave them The Stinkeye.

None of the wedges was in good shape, and that was why they were "lost". Blue was the most popular color.
 
If you have a belt sander you can keep the wedges in use able shape for some time. Using a belt sander on trow away wedges works quite well.
 
Not every time Randy. To me a sloping back cut was when you were tip down and didn't line up.
Like the stump on the left.

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Cloudy morning Randy? Cloudy meaning drunk. .
 
They should make them camo. All of the hunters compulsively buy anything camo colored and they would lose many more of them. Replacement sales would zoom!

"Honey, have you see my 8" Trebark wedge? You know I can only use my MossyOak wedges in the spring time, and the Orange is for cutting during deer season!"

Philbert

That's golden. I can see half a dozen pencil-necks in a board room wetting themselves at the potential of your epiphany. I'm not setting foot in the woods until I can express my own individuality with a double mocha cappuccino scented wedge that's biodegradable and phosphate free, with at least $0.02 ov every purchase going towards a micro enterprise in Botswana.
 
A few US patents related to felling wedges.

Interesting and humbling how we joke about this simple tool that others have put so much thought and effort into.

I am sure that the first commercially made plastic wedges were greeted with great skepticism by the old timers.

This post is worth 'real' rep!

Philbert
 
Jack daniels huh?........the stories just get better and better. So you "scrounge" for your falling wedges? And your a pro faller?...how come i dont believe you? OK...what is the REAL reson why wedges are colored? MR...PRO FALLER PNW HBRN that is.

Yup, coz as we all know, propping a $20 bottle of JD on the table sure does save you a couple bucks on the wedges at yer local saw shop.... er...
 

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