techdave
ArboristSite Operative
Howdy all, this was a great weekend, both for me and the new 372xp. On Friday I had a day off work so iwent up to North peak and cut down 14 trees for a victim of the Cedar Fire. i took my Ma in law (who is VERY nice) to watch my back since it is kind of an isloated area and I wasnt sure the owner would be there.
The trees averaged 20 inches dbh and about 40 feet tall. Most were spars. One was about 28 inches and 50 or 55 feet; the other tree of note had a trunk that started at 45 degrees for about a foot, went straight up for a while, then arched back over towards the point of contact with the ground but ended up 2 feet off at 90 degrees to original direction of the 45 dgree section. It was about 35 feet tall. it had Unbalanced crown. All but about 5 of the trees were spars. All but two of the trees killed by the fire, two were already dead from drought and beetles.
The first hinge failed "forensics" because I wasnt used to using the 372 with a 32 inch milling bar. all the rest went great....once I learned that in this burned wood the hinge needed to be about half of normal. Ponmdrosa Pine, 20 inch dbh, spar, 35 feet tall, wouldnt budge with wedging a 17 inch long 1.5 to 1.75 wide hinge(at 2,5 feet off the ground). I had to cut the hinge down to just over 1 inch, and trim the outer edges to get it to go over! And with gusts up to 20 mph from behind the fall too! Two of the smaller trees I had to plunge the face cut to get my wedges in deep enuf to tip them. And yes i plunged the face before starting the backcut.
i know this is old hat to some of you, but to me it was a big shift from droppng or pruning 2 or 3 backyard trees plus bucking and clean upo.... to JUST dropping 12 trees in 3 hours. A bonus was tha tmy ma in law was impressed with the aim and ability of a good hinge to put the tree on target. She was givng me a firendly razzing about how long it took to make my face cuts and clean them up...until the 6th tree hit within a few feet of my target!
Thanks to all of you for all the info on this site, and all the "oldtimers" who have tried to teach me over the years. Thaks ot Fish of rturning me on to this forum!!!!
Today i did a little trailwork, and fixed two husky 235r brushcutters and an ech cs3000, and then I boke out the 372 at our volunteer's camp and made a nice bench out of a 6 foot long 40 inch diameter piece of coulter pine. I let a buddy make most of the cuts as he had never used a saw over 40 ccs before. It was fun for all, and the 20 vols who came inlater after doing their root and rock grubbing loved the new bench!!
Dave Hernandez
Jamul Ca
Chainsaws rule!, and so do you all!
The trees averaged 20 inches dbh and about 40 feet tall. Most were spars. One was about 28 inches and 50 or 55 feet; the other tree of note had a trunk that started at 45 degrees for about a foot, went straight up for a while, then arched back over towards the point of contact with the ground but ended up 2 feet off at 90 degrees to original direction of the 45 dgree section. It was about 35 feet tall. it had Unbalanced crown. All but about 5 of the trees were spars. All but two of the trees killed by the fire, two were already dead from drought and beetles.
The first hinge failed "forensics" because I wasnt used to using the 372 with a 32 inch milling bar. all the rest went great....once I learned that in this burned wood the hinge needed to be about half of normal. Ponmdrosa Pine, 20 inch dbh, spar, 35 feet tall, wouldnt budge with wedging a 17 inch long 1.5 to 1.75 wide hinge(at 2,5 feet off the ground). I had to cut the hinge down to just over 1 inch, and trim the outer edges to get it to go over! And with gusts up to 20 mph from behind the fall too! Two of the smaller trees I had to plunge the face cut to get my wedges in deep enuf to tip them. And yes i plunged the face before starting the backcut.
i know this is old hat to some of you, but to me it was a big shift from droppng or pruning 2 or 3 backyard trees plus bucking and clean upo.... to JUST dropping 12 trees in 3 hours. A bonus was tha tmy ma in law was impressed with the aim and ability of a good hinge to put the tree on target. She was givng me a firendly razzing about how long it took to make my face cuts and clean them up...until the 6th tree hit within a few feet of my target!
Thanks to all of you for all the info on this site, and all the "oldtimers" who have tried to teach me over the years. Thaks ot Fish of rturning me on to this forum!!!!
Today i did a little trailwork, and fixed two husky 235r brushcutters and an ech cs3000, and then I boke out the 372 at our volunteer's camp and made a nice bench out of a 6 foot long 40 inch diameter piece of coulter pine. I let a buddy make most of the cuts as he had never used a saw over 40 ccs before. It was fun for all, and the 20 vols who came inlater after doing their root and rock grubbing loved the new bench!!
Dave Hernandez
Jamul Ca
Chainsaws rule!, and so do you all!
