Hard Plastic fallin wedges with gripper teeth

[tramp bushler]

Does everyone know what I mean by this .. ...They have a bunch of raised gripper teeth on one side... If you use these , this kind of hard plastic textured wedge , you don,t get black eyes and loose teeth . Also by putting them on the stump side of the tree you are falling you don,t have to go chasing them when the tree falls as they kind of stick to what they have been digging into ........Maggy wedges don,t spit out either in frozen wood , but they can get ya .Pretty good ...

 

[isaaccarlson]

thats all I use....I like the teeth.

They are a good idea IMO.

 

[tramp bushler]

I loath and despise them in the summer . and I HATE them as a bucking wedge . but they are great in the winter . and ALOT CHEAPER THAN A TRIP TO THE DOCTOR OR DENTIST ...

 

[GASoline71]

You talkin' about the rifled wedges?

Gary

 

[slowp]

Describe them and I can check. I'm going to Madsens this weekend. I need gloves and socks. They have an aisle of wedges.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Are they stackers or Super Tuff wedges?

 

[Dayto]

I use the Big Blue Weges with the teeth sometimes AWESOME WEDGE!

 

[Cedarkerf]

They look like they have giant rasp teeth on em. Is one way to describe them.

 

[bitzer]

I use them most of the time. They are great for sticking in frozen hardwoods. I would agree on bucking. They will save you some teeth more often than just textured wedges. Oregon makes them. Here is a link. 5.5" through 12"

http://www.oregonchain.com/pro/products/accessories/wedges.htm

 

[2dogs]

I have used orange wedges with teeth. I think the brand is Timber Beast. they were harder to drive but otherwise seemed fine. They never spit out on me.

 

[Nailsbeats]

Timber Savage and Oregon are the two I have. Like Bitzer said, they are good for working the woods in winter Wisconsin. Not to be confused with the town Winter which is a bit to the north of me.

 

[gwiley]

I am trying to imagine how I might position myself to get a wedge in the face. I just don't see that happening the way I drive them. Is this a common problem? I do have them pop out, but they just go sailing into the brush to hide.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Fall some big trees on steep terrain youll find a way

 

[2dogs]

I stand corrected. It was indeed Timber Savage.

 

[Turkeyslayer]

Gripo and Laser are the 2 brands I have right now, both with "teeth".

 

[zuuluu]

Buy them my friend! I know exactly what your talking about and I purchased 10 of them from northerntool.com I saw them for a I think just 1.80 and I had to try them for the price and the work great. No sliping out and no chips yet. I have some stihl wedges I bought for no telling how much and it seems like I cant hit them with a wet noodle without them chiping. Great buy and great material. It has give and the only show of wear so far is one of them has a dent in the back. the material is very strong but instead of chiping off it will just dent or slightly remold it if you will. Not a problem what so ever.

 

[hammerlogging]

Fall some big trees on steep terrain youll find a way

Everything happens in big timber on steep terrain. thats why its there, thats why we're there.

using double taper wedges is another good way.

Me, I stick with 12" k&h.

But, I've found out just how well they can hide in 6" of powder!!!!
Its finally starting to melt off.

 

[bitzer]

I am trying to imagine how I might position myself to get a wedge in the face. I just don't see that happening the way I drive them. Is this a common problem? I do have them pop out, but they just go sailing into the brush to hide.

The last time I caught one in the cheek my backcut was about knee high and I was downslope slightly, but not enough that my face was in line with it. I don't know how it got me there, but it did. I was kinda glad later (after I realized I had all of my teeth yet) that it wasn't my nuts!

 

[385XP]

Fall some big trees on steep terrain youll find a way

It happens on flat ground too.

 

[bitzer]

Buy them my friend! I know exactly what your talking about and I purchased 10 of them from northerntool.com I saw them for a I think just 1.80 and I had to try them for the price and the work great. No sliping out and no chips yet. I have some stihl wedges I bought for no telling how much and it seems like I cant hit them with a wet noodle without them chiping. Great buy and great material. It has give and the only show of wear so far is one of them has a dent in the back. the material is very strong but instead of chiping off it will just dent or slightly remold it if you will. Not a problem what so ever.

I have some of those Stihl wedges too, they were $7.50 for an 8"er. Needed some wedges and thats all they had at the nearest place. They chip like hell. The oregons I have dent or kinda mush like you said, but they stay together. I've actually pounded the damn things straight if they get too beat up!


I've never tried the K&Hs but only heard good things. I'd have to reserve those until it gets warmer though. Yellow and orange are hard enough to find in a couple feet of snow.