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boreing
There you go, I was waiting on a post like that. Good post john! Ok, to just get things straight, I don't have anything against the standard backcut, I just prefer to bore most of my trees. I like boring better. Everybody has their preferences, I just like to bore. But then again, I don't bore ALL THE TIME either, so why would it make sense to do a standard backcut all the time too. On smaller trees, or ones that are leaning in the right direction, I'll do a standard backcut on. I've never bored anything smaller than 8in, so there you go. But I do know of guys starting their backcut on the big softwoods by boreing then swinging around for a standard backcut. Makes sense too, that way you can just walk around the backcut on spring boards, instead of one-handing the saw to start the cut.
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Hey, its deja-vu all over again.
Just so people dont think all west coasters are against bore cutting, I remember fallers talking about bore cutting leaners in the 70s before I ever started falling. Also what about the leaningist
I tried smokechaseIIs (or was it Burts) method of boring straight in the face aand out the back, then wedge and the cut the sides and it works real slick on a backleaner if it is the right size. I will also make the backcut first and wedge then cut the face on small trees.
If I were falling large higrade hardwood I would probably be doing more b=cutting. But why do it all the time in all timber?
The smaller pine sawtimber that I normally work around here would be insane to bore cut every tree.
I think a guy needs to know how to do it and use it when he needs to, but there is no way it is going to be faster than a standard back cut. Otherwise those racers would be bore cutting every time. No way I claim to be fast, maybe just halfast:greenchainsaw:
Has any one heard of production softwood cutters that use it all the time? I sure havent.
I dont think anybody is saying that it is not a useful to use when it is needed.
Myself, I will use it any time I know or think the tree is going to get too big of a head start on me before I can get cut to the hinge.
Greengoblin, it looks good to me too. You have good control of the saw. Also they say ash (if that is what it is) is barber chair prone, so you made a good choise of cut if it was a leaner.
There you go, I was waiting on a post like that. Good post john! Ok, to just get things straight, I don't have anything against the standard backcut, I just prefer to bore most of my trees. I like boring better. Everybody has their preferences, I just like to bore. But then again, I don't bore ALL THE TIME either, so why would it make sense to do a standard backcut all the time too. On smaller trees, or ones that are leaning in the right direction, I'll do a standard backcut on. I've never bored anything smaller than 8in, so there you go. But I do know of guys starting their backcut on the big softwoods by boreing then swinging around for a standard backcut. Makes sense too, that way you can just walk around the backcut on spring boards, instead of one-handing the saw to start the cut.
:rockn: 
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