It's a Pacific Northwest thing... you wouldn't understand!

[Lakeside53]

Great pics GAS... I see you're wearing the Blue denim Steath PPE

 

[GASoline71]

man, whats with all that moss on that maple... must be a treat for chain,... :monkey:

Yep... you can tell by all the chips flyin' that the moss really tore up my chain...

Then again... I don't know how to sharpen a chain either...

Great pics GAS... I see you're wearing the Blue denim Steath PPE

Yup... those be the ones!

Gary

 

[.aspx]

Nice pics Gary.

I just got back from cutting. Let me eat something and then upload the pictures.

 

[Gologit]

Great pics GAS... I see you're wearing the Blue denim Steath PPE

LOL...Yeah but he's got his suspenders on...that counts for something.

 

[GASoline71]

Bump...:hmm3grin2orange:

Anybody out here get any sawdust in their ears today???

Gary

 

[Cedarkerf]

My favorite thread

Yesterday cutting up 48" Catalupa here in washington.:rockn:

 

[sILlogger]

yep...did some logging here is southern IL yesterday, before we got a bit of rain..got some pics in teh forestry and logging forum

 

[A100HVA]

Bump...:hmm3grin2orange:

Anybody out here get any sawdust in their ears today???

Gary[/Q]

a good nights sleep is not complete with out bar-oil

 

[BC_Logger]

my pockets on my falling vest were full good times

 

[safeT1st]

that's friggin hilarious!

I'm not a PNW guy but with all the talk about baby seals I hadda post this.

ROFL!

 

[.aspx]

The 310 responded well to a small muffler mod. Very well! Pulls that 25" b/c like it's nothing.

For those of you that are going to sh*t-talk the 310 :censored:

 

[Lakeside53]

HEY - SAWTROLL: Why SHORT BARS, NON-WRAP and Flush cut suck!

Just a little stump in my neighbors place... Left over from the 1896 clear cut. Doug fir.. heck, 111 years should be long enough for it to rot out.

It was cut off 10 feet from the ground with springboards, and a two-man saw... in the days when men were men, and Arborists hadn't been invented.



Could use dynamite... or a track hoe... Hey, let's use the track hoe! 120 class should be enough... and it's all we can get into the property anyhow..

Maybe it's just sitting on the ground and we can push it over.. hmmm, seems "tight" - let's dig around and see where the roots go first.

BTW.. That's not a smile.. it's my neigbor putting on a brave face as his wallet starts to empty :jester:


Let's try pulling on those roots.. HA..

Try another root..

Hmmm.. Let's break off all the roots first..

 

[Lakeside53]

Some progress on the roots, and tore a big slab off the side.. 111 year.. still nice wood inside.

Pitch well in the bottom - another reason to NOT flush cut!!

Time to get serious.. pound the SOB to pieces

Drag out the pieces...

Half done...

 

[Lakeside53]

One tough [half] stump...

but... it's out!!! 1 hour later...

Why???? Well.... Needed to knock down the grade about 5 feet, and that meant finding the power, water an telephone (luckily in one trench, digging down beside them 36 inches below the new grade, and sliding down the old services.. though a minefield of old stumps.. Sure.. real easy. Recognise the fool in in the trench, with the Husky hat ??

 

[Cedarkerf]

Looks like you brought the 346xp of track hoes:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[GASoline71]

Wow... big stump Andy. I ALAP'd a huge Doug Fir stump like that awhile back. Hell I even had a full wrap handle on a borrowed MS460 with a 36" bar. The stump was on the Island (Whidbey) and was left behind during the time the Island was settled. Stump was close to 15 feet high with springboard holes in it, and was 7 foot across the base of the stump. After taking out the top 3 feet that was rotten... we got down into some really nice old growth wood in the center of that stump. Tree was prolly cut down in the 1890's or early 1900's. We took it down 16'" at a time with saw, mauls, and wedges. Needless to say that MS460 got a workout, and so did I. I believe I still have some of that wood. That was prolly about 8 years ago.

Gary

 

[Lakeside53]

I have one on my property that even bigger. Still 10 feet across.. but it's staying right where it is! I dug a bunch out close to the house 18 years ago.. no more...

 

[B_Turner]

Yesterday cutting up 48" Catalupa here in washington.:rockn:

Man, I would have liked some of that tree! Catalpa can be interesting to work if the tree isnt' too far gone.

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

A c'mon Andy. Don't be so dramatic. You could have used a 460 with a 20" bar, or maybe gone big with a 660 and a 24" and a flush cut handlebar. You just gotta work it from both sides, and backchain as much as you cut normally.

Plus, that ground looks pretty flat. There's no steep terrain out here.

The guys that cut it 111 didn't have full wraps!










Nice pics buddy. But you've been wearing that hat alot. You aren't switching teams are ya?

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

The 310 responded well to a small muffler mod. Very well! Pulls that 25" b/c like it's nothing.

For those of you that are going to sh*t-talk the 310 :censored:

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away I ran a 310. And I ran it stock with a 24", so I imagine it would do well with a muffler mod. Glad it's working well for you. Take care of it, and it'll last you forever.

Jeff